- Raymond Martin (academic)
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name =Raymond Leslie Martin AO
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university =Vice-Chancellor and President ofMonash University
term_start =1977
term_end =1987
birth_date =Birth date and age|1926|2|3|mf=y
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predecessor =William Scott
successor =Mal Logan AC
alumnus =University of Melbourne University of Cambridge Australian National University
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profession =Professor
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footnotes =|Raymond Leslie Martin
AO (bornFebruary 3 1926 ) was an Australian chemistry professor and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor ofMonash University from 1977-1987.Early life
Martin grew up in Sydney, where he attended North Sydney Boys High School, before moving to Melbourne to attend Scotch College. His tertiary education was at the
University of Melbourne and theUniversity of Cambridge . He was an outstanding student, receiving numerous prizes and scholarships. He gained two doctorates from Cambridge and one doctorate from theAustralian National University , all in chemistry.Professional career
In the 1950s, Martin was appointed lecturer at the
University of New South Wales , before being appointed professor of chemistry at Melbourne University at just 36 years of age. [ [http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS059b.htm Martin, Raymond Leslie - Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne Biographical entry ] ] During this time, he worked in private industry, and was also a visiting scholar atColumbia University . In 1972, he moved to ANU, where he was Dean of the Research School of Chemistry.In 1977, Martin was appointed the third Vice-Chancellor of
Monash University . The position was originally intended to go to a British academic, Lord John Vaizey. However, negotiations between Vaizey and the University broke down after Vaizey's demands became increasingly outlandish.Fact|date=January 2008 As a result, the position went to Martin, after founding Dean of Arts Bill Scott filled the vacancy for a year.His leadership at Monash consolidated the extraordinary growth achieved by the University. In a sense, his vice-chancellorship was much quieter than the pioneering of
Louis Matheson or the massive expansion ofMal Logan . This was partly because funding for Australian universities slowed during his tenure, while no major educational reforms were made by Australian governments.When he stepped down from the lead role at Monash, he worked as a professor of chemistry at the University, before moving to Canberra to work in the Prime Minister's Department as Chair of the Australian Science and Technology Council. [ [http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004090b.htm Martin, Raymond Leslie - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry ] ]
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