Neil Waters

Sir Neil Waters
Vice-Chancellor of Massey University
In office
1 February 1983 – 31 December 1995[1]
Preceded by Alan Stewart
Succeeded by James McWha

Sir Thomas Neil Morris Waters is a New Zealand academic who served as vice-chancellor of Massey University from 1983 to 1995. He is noted for establishing the university's Albany campus near Auckland in 1993.[2][3] Waters was knighted in the 1995 Birthday Honours for "services to tertiary education".[4] He received an honorary doctorate from Massey in 1996.[5]

In 2002, Massey University's governing council considered restoring Waters to the vice-chancellorship as an interim replacement following the retirement of his successor, James McWha; however, the board was prevented from doing so by the State Sector Act 1988, which barred the appointment of someone not already on the university's payroll; Waters had since moved to Auckland and no longer worked in the university sector.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Massey University Timeline". Massey University. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sir Neil Waters". Massey University. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Science Digest: July 1995". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 July 1995. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54067. p. 33. 16 June 1995. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Honorary Graduates". Massey University. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Eames, David (9 April 2002). "Massey opts for in-house appointment". The Evening Standard. p. 1.


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