Chairs of the Professorial and Academic Boards
From 1852 to 1887 there were various antecedents of the Professorial Board and these were normally chaired by the Senior Professor or Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
The Professorial Board was established in 1887 and dissolved on 17 June 1975 when the Academic Board was established.
The title of the presiding member was amended from "Chairman" to "Chair" in 1992.
Professorial Board
| – Chairmen: | |
| 1852-1887 | The Chairman of the various antecedents of the Professorial Board prior to 1887 was normally the Senior Professor or Dean of the Faculty of Arts. |
| 1887 | Professor Thomas P Anderson Stuart, MD HonLLD Edin DSc Sydney (Chairman) |
| 1888 1901 |
Professor Theodore T Gurney, MA Camb |
| 1889 | Professor William J Stephens, MA Oxf HonLLD Edin DSc |
| 1890 | Professor Richard Threlfall, MA Camb |
| 1891 | Professor Archibald Liversidge, MA Camb LLD Glas, FRS |
| 1892 1920-1923 |
Professor William H Warren, MInstCE LLD |
| 1893 | Professor William A Haswell, MA DSc Edin, FRS |
| 1894 | Sir Mungo W MacCallum KCSG, MA Glas HonDLitt Oxf LLD |
| 1895 1908-1912 1916-1919 |
Professor James T Wilson, MB ChM Edin MA, FRS |
| 1896 | Professor Francis Anderson, MA Glas |
| 1897 | Professor George Arnold Wood, BA Vic MA Oxf |
| 1898 | Professor Thomas J Butler, BA Sydney |
| 1899 1902-1907 1913-1915 1924 |
Professor Tannatt W Edgeworth David KBE CMG, MA DSc Oxf, FRS |
| 1900 | Professor William Pitt Cobbett, MA DCL Oxf |
| 1925-1933 | Professor John B Peden, BA LLB Sydney, MLC |
| 1934-1941 | Professor Richard C Mills, LLM Melb DSc(Econ) Lond |
| 1942-1944 | Professor Edwin Ashby, DSc DIC Lond, ARCS |
| 1945-1946 | Professor Steven H Roberts, MA LittD Melb DSc(Econ) Lond |
| 1947-1949 | Professor John P V Madsen, BSc BE Sydney DSc Adel, FAA |
| 1949-1950 1952-1953 |
Professor Arthur Dale Trendall, MA Camb LittD MA NZ, FSA |
| 1950-1951 1953-1955 |
Professor Christopher R McRae, MA DipEd Melb PhD Lond |
| 1955-1959 1961-1965 |
Professor William M O’Neil, MA DipEd Sydney |
| 1959-1961 | Professor Alexander G Mitchell, MA Sydney PhD Lond |
| 1965-1969 | Professor Jack L Still, BSc Sydney PhD Camb |
| 1970-1973 | Professor Michael G Taylor, MD BS Adel PhD Lond, MRACP |
| 1974 | Professor Donald W George, BSc BE PhD Sydney, FIEE FIEAust FIMechE AAIP |
| 1974-1975 | Professor John M Ward, MA LLB Sydney, FAHA FASSA FRAHS |
| 1974-1975 | Professor Michael G Pitman, MA PhD Camb |
Academic Board
| – Chairmen: | |
| 1975-1977 | Professor John M Ward, MA LLB Sydney, FAHA FASSA FRAHS |
| 1978-1981 | Professor Denison Campbell-Allen, MA Camb, FICE FIEAust MRAeS AMIArb |
| 1982-1985 | Professor Neville Collis-George, MSc Manc PhD Camb HonDScAg |
| 1986-1987 | John G Mackinolty, LLM Melb |
| 1988-1991 | Professor Samuel Ball, BA MEd Sydney PhD Iowa, FAPA |
| 1991 | Professor John M Mack, BSc PhD Sydney MA Camb, FIMA |
– Chairs: |
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| 1992-1997 | Professor John M Mack, BSc PhD Sydney MA Camb, FIMA |
| 1997-1999 | Professor Roslyn E Pesman, BA Sydney PhD Lond |
| 1999-2001 | Professor Lawrence E Cram, BSc BE PhD Sydney |
| 2001-2004 | Professor Judyth Sachs, BA PhD Qld MA WMich |
| 2004-2005 | Professor John P Carter, BE PhD DEng Sydney, MASCE FIEAust CPEng |
| 2006 | Associate Professor Anthony J Masters, BSc Melb PhD ANU, FRACI CChem (Acting) |
| 2006-2009 | Professor Bruce Sutton, BAgrSc Qld PhD ANU |
| 2009– | Associate Professor Peter McCallum, BMus Dunelm MMus London PhD Sydney DSCM |