Chancellor

Rt Hon. Viscount Bruce of Melbourne

Pro-Chancellor

Dr HC Coombs

Vice-Chancellor

Emeritus Professor Leonard Huxley

Council

• Standing Committee
• Finance Committee
• Buildings and Grounds Committee
• Advisers on Legislation
• Pro-Chancellor's Committee
• Publications Committee

Professorial Board

Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies

Board of the School of General Studies

• Standing Committee
• Promotions Committee
• Matriculation Committee

Institute of Advanced Studies

John Curtin School of Medical Research

Subject	Subject Head
Biochemistry	Professor Hugh Ennor
Experimental pathology	Professor Frederick Courtice
Medical chemistry	Professor Adrien Albert
Microbiology	Professor Frank Fenner
Physical biochemistry	Professor Alexander Ogston
Physiology	Professor John Eccles
Biological inorganic chemistry unit	Professor Francis Dwyer

 

Research School of Pacific Studies

Subject	Subject Head
Anthropology and Sociology	Professor John Barnes
Economics	Professor John Crawford (and Director)
Far Eastern History	Professor Charles FitzGerald
Geography	Professor Oskar Spate
International Relations	Arthur Burns
Pacific History	Professor James Davidson
New Guinea Research Unit	Dr David Bettison

 

Research School of Physical Sciences

Subject	Subject Head
Astronomy	Professor Bart Jan Bok
Geophysics	Professor Conrad Jaeger
Nuclear Physics	Professor Ernest Titterton
Particle Physics	Professor Mark Oliphant(and Director)
Theoretical Physics	Professor Kenneth Le Couteur
Electron & Ion Diffusion Unit	Emeritus Professor Leonard Huxley

 

Research School of Social Sciences

Subject	Subject head
Demography	Wilfrid Borrie
Economics	Professor Trevor Swan
History	Professor Keith Hancock (Director)
Law	Professor Geoffrey Sawer
Political Science	Professor Leicester Webb
Social Philosophy	Professor Percy Partridge
Statistics	Professor Patrick Moran

 

School of General Studies

Principal Professor Herbert Burton

Faculty of Arts

Subject	Subject Head
Classics	Associate Professor Kay Masterman
English	Professor Alec Hope
History	Professor Manning Clark
Mathematics	Professor Archibald Brown
Modern Languages	Professor Derek Scales
Oriental Studies	Professor Hans Bielenstein
Philosophy	Professor Kurt Baier
Psychology	Professor Cecil Gibb

 

Faculty of Economics

Subject	Subject Head
Economic History	Professor Graham Tucker
Economics	Professor Heinz Arndt
Political Science	Professor Fin Crisp
Statistics	Professor Edward Hannan

 

Faculty of Law

Professor Harold Ford

 

Faculty of science

Subject	Subject Head
Botany	Professor Lindsay Pryor
Chemistry	Professor Neville Hambly
Geology	Professor David Brown
Physics	Professor David Dunbar
Zoology	Professor James Smyth

 

Administrative structure

Position	Person
Registrar	Ross Hohnen
Bursar	William Hamilton
Accountant	John Ryan
University Architect	Bruce Litchfield
Librarian	Jacob Graneek
University House Master	Professor Dale Trendall

Hall of Residence

• Bruce Hall