Geoff Wilson (professor) explained

Honorific Prefix:

Professor

Geoff Wilson

Order:

4th

Office:

Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University

Term Start:

1996

Term End:

2002

Birth Name:

Geoffrey Victor Herbert Wilson

Birth Date:

23 September 1938

Birth Place:

Mentone, Victoria, Australia

Death Place:

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Nationality:

Australian

Profession:

Physicist, administrator

Module:

Child:	yes

Discipline:	Physics
Sub Discipline:	nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, low temperature physics
Workplaces:	Central Queensland University Deakin University

Geoffrey Victor Herbert Wilson (23 September 1938 – 9 January 2020) was an internationally distinguished nuclear physicist who made contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and low temperature physics. His research team achieved the lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia. He was born in Mentone, Victoria.^[1]

He was National President of the Australian Institute of Physics and held appointments as Chair of the Victorian and Queensland Vice-Chancellors’ Committees, Vice President and Acting President of the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. He has been Chair of the Boards of Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre, Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre and the Graduate Careers Council of Australia.

Wilson had a distinguished career as a physicist with more than 100 published papers in international scientific journals. He was a member of the Australian College of Educators and a director of the Australian Institute of Management.^[2]

After retiring from Deakin University he carried out extensive consulting including the development of drafts of the new National Protocols on Higher Education Processes and was a member of the Cooperative Research Centres Committee. He chaired the Board of AMCSearch. Deakin University awards the Geoff Wilson Medal "to celebrate the career of Professor Geoffrey Victor Herbert Wilson AM".^[3]

Wilson died on 9 January 2020 in Geelong, Victoria at the age of 81.^[4]

Appointments

Vice-Chancellor and President of Deakin University, 1996–2002.
Vice-President, Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee, 1996–1997, a member of the Board of Directors, 1994–1999 and Chair of the Standing Committee on Research.
Vice-Chancellor of Central Queensland University, 1991–1996.
Member of the Australian Research Council, 1988–1991, Deputy Chair of the Council, 1989–1990, and held the inaugural chair of the Council's Research Grants Committee.
Inaugural Rector of the University College of the UNSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

He held appointments at Monash and Oxford universities and the Free University of Berlin.^[5]

Awards

Wilson made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[6] He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for "For service to tertiary education and academic achievement in the field of physics".^[7]

Notes and References

Book: Who's who in Australia 2009: An Australian Biographical Dictionary and Register of Prominent People, with which is Incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (First Issued 1906) . 2007 . 9781740951661 .
Web site: First Year Experience. Wilson. Geoff. July 2003. 2012-05-23.
Web site: The Geoff Wilson Medal . 23 May 2012.
Web site: GEOFFREY VICTOR HERBERT WILSON AM . The Age . 11 April 2020.
Web site: Professor Geoff Wilson — AMC Board . The Australian Maritime College . 2012-05-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326102006/https://www.amc.edu.au/amc-board/people/professor-geoff-wilson . 2012-03-26 .
881109. 9 June 1997 . Professor Geoffrey Victor Herbert Wilson . Member of the Order of Australia . AM . For SERVICE TO TERTIARY EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION, TO BUSINESS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, AND TO PHYSICS. . 16 June 2020 .
1121113. 1 January 2001 . Professor Geoffrey Victor Wilson . Centenary Medal . For service to tertiary education and academic achievement in the field of physics. . 16 June 2020.