Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 3 Sep 1964

I t was w ith his sym pathetic hacking that the three Post- Secondary G ra n t Colleges, w h ich are now the F oundation Colleges o f the U n ive rs ity, were given the necessary assistance to enable them to achieve u n ive rsity status. He also made it possible fo r the U n iv e rs ity to acquire the huge and be au tifu l u n ive rsity site at M a L iu Shui. F in a lly , on ly five months after S ir John F u lto n and his Comm ission had provided the guidelines, S ir Robert gave the ultim a te im petus to b rin g the U n iv e rs ity in to being Indeed, b u t fo r S ir Robert's support at this stage, we m ig h t not be here today. H is own words at the Inaugu ration Ceremony last October, spoken w ith acknowledged emotion, summed up the s p irit w ith w hich he devoted him se lf to the creation o f o u r in s titu tio n . ‘I am seeing now ,’ he said, ‘the con- summ ation o f hopes and dreams and plans, and the o u t- come o f visitations, conferences and comm issions, all in p u rs u it o f the idea to w h ich I m yself have long been wedded.' T hu s, as is altogether fittin g , a most grateful un ive rsity now p ro u d ly confers on S ir Robert Black the honorary degree o f D o cto r o f Laws. S i r J o h n S c o t t F u l t o n T h o u g h an O xfo rd Don, firm ly rooted in the tra d itio n a l disciplines o f logic and philosophy, S ir John F u lto n has been notably in the fo re fro n t o f what has been called B rita in 's educational revo lu tion, designed to offer broader un ive rsity o p p o rtu n ity to more o f the young men and women o f the U n ite d K in g d om . In the process he has created a new unive rsity, the U n ive rs ity o f Sussex, w hich he now serves as its distinguished V ice-Chancellor. I f his role at the U n iv e rs ity o f Sussex can he described as paternal, then here at ou r U n ive rs ity it has ‘ been avuncu lar; ce rtainly no uncle could have given more tim e o r wiser guidance. He took a m on th out o f his extrem ely busy schedule to v is it H ong K on g in O ctober 1959 to advise the Post-Secondary G ran t Colleges on th e ir develop- ment, summ ing up his views in an adm irable report. Again in 1962 he chaired the Comm ission that hears his name. He and the other members investigated ou r three Colleges that summer and declared them ready fo r u n ive rsity status. M o re than anyone else he co n tribu te d to the Comm ission's impressive report, o u tlin in g the fram ew ork o f the U n iv e rsity , its purposes and potential, and p ro v id in g us w ith a d ra ft con stitu tion so thorough in its preparation that it was adopted almost precisely as it had been w ritte n . F u rth e r’ th rou gh all these years he has never failed to answer ou r request fo r advice and counsel though the im p o sitio n on his tim e has been a heavy one. A n d so the Chinese U n ive rs ity, in recognition o f the great assistance given to it by S ir John, now confers upon S ir John F u lto n the honorary degree o f D o cto r o f Laws. D r . C l a r k K e r r President C lark K e rr is a distinguished scholar, ad- m in istra to r, a rb itra to r in labour disputes. G overnm ent servant and author. In addition, in his capable hands lies the destiny o f sonic 65,000 students and the w ell-being o f the nine universities w h ich together make up the U n iv e rs ity o f Californ ia . Despite the awesome respon sibility and endless tasks imposed upon h im as President o f the U n ive rsity o f Californ ia , he has taken interest in its small, fledgling sister 10,000 m iles away. He has energetically assisted in 6