Bulletin Number Two 1986

Obi tuary The University records with deep sadness the passing away on 14th March, 1986 o f the Rt. Hon. Lord Fulton o f Falmer, life member o f the University Council and Chairman of the Fulton Commission which recommended the establishment o f the University in 1963. Born in 1902 in Scotland, John Fulton was educated at Balliol College at Oxford, and stayed on as a Fellow o f Balliol for almost two decades (1928-1947) before moving to Wales as the Principal o f the University College at Swansea (1947-1959). He served twice as the Vice-Chancellor o f the University o f Wales (1952-1954, 1958-1959 )， and then became the founding Vice-Chancellor o f the University o f Sussex (1959-1967). He had a distinguished record o f public service on numerous councils and commissions, and exerted a profound influence on higher education in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth at a time o f innovation and expansion. He was knighted in 1964 ， made a life peer in 1966 ， and was awarded honorary degrees by some ten universities in the Commonwealth and the United States. Lord Fulton played a pivotal role in the affairs o f the University throughout its history: in 1959 he was invited to advise on the development o f Chung Chi, New Asia and United Colleges, which subsequently became the Foundation Colleges o f the University; in 1962 he chaired the Fulton Commission which recommended the establishment o f a second university in Hong Kong, thus leading to the founding o f the University in 1963; in 1975 he headed a second commission to advise on the organization and structure of the University, and its Report set in motion the reorganization o f the University through the adoption o f a more integrated constitutional framework. Lord Fulton served as an overseas member on the University Council ever since its inception and, in recognition of his enormous contributions, was made the first life member o f the Council in 1981. Over several decades, Lord Fulton gave generously to the University o f his time and wise counsel. His foresight and statesmanlike qualities w ill be long remembered by his fellow Council members, as well as by the officers, staff, and students o f the University. NEWS 1