Sir Alan Stewart | |
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1st Vice-Chancellor of Massey University | |
In office 1 January 1964 – 31 January 1983[1] | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Neil Waters |
Personal details | |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 8 December 1917
Died | 1 September 2004 Whakatāne, New Zealand | (aged 86)
Spouse | Joan Sisam |
Alma mater | |
Sir Alan Stewart KBE (8 December 1917 – 1 September 2004) was a New Zealand educator and university administrator. He was principal of Massey Agricultural College from 1959 to 1963 and founding vice-chancellor of Massey University from 1964 to 1983, during which time he guided the institution's transition from agricultural college to full university. He is noted for building the university's internationally recognised agricultural programme, as well as for greatly expanding the university's extramural programme to make tertiary education available to rural New Zealanders. He was knighted in 1981 for services to education.