John Wood | |
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14th Chancellor of the University of Canterbury | |
In office 2 December 2011 – 1 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rex Williams |
Succeeded by | Susan McCormack |
Personal details | |
Born | Lionel John Wood 1944 (age 79–80) Kaikōura, New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury (MA(Hons)) Balliol College, University of Oxford (BPhil) |
Lionel John Wood CNZM QSO (born 1944) is a former New Zealand diplomat and a former chancellor of the University of Canterbury.[1] He was Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs,[2] and served two separate terms as New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States in Washington.[3]