Colin Lucas
| Sir Colin R. Lucas | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Peter North |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Hood |
| Master of Balliol College, Oxford | |
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In office 1994–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Baruch Samuel Blumberg |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Graham |
| Personal details | |
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25 August 1940 Egypt |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Profession | Historian |
Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas, FRHistS (born 25 August 1940) is a historian and university administrator. From 1997 to 2004, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the British Library for a four-year term ending 2010.
Lucas was born on 25 August 1940. He studied at Lincoln College, Oxford.
After graduation, he took a post as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield (1965–69), and then later at the University of Manchester (1970–73). He became a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Balliol College in 1973. In 1990, he took a post at the University of Chicago as Professor of History, where he became chair of the History Department in 1992 and Dean of the Division of Social Sciences in 1993. He returned to Oxford in 1994 to become Master of Balliol College (1994–2000).
Sir Colin Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004), during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, divisionalism of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.
On his retirement as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lucas was appointed Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, responsible for the running of the Rhodes Scholarships (2004-2009). He had previously served as a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust.He He laso has been serving as a Trustee of the University of the People.
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