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Sir Geoffrey Holland

Sir Geoffrey Holland
Born (1938-05-09)9 May 1938
North Surrey
Died 20 April 2017(2017-04-20) (aged 78)
Occupation Civil servant, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1994-2002
Title KCB
Spouse(s) Carol Challen
Parent(s) Frank Holland

Sir Geoffrey Holland, KCB (9 May 1938 – 20 April 2017) was a career civil servant who became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1994 to 2002, when he was succeeded by Professor Steve Smith. Holland Hall, a large student hall of residence which opened in 2004 on the Exeter campus is named after him.

Holland was born on 9 May 1938 to Frank Holland CBE and his wife Elsie Freda Holland. His father was a civil servant for London County Council. Both parents came from the Potteries in north Staffordshire.

He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood on a scholarship and spent two years in the Royal Tank Regiment for National Service, becoming a Second Lieutenant. He received a first class BA honours degree in Modern Languages from St John's College, Oxford.

He joined the Ministry of Labour in 1961, working as a civil servant until the 1990s in the Department of Employment, becoming the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education (DFE) from 1993-4. He was knighted in 1989. In 1994 he became VC of the University of Exeter. He was a member of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education that published an influential report in 1997.


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