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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ farewells long-standing Registrar

Friday, 18 April 1997

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide farewells long-standing Registrar Mr Frank O'Neill is leaving the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide after more than 16 years as Registrar, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ has announced.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O'Kane, said Mr O'Neill had played a most significant role in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s growth and development.

"He's one of the great lateral thinkers and problem solvers in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n higher education system," Professor O'Kane said.

She said Mr O'Neill had supported four Vice-Chancellors in the expansion of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ from an institution of 9000 students in 1981 to 15,000 students this year.

The Chancellor, Mr Bill Scammell, praised Mr O'Neill's dedicated and enthusiastic service to the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, particularly his support of its governing body, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Council.

Mr O'Neill, who will pursue business interests in education, has strongly supported a number of key ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ developments, including the purchase and development of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s highly successful Commerce and Research precinct at Thebarton.

He has contributed to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s higher education system through his roles as Convenor of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Vice-Chancellor's Committee Senior Administrators' Conference, Chair of the National General Staff Award Restructuring Team, and Chair of Unipower Ltd, a software development cooperative.

He is a director of several ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥-related companies. Professor O'Kane said Mr O'Neill would leave the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s employment in July, but would remain as a senior consultant, strong friend and advocate of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.

Mr O'Neill paid tribute to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ staff, and said he believed the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ had an exciting future under Professor O'Kane.

"I'm confident the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ will achieve its vision of becoming one of the great international universities, and I'm looking forward to continuing to contribute to that vision in my new role as a consultant." For more information, contact David Washington

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