Geoffrey Sawer - Emeritus Professor, lawyer and university administrator

dc.contributor.authorSawer, Geoffreyen_AU
dc.contributor.editorConnell, Danielen_AU
dc.contributor.editorStewart, Peteren_AU
dc.contributor.editorFominas, Niken_AU
dc.contributor.editorNelson, Dianaen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-23T05:06:06Z
dc.date.available2015-03-23T05:06:06Z
dc.date.created1990en_AU
dc.description.abstractProfessor Sawer was born in Burma in 1910 and his family moved to Australia in 1913 where he attended State Schools and Scotch College. He studied law at Melbourne University and on graduation with his LL.M. in 1934 he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria and of the High Court. His academic career began in 1934 when he was a resident tutor in law at Ormond College. During World War II Professor Sawer was the officer in charge of short-wave broadcasts from Australia to Japan and Japanese occupied territories. In 1946 he returned to Melbourne University as a senior lecturer in law and was then appointed associate professor in 1948. Professor Sawer has held many positions at the Australian National University. In 1950 he was appointed the first Professor of Law in the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS). Between 1951 and 1956 he was Dean of RSSS and during 1973 and 1974 he was appointed Acting Director. During the twenty-five years he spent in RSSS he was appointed to various ANU positions, including Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies (1970) and Chairman of the Advisers on Legislation. In 1975 he accepted the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor and retired from this position at the end of that year. During his academic career Sawer received a number of national and international honours and appointments in recognition of his position as one of the foremost legal scholars in Australia. The title of Emeritus Professor was conferred on him on his retirement and he accepted the offer of a Visiting Fellowship in the Faculty of Law at ANU to teach constitutional law.en_AU
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/13027
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherThe Australian National University, Emeritus Faculty Inc.en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofANU Emeritus Faculty Oral History Projecten_AU
dc.rightsThe Australian National University, Emeritus Faculty Inc.en_AU
dc.rights.licenseAfter they have given their interviews, interviewees are asked to assign copyright for the recordings to Emeritus Faculty, but with conditions of access decided by individual interviewees if they wish. Interviewees have not generally applied conditions to use of the audio or written material in this project, but should you, the listener or reader, want to reproduce or use the information in any way, you should check with Emeritus Faculty for any limitations on use, and for help in contacting the interviewee should that be necessary.en_AU
dc.subjectGeoffrey Saweren_AU
dc.subjectANUen_AU
dc.subjectEmeritus Facultyen_AU
dc.subjectoral historyen_AU
dc.titleGeoffrey Sawer - Emeritus Professor, lawyer and university administratoren_AU
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dc.typeInterview (Transcript)en_AU
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local.contributor.copyrightholderANU Emeritus Faculty Inc.en_AU
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