Williams, McIntyre re-elected to UC Council
Rex Williams and Trevor McIntyre have been re-elected to the University of Canterbury Council.
Graduates of the University elected Mr Williams and Mr McIntyre through a recent Court of Convocation election. Their
terms will end in December 2012.
Mr Williams, who is the Council's Pro-Chancellor (Deputy Chancellor), is a Canterbury University alumnus, graduating
with a BE (Hons) in 1967. He has 30 years' management experience in New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia and has
held a number of directorships over the past decade. Mr Williams is currently the chairman of the West Coast District
Health Board.
Mr McIntyre has a Teachers College Diploma from the former Christchurch Teachers Training College (now UC College of
Education). He also has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree from Lincoln College which, at the time of his
graduation in 1976, was part of Canterbury University. He has been a member of Council since 2004. In the past four
years he has sat on a number of advisory groups and review panels within the College of Education. He has alo been a
member of Council's Finance Committee and Vice-Chancellor’s Employment Committee.
The Council is UC's governing body. Its powers include the oversight of the University's policy, degree, financial and
capital matters.
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