List of University of Nottingham people

Office holders

Chancellors

• Lord Trent (1949 – 1954)
• The Duke of Portland (1954 – 1971)
• Sir Francis Hill (1971 – 1978)
• Sir Gordon Hobday (1978 – 1993)
• Lord Dearing of Kingston-upon-Hull (1993 – 2000)
• Professor Fujia Yang (from 2000)

Vice-Chancellors

• Bertrand Hallward (1948 – 1965)
• Lord Dainton of Hallam Moors (1965 – 1970)
• Lord Butterfield of Stechford (1971 – 1975)
• Professor Basil Weedon (1976 – 1988)
• Sir Colin Campbell (1988 - Sept 2008)
• Professor David Greenaway (from Sept 2008)

Notable alumni

Academia

• Stewart Adams - Inventor of Ibuprofen
• Professor Bob Boucher - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield
• Professor Arthur Carty - National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada
• Sir Bernard Crossland - President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
• Professor Louis Essen - physicist
• Charles Bungay Fawcett, Geographer
• Sir Clive Granger - 2003 Nobel Laureate, Economics
• Gerald Hawkins - Professor of astronomy, noted for his interest in Stonehenge
• Sir Brian Heap - Master of St Edmund's College,...... ...
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