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Brief Biographical Sketch EMERITUS PROFESSOR LAUCHLAN CHIPMAN
Awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to Oxford University Lauchlan Chipman completed his Bachelor of Philosophy with Distinction in 1967, was placed first, and was awarded a special University College Governing Body prize. He also taught Elementary Logic at Somerville College, Oxford. He returned to Australia as Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, and Senior Tutor of Trinity College. In 1972 he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy (D.Phil) from Oxford University for his thesis "Reference and Existence". In 1973 he completed his LLB at the University of Melbourne and was awarded the Hearn Exhibition in Jurisprudence. In 1974 he returned to Oxford and taught Logic, Kant and Political Philosophy at University College. While there he was appointed Foundation Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wollongong, which he took up in September 1975. Since 1993 he has been an Emeritus Professor of the University of Wollongong. In 1980 Professor Chipman was appointed to the concurrent position of Visiting Professor in Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney Law School, and was a resident tutor of St Andrew's College. That year he also completed a Diploma of Education (Tertiary) from the University of New England. In 1985-86 he was appointed Liberal Arts Fellow in Law and Philosophy at Harvard Law School. In 1987 he served as Acting Dean of the Arts Faculty at the University of Wollongong, and in 1989 was selected as that University's first Pro-Vice-Chancellor, later styled Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic). In 1993 Professor Chipman was appointed a Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Gippsland) of Monash University, and in March 1995 was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and Director of the new Monash Berwick Campus. On 1 July 1996 Professor Chipman took up a five year contract appointment as Vice-Chancellor and President of Central Queensland University (CQU), a position that he held until July 1 2001. Since then he has been founder and principal of LAUCHLAN CHIPMAN AND ASSOCIATES (ABN 22 288 366 938), 9 Aspendale Place, Robina QLD 4226, an independent higher education and management solutions consultancy. From July to September 2001 he reviewed the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bond University while serving as Interim Dean of the School. In 2002 he assisted the School as Associate Dean (Research), and now serves in various consulting capacities including Bond Student Ombudsman. He was made an Emeritus Professor of CQU in 2003. Between 1964 and 2005 inclusive Professor Chipman has published over 100 academic articles, monographs, and book chapters on logic, ethics, epistemology, jurisprudence, law, education, political and social philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He is a former President of the Australasian Association for Philosophy, and former national President of the Australian Society for Legal Philosophy, and the Australian Council for Educational Standards. Between 1975 and 1993 he published an estimated 200 newspaper and magazine columns, many nationally syndicated, and was a regular guest contributor to the Melbourne Herald, then Herald-Sun. His major public invited lectures have included the Deakin Lecture at the University of Melbourne, the James Martineau Lecture at the University of Tasmania, and the Bonython Lecture at the Art Gallery of NSW. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of Frensham and Gib Gate Schools Mittagong, and is a former Chairman of the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music. He has served as NSW Ministerial nominee on the Illawarra Area Health Services Board and is a former member of the SBS Community Advisory Committee, and has held a number of directorships (including non-executive chairman) of for profit and not for profit organisations. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE) and in 2001 was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM). Professor Chipman is a former President and Honorary Life Member of the Essendon High School Ex-Students' Association, a Foundation Life Member of the University of Melbourne Alumni Association, an Honorary Life Member of the University of Wollongong Alumni Association, and a Life Member of the University of Melbourne Graduate Union. He is a past Chair of the Australian National Council on Open and Distance Education (NCODE), past Chair of the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee's Standing Committee on Information Policy, was a member of the Commonwealth Government's Committee to Review Higher Education Policy and Financing (the "West Committee") and was a member of the Council of Central Queensland Institute of TAFE. He was also a director of the Australia-Korea Foundation, nominated by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and until July 31 2001 was rotational Chair of the Conference of Queensland Vice-Chancellors. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of AustraLearn (incorporated in Colorado USA), a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of C_Management Services, CQU's joint venture partner in Sydney, Melbourne, Suva, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast, and a former member of the Board of the CQU Foundation. Professor Chipman is a member of the International Advisory Committee of Online Educa Berlin; Europe's leading forum for technology assisted education and training, supported by the European Commission. He chaired the Global Governance Board of the Global Assessment Certificate` prior to its recent buyout by a US-based organization. In April 2003 Professor Chipman was awarded an Australian Prime Minister's Centenary of Federation Medal "for services to social issues and university administration." Contacts: Tel +61 (0)7 5575 7227. Fax +61 (0)7 5575 7207.
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John Lauchlan Carter Chipman was born in Melbourne on 12 September
1940, and educated at Essendon North State and Essendon High School,
matriculating (Year 12) in 1957. Awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship, he
enrolled for Law and Arts at the University of Melbourne. He was then
balloted into National Service, which he completed in 1959 with the Royal
Australian Armoured Corps. He also qualified with a cinematograph operator's
Certificate from RMIT in 1962. In 1963 he completed his Melbourne BA with
First Class Honours in Philosophy, was placed first, and awarded the Hastie
Exhibition. He won a Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship and completed
his Master of Arts at the University of Melbourne with First Class Honours in
1965 for his thesis on Wittgenstein's work titled "Criteria and Verification
Problems".
