Dianne Yerbury
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Professor Emerita Dianne Yerbury AO, LLB, PhD, GradDipTechSci, HonDIntRels, HonDLitt, an Australian academic and university administrator, was the Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia from 1987 to 2005.
She was Australia's first female Vice-Chancellor, and was also the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University. In 1987 she was also made Professor Emerita at the University of New South Wales.
She was named the 2002 Telstra New South Wales Business Woman of the Year.[1] From 2003-04 she was vice-president, and from 2004-05, she held the position of president of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee.[2]
In 2006, Professor Yerbury is to remain at Macquarie University in the roles of Arts and Culture Ambassador and also the International Ambassador for the University. She will also chair Macquarie University's Museums and Collections Committee.[3]
Yerbury left Macquarie University in February 2007 amidst a property dispute with her successor, Steven Schwartz. [4]
[edit] External links
- Picture of Di Yerbury (Australian Map Circle Exhibition opening, 2003).
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