Sir Colin Lucas
Doctor of the University (HonDUniv)
Year conferred: 2004
Colin Lucas stepped down as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 2004 to assume the role of Warden of Rhodes House and Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, the charitable organisation responsible for bringing some of the world’s finest scholars to Oxford. He held this post until 2009. During his seven years as Vice-Chancellor, Sir Colin led the modernisation of the University and saw it ranked fifth in the world, outranked only by the four leading US institutions. He was Chairman of the British Library until 2010.
