Editing Massey University (section)

==Governance==
{{maincat|Chancellors of Massey University}}
The governing body of Massey Agricultural College, and Massey College, was the Council (known as the Board of Governors, between 1938 and 1952). Massey University is governed by the [http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/university-management/university-council/council_home.cfm University Council].<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Officers and Members of the Council and {{as written|Hono|urary [sic]}} Graduates |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/2011-calendar/officers-and-staff-of-the-university/past-officers-and-members-of-the-council.cfm |publisher=Massey University |access-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525224312/https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/2011-calendar/officers-and-staff-of-the-university/past-officers-and-members-of-the-council.cfm |archive-date=25 May 2015 }}</ref> The council oversees the management and control of the university's affairs, concerns and property.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2020 |title=General university information |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/8955?keywords=&type=all&lsk=71a9315c03d0931f17ff91f9b9b6eaec#idx157644 |journal=Massey University Calendar |pages=3}}</ref>

The following table lists those who have held the position of Chair of the Board of Governors of the college and later Chancellor of the university, being the ceremonial head of the institution.

{| class="wikitable"
!
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
|-
! colspan=4 | Chair of the Board of Governors
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[George Fowlds]] || [[File:George Fowlds in 1927 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1927–1934
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[William Perry (farmer)|William Perry]]<!-- Q105706923 --> || [[File:Perry, William 1863—1956.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1934–1935
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Thomas Hunter (psychologist)|Thomas Hunter]] || [[File:Sir Alexander Hunter Thomas.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1936–1938<ref>{{cite news |title=Massey College Board |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19380618.2.144 |access-date=25 May 2015 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |volume=LXIX |issue=142 |date=18 June 1938 |page=20}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Arthur Morton (farmer)|Arthur Morton]] || [[File:Morton Arthur.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1938–1942
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Grey Campbell]]<!-- George Grey Campbell --> || [[File:C Grey Campbell.png|60px]] || align=center | 1943
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Alan Candy]] || [[File:Ronald Alan Candy 1948 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1944–1946
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Gus Mansford]] || [[File:Gus Mansford, ca 1932.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1947
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[Walter Dyer (chairperson)|Walter Dyer]] || [[File:Dyer Walter - circa 1960s small.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1947–1959
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Ned Holt]]<!-- Q75542073 --> || [[File:Ned Holt 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1960–1962<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Durning Holt Biography |url=http://knowledgebank.org.nz/582/597/33342 |publisher=Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank |access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=4 | Chancellor
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Jack Andrews (chemist)|Jack Andrews]]<!-- Q106919066 --> || [[File:Jack Andrews 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1963–1966
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Blair Tennent]] || [[File:Blair Tennent, 1954.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1967–1970
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Les Gandar]] || [[File:Les Gandar.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1970–1975
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Arthur Ward (dairy researcher)|Arthur Ward]] || [[File:Arthur Ward 1976 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1976–1980
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Lindsay Wallace]]<!-- Q77682572 --> || [[File:Lindsay Wallace 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1981–1984
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Doug Easton (farmer)|Doug Easton]]<!-- has an honorary doctorate from Massey --> || [[File:Doug Easton 1985 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1985–1990
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Hugh Williams (judge)|Hugh Williams]] || [[File:Hugh Williams KNZM (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1991–1997
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[Morva Croxson]] || [[File:Morva Croxson (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1998–2002
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Nigel Gould]]<!-- Q109940929 --> || [[File:Nigel Gould 2000.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2003–2008
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Russ Ballard (scientist)|Russ Ballard]] || [[File:Russ Ballard 2019 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2009–2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Top public servant appointed to Council |url=http://www.shore.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=2CB02BF4-96BF-57FE-A8B5-C6BAECBC256F |publisher=Massey University |access-date=23 May 2015 |date=28 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092459/http://www.shore.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=2CB02BF4-96BF-57FE-A8B5-C6BAECBC256F |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 11 || [[Chris Kelly (New Zealand businessman)|Chris Kelly]] || [[File:Chris Kelly - Massey.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2013–2016<ref name="Kelly bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=B7177E09-E6D3-321C-1465-2CCB2E52560D|title=New Chancellor elected to University Council|publisher=Massey University|date=6 December 2013|access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 12 || [[Michael Ahie]] || [[File:Michael Ahie (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2016–2024
|-
| align=center | 13 || Alistair Davis   ||                                          || align=center | 2024-present
|}

The following table lists those who have held the position of principal of the college and later vice-chancellor of the university, being the chief executive officer of the institution.

{| class="wikitable"
!
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
|-
! colspan=4 | Principal
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Geoffrey Peren]] || [[File:Geoffrey Peren 1929 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1927–1958<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |title=A pioneering principal – Massey's Sir Geoffrey Peren |journal=Manawatū Journal of History |date=2015 |volume=11 |pages=27–37 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/11513#idx179317}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Alan Stewart (educator)|Alan Stewart]]|| [[File:Alan Stewart 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1959–1963<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |title=Sir Alan Stewart. Principal of Massey Agricultural College 1959–1963. Vice-Chancellor of Massey University 1964–1983 |date=2006 |publisher=Massey University |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |isbn=0-473-10708-2 |page=3 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2047}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=4 | Vice-chancellor
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Alan Stewart (educator)|Alan Stewart]] || [[File:Alan Stewart 1976 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1964–1983<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |title=Massey seems to be in his blood. Sir Alan Stewart and the development of university education in Palmerston North |journal=Manawatū Journal of History, Massey Commemorative Issue |date=2014 |pages=29–37 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2042}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Neil Waters]] || [[File:Neil Waters 1985 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1983–1995<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |last2=Courthey |first2=Lesley |last3=Bartleet |first3=Michael |title=Floreat Agricultura. A history of agriculture and horticulture at Massey University, 1927–2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Massey Agriculture |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |isbn=0-473-08570-4 |page=74 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2036}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[James McWha]] || [[File:James McWha 2019 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1995–2002<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |last2=Courthey |first2=Lesley |last3=Bartleet |first3=Michael |title=Floreat Agricultura. A history of agriculture and horticulture at Massey University, 1927–2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Massey Agriculture |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |isbn=0-473-08570-4 |page=74 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2036}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Judith Kinnear]] || [[File:Judith Kinnear.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2003–2008<ref>{{cite book |last1=Belgrave |first1=Michael |title=From Empire's servant to global citizen. A history of Massey University |date=2016 |publisher=Massey University Press |location=Auckland, New Zealand |isbn=978-0-9941325-0-5 |pages=468, 470}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Steve Maharey]] || [[File:Steve Maharey, 2008.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2008–2016<ref>{{cite book |last1=Belgrave |first1=Michael |title=From Empire's servant to global citizen. A history of Massey University |date=2016 |publisher=Massey University Press |location=Auckland, New Zealand |isbn=978-0-9941325-0-5 |pages=472, 474}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Jan Thomas (academic)|Jan Thomas]] || [[File:Jan Thomas 2017 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2017–present<ref>{{cite journal |title=Officers of the university |journal=Massey University Calendar |date=2017 |page=4 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2680}}</ref>
|}

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