Agent TypePersonGenderMaleHistoryPROFESSOR KWONG CHIU LEE DOW
Kwong Lee Dow was born in Melbourne in 1938. After secondary education at Camberwell
and Melbourne High Schools his enrolment at the University of Melbourne in 1956 began
an association with the University which spans almost 50 years. In 1959 he graduated with
an honours Science degree in chemistry, obtaining his Diploma in Education from the
University in 1960 and a Bachelor of Education in 1963.
Kwong Lee Dow then taught chemistry at Melbourne High School and the Secondary
Teachers College until his secondment in 1964 to the University’s Chemistry School as a
team member on a major secondary school curriculum project which led to publication of
the textbook Chemistry a Structural View. In 1966 he was appointed as Senior Lecturer in
Education in The University Teaching Methods Project, forerunner to the University’s
Centre for the Study of Higher Education. A Nuffield Foundation Travelling Scholarship
took him to the University of London in 1972 to investigate developments in tertiary
teaching and research methods.
He was appointed Professor of Education at the University in 1973 and Dean of Education
in 1978, a position he held for 20 years during a time of great change in the education
system. As Dean, Professor Lee Dow was responsible for implementing the Faculty of
Education’s amalgamation with the Melbourne College of Advanced Education, initially
through a new Institute of Education and ultimately through a restructured Faculty within
the University in 1995. His capacity for managing complex personnel issues, planning for a
changed organization with a different focus and emphasis, and building a new academic
leadership team was fundamental to the success of the transformed faculty.
Throughout his association with the University Professor Lee Dow has shown an
extraordinary level of commitment, taking an active role in central University processes
and management. He has served as a member of Council, Vice-Chairman and Chairman
of the Academic Board, a member of the Council of International House for 20 years (as
Chair for seven years), a member of the Board of Management of Melbourne University
Press and Chair of the Board of Management of the Asia Education Foundation.
In 1998 Professor Lee Dow was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor with special
responsibility for human resource management. He became Vice-Chancellor of the
University on 1 February 2004.
In his role as Vice-Chancellor Professor Lee Dow has guided the University in formulating
its response to the commonwealth government’s higher education reforms, placing
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