King's College London (KQC) newsletter
Professor Stewart Sutherland named as Principal Professor Stewart Ross Sutherland, MA has been appointed as Principal of King's College London. He takes up the post forthwith in succession to the late Lord Cameron and, on the Appointed Day of August 1 this year, will assume the Principalship of the merged College. This is a Crown appointment and the official announcement of Her Majesty's decision camp from Downing Street on Tu~sday February 12. Professor Sutherland was born in 1941 and is a graduate of Aberdeen and Cambridge. He worked at University College of North Wales, Bangor and at Stirling before coming to King's in 1977, to take up the Chair of the History and Philosophy of Religion, the only one of its kind in the country. He has been Head of his Department since its formation in 1979 and Dean of the Faculty of Theology from 1980 - 82. His active involvement in the academic and administrative development of the College is demonstrated by his position as VicePrincipal. He has held the post since 1981 and during this time had led the College during periods of 1982 and 1984 'He has been Acting Principal since January of this year. Professor Sutherland has been at the centre of merger negotiations right from the start as he stood in for Lord Cameron during early discussion. He signed the agreement with GEC and was party to the informal and then formal discussions with Chelsea. He was Chairman of the Vice-Principals' Working Party, the group responsible for the initial Discussion Document which drew all aspects of the merger together, and for advising on the policy and approach to the adaptation of the Charter and Statutes. Since October 1984 he has been Chairman of the Academic Affairs Planning Group. His knowledge and understand路 ing of the task ahead and his
complete commitment to the College's future would be difficult to match. Sincere congratulations go to him on his appointment to this distinguished office. PRINCIPAL'S QUESTION TIME The next edition of Comment will carry
a more detailed profile of the new Principal. If you have any particular questions you would like to direct to Professor Sutherland, please put them in writing to the Editor, COMMENT Strand Campus. We will try to get some, if not all, of them answered as part of the profile article.