23 February 1994 New Chancellor for Lincoln University

Former Director-General of Agriculture Malcolm Cameron of Wellington has been elected Chancellor of Lincoln University.

Mr Cameron, an Agricultural Science graduate of Lincoln and a member of the University Council since 1978, succeeds the University's foundation Chancellor Sir Allan Wright who retired this week (w/c 21 Feb.)

In becoming Chancellor Mr Cameron, who has been the University's Pro-Chancellor for the past two years, said he hoped to maintain the momentum of growth and development at Lincoln.

Following Mr Cameron's appointment, Christchurch economist Dr Nick Brown was elected Pro- Chancellor. Dr Brown is also a graduate of Lincoln and was briefly on the staff as a research officer in the 1970s. He is chief executive of a firm of consulting economists.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, New Zealand.