Griffith owes much of its success to the outstanding leadership of its former Vice Chancellors Professor John Willett (1972-1984), Professor Roy Webb (1985-2002) and Professor Glyn Davis (2002 - 2005).
As Foundation Vice Chancellor for twelve years, Professor Willett was largely responsible for the development of a new and distinctive Australian university. Professor Webb worked tirelessly over seventeen years to take Griffith from a single-campus institution of 4,000 students through a significant period of change to become a diverse, multi-campus institution of 26,000 students spanning the Brisbane-Gold Coast corridor. Professor Davis spent nearly twenty years at Griffith joining as a lecturer in 1985 before becoming Vice Chancellor in 2002.
Foundation Vice Chancellor Professor Emeritus F. John Willett DSC pictured on the right.