DSC,MA(Hon),LLD, MBA, FAIM.
Vice Chancellor 1972 - 1984
Foundation Vice Chancellor Professor Emeritus F. John Willett DSC was born in the United Kingdom in 1922, Frederick John Willett was to have a remarkable career in the armed forces, in commerce and academia prior to his appointment as the Foundation Vice Chancellor of Griffith University.
As Vice Chancellor, Professor Willett developed the foundations for the new kind of university envisaged by the Interim Council, devoting himself tirelessly to the task of building a university that was alternate and yet complementary to other universities within Brisbane.
The University honoured Professor Willett with the title Professor Emeritus, the honorary degree of Doctor of the University, and later by renaming the Information Services Centre on the Nathan Campus as the Willett Centre.