Geoffrey Sims

Professor Geoffrey Donald Sims OBE, FREng[1] (born 13 December 1926) was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield from 1974 to 1991.

Life

Sims was born 13 December 1926 in London. He studied at Imperial College, London, gaining a BSc in physics in 1947 and in mathematics in 1948; an MSc in mathematics in 1950 and a PhD in physics in 1954.[2] He worked for General Electric Company from 1948 to 1954 then the Atomic Energy Authority until 1956 when he joined the academic staff of the Department of Electronics at the University of Southampton, becoming a professor and head of the Department of Electronics at the same university,[2] a position he held from 1963 to 1974.[3]

Honours

He was awarded an OBE in 1971.[4] He was made a Fellow[1] of the Academy of Engineering[1] in 1980.[5] He was awarded the honorary degree of LLD of the University of Sheffield in 1991.[6]

References
  1. "List of Fellows".
  2. IEEE Transactions on Education, March 1968 page 83
  3. The University of Southampton: An Illustrated History, published 2002 Archived 4 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine History of ECS
  4. Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1971, p. 11
  5. Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship List
  6. Sheffield Honorary Graduates
Academic offices
Preceded by
Hugh Robson		 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield
1974–1991		 Succeeded by
Gareth Roberts


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