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About John Douglas Story
- John Douglas Story (7 August 1869 in Edinburgh, Scotland – 2 February 1966 in Brisbane, Australia). Also known as J.
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- Story, he migrated to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with his parents, as a child, and attended Brisbane Grammar School and Brisbane Technical College. Story was a prominent Queensland public servant who entered the Queensland Public Service and was Under-Secretary for the Department of Education between 1906 and 1920.
- He was the Public Service Commissioner from 1920 to 1939 and served on the Public Service Superannuation Board from 1913 until 1942.
- He was a long-time member of the Stanley River Works Board which was instrumental in the construction of Somerset Dam.Story worked for the establishment of the University of Queensland and was a government representative on the University senate.
- He became UQ’s first full-time Vice-Chancellor, serving in an honorary capacity from 1938 to 1959.The J.
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- Story Administration Building at the University of Queensland and Brisbane's Story Bridge were named in his honour.
- In February 2009 his grandson, John Story, became the 13th Chancellor of the University of Queensland.
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