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Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas (born 25 August 1940) is a historian and university administrator. From 1997 to 2004, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Previous Vice-Chancellors )〕 In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the British Library for a four-year term ending 2010. == Biography == Colin Lucas studied at Lincoln College, Oxford. After graduation, he took a post as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield (1965–69), and then later at the University of Manchester (1970–73). He became a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Balliol College in 1973. In 1990, he took a post at the University of Chicago as Professor of History, where he became chair of the History Department in 1992 and Dean of the Division of Social Sciences in 1993. He returned to Oxford in 1994 to become Master of Balliol College (1994–2000). In 2002, he was appointed Knight Bachelor for his services to higher education. Sir Colin Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004, during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, divisionalism of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.〔(Oxford International Review: Our Team: Sir Colin Lucas ) 〕 On his retirement as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lucas was appointed Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, responsible for the running of the Rhodes Scholarships (2004-2009). He had previously served as a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust.He〔http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/rhodes-trust/the-warden〕 He laso has been serving as a Trustee of the University of the People.〔http://uopeople.edu/groups/our_leadership?s=203456#.UwyEV_mSzmu〕 Lucas specializes in the history of 18th century France, especially the French Revolution. His academic publications include ''The Structure of the Terror'' (1973) and ''Beyond the Terror'' (with Gwynne Lewis, 1983), as well as numerous essays and articles. Sir Colin Lucas was knighted in 2002.〔 He has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) since 1973. He was awarded an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) in 1990, Chevalier Ordre du Mérite in 1994, and Légion d'Honneur in 1998 (Officier in 2005). In 2013, he was awarded a Doctor honoris causa by Heidelberg University. Lucas is the godfather of Mayor of London Boris Johnson.〔(BBC Article: Boris Johnson's media scrapes ) from 17 July 2007〕 Portraits of Sir Colin Lucas hang at Balliol College〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/sir-colin-lucas-b-1940-fellow-and-tutor-19731990-master-1221629〕 and at Rhodes House, Oxford (the latter by Bob Tulloch).〔http://www.bobtulloch.co.uk/gallery〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Lucas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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