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Sir Douglas William Gretton Wass GCB (born 15 April 1923) is a retired British civil servant. He was educated at Nottingham High School and St John's College, Cambridge.〔‘WASS, Sir Douglas (William Gretton)’, ''Who's Who 2012'', A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 (accessed 8 March 2012 )〕 He was Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1974 to 1983 and served as joint head of the civil service in 1981.〔(Hook, Andrew ''The Strange career of democracy'', Sept. 17, 2009 )〕 He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1971, elevated to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1975 and further elevated to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1980. In 1985, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Letters) by the University of Bath. ==The Reith Lectures== In 1983 the BBC invited Sir Douglas to present the annual Reith Lectures. In a series of six lectures, titled (Government and the Governed ) he examined the role and responsibilities of government. *BBC Radio 4: (Government and the Governed ) *Podcast: (Reith Lectures Archive 1976 - 2010 ) 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「Douglas Wass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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