Background
CASTON, Geoffrey was born on May 17, 1926 in Beckenham, Kent. Son of Reginald Caston and Lilian Caston.
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Geoffrey Caston
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He then studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge (history and law) and Harvard University (Master of Public Administration).
Career
He worked as a civil servant, joining the Colonial Office in 1951, serving at the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in New York from 1958 to 1961, then returning to Britain and the Department of Education and Science followed by the University Grants Committee. He was appointed Registrar of the University of Oxford in 1972, and was also made a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He left Oxford in 1979, serving as Secretary-General to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals until 1983, then holding the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific from 1983 to 1992.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1990.
Membership
Numerous dels, and committees, national and international, including United Nations Technology Assistance Committee 1962-1964, Visiting Mission to Trust Territory of Pacific Islands 1961.
Connections
Married 1st Sonya Chassell in 1956, two son one daughter. Married 2nd Judy Roizen in 1983.
