Background
Norman Stanley Alexander was born in Mangapiko, Te Awamutu New Zealand.
Norman Stanley Alexander was born in Mangapiko, Te Awamutu New Zealand.
Hamilton High School Auckland University Trinity College, Cambridge Studied at Cavendish Laboratory under Lord Rutherford.
Education
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science Master of Science Doctor of Philosophy Canterbury Honorary Doctor of Science Honorary Doctor of Laws Honorary Doctor of Letters
1936-1941 Professor of Physics, Raffles College" Singapore. 1945-1949 Dean of Science, University of Malaya 1949-1952 Professor of Physics and Vice-president, University College, Ibadan,Nigeria 1952-1960 Professor of Engineering Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1961-1966 Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria 1966 University of the West Indies 1966-1968 Vice Chancellor University of the South Pacific, Laucala Bay, Fiji 1970 - advisor: United Kingdom Ministry of Overseas Development, Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, London University School of Oriental and African Studies
He was imprisoned in Changi Prison in 1942, and word had made its way to New Zealand that he had died, only later to be told that he was actually still alive. Eventually headed a New Zealand commission of investigation into abuses at Sime Road Internment Camp.