Alumni Association

The Alumni Association was formed in 1985 and replaced the Adelaide University Graduates Union. It consisted of a Board of Trustees of up to 30 members which included the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Registrar as ex-officio members, as well as an Executive Board of up to six members. Founding Chairman was Dr E Harry Medlin.

The original objects of the Association were to encourage interaction between the university and its graduates and former students; to engender support for the University and its various undertakings from members of the Association and from the community at large; to inform members of the Association about the activities of the University; and to provide a means whereby organisations of former students based on faculties, affiliated colleges and institutions, departments, other graduate bodies and other special interests may promote their common objective of the welfare of the University.

In 2006, the Vice-Chancellor commissioned an external consultant to review the University's existing alumni arrangements and to make recommendations on the future role of alumni relations at the University of Adelaide.

As an outcome of this review, the University Council dissolved the Alumni Association on 4 December 2006 to enable the establishment of a University-wide Alumni Relations Program, to be driven and guided by an Alumni Relations Strategic Plan.

Taken from UAA Provenance Record UAR-0243