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Norman Gowar

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In 1969, Gowar became a founder member of the Open University. The first course broadcast by the university in 1971 was an introduction to the mathematics foundation course presented by Gowar. He subsequently became the Open University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
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Gowar's first marriage was in 1963 to Diane May Parker, with whom he had one son and one daughter. His second marriage was in 1981 to Professor Judith Margaret Greene (a daughter of
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GOWAR, Prof. Norman William, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2011 ; online edn, November 2011, accessed 29 April 2012
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in 1985. During the period when Gowar was Principal, the college adopted the name 'Royal Holloway, University of London'.)
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In 1990, Gowar became the Principal of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. (The college was formed as a merger of
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People associated with Royal Holloway, University of London
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academic
United Kingdom
Royal Holloway, University of London
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Open University
Sir George Monoux Grammar School
London
City University
English Electric
Royal Holloway College
Bedford College
Fulbright Commission
Patrick Gordon-Walker


GOWAR, Prof. Norman William, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2011 ; online edn, November 2011, accessed 29 April 2012
Open University: First students and first graduates Accessed 21 March 2014
Professor Dorothy Wedderburn
Principal
Royal Holloway, University of London
Sir Drummond Bone
Categories
People associated with Royal Holloway, University of London
Academics of the Open University
Alumni of City, University of London
People educated at Sir George Monoux College
1940 births
Living people

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