University of Sydney Alumni Council Executive Committee

The first Standing Committee of Convocation was elected in November 1939. The President was JP Tivey, Vice-Presidents RAM Allen, Marie Montgomery Hamiltom, AGH Lawes and Mrs Mildred Muscio; Honorary Secretary was JM Gosper and the Assistant Honorary Secretaries were Kathleen Commins and BR Noble. (1940 Calendar, p 64)

Following the approval of Convocation in 1938, the Senate of the University of Sydney under By-law made provision for the first election of the Standing Committee of Convocation to be held at the time of the quinquennial election of the Senate in November, 1939. The Standing Committee was elected in accordance with the will of Convocation for a period of five years. It is representative of all Faculties and under the By-laws must include not fewer than 40 members, of whom 25% must be women' (Minutes of Convocation, 1944, p 24).

The First Standing Committee of Convocation was elected in November 1939; its first President was JP Tivey, B.A., B.Sc., B.E.. The first meeting of the Committee was held at the University on 29 March, 1940.

According to notes in the Convocation Minutes (p 23), the annual meeting of Convocation was suspended each year because of the war (1940-1-2-3), and the first Standing Committee first reported to Convocation at its meeting on 23 October, 1944.

Page 27 of the Convocation Minutes notes that the annual meetings of Convocation were also suspended in 1945-6-7-8, but the report of the second Standing Committee of Convocation (elected 1944) was adopted at the meeting of Convocation held on 1 April, 1949.

The final entry in the Convocation Minutes was for the meeting held 3 November, 1950, when the report of the third Standing Committee of Convocation (elected 1949) was adopted.

In 2006 the name used for the Standing Committee of Convocation became the University of Sydney Alumni Council. The name change was endorsed by the University Senate at its meeting on 18 September 2006 http://sydney.edu.au/convocation/documents/review_of_standing_committee.pdf viewed on 22/1/2016.

See the administrative history for the Standing Committee of Convocation for information on the Committee.