A former Northern Ireland man has been honoured by the Queen in her Birthday Honours List.
Professor Roy Crawford moved from Northern Ireland to New Zealand ten years ago.
He has just received one of the highest honours in New Zealand, a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for his work in tertiary education.
Professor Crawford who now lives in Sunnyhills in East Auckland, was the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Waikato from 2005-2015. He retired recently and is currently undertaking consultancy work on a part-time basis.
During his tenure at the University of Waikato, Professor Crawford’s key achievements included leading the University to be one of the top 50 in the world, implementing a research excellence agenda that significantly improved the University’s research capability, modernising the campus, and continuing a tradition of innovation. Recent reports showed that the University of Waikato contributed almost $1 billion to the local economy.
Before moving to New Zealand, Professor Crawford was Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at Queens University Belfast. He has published eight books and over 300 papers and has been a member of numerous government panels and research grant committees in the UK and New Zealand.
His particular expertise is associated with the rotational moulding of plastics. He is widely recognised as a world leader in this field and has given keynote lectures, courses and seminars on this subject all over the world. Professor Crawford is the Technical Editor for RotoWorld® magazine, the magazine for the rotational molding & plastics design industries, a position he has held since the magazine’s inception in 2005.
from an article at RotoWorld®
https://rotoworldmag.com/university-professor-honoured-by-queen/
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