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Gordon Brown served as University Rector from session 1972-1973 through to 1974-1975. This material relates to his election, installation and tenure of the post and to the unofficial commission he set up to look into the structure of the University.

University Secretary's files:

• IN1/ADS/SEC/B/M/RECE/1972: Rectorial election, 1972 [12 images]
  
  
• IN1/ADS/SEC/B/M/REC/3: Rector (communications between the offices of the University Secretary and the Rector, during Brown's tenure) [179 images]
  
  
• IN1/ADS/SEC/B/M/RECE/INS/1974: Installation of Gordon Brown as Rector, 1974 [22 images]
  
  
• IN1/ADS/SEC/B/M/REC/RUC: Rector's Unofficial Commission [176 images]
  
  

Quite extensive information on Gordon Brown can also be found in back copies of The Student which are available on open access microfilm in the Special Collections Reading Room.