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Report of the General Board on the title of the Professorship of History and Philosophy of Science

The GENERAL BOARD beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. In their Report of 6 May 1996 (Reporter, 1995-96, pp. 686-87) the General Board recommended that the single-tenure Professorship of History and Philosophy of Science, held by Professor M. L. G. Redhead, be established on a permanent basis from 1 October 1997, permanently replacing the University Lectureship that was released from abeyance on 30 September 1997 on Professor Redhead's retirement. This recommendation was in response to a proposal from the Board of History and Philosophy of Science, supported by the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, for the permanent establishment of the Professorship, and its assignment to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The proposal was also supported by the General Board's Preliminary Review Committee for the Department, who were of the view that this would provide inter alia a continuity in leadership appropriate to the Department's importance as the leading national centre of research in the field of history and philosophy of science, and one of the foremost of such departments in the world.

2. The University has recently received a most generous donation of £2m from Dr L. Rausing to support the work in History and Philosophy of Science within the Department, through the establishment of a University Lectureship in any field of History and Philosophy of Science, excluding the History of Medicine. The balance of funds will be available to support teaching or research within the Department in any area but excluding building expenditure. Dr Rausing has also requested that the presently untitled Professorship of History and Philosophy of Science, held since 1 October 2001 by Professor P. Lipton, be renamed the Hans Rausing Professorship of History and Philosophy of Science in honour of her father, Dr Hans Rausing who is himself a most generous benefactor to the University.

3. This proposal has been welcomed by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science. Professor Lipton has consented to the change in title, and the General Board have agreed to commend the proposal to the University.

4. The General Board accordingly recommend:

I. That the generous offer of a benefaction from Dr L. Rausing to support work in History and Philosophy of Science be gratefully accepted.

II. That the Professorship of History and Philosophy of Science, established by Grace 2 of 5 June 1996, be retitled the Hans Rausing Professorship of History and Philosophy of Science in perpetuity.

III. That regulations for the Rausing Fund for History and Philosophy of Science, as set out in the Schedule to this Report, be approved.

30 October 2001 ALEC N. BROERS, Vice-Chancellor H. A. CHASE A. C. MINSON
  TONY BADGER MALCOLM GRANT KATE PRETTY
  P. J. BAYLEY J. C. GRAY M. SCHOFIELD
  N. BULLOCK PETER LIPTON  

SCHEDULE

Rausing Fund for History and Philosophy of Science

1. The sum of £2m, received from Dr L. Rausing, for the support of work in History and Philosophy of Science, shall form a fund called the Rausing Fund for History and Philosophy of Science. The Managers of the Fund shall be:
(a) the Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, who shall be the Chairman; and
(b) two persons appointed by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science, to serve for periods of two years at a time.

2. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of a University Lectureship in the History and Philosophy of Science. On the occasion of each appointment, the field of candidature, which shall exclude the History of Medicine, shall be determined by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science.

3. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 2, the Fund shall be applied for the support of teaching or research within the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, but excluding expenditure on buildings, in such manner as shall be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.

4. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be expended in a subsequent year in accordance with Regulation 3.


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Cambridge University Reporter 14 November 2001
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