John Douglas Story (7 August 1869 in

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, Scotland – 2 February 1966 in

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, Australia). Also known as J. D. Story, he migrated to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with his parents, as a child, and attended

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and Brisbane Technical College. JD Story Building

Story was a prominent Queensland

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who entered the

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and was Under-Secretary for the

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between 1906 and 1920. He was the Public Service Commissioner from 1920 to 1939 and served on the Public Service

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Board from 1913 until 1942. He was a long-time member of the Stanley River Works Board which was instrumental in the construction of

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. Story worked for the establishment of the

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and was a government representative on the University senate. He became UQ’s first full-time Vice-Chancellor, serving in an honorary capacity from 1938 to 1959. The J. D. Story

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Building at the University of Queensland and Brisbane's

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were named in his honour. In February 2009 his grandson, John Story, became the 13th Chancellor of the University of Queensland.

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Portrait of John Douglas Story, ca. 1925
{{DEFAULTSORT:Story, John Douglas 1869 births 1966 deaths Australian public servants