Sir John Southwood Jennings (born 30 March 1937) is a British geologist who was
Chancellor
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of
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...
, having previously been chairman of
Shell Transport and Trading from 1993 to 1997, and a director until 2001.
He was born in
Oldbury, Worcestershire, the son of George Southwood Jennings and Irene Beatrice Bartlett.
He was educated at Oldbury Grammar School and
Birmingham University
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
. Sir John is Sloan Fellow of the
London Business School
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and has honorary doctorates from
Birmingham
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and
Edinburgh
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Universities, having previously gained a BSc in
Geology
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...
in 1958 and a PhD three years later.
[ He joined Shell in 1968 and advanced through the ranks to become Managing Director of the ]Royal Dutch Shell
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Group from 1987 to 1997 and Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc from 1993 to 1997, when he was knighted. Sir John was a Director of the company between 1987 and 2001.[
Sir John succeeded ]Sir Denis Rooke
Sir Denis Eric Rooke (2 April 1924 – 2 September 2008) was an English industrialist and engineer.
Early life
Denis Eric Rooke was born in New Cross, London, the younger son of Frederick George Rooke, a printer and travelling salesman, and hi ...
to become Loughborough University's fourth Chancellor in 2003, he retired from this position in July 2010
References
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British businesspeople
Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
Fellows of the Geological Society of London
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Chancellors of Loughborough University
Knights Bachelor
1937 births
London Business School Sloan Fellows
Alumni of London Business School
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Living people
People named in the Panama Papers