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Our Chancellors:
Speeches and Biographical Sketch
 

Yusof Bin Ishak
1965-1970

 
Addresses by His Excellency the Chancellor

26 November 1965 installation address as the second Chancellor of the University of Singapore at the Victoria Theatre

18 June 1967 convocation

 


Education
Raffles Institution, where he was in the Queen’s Scholarship class

 

Career

  
1939-59 One of the founders and later first Managing Director of Utusan Melayu
 
1959-65

Yang Di-Pertuan Negara (Head of State) when Singapore became a self-governing Colony
 
1965-70 Singapore’s first President when Singapore became independent
 
1965-70 Chancellor, University of Singapore

 

  
 

 

Offices held

1959       Chairman, Public Services Commission
1948-50  Film Appeal Committee
Member, Malayanisation Commision
Chief Patron, Singapore Arts Society

 

 

Honours

1969  Hon. Doctor of Letters (University of Singapore)
1963  Darjah Kebesaran Sri Maharajah Mangku Negara
1960  Order of the Darjah Kerabat, First Class (Brunei)

 

 

 

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