Professor Hinchcliff’s appointment comes after a comprehensive international and national search, and the Board and Council are confident that he will be an outstanding leader and chief executive.
Professor Hinchcliff has been Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne since 2007, and in 2014 became the Dean of the expanded Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences. He has been praised widely for the successful amalgamation of the two faculties and is a highly regarded academic and professional executive.
Professor Hinchcliff was raised in Hamilton in regional Victoria, and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1980 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, and later earned a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD from the Ohio State University in 1990. He is a past resident student of Trinity (TC 1976), married a Trinity resident (Carole nee Taylor, TC 1978), and is also a past parent, of daughter Alex (TC 2012).
Professor Hinchcliff was the Head of Equine Medicine and Surgery at The Ohio State University from 1987 to 2007, also serving for a period as Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee. During his time at Ohio State University, he was twice honoured with the Faculty Recognition Award in acknowledgment of his achievements in relation to the graduate residency program.
Professor Hinchcliff is internationally recognised as a scholar of veterinary internal medicine and exercise physiology, and the author of over 170 scientific publications in professional journals and several books, including the 9th and 10th editions of ‘Veterinary Medicine’, and the first and second editions of ‘Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery’. He is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of one of the world’s leading veterinary publications, the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, a position he has held since 1999.
Professor Hinchcliff is a very good strategic thinker and is passionate about offering outstanding education and rich experiences for students and staff. He believes that Trinity is well placed at present to grow as an academic community that always has the welfare and care of its students at its heart. He has a warm, inclusive personal style.
Professor Hinchcliff will commence as Warden of Trinity College on 1 September 2015.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Campbell Bairstow for his important and effective leadership as Acting Warden and Provost since May last year, and for his continuing leadership until the end of August this year.
I am pleased to report that Campbell is very much looking forward to remaining at Trinity and returning to lead the residential College. As Provost he will also retain some College-wide responsibilities, including oversight of the Theological School and life of the Chapel.
The Board is also very grateful for the splendid contribution of Dr Sally Dalton-Brown as Dean of the College over the past year. Her loyalty in staying on to lead the residential community while Trinity searched for the next Warden is appreciated sincerely. Sally will leave in late September to pursue her writing and research after serving the College in quite exceptional ways for almost 13 years. She will leave with thanks and deep appreciation from colleagues and thousands of students whose lives she has influenced and inspired.
Finally, I thought it would be valuable for the College community to have a chance to hear from Professor Hinchcliff himself. I invite you to watch an interview that expands on his career and ambitions for Trinity. You can watch the video here.
Jim Craig
Chairman of the Board
