Lord Fulton. Photographed published in the Bulletin on 22 April 1986

This week in 1986, Lord Fulton – Sussex’s first Vice-Chancellor – died.

He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Sussex in 1959, two years before the University was granted the Royal Charter.

Here is an extract of the article published in the Bulletin on 22 April 1986:

Death of first Vice-Chancellor

We report with great regret the death of Lord Fulton, the University’s first Vice-Chancellor. Lord Fulton, who was 83, died peacefully at his home in Yorkshire on the evening of Friday, March 14.

John Fulton was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1959, two years before the grant of the Royal Charter. So rapid – and unprecedented – was the growth, of which he was the architect, that by the time of his retirement in 1967 Sussex already had 3,000 students and had firmly established its academic reputation…

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