chancellor is next Victorian Governor

University of Melbourne Chancellor, the Hon Alex Chernov AO, will be Victoria’s next governor. Chernov, a Melbourne alumnus who has been chancellor for two years and a university council member for 19 years, will stand down in April to take up his vice-regal post. He was elected deputy chancellor in 2004 and chancellor in 2009. On behalf of colleagues at the University of Melbourne, Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis congratulated Chernov, whom he described as an exemplary chancellor.