John Dewar, Sr.

John Dewar (6 January 1805 - January 1880) was a Scottish businessman who founded John Dewar & Sons, Scotch whisky distillery in 1846.

In 1845 he married Jane Gow with whom he had the following sons:

On his death, sons Thomas and John took over management of the business.

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John Dewar

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John Dewar (RAF officer)

Wing Commander John Scatliff Dewar, DSO, DFC (1907 — 1940) was a World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot who was killed in action during the Battle of Britain.

Early life

Dewar was born in Mussoni, Lahore, India, the second son of Douglas Dewar who was working for Indian Civil Service at the time but originally from Camberley in Surrey. He was named for his grandfather, John M.E. Scatliff. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury where he was a School Monitor and played in the Cricket XI and the Rugby XV. Dewar was a member of the school Officer Training Corps, attaining the rank of Sergeant. He was also Editor of the school magazine, The Cantuarian.

Royal Air Force

Dewar attended the Royal Air Force College Cranwell from 1926 and 1927 and on graduation was commissioned as a Pilot Officer. His first posting was to No. 13 Army Co-operation Squadron at Andover. Dewar was promoted to Flying Officer on 17 June 1929. He became a Qualified Flying Instructor at the School of Naval Cooperation. In 1933 he was posted to No. 822 Fleet Spotter/Reconnaissance (an attached RAF flight that later became part of the Fleet Air Arm) and joined HMS Furious. He served as part of the Home Fleet and in the Mediterranean. On one occasion he was washed overboard in the Bay of Biscay but was rescued.

John Dewar (academic)

John Dewar is the Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University.

La Trobe University

John Dewar became the sixth Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia in January 2012. On arrival, he declared that his goal was to ensure that La Trobe be "recognised as the natural alternative to Victoria’s two Group of Eight universities, with a unique appeal other universities can’t offer."In 2014, he announced 350 staff would be sacked without any voluntary redundancies.

University of Melbourne

Dewar moved to the University of Melbourne in April 2009, becoming the deputy vice-chancellor (global relations). In September that year, he was appointed Provost of the University of Melbourne, a role similar to his previous one at Griffith University. The role's focus was "on refining the Melbourne Model and ensuring successful second phase implementation of the University’s graduate programs in 2011".

Griffith University

Dewar moved from the United Kingdom in 1995 to take up a professorial position in the Griffith Law School, where he eventually became the Dean of the Griffith Law School from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Business and Law and then became deputy vice-chancellor (academic).