John Niland
John Rodney Niland AC (born 10 September 1940) is an Australian academic and board director. Niland obtained a Bachelor and Master of Commerce from UNSW and his PhD is from the University of Illinois. He has held academic positions at Cornell University, The Australian National University, and UNSW. He served as a mediator of labour disputes in the US while at Cornell, and in Australia has undertaken extensive academic and policy work in conflict resolution, theory and practice, particularly enterprise bargaining. John Niland is a Professor Emeritus of UNSW and was its fourth Vice Chancellor and President (1992-2002). Before that he was the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. While UNSW Vice-Chancellor, he was a founding director of both Universitas 21 and Australia’s Group of Eight Universities. He also served a term as President of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee, and was a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council.
The University of New South Wales’s most recognised and architecturally renowned building, the Scientia, was officially renamed The John Niland Scientia Building for his long and distinguished history at the University . He is said to have led the University through a golden age which included significant internationalisation and campus revitalisation . In 2007 he received the President’s Prize of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for the UNSW campus redevelopment.
John Niland (American football)
John Hugh Niland (born February 29, 1944) is a former American Football offensive guard who played for the Dallas Cowboys in a eleven-year career from 1966 to 1974. He was a six-time Pro Bowler and a three-time All-Pro. He played college football for the University of Iowa.
Early years
Niland was raised by his adopted family and attended Amityville Memorial High School, where he was an All-State fullback.
He played college football at the University of Iowa, where he started out as a fullback, before switching to guard during his junior campaign.
Niland was an All-American selection his senior year in (1965) and also a Second-team All-America selection in 1964 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
In 1989, he was selected to the Iowa All-time Football Team. In 2006, he was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
Niland was selected in the first round (fifth overall) of the 1966 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, becoming the first offensive lineman in franchise history to be drafted in the first round. He was also selected by the Oakland Raiders in the thirteenth round (116th overall) of the 1966 AFL Draft.
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