Marles, Fay Surtees (1926 - )

On 5 March 2001, Fay Marles was appointed the 18th Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

The daughter of Percy Willam Pearce and Jane Victoria Crisp, Fay completed her secondary education at Ruyton Girls' School, before attending the University of Melbourne.

In 1977, she was appointed the first Commissioner for Equal Opportunity in Victoria. She retained the position until 1987, when she established Fay Marles and Associates, a consultancy specializing in dispute resolution and human resource management.

Fay Marles was first elected to the University of Melbourne Council in 1984 and became Deputy Chancellor in 1986, before her appointment as Chancellor in 2001.

Commissioner

• Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria (1993 - )

  Fay Marles was the first Victorian Commissioner of Equal Opportunity

  [1977 - 1987]

Books

• Bate, Weston, Dilemma at Westernport, A Case Study in Land Use Conflicts and the Growth of the Planning Imperative, Marles, Fay, Sorrett Publishing, Malvern, Vic., 1978, 56 pp. [ Details... ]
• Marles, Fay, Workplace Approach to Sexual Harassment, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1990, 21 pp. [ Details... ]

Reports

• Marles, Fay, Being a member of a profession : implications for teachers, Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria, Jolimont [Vic.], 24 March, 12 pp. [ Details... ]

See also

• [Waterfield, Dorothy edited by ], A decade of Mary Owen dinners, Mary Owen Dinner Committee, Sandingham, Vic., 1995, 178 pp. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]