UGA New Zealand Alumnus 
on 1999 Honours List

Colin Knight, who received his Ed.D. from the University of Georgia in l982 in Geographic Education, was appointed by the Queen to the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the l999 New Year Honours "for services to education." 

Formal investiture will take place in Wellington in mid-April. Dr. and Mrs. Knight make their home in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Knight was principal of Christchurch Teachers College, which became the College of Education, from l986 until he retired in 1995. Following the New Zealand educational reforms of the late 1980s, he led the college through the restructuring which took the college from state control to almost total self-management. Knight attributed the honor "to the diverse range of people who play a part in education."

Knight began his career as a school teacher of geography and was a senior lecturer in geography at Christchurch Teachers College. He came to the United States on two Fulbright exchanges, including a term as visiting professor of geography at UGA in 1969. From 1973 to l986 he served as Senior Inspector of Secondary Schools, Acting Director of Schools, and Regional Superintendent of Schools.

Author of school texts in geography and published articles, Knight also served as chairman of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. His doctoral dissertation was "An International Study of the Relationships Between Geographic Knowledge of Students and their Attitude to Other Nationalities."

Writer: Marion J. Rice
Professor Emeritus of Social Science Education
UGA

Contact: Michael Childs, 706/542-5889, mchilds@coe.uga.edu