Ouseley, Herman; Baron Ouseley

Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley (formerly known as Sir Herman Ouseley) was made an Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University in November 2003.
Lord Ouseley was a local government officer between 1963 and 1993. He was appointed as the first principal race relations advisor in local government. From 1981, he served as Principal Race Relations Adviser and head of the Greater London Council's Ethnic Minority Unit. He later became Chief Executive of the London Borough of Lambeth and the former Inner London Education Authority (the first black person to hold such an office), responsible for over 1000 schools and colleges across the capital. Ouseley was chair and chief executive in the Commission for Racial Equality from 1993 to 2000.