| Collection | University of Kent Archive |
| Admin history | The Appeal Committee was formed following a recommendation of the Appeal Sub-Committee of the Interim Committee, after it was decided not to use professional fundraisers to manage the University's public appeal for £2,000,000. The Appeal Committee met for the first time on 8 June 1964, and apparently for the last time on 7 February 1966. A Working Committee was set up by the Interim Committee on the advice of the Appeal Committee to consider and plan the public Appeal, and met for the first time on 29 December 1964, and apparently the last time on 11 January 1966. The Appeal itself was launched on 11 June 1965.
The Appeal Committee consisted of 26 members, including:
Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, Pro-Chancellor, Chairman
Geoffrey Templeman, Vice-Chancellor
Eric Baker, Treasurer
Alfred Charles Bossom, Baron Bossom
Sydney Irving MP
Sir Cecil Syers, Director of the Appeal
The Working Committee was a smaller group |