Sir Eric Neal
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Sir Eric James Neal, AC, CVO (born 1924) was governor of South Australia from 22 July 1996 until 3 November 2001. He is the Chancellor of Flinders University. He was previously a successful businessman, and was the first person from the business community appointed to the post of governor in South Australia. Sir Eric was created a Knight Bachelor in 1982 and appointed a Companion in the Order of Australia in 1988 and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1992.
The University of South Australia has named its Mawson Lakes campus library after him.
He trained as an engineer at the South Australian School of Mines (now part of the University of South Australia). The peak of his career was fourteen years as CEO of Boral. He was also a Director of John Fairfax Holdings, BHP, Coca-Cola Amatil and AMP Limited and Chairman of Westpac.
