31-465: Philip Lader (born March 17, 1946), is a former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and former chairman of WPP plc , the global advertising and communications services firm. As a senior adviser to Morgan Stanley , he serves on several of its investment committees and boards of its private equity portfolio companies in addition to investment banking responsibilities. He is also a retired partner in
62-560: A Leopold Schepp Scholar from Harvard Law School in 1972. During his studies at Harvard Law School , Lader was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Newton College of the Sacred Heart . After graduation, he was a law clerk to the late Judge Paul Roney, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit (formerly Fifth Circuit) and was associated with the New York law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell . He served in
93-599: A new company known as the Development Equity Corporation (DEC) to develop them. DEC was managed by Brian Orr who, in 1976, put forward a proposal to the Albert Shire Council for a university at Gaven Forest . While this project did not proceed, a subsequent proposal made in 1986 to build a university at Burleigh Forest did gain traction. Orr discussed the matter with Bond and Peter Beckwith and recruited Jo Anne Cracknell to research
124-580: A range of accelerated undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and programs, diplomas, and non-award programs. Bond University was established and funded in 1987 by the chairman of the Australian-based Bond Corporation , Alan Bond , and the president of the Japanese-based Electronics and Industrial Enterprises International (EIE), Harunori Takahashi and Dr Taro Tanioka, in a joint venture to manage
155-566: A range of housing on campus. Bond University is centrally located on the Gold Coast, in the suburb of Robina. In 2017, Bond University, in conjunction with all Australian universities, participated in a national report undertaken by the Australian Human Rights Commission to tackle the issue of sexual harassment and assault. The Vice Chancellor of Bond University acknowledged the survey results saying, “Today
186-481: Is in the top 20 Small Universities according to the Times Higher Education rankings. The Bond University Student Association (BUSA) is a student organisation that aims to make student life at Bond more rewarding, ranging from enhancing academic pursuits, facilitating sporting involvement and satisfying social necessities. Sports teams in national and state-level competitions based at Bond include
217-625: Is married to Linda LeSourd Lader, who is associate pastor of Gardens Presbyterian Church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Laders have two daughters: Mary-Catherine Lader and Whitaker Lader. # denotes acting administrator Court of St. James%E2%80%99s The Court of St James's serves as the official royal court for the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . The court formally receives all ambassadors accredited to
248-608: The Australian Senate undertook a report into the proposed sale of the campus to the University of Queensland which had outbid the Bond University Council in their earlier negotiations to acquire the site. In August 1999, the Bond University Council was successful in securing the 50 acre campus site which was acquired by a newly formed public company known as Bond University Limited. In 2019,
279-733: The British Museum , American Red Cross , the Smithsonian Museum of American History , St. Paul's Cathedral Foundation, Atlantic Council , and Bankinter Foundation for Innovation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations , an Honorary Fellow of London Business School and Oxford University 's Pembroke College, and an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple (British Inns of Court). In 1981, he and his wife, Linda LeSourd Lader, founded Renaissance Weekends ,
310-754: The Nelson Mullins law firm. In government, he was a member of President Clinton’s Cabinet as administrator of the US Small Business Administration , assistant to the president, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, and deputy director of the US Office of Management and Budget. Ambassador Lader has been a member of the boards of RAND Corporation (formerly vice chairman), Lloyd's of London , Marathon Oil , AMC Entertainment , AES Corporation , UC Rusal , Songbird (Canary Wharf), Duck Creek Technologies, and Minerva Corporations,
341-1056: The Queensland Country team that plays in the National Rugby Championship , the Bond University Breakers rugby club that plays in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, and the Bond University Bullsharks club that plays in the Queensland Football Association Division 1 (QFA Division 1) competition. Bond University fields soccer teams within Football Queensland South Coast and Football Queensland competitions. The Bond University Student Association (BUSA) assists with
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#1732801334846372-467: The 18th century, was that only monarchies sent ambassadors, while others sent ministers; this distinction was abrogated toward the end of the 19th century.) By 2015, the number of foreign missions accredited to the Court of St James's had risen to 175, including 47 high commissions from Commonwealth countries and 128 embassies from non-Commonwealth countries. Official meetings and receptions related to
403-698: The City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher education institution featuring a three-semester-per-year timetable. The university is ranked 20th in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings of the Best Small Universities in the World, and has been Australia's top university for the educational experience for 17 consecutive years. Bond comprises four main university schools and academic faculties, through which it offers
434-680: The Council for Advancement & Support of Education during his tenure, and served until becoming a candidate in the 1986 South Carolina gubernatorial election , finishing second to then-Lieutenant Governor Michael R. Daniel and foregoing the run-off in support of Daniel, who narrowly lost to Republican Carroll A. Campbell Jr. in the general election. From 1986 to 1989, Lader was executive vice president of Sir James Goldsmith's U.S. holdings – which included America's then-largest private landholdings, sixth-largest forest products company, largest computer supplies supplier, and oil and gas interests. After
465-750: The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. Lader has been awarded honorary doctorates by 14 universities. For his contributions to trans-Atlantic relations, the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce awarded him the 2001 Benjamin Franklin Medal , and he received the Rotary International Foundation's 2007 Global Service to Humanity Award and British-American Business' 2016 Founders Award. He
496-541: The U.S. Army (JAG) Reserves from 1969 to 1975. Lader was president of Sea Pines Company , a developer/operator of large-scale recreation communities including Hilton Head Island , Amelia Island , and Kiawah Island . Upon sale of that company in 1983, he was president of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, which was awarded the National Gold Medal for "general improvement in programs" by
527-723: The United Kingdom. Likewise, ambassadors representing the United Kingdom are formally accredited from this court. The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps , known as Master of the Ceremonies before 1920, serves as the liaison between the British monarch and foreign diplomatic missions. The Marshal is stationed permanently at St James's Palace . As of 1886, there were merely six ambassadors in London, while 37 other countries were represented by ministers. (The custom, developed in
558-449: The assets' restructuring and sale, he was president and Vice-Chancellor of Bond University , Australia's first private university. Under President Bill Clinton , described by The New York Times as "a longtime friend," Lader was confirmed unanimously three times by the U.S. Senate for his State Department, SBA and OMB roles. Returning to the private sector in 2001, Lader joined Morgan Stanley and WPP. In addition to board services, he also
589-586: The campus from the mortgagee, the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan . The university retained the name 'Bond' even though, within a decade of its founding, Alan Bond was sentenced to separate jail terms for investment and corporate fraud (1995 and 1996). The Bond University Council was not the only entity interested in the site which was advertised for sale in major newspapers. In 1995, the Employment, Education and Training References Committee of
620-437: The court, such as Privy Council meetings or the annual Diplomatic Reception attended by 1,500 guests, typically take place wherever the monarch is in residence—usually at Buckingham Palace . The Court of St James's derives its name from St James's Palace , hence the possessive ' s at the end of the name. This nomenclature is due to St James's Palace being the most senior royal palace, despite Buckingham Palace being
651-686: The feasibility of venture. On 3 July 1986, Bond decided to proceed with the project and his intention to build the university, then known as the Bond University of Applied Technology , was formally announced at the National Party of Australia conference on the Gold Coast by the Premier of Queensland , Joh Bjelke-Petersen on 17 July 1986. On 9 April 1987, the Parliament of Queensland granted Bond University university status via
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#1732801334846682-699: The founding Council of the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University . In South Carolina, he was a trustee of Middleton Place Foundation (America's oldest landscaped gardens) and Liberty Fellows and was chairman of the South Carolina Small & Minority Business Council, a trustee of South Carolina State Colleges , and a director of the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, First Carolina Bank, and
713-598: The land and construction of the buildings of the university. The university's buildings and surrounding land initially covered approximately 212 hectares and encompassed what was previously a pine plantation known as the Burleigh Forest. In the 1970s, Bond had obtained control of a number of pine plantations in the region, previously owned by the Savoy Corporation Limited and Gold Coast Cooperative Plantations Society Limited, and established
744-613: The non-partisan retreats that seek to build bridges between innovative leaders from diverse fields. They continue to host five Renaissance Weekends each year around the U.S. Lader graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Duke University in 1966, received the Master of Arts in History from the University of Michigan in 1967, completed graduate studies in law and English constitutional history at Oxford University from 1967 to 1968, and received his JD as
775-519: The passage of the Bond University Act . In 1989 the university commenced teaching with an initial intake of 322 students. In 1991, EIE acquired Bond Corporation's share of the company that controlled the land on which the university buildings were constructed and the surrounding development lands following the collapse of Bond Corporation. By 1993, EIE was in receivership and the Bond University Council commenced negotiations to acquire
806-460: The primary metropolitan residence of all British sovereigns since the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The court's name is sometimes wrongly pronounced as the "Court of St James", excluding the appropriate "iz" pronunciation of the possessive "s" suffix. Bond University Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in
837-544: The university celebrated its 30-year mark since it opened. The same year, the university severed ties with the United Kingdom's Prince Andrew and his former organization Pitch@Palace Global. The Bond University campus features a series of sandstone buildings centred around human-made Lake Orr. The campus was conceived and developed by master planner Daryl Jackson of Jackson Architecture with significant input from Queensland architect Robin Gibson. The signature arch building
868-624: The university since 2016 is Annabelle Bennett , AC SC , a retired judge of the Federal Court of Australia and an academic. The current vice-chancellor and president of the university since January 2012 is Tim Brailsford . The university has four faculties to support both research and teaching activities. The 2022 Good Universities Guide gave Bond University 5-star ratings in every student experience category. More than 90 per cent of students rated their educational experience at Bond University as positive. Bond University
899-657: The university's participation in intervarsity sport on a regional and national level. Bond University was named the overall champions at the Northern University Games (NUG) in July 2011, and went on to be named Australian University Sport Per Capita Champions at the Australian University Games in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and most recently 2017. Bond University Student Housing caters for both domestic and international students, with
930-775: Was designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki , inspired by the Arch of Constantine in Rome, Italy. Students at Bond University have access to a number of academic, technological and recreational facilities. Recent alterations to the campus facilities include: Other campus facilities at Bond University include: In 2001, the university established an online MBA course, the Bond-BBT Global Leadership MBA, collaborated with Kenichi Ohmae and Business Breakthrough Inc. in Japan. The current and eighth chancellor of
961-782: Was the John West Professor of International Studies at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina from 2001 to 2006. He has served as president of Business Executives for National Security, chairman of the Board of Visitors of Duke University ’s Sanford Institute of Public Policy and the Royal Academy of Arts American Trust, a member of Harvard Law School 's Visiting Committee, Columbia University 's International Advisory Board, Yale Divinity School 's advisory board, and Brown University 's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Advisory Board, and