Professor Neville Fletcher graduated B.S.C, Sydney, with first class honours in Mathematics and Physics. He was awarded University Medal in Mathematics and Physics and a fellowship to Harvard where he gained M.A in 1953 and Ph.D in 1956. He joined Radiophysics Division, C.S.I.R.O, in 1956, doing distinguished work on semi-conductors and physics of water and ice phase. In 1960, Fletcher became Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, University of New England. In 1963, he was appointed by University Council to Personal Chair of Physics - the only one of its kind in Australia. Is now Dean of Science of University and Acting Head, Department of Physics. Fletcher has many publications to his credit, is an inspiring teacher and one of the foremost exponents of Solid State Physics in Australia.