John Landy

Born in Melbourne on 12th April, 1930. He was educated at Malvern Grammar School, Geelong Grammar and The University of Melbourne, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree in 1954. That year he was expected to be the first person to run a sub-four-minute-mile. He was beaten to it by Roger Bannister but did become the second person a few weeks later, beating Bannister's time and holding the World Record for the next three years. For 21 years he worked in agricultural research for I.C.I. Australia Ltd., the last 11 years as Research and Development Manager. He has held many positions with the Commonwealth and State Governments relating to Agriculture, the Environment and Sport. He met and married Lynne Fisher in Melbourne in 1971 and have two adult children, Matthew and Alison.. He became Governor of Victoria on 1 January 2001.