Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley was an Australian businessman and administrator. He held the position of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne from 1938 to 1951.[1]
Medley was born on 19 April 1891 in Oxford, England to Dudley Julius Medley and Isabel Alice Medley (née Gibbs).[1] He was the eldest of seven children.[1]
Medley was commissioned in 1914 in the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment.[1] He later served as a railway transport officer in France and Belgium.[1]
Medley was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne on 1 July 1938, and oversaw the administration and leadership of the university through World War II.[1]
In 1971, the John Medley Building at the University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus was named in Medley's honour.[2]
Medley Hall, the smallest residential college of the University of Melbourne, was named in Medley's honour in 1955.[3]