Sir John Morris was Chancellor of the University of Tasmania. He was also Chairman of the Adult Education Board and the State Library Board. His views on adult education were well in advance of his time. While many viewed adult education as providing a leisure time hobby for those who participated, he saw it as part of the life-long educational process. This view now commands active and widespread support in many parts of the world, and in this country it has been canvassed in major educational reports and particularly in the recent report on Open Tertiary Education. It has significant implications for the role of the University of Tasmania and elsewhere. (Author/KE)