Public Life
Outside of the judicial system, Hope was known as a "university senator and chancellor, a patron and promoter of the performing arts, (and) a civil libertarian".
He held a seat on the Senate of the University of Sydney from 1970 till 1975 when he became the first Chancellor of the University of Wollongong, a position he held until 1997.
Hope was the Chairman of the New South Wales Heritage Council from 1978 to 1993 and was also the Chairman of the Law Reform Commission from 1990 to 1993.
After his death in 1999, the University of Wollongong awarded him an honorary Doctorate in Law. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. June Hope.
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