John Douglas Story

John Douglas Story (7 August 1869 in Edinburgh, Scotland – 2 February 1966 in Brisbane, Australia) was a public servant in Queensland, Australia.

Story was a prominent Queensland public servant who entered the Queensland Public Service and was Under-Secretary for the Department of Education between 1906 and 1920.

He was a long-time member of the Stanley River Works Board which was instrumental in the construction of Somerset Dam.

He became UQ's first full-time Vice-Chancellor, serving in an honorary capacity from 1938 to 1959.

In February 2009 his grandson, John Story, became the 13th Chancellor of the University of Queensland.