Lindsay Michael Birt, AO, CBE (18 January 1932 – 28 October 2001) was the inaugural vice-chancellor of the University of Wollongong between 1975 and 1980, and the fourth vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales between 1981 and 1992.
He left Wollongong to take on the position of vice-chancellor at the University of New South Wales.
As the vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Birt managed the university through the reintroduction of student fees and oversaw the development of the College of Fine Arts and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
[3] Birt was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 1980[4] and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1986.
Following a burial mass at St Mary's Church, North Sydney he was cremated.