Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

2018:

• Emeritus Professor Bill Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics, University of Melbourne
• Dr Om Kumar Harsh, Additional Pro Chancellor, Glocal University, Saharanpur, India
• Dr Bushra Rahim, Deputy Director, Home and Tribal Affairs Department, Civil Secretariat, Peshawar, Pakistan

2017:

• Peter Cosier Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
• Dr John Menzies Dixon, Principal Advisor and Program Manager, Cropping Systems and Economics Program, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACAIR)
• Canning Fok, Executive Director and Group Managing Director, CK Hutchinson Holdings Ltd
• Emeritus Professor Anurak Panyanuwat, Emeritus Professor in Man and Environment Management, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Maria (Milena) Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations

2016:

• Professor Kym Anderson AC, George Gollen Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide and Professor of Economics, Arndt-Corden, Department of Economics, Australian National University
• Professor Snow (Edward) William Ross Barlow, Emeritus Professor The University of Melbourne; Vigneron
• Professor Barbara Eileen Chambers, Adjunct Professor of International Research and Community Development, University of Canberra
• Professor Sev (Seweryn) Antoni Ozdowski AM, Director, Equity and Diversity, Western Sydney University; Adjunct Professor, Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney

2015:

• Dr Paul Kenneth Brock AM (dec), Former Director of Learning and Development Research, NSW Department of Education and Communities
• Professor Sean Michael Grimmond, Director of Research, University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research & Bertalli Chair of Cancer Medicine
• Grant Milton Hehir, Australian Commonwealth Auditor General
• Dr Damasa Magcale-Macandog, Environmental Scientist, University of the Philippines Los Baños
• Professor Ronny Rachman Noor, Indonesian Cultural and Education Attache in Australia
• Dr Michael Alexander Smith AM, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Research Centre, National Museum Australia

2014:

• Dr Rita Sandra Crews OAM, President, Music Teachers’ Association of NSW; composer
• Professor Kiran Regmi, Director, Family Health Division, Ministry of Health, Nepal
• Dr Guanghua Wan, Director of Research, Asian Development Bank Institute

2013:

• Bruce Phillip Bonyhady AM Inaugural Chairman, National Disability Insurance Agency
• Professor Shirley Kaye Randell AO, Managing Director, Shirley Randell International; Women's International Cricket League Ambassador

2012:

• Professor Gwynnyth Muriel Llewellyn, Professor, Family and Disability Studies, University of Sydney
• (Carol) Caz Michelle Tebbutt OAM Owner, Tebbutt Research

2011:

• Dr John Charles Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics, University of Queensland
• Rear Admiral, The Hon. Kevin John Scarce AC CSC RANR, Chancellor, University of Adelaide; former Governor of South Australia

2010:

• Mitchell Harry Hooke AM, Non-Executive Director, Rex Minerals; Former CEO, Minerals Council of Australia
• Dr Robert Edward Kearney AM, Emeritus Professor of Fisheries Management, University of Canberra
• Gemma Suellen Sisia AM Founder, School of St Jude, Arusha, Tanzania

2009:

• Maxwell Wallace Hopper OAM, Distance Education specialist
• Emeritus Professor John Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences, University of NSW; Philanthropist

2008:

• Dr Edward James McAlister AO, Retired CEO, Royal Zoological Society of South Australia
• Dr Sharon  Mary Sullivan AO, Heritage Management Consultant

2007:

• John Charles Ellice-Flint Chairman and Executive Director, Blue Energy; Petroleum Geologist

2006:

• Emeritus Professor Trevor Reginald Parmenter AM, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
• Murray Bruce Tyrrell AM Managing Director, Tyrell's Wines

2004:

• Dr Ian Robert Anderson AM, Former Board Chair, Oxfam International; Founding Chair, Australians for Just Refugee Programs

2002:

• Dr Kerry Elizabeth Schott AO, Chair, Moorebank Intermodal Company Ltd; Director, NBN Co

1999:

• Dr Jeffrey Gordon Bailey, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Western Sydney University
• The Honourable Dr Dean Craig Brown AO, Chairman, Hillgrove Resources; former Premier of South Australia

1998:

• Dr Robert Arthur Durie (dec), Coal Scientist and Chemical Engineer
• Emeritus Professor Norman Thomas Feather AM, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
• Professor Judith Lumby AM, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of Sydney
• Wendy Elizabeth McCarthy AO, Company Director, McCarthy Management, and author

1997:

• Paul Hunter Barratt AO, Director of Australia 21; former senior Australian public servant
• Professor Bruce Alan Bolt (dec), Engineering Seismologist

1996:

• Professor Donald Bruce Dawe AO, Poet
• Dr Janet Elspeth Harker (dec), Zoologist
• Dr Geoffrey Lee Miller AO, (dec) Agricultural Economist

1995:

• Dr William Roderick Blevin AM, Applied Physicist
• Professor Dato' Dr Kamarudin Kachar (dec), Educator and Administrator
• Dr Richard James Millington (dec), Environmental Scientist
• Dr Sydney Maxwell Richards AM, Geoscientist

1994:

• Rabbi Raymond Apple AM AC, Senior Rabbi
• Emeritus Professor Neville Horner Fletcher AM, Physicist
• Esiteri Nuenue Kamikamica, Author and Peace Advocate
• Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie AC DBE FRS, Biomedical Researcher
• Dr Charles Barry Osmond, Plant Biologist
• Dr Frank Rickwood OBE (dec), Oil Industry Executive
• Emeritus Professor Richard Limon Stanton AO, Geologist

2011:

• Phillip Arthur Rickards President, Australian Registered Cattle Breeders’ Association; former CEO, Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI)

2010:  

• Patrick Annandale Watters (dec) Former curator, UNE Zoology Museum and UNE Museum of Antiquities

2017:

• Benjamin Craig Dunn Director, Legal and HR, Medline Australia and New Zealand
• Dr Andrew John Gardner, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
• Dr Tanya Tapingkae, Lecturer, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Chiang Mai,Thailand

2016:

• Peter Henry Carter, Former CEO, International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)
• Dr Irawati Chaniago, Senior Lecturer and Head of International Office, Andalas University, Indonesia
• Samuel Civian Levy Theatrical producer and creative consultant
• Patricia Pei Wern Yeoh Managing Director, PM Resources Sdn Bhd; President, Malaysia Australia Alumni Council (MAAC)

2014:

• Gina Clare Milgate Research Fellow, Indigenous Education, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

2012:

• James Anthony Farrell OAM Director and CEO, Community Legal Centres Queensland

2011:

• Professor William Geoffrey Kempster, Professor of Music, University of New Hampshire
• William Alfred Murray OAM Former Science Teacher and Volunteer, NSW State Emergency Services
• Penelope Joan Robertson OAM Founder, Australian International School, Jakarta; Disabilities advocate
• Dr Rusmana Wijaya Setia Ningrat Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Animal Science, Andalas University

2018:

• Andrew Duver, Asset Manager, Agricultural Investment Company
• Dr Jo Newton, Research Scientist, ImProving Herds Project, Agriculture Victoria

2016:

• Dr Manit Arora, Clinical Researcher, Medicine

2015:

• Jennifer Star Founder, Tara Ed; Manager, Professional Learning (India), Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

2014:

• Emma Susan Hegarty, Extension Officer (Beef), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Qld

2008:

• Dr Tanya Louise Hanstock, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle
• Nicolette Anne Hilton, Secondary School Teacher, Science; Churchill Fellowship

2007:

• Dr Andrew Brantley Lu OAM Partner, Jarman McKenna; Fulbright Scholar
• Dr Theresa Frances Smith-Ruig, Senior Lecturer UNE Business School

2006:

• Emily Catherine Maguire, Author and Social Commentator

2005:

• Sima Cresswell Williamson Environmental Lawyer

2003:

• Katherine Emma James, Beef Cattle Breeder
• Kym Ashley I’Anson, Precision Agriculturalist

2002:

• Kathleen Genelle Allan Skills Development and Communication Manager, Sheepmeat Council of Australia

2001:

• Lieutenant Robert Malcolm Valler, Deputy Officer in Charge, Defence Indigenous Development, Royal Australian Navy

2000:

• Chai Heng Mcconnell, Principal Consultant, Advisian

1999:

• Patricia Pei Wern Yeoh, Managing Director, PM Resources Sdn Bhd; President, Malaysia Australia Alumni Council (MAAC)