2024 Australia Day Honours

Close up photo of Australian golden wattle
Australian native golden wattle

The University of Melbourne congratulates staff, alumni and special friends who have received 2024 Australia Day Honours.

Emeritus Professor David Vernon Boger AC
for eminent service to chemical engineering as a scientist, academic and researcher, particularly in the field of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, and to the environment.

Professor Deli Chen AO
for distinguished service to sustainable agriculture, to Australia-China relations, to philanthropic endeavours, and as a mentor.

The Hon Robin Trevor Gray AO
for distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Tasmania, to economic development, and to the agricultural sector.

His Honour Professor The Honourable Hugh Crosbie Heggie AO PSM
for distinguished service to medicine and medical research organisations, and as Administrator of the Northern Territory.

Mr Bill Henson AO
for distinguished service to the visual arts as a photographer, and to the promotion of Australian culture.

Emeritus Professor Peter Francis McDonald AO
for distinguished service to demographic research, to policy development, and to professional associations.

Professor Sarah Anne Robertson AO
for distinguished service to medical research, particularly reproductive biology and immunology, and to professional societies.

Dr Brett Andrew Sutton AO
for distinguished service to the people of Victoria through public health administration and governance, and to medicine.

Professor Joseph Albert Trapani AO
for distinguished service to medical research, particularly immunology and the development of immune-based cancer therapies, and to the community.

Ms Janine Margaret Barrand AM
for significant service to the museum, arts and cultural sector.

Associate Professor Felix Behan AM
for significant service to medicine, particularly reconstructive surgery.

Dr Sandra Eleyn Close AM
for significant service to the mining and resources sector, and to women as an equal opportunity pioneer and advocate, and to professional associations.

Ms Joanne Charlotte Crawford AM
for significant service to women's rights, to gender equality, and to international development.

Ms Susanne Dahn AM
for significant service to business, to the finance sector, and to the community.

Dr Margaret Leonie Edmond AM
for significant service to architecture, to tertiary education, and to professional organisations.

Associate Professor Ngaire Joy Elwood AM
for significant service to medicine, particularly through stem cell research.

Dr June Factor AM
for significant service to literature, to history, and to the community.

Dr Jane Graeme Fox AM
for significant service to medicine, particularly as a breast surgeon, researcher and educator.

Dr Jennifer Gray AM PSM
for significant service to wildlife management, and to zoological industry organisations.

Mr Jordan Green AM
for significant service to business, particularly through Angel investing, and to professional associations.

Dr Ian James Hardingham AM KC
for significant service to the law and legal reform in Victoria.

Mr Jack William Heath AM
for significant service to community health, and to social welfare.

Mr Geoffrey William Hone AM
for significant service to the legal profession, and to charitable and educational foundations.

Associate Professor Nicola Mary Kilpatrick AM
for significant service to dentistry through a range of roles and associations.

The late Professor Adrian Lee AM
for significant service to tertiary education, to microbiology, and to professional organisations.

Dr Michael Beckett Leigh AM
for significant service to tertiary education, and to Australian-Asian relations.

Mr Peter John Lewinsky AM
for significant service to the community, to public administration, and to business.

Ms Helen Margot Murray AM
for significant service to the community, particularly as a social worker and educator.

The Honourable Justice Grant Theo Riethmuller AM
for significant service to the judiciary, and to the law.

The late Emeritus Professor William Hugh Sawyer AM
for significant service to tertiary education, and to biochemistry.

Ms Suzanna Sheed AM
for significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, and to the community.

Mr Michael Richard Stephens AM
for significant service to primary industry, and to the community.

Emeritus Professor John Dennis Wark AM
for significant service to medicine, particularly endocrinology, as a clinician, educator, and mentor.

Her Honour Judge Wendy Anne Wilmoth AM
for significant service to the judiciary, and to the law.

Ms Geraldine Joy Anderson OAM
for service to vocational education.

Dr Joan Benjamin OAM
for service to tertiary education.

The late Mr Max Burnet OAM
for service to the community through a range of roles.

Mr Leon Francis Costermans OAM
for service to conservation and the environment.

Mr Richard Patrick Dalton OAM
for service to the law, and to the community.

Ms Anne Rochelle Doherty OAM
for service to medical administration, and to the community.

Dr Vivienne Elton OAM
for service to psychiatry, and to the community.

Dr Glendon Betts Farrow OAM
for service to military medicine and patient safety.

Mr Vincent John Feeney OAM
for service to secondary education.

Dr Barry Charles Fitzgerald OAM
for service to the community of Buninyong.

Mr Peter Stephan Gaspar OAM
for service to the Jewish community of Victoria.

Professor Michelle Leanne Giles OAM
for service to medicine.

Ms Flavia Gobbo OAM
for service to business, and to public administration.

Mr Graeme Alexander Grant OAM
for service to the finance and superannuation sectors.

Ms Elisabeth Frances Grove OAM
for service to the community of Hobsons Bay.

Ms Georgina Sarah Gubbins OAM
for service to primary industry, and to the community.

Ms Evelyn Marie Halls OAM
for service to sports administration, and to fencing.

Ms Jennifer Jane Hargrave OAM
for service to people with disability, and to the community.

Dr Suzanne Margaret Harrison OAM
for service to rural medicine.

Mr Paul Anthony Hede OAM
for service to architecture, and to the community.

Dr Andrew James Hogan OAM
for service to the community of Seymour.

Dr Jenny Louise Hynson OAM
for service to palliative care medicine.

Dr Tamara Kwarteng OAM
for service to the Pacific islands through public health programs.

Mr Donald Charles Leeson OAM
for service to youth, and to the community.

Mr Peter Derek Levi OAM
for service to business, and to the community.

Dr Christine Anne Longman OAM
for service to medicine through a range of roles.

Dr Judith McKay OAM
for service to the museums and galleries sector.

Mr Bruce Lindsay Murray OAM
for service to secondary education, and to the community.

Ms Cathryn Nixon OAM
for service to choral music, and to conservation and the environment.

Mr Constantine Pagonis OAM
for service to the multicultural community of Victoria.

Ms Evdokia Yvonne Panagacos OAM
for service to the Greek community of Melbourne.

Dr Jeffrey Bruce Robinson OAM
for service to medicine.

Dr Donald Graeme Ross OAM
for service to science, and to lacrosse.

Mr Michael Henry Tehan OAM
for service to the community of the Goulburn Valley.

Mrs Susan Sheldrick ESM

Mr Stephen Roy Grant AFSM

Inspector Andrew John Glow APM

Ms Elizabeth Jane Baxter PSM
for outstanding public service to organisational capability and culture at Australian Skills Quality Authority.

Mr Rex Bewick Candy PSM
for outstanding public service in waterway management.

Dr Emma Louise Cassar PSM
for outstanding public service and leadership in Victoria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr John Harold Dawson PSM
for outstanding public service to government, industry and the community to improve social, environmental and economic outcomes for Australia.

Ms Fiona Maree Fischer PSM
for outstanding public service through innovation in the delivery of human services in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.

Ms Christine Anne Howlett PSM
for outstanding public service in preventing social harm and exceptional contribution to public sector integrity.

Ms Wenche Margrethe Kverneland PSM
for outstanding public service to healthcare, in particular, the delivery of COVID-19 related services.

Ms Heather Joan Macalister PSM
for outstanding public service to public education.

Mr Nicholas Magriplis PSM
for outstanding public service to public education, in particular, the delivery of COVID-19 related services.

Ms Joanne Margaret Wood PSM
for outstanding public service in supporting vulnerable Canberrans throughout the ACT’s COVID-19 response.

Dr Lindsay Brian Carey CSM
for devotion to duty in Moral Injury research and the development of resources and training to support Australian Defence Force personnel.

The University also congratulates those friends who provide valuable support – philanthropic and otherwise – who received honours.

Dr Michael J Aitken OAM
for service to optometry.

Mr Paul Anthony Briggs AO
for distinguished service to the Indigenous community, to social welfare through economic inclusion and reconciliation, and to sporting organisations.

Professor Deborah Cobb-Clark AO
for distinguished service to economic research, to tertiary education, and to the social sciences.

Ms Claire Frances Cotter OAM
for service to people with disability.

Mr Mark Cubit AM
for significant service to the community through charitable organisations.

Mr Peter Duras AM
for significant service to sports physiotherapy, and to the community.

Ms Sylvia S Faram AM
for significant service to cricket administration, and to hockey.

Mrs Penny Anne Fowler AM
for significant service to the community through a range of organisations.

Mr Garry Fowler OAM
for service to the community through a range of organisations.

Emerita Professor Lesley Hitchens AM
for significant service to tertiary education, and to the law.

Ms Caroline Kelly AM
for significant service to the community through awareness and research funding for pancreatic cancer.

Ms Christine Kotur AM
for significant service to education, and to the community of Victoria.

The Reverend Canon Professor Dorothy Lee AM
for significant service to the Anglican Church of Australia.

Mr William Maxwell Lyle OAM
for service to the creative arts as a sculptor.

Mr James Andrew MacKenzie AO
for distinguished service to business, and to public administration through leadership roles.

The late Dr Peter John Maher AO
for distinguished service to gynaecological medicine, to medical research and education, and to professional societies.

Dr Richard John Mills AO
for distinguished service to the performing arts as a composer, conductor and artistic director.

Mr Francis Joseph O'Neill OAM
for service to the community through a range of organisations.

Mr Douglas Porter AM
for significant service to education, and to the Anglican Church in Australia.

Ms Linda Sorrell AM
for significant service to health administration through a range of roles.

Ms Jane Stanley OAM
for service to the community through social welfare organisations.

Dr Nicholas James Stephenson AM
for significant service to medicine, and to medical imaging training.

The Hon Dr Sharman Nancy Stone AM
for significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the community through executive positions.

Dr Jan Maree Tennent OAM
for service to research science, and to business.

Dr John T Vallance AM
for significant service to education, to library services and programs, and to the arts.