2024 King's Birthday Honours recipients
The University of Melbourne congratulates staff, alumni and special friends who have received 2024 King's Birthday Honours.
Companions of the Order of Australia (AC)
Sir Jonathan Edward Harland Mills AC
for eminent service to international cultural leadership and diplomacy, to the performing arts, to philanthropic ventures, and to tertiary education
Officers of the Order of Australia (AO)
Professor Ross Leon Coppel AO
for distinguished service to science as a microbiologist, to tertiary education, to board and advisory roles, and to innovation
Professor Jo Anne Douglass AO
for distinguished service to medical research, to clinical immunology and allergy, to respiratory medicine, and to tertiary education
Professor John Barton Furness AO
for distinguished service to medical research in the field of autonomic neuroscience and neurogastroenterology
Dr Gillian Anne Hirth AO
for distinguished service to environmental science, particularly radiation and nuclear safety, and to the development of national and international regulatory standards
Laureate Professor Kate Amanda Smith-Miles AO
for distinguished service to tertiary education, to applied mathematical research, and as a role model and advocate for women in STEM
Members of the Order of Australia (AM)
Mr Gareth Eliot Tremayne Andrews AM
for significant service to the Australian Football League as a player and administrator, to men’s health, and to the community
Dr Amanda Baric AM
for significant service to anaesthesiology, to pain medicine, and to tertiary education
Professor Emeritus Elivio Bonollo AM
for significant service to tertiary education, particularly industrial design research and development
His Honour Judge Michael Patrick Bourke AM
for significant service to the judiciary, to the law, and to the community of Melbourne
Emeritus Professor Thea Charlotte Brown AM
for significant service to social welfare, particularly through family violence and child protection research
Dr John Aspley Davis AM
for significant service to veterinary science, and to professional associations
Professor Sharon Ruth Goldfeld AM
for significant service to paediatric medicine as a clinician and academic, and to public health research
The late Mr Jacob Kopel Goldstein AM
for significant service to medicine as a cardiothoracic surgeon, and as a surgical mentor
Mr Christopher Warren Hall AM
for significant service to psychology, particularly to grief and bereavement
Mrs Sharene Marie Hambur AM
for significant service to the Jewish community, and to the law
Professor Elizabeth Louise Hartland AM
for significant service to medical research, particularly microbiology, and to tertiary education
Dr Sonja Gail Hood AM
for significant service to community through social welfare organisations, and to sports administration
Dr Ida Kaplan AM
for significant service to community health, particularly within trauma recovery
Ms Robyn Leigh McLeod AM
for significant service to the community through social welfare and governance roles
Mrs Catherine Anne Money AM PSM
for significant service to leather research, and to environmental conservation
Mr Darren Walter Pennay AM
for significant service to social and behavioural research, and to population survey method development
Associate Professor Christine Philippa Rodda AM
for significant service to paediatric endocrinology, to medical research, and to tertiary education
Professor David McRae Russell AM
for significant service to general medicine, to clinical education, and as a mentor
Conjoint Associate Professor James Patrick Scurry AM
for significant service to anatomical pathology, to women's health, and to professional societies
Professor John Howard Skerritt AM
for significant service to public health administration and governance, and to scientific research
His Honour Judge Paul Edward Smith AM
for exceptional service as Deputy Judge Advocate General – Army
Mr Raymond Anthony Steele AM
for significant service to cricket as a player, coach, and administrator
Professor Jane Elizabeth Tomnay AM
for significant service to sexual and reproductive health medicine, and as a mentor
Mr Leonard Stanley Vary AM
for significant service to the philanthropic sector, to the LGBTIQA+ community, and to the arts
Clinical Professor Daryl Lindsay Williams AM
for significant service to anaesthesiology and pain medicine
Professor Konstantin Yastrebov AM
for significant service to intensive and critical care medicine, and to tertiary education
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Mr Jason David Ball OAM
for service to the community through social inclusion initiatives
Brigadier Neale Edmund Bavington OAM RFD ED (Retd.)
for service to veterans, and to the community
Ms Judith Bissland OAM
for service to vocational education, and to the community
Miss Veronica Mary Blair OAM
for service to the community, particularly through the church
Mr Hamish Donald Blake OAM
for service to the arts as an entertainer, and to the community
Ms Elizabeth Kathleen Bobeff OAM
for service to community health, particularly asylum seekers
Dr Lindy Clarke OAM
for service to medicine, particularly pathology
Mrs Esther Valerie Davies OAM
for service to community history, and to education
Associate Professor James Edward Elder OAM
for service to medicine as an ophthalmologist
Dr John Edward Gault OAM
for service to the community of Bendigo
Dr Richard Brian David Harrod OAM
for service to emergency medicine
Mrs Susan Henderson OAM
for service to the community of East Melbourne
The late Mr Graydon Read Henning OAM
for service to maritime history, and to tertiary education
Ms Niharika Suhas Hiremath OAM
for service to community health
Ms Carolyn Elizabeth Ingvarson OAM
for service to conservation, and to the community of Boroondara
Ms Elisabeth Mary Jackson OAM
for service to history preservation organisations, and to the community
Mr Peter Charles Johnson OAM
for service to the community of the Shepparton region
Dr Richard David Johnson OAM
for service to medicine, and to hospital administration
Professor Anne Marie Kavanagh OAM
for service to medicine, particularly disability health research
Distinguished Professor Stuart Bruce Kaye OAM
for service to international law, and to tertiary education
Dr Carl Thanh Le OAM
for service to medicine in the motor sports industry
The late Professor Emeritus William John Louis OAM
for service to medicine as a clinical pharmacologist
Mr Angus Mackay OAM
for service to philanthropy, to education, and to local sport
Ms Maureen Anne McInerney OAM
for service to the community through social welfare roles
The late Mr Brian Letham McKittrick OAM
for service to secondary education
Ms Tuanh Nguyen OAM
for service to the community through governance and advocacy roles
Dr Mark Kevin O'Connor OAM
for service to literature as a poet and educator
Mrs Patrice Loretta O'Shea OAM
for service to the environment, and to secondary education
Distinguished Professor Andre Masumbuko Nzunzu Renzaho OAM
for service to medical research, particularly refugee and migrant health
Miss Ann Southcombe Rusden OAM
for service to education, and to the community
Ms Noelle Eve Shader OAM
for service to ballet
Ms Emma Elizabeth Stanford OAM
for service to Indigenous eye health
Ms Bee Ho Teow OAM
for service to tourism, and to the community
Ms Sakshi Thakur OAM
for service to the community through social welfare organisations
Dr Rosalie Joy Triolo OAM
for service to community and school history, and to tertiary education
Mr Barrie John Williams OAM
for service to the law, and to the community
Mrs Carmyl Winkler OAM
for service to the communities of Benalla and Tallangatta
Emergency Services Medal
Ms Georgie Wettenhall ESM
Australian Fire Service Medal
Mr Nigel Patrick Brennan AFSM
Public Service Medal (PSM)
Dr Warrick Jeffrey Fletcher PSM
for outstanding public service through fisheries research and the development and implementation of a holistic ecosystems-based approach to fisheries management
Mrs Louise Mary Galloway PSM
for outstanding public service to primary and community health policy development in Victoria
Ms Alexandra Greenwell PSM
for outstanding public service in education and early childhood development
Mr Andrew Robert MacDonald PSM
for outstanding public service in local government providing strategic leadership during the COVID19 pandemic
Ms Abigael Emma Adhiambo Ogada-Osir PSM
for outstanding public service in cultural diversity, particularly the Cultural Diversity Sprint Project
Dr Mark Schipp PSM
for outstanding public service in improved outcomes for animal health and biosecurity in Australia and overseas
Friends and supporters
The University also congratulates those friends who provide valuable support – philanthropic and otherwise – who received honours
Ms Samantha Joy Mostyn AC
for eminent service in the social justice, gender equity, sporting, cultural and business sectors, to reconciliation, and to environmental sustainability
Mr Craig Anthony Bennett AM
for significant service to health administration in leadership and advisory roles
Mr Daniel Benjamin Besen AM
for significant service to the arts, and to philanthropy
Ms Robin Jean Campbell AM
for significant service to arts administration, and to the community
Mr David Charles Olsson AM
for significant service to Australia China business relations, and to the law
The late Dr David Zyngier AM
for significant service to tertiary education, and to the community of Glen Eira
Ms Anita Ilze Anderson OAM
for service to the Latvian community of Australia
Ms Yvette Landau Zegenhagen OAM
for service to international law
Ms Francine Michelle Eades PSM
for outstanding public service through improving health outcomes for Aboriginal people during the COVID-19 pandemic