Chancellors

1853-

  • The Hon. Sir Redmond Barry, KCMG, BA LLD Dub. Melb & Penn. MA. From 17th May, 1853, to 23rd November, 1880. Died 1880.
  • The Hon. Sir William Foster Stawell, KCMG, BA Dub. LLD Dub. & Melb. MA. From 2nd May, 1881, to 8th May, 1882. Died 1889.
  • The Rt. Rev. Dr James Moorhouse, DD Camb. MA Camb. & Melb. From 7th July, 1884, to 1st February, 1886. Died 1915.
  • The Hon. Dr William Edward Hearn, QC, AM LLD Dub. From 3rd May to 4th October, 1886. Died 1888.
  • Sir Anthony Colling Brownless, CMG, MD St. And. & Melb. LLD FRCS. From 4th April 1887 to 3rd December 1897. Died 1897.
  • The Hon. Sir John Madden, GCMG, BA LLB LLD. From 20th December, 1897, to 10th March, 1918. Died 1918.
  • Sir John Henry MacFarland, Kt, MA Belf. & Camb. LLD. From 8th April, 1918, to 22nd July, 1935. Died 1935.
  • Sir James William Barrett, KBE CB CMG, LLD Manit. MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 30th August, 1935, to 6th March, 1939. Died 1945.
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir John Greig Latham, PC GCMG KC, MA LLM Hon. LLD. From 6th March, 1939, to 3rd March, 1941. Died 1964.
  • The Hon. Sir Charles John Lowe, KCMG, MA Adel. & Melb. LLB Hon. LLD. From 3rd March, 1941, to 15th March, 1954. Died 1969.
  • The Hon. Sir Arthur Dean, Kt QC, LLM Hon. LLD. From 15th March, 1954, to 7th March, 1966. Died 1970.
  • Sir William George Dismore Upjohn, Kt OBE, MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 7th March, 1966, to 6th March, 1967. Died 1979.
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT AK CH QC Constable of Dover Castle, Lord Warden of Cinque Ports, LLM Hon. LLD (Brist. Belf. Melb. Br. Col. Syd. McGill Malta Laval Tas. Camb. Harv. Leeds Adel. Q'ld Edin. Birm. A.N.U. Sus. Drury College and Calif.), Hon. DCL Oxf. Kent Hon. D.Litt W.Aust. Hon. DSc N.S.W. Hon. FAHA Hon. MAustMM FRS Hon. FRCS Barrister-at-Law. From 6th March, 1967 to 6th March, 1972. Died 1978.
  • Leonard William Weickhardt, CBE, Hon. DASc V.I.C. MSc Hon. LLD FIChemE FRACI. From 6th March 1972 to 18th March,1978. Died July 2000.
  • The Hon. Sir Oliver James Gillard, Kt, BA LLB. From 18th March 1978 to 3rd March 1980. Died 1984.
  • Professor Emeritus Sir Roy Douglas Wright, AK, DSc A.N.U. & Melb. Hon.LLD A.N.U. & Melb. MB MS FRACP. From 3rd March 1980 to 31st December 1989. Died 1990.
  • The Hon Sir (Albert) Edward Woodward, AC Kt OBE QC, LLM Melb. HonLLD NSW HonDLitt Ballarat. From 1 January 1990 to 2nd February 2001. Died April 2010.
  • Fay Surtees Marles, AM MA Melb. DipSocSt Melb. From 3rd February 2001 to 31st December 2004.
  • Ian Andrew Renard, AM BA Melb. LLM Melb. From 1 January 2005 to 9 January 2009.
  • The Hon. Mr Alex Chernov, AO QC AC BCom LLB (Hons) Melb. From 10 January 2009 to 7 April 2011.
  • Ms Elizabeth Alexander, AO, BCom Melb FAICD FCA FCPA. From 8 April 2011 to 31 December 2016.
  • Mr Allan Myers, AC KC. From 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022.
  • Ms Jane Hansen, AO, BEc Monash, BA Melb, MFin&BA Columbia. From 1 January 2023 (current).

Deputy Chancellors

1934-

  • Sir James William Barrett, KBE CB CMG, LLD Manit. MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 17th December, 1934, to 30th August, 1935. Died 1945.
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir John Greig Latham, PC GCMG KC, MA LLM Hon. LLD. From 30th August, 1935, to 6th March, 1939. Died 1964.
  • Sir William Lennon Raws, KtB CBE. From 6th March, 1939, to 3rd March, 1941.
  • Sir Wilfred Russell Grimwade, BSc. From 3rd March, 1941, to 1st March, 1943.
  • Dr Bernard Traugott Zwar, MD MS FRACS. From 1st March, 1943, to 5th March, 1945.
  • The Hon. Sir Walter Massey-Greene. From 5th March, 1945, to 3rd March, 1947.
  • Dr Leslie Scott Latham, MA MD BS FRACP. From 3rd March, 1947, to 7th March, 1949.
  • The Hon. Trevor Donald Oldham, LLB. From 7th March, 1949, to 5th March, 1951.
  • Sir John Newman-Morris, CMG, MB BS. From 5th March, 1951, to 2nd March, 1953.
  • The Hon. Sir Arthur Dean, Kt QC, LLM Hon. LLD. From 2nd March, 1953, to 15th March, 1954. Died 1970.
  • Colin Macdonald Gilray, OBE MC, BA Otago MA Oxf. & Melb. Hon. LLD FACE. From 15th March, 1954, to 11th March, 1958 and from 2nd March, 1959, to 4th March, 1962.
  • Sir Ian Clunies-Ross, CMG, DVSc Syd. Hon. LLD FAA. From 11th March, 1958, to 2nd March, 1959. Died 1959.
  • Sir William George Dismore Upjohn, Kt OBE, MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 5th March, 1962, to 7th March, 1966, and from 13th April, 1970, to 2nd April, 1973. Died 1979.
  • Leonard William Weickhardt, CBE, Hon. DASc V.I.C. MSc Hon. LLD FIChemE FRACI. From 4th April, 1966, to 6th March, 1972.
  • Professor Emeritus Sir Roy Douglas Wright, AK, DSc A.N.U. & Melb. Hon. LLD A.N.U. & Melb. MB MS FRACP. From 10th April, 1972 to 3rd March, 1980. Died 1990.
  • The Rev. John Davis McCaughey, AC, MA Camb. & Melb. Hon. DD Edin. Hon. LLD FACE. From 3rd April, 1978 to 31st December, 1979. [Re-elected Deputy Chancellor 17th March, 1982, to 31st December, 1985.] [H.E. the Governor of Victoria from 1986 to 1992.]
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir Ninian Stephen, AK GCMG GCVO KBE, Hon. LLD Syd. LLB. From 31st March, 1980 to 5th April, 1982. [H.E. the Governor-General of Australia from 1982 to 1989.]
  • Dame Margaret Blackwood, DBE, PhD Camb. MSc Hon. LLD. From 31st March, 1980 to 31st December, 1983. Died 1986.
  • Dr Ronald Geoffrey Downes, CB, DAgrSc FAIAS FSCSA FTS FAIM. Elected 2nd April, 1984. Died 1985.
  • The Hon. Mr Justice Raymond Moyle Northrop, QC, LLM. From 1st July, 1985 to 31st December, 1993.
  • Fay Surtees Marles, AM MA Melb. DipSocSt Melb. From 7th April, 1986 to 2nd February, 2001.
  • Norman George Curry, AM BA Melb. MEd Melb. PhD Lond. HonSTD MCD HonLLD Melb. FACE. From 1st January 1994 to 12th January 2004.
  • Ian Andrew Renard, BA Melb. LLM Melb. From 1st January 2002 to 31st December 2004.
  • Dr Bernard Hendrik Lochtenberg, BE W.Aust. DPhil Oxf. FTSE. From 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2006.
  • Ms  Rosa Storelli, BEd GradDip StudWelf MEdStuds MACE FACEA AFAIM. From 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010.
  • The Hon. Justice Susan Crennan, QC AC AO BA Melb LLB Sydney PGDipArts Melb. 22 June 2009 to 31 December 2011.
  • Ms Elizabeth Alexander, AM BCom Melb FAICD FCA FCPA. From 1 January 2011 to 7 April 2011.
  • Mr Robert Johanson, BA LLM Melb MBA Harv. From 8 April 2011 to 31 December 2016.
  • Mr Ross McPherson, LLB(Hons) Melb LLM Lond FIML FAICD. From 7 May 2012 to 31 December 2017.
  • Mr Martyn Myer, AO BEng Swin MEngSc Monash MScM MIT. From 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019.
  • Ms Jane Hansen, AO, BEc Monash, BA Melb, MFin&BA Columbia. 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022.
  • Ms Wendy Stops, BAppSc (IT) CIT, GAICD. From 1 January 2023 (current).
  • Mr Andrew Cuthbertson, AO, BMedSci Melb, MB BS Melb, PhD Melb. From 1 January 2023 (current).

Vice-Chancellors

1853-1934

  • The Rt. Hon. Hugh Cullin Eardley Childers, MA Camb. FRS. From 17th May, 1853, to 12th March, 1857.
  • The Hon. William Clark Haines. From 15th May, 1857, to 31st May, 1858.
  • The Hon. Sir John Madden, GCMG, BA LLB LLD. From 3rd June, 1889, to 20th December, 1897. Died 1918.
  • The Hon. Sir Henry John Wrixon, KCMG QC, BA Dub. From 20th December, 1897, to 7th March, 1910.
  • Sir John Henry MacFarland, Kt, MA Belf. & Camb. LLD. From 7th March, 1910, to 8th April, 1918. Died 1935.
  • Sir John Grice, BA LLB. From 6th May, 1918, to 18th June, 1923.
  • Sir John Monash, GCMG KCB VD, Hon. DCL Oxf. Hon. LLD Camb. & Melb. BA LLB MCE DEng. From 2nd July, 1923, to 8th October, 1931.
  • Sir James William Barrett, KBE CB CMG, LCD Manit. MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 7th December, 1931, to 17th December, 1934. Died 1945.

Salaried Vice-Chancellors

1935-

  • Sir Raymond Edward Priestley, Kt MC, MA Camb. DLitt Malaya LLD St. And. Natal Dal. & Birm. DSc N.Z. W.I. & Melb. From 1st January, 1935, to 30th June, 1938. Died 1974.
  • Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley, DCL Oxf. MA Oxf. & Melb. Hon. LLD. From 1st July, 1938, to 1st July, 1951. Died 1962.
  • Sir George Whitecross Paton, Kt, BA BCL Oxf. Hon. LLD Glas. Syd. Q'ld Tas. Lond. Monash & Melb. DCL W. Ont. MA Of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. From 1st July, 1951, to 29th February, 1968. Died 1985.
  • Sir David Plumley Derham, KBE CMG MBE, Hon. LLD Monash & Melb. BA LLM FASSA, Barrister-at-Law. From 1st March, 1968, to 31st May, 1982. Died 1985.
  • David Edmund Caro, AO OBE, PhD Birm. Hon. LLD Tas. & Melb. Hon. DSc MSc FInstP FAIP FACE. From 1st June 1982 to 31st December 1987. Died August 2011.
  • David Geoffrey Penington, AC, MA DM BCh Oxf. Hon.LLD Melb. FRCP FRACP FRCPA. From 1st January, 1988 to 31st December, 1995.
  • Alan David Gilbert, MA ANU DPhil Oxf. HonDLitt Tas. HonLLD McG. HonLLD Melb. FASSA. From 1st January, January 1996 to 31 January 2004. Died 2010.
  • Kwong Chiu Lee Dow, AM AO BSc Melb. BEd Melb.HonLLD Melb. ARACI FACE.From 1st February 2004 to 9th January, 2005.
  • Professor Glyn Davis, AC BA NSW PhD ANU FAASA FIPAA. From 10 January 2005 to 30 September 2018.
  • Professor Duncan Maskell, MA Cantab PhD Cantab FMedSci HonAssocRCVS. From 1 October 2018 (current).

Provosts

  • Peter Balshaw McPhee, AM MA PhD DipEd Melb. FAHA FASSA.  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 1 October 2003 to 9 September 2007. Provost 10 September 2007 to 14 July 2009.
  • Professor John Dewar, BCL MA Oxon. PhD Griff. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) 6 April 2009 to 27 September 2009. Provost 28 September 2009 to 23 December 2011.
  • Professor Philippa Pattison (Acting), BSc Melb. PhD Melb. FASSA. Provost 24 December 2011 to 27 April 2012.
  • Professor Margaret Sheil AO, BSc (Hons) PhD UNSW. FRACI FTSE. Provost 28 April 2012 to 8 February 2018.
  • Professor Mark Considine, PhD Melb, FASSA, FIPAA, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professorship. Provost 5 February 2018 to 31 December 2020.
  • Professor James McCluskey (Acting), AO FAA FAHMS BMedSc MB BS MD UWA FRACP FRCPA. Provost 1 January 2021 to 5 September 2021.
  • Professor Nicola Phillips, BA (Hons) (King’s College London), MSc, PhD (London School of Economics and Political Science), FAcSS, FRSA. Provost 6 September 2021 (current).

Deputy Vice-Chancellors

1962-

  • Edwin Sherbon Hills, CBE, PhD DIC Lond. Hon. DSc Durh. DSc FAA FIC FRS. From 2nd April, 1962, to 28th February, 1971. Died 1986.
  • David Edmund Caro, AO OBE, PhD Birm. Hon. LLD Tas. & Melb. Hon. DSc MSc FInstP FAIP FACE. From 1st March, 1972, to 31st December, 1977. Vice-Chancellor from 1st June, 1982, to 31st December, 1987. Died August 2011
  • Peter William Whitton, BSc(Eng) DIC PhD Lond. ME FIEAust. From 1st February, 1979, to 31st December, 1984.
  • John Francis Lovering, Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, MSc Syd. & Melb. PhD Cal. Tech. FAIG FAA MAusIMM. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) from 1st January, 1985, to 5th June, 1987.
  • Gordon Veitch Stanley, BA PhD W.Aust. FBPsS FAPsS. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Staff) from 1st January, 1985, to 31st December, 1989.
  • John Paul Coghlan, PhD DSc. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) from 1st October, 1987, to 31st December, 1989.
  • John Riddoch Poynter, AO Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, MA Oxf. BA PhD FASSA FAHA. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) from 8th April, 1975 to 4th April, 1982. Deputy Vice Chancellor from 5th April, 1982, to 31st December, 1988. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) from 1st January, 1989, to 31st December, 1990. [Assistant Vice Chancellor (Cultural Affairs) from 1st January, 1991, to 31st December 1994.]
  • Barry Alistair Sheehan, MA PhD Lond. BCom BEd. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources) from 1st January 1989 to 10th May 1998.
  • Carl Boris Schedvin, BEc Syd. PhD Syd. FASSA. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Management) From 1st January, 1991 to 31st December, 2000.
  • Sally Ann Walker, LLM Melb. Barrister and Solicitor. Senior Deputy-Vice-Chancellor 1 July 2000 to 31 December 2002.
  • Professor Kwong Chiu Lee Dow, AM BSc Melb. BEd Melb.HonLLD Melb. ARACI FACE. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students and Staff) 9 June 1998 to 31 January 2004. From 1st February 2004 to 9th January, 2005.
  • Professor Peter Balshaw McPhee, MA PhD DipEd Melb. FAHA FASSA.  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 1 October 2003 to 10 September 2007.
  • Professor Vijoleta Braach-Maksvytis, BSc NSW PhD Syd. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Innovation and Development) 30 November 2005.
  • Professor John Alexander McKenzie, BSc PhD LaTrobe FAA.  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) 1 January 2006 to 30 April 2008.
  • Professor Francis Patrick Larkins, AM BEd DSc Melb. DPhil Oxf. FRACI FAIE FAIP FTS FAA. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) October 1990 to December 2005. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) January 2006 to May 2008. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) June 2008 to  December 2008.
  • Professor Peter Rathjen, BSc Hons Adel. DPhil Oxf. Appointed Dean of Science April 2006. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) 1 May 2008 to 4 March 2011.
  • Professor John Dewar,BCL,MA Oxf. PhD Griff. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) 6 April 2009. Appointed Provost 28 September 2009.
  • Professor Susan Leigh Elliott, MB BS Melb. MD Melb. FRACP. Appointed Acting Provost 15 July 2009. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) 28 September 2009.
  • Professor Warren Arthur Bebbington, MA Queens (NY) MPhil MMus PhD CUNY. Appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (University Relations) 1 January   2006. Appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) 1 June 2008. Appointed   Deputy Vice-Chancellor (University Affairs) 28 September 2009 to 6 July 2012.
  • Professor Philippa Eleanor Pattison, BSc Melb. PhD Melb. FASSA. Appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) 28 September 2009. Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 3 May 2011 to 30 May 2014.
  • Professor Susan Elliott, MBBS MD Melb. FRACP, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) (to 31 May 2012). Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) (from 1 June 2012). Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) (from 2014 until February 2017).
  • Professor James McCluskey AO, BMedSci MBBS MD W AustUWA FRACP FRCPA FAA FAHMS. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) (from 27 March 2011).
  • Professor Richard James, BSc MEd DEd Melb DipEd Melb.StateColl. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Undergraduate) (from April 2017)
  • Professor Carolyn Evans, BA/LLB (Hons) Melb PhD Oxon. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Graduate) (from July 2017). Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Graduate And International) (until November 2018).
  • Professor Ruth Fincher AM, BA(hons) Melb MA McMaster PhD Clark. FASSA DFIAG. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) (from November 2018 to June 2019).
  • Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, MA PhD Macquarie FSRHE, MAICD. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Life) (from December 2019 to March 2021).
  • Professor Shitij Kapur, MBBS AIIMS PhD Toronto. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) (from June to November 2019).
  • Professor Michael Wesley, BA(Hons) UQ PhD St And. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) (from November 2019). Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global, Culture and Engagement) (from 2023).
  • Professor Gregor Kennedy, BA(Hons) PhD Melb. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (from 2021).
  • Professor Mark Hargreaves, BSc Melb MA BSU PhD Melb FESSA FACSM FAPS. Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) (from 3 July 2023 to 31 December 2023).
  • Professor Pip Nicholson, BA LLB Melb MPP ANU PhD Melb. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (People and Community) (from 26 April 2022).
  • Professor Barry Judd, BA Ballarat GradCertHEdTeach Monash GradDipPubPol MA Melb PhD Monash. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) (from 5 June 2023).
  • Professor Mark Cassidy, BE(Hons) UQ PhD Oxon FAA FTSE FIE Aust GAICD (from 1 January 2024).

Professorial Board/Academic Board

Presidents of the Professorial Board

1856-1934

  • William Parkinson Wilson, MA FCPS. From 1856 to 1857.
  • William Edward Hearn, QC, AM LLD. Dub. From 1857 to 1858.
  • Martin Howy Irving, MA Oxf. & Melb. From 1858 to 1861.
  • William Edward Hearn, QC, AM LLD. Dub. From 1862 to February, 1865.
  • Martin Howy Irving, MA Oxf. & Melb. From April 1865 to 1867.
  • William Parkinson Wilson, MA FCPS. From 1868 to 1871.
  • George Britton Halford, MD FRCP Lond. From 1872 to 1873.
  • Sir Frederick McCoy, KCMG, MA DSc Camb. FRS. From 1874 to 1875.
  • Herbert Augustus Strong, MA Oxf. & Melb. From 1876 to 1877.
  • Edward John Nanson, MA Camb. & Melb. From 1878 to 1879.
  • Sir Frederick McCoy, KCMG, MA DSc Camb. FRS. From 1880 to 1885.
  • John Simeon Elkington, MA LLB. From 1886 to 1887.
  • William Charles Kernot, MA MCE MInstCE. From 1887 to 1888.
  • Edward Ellis Morris, MA LittD. From 1888 to 1889.
  • Henry Laurie, MA LLD. From 1889 to 1890.
  • Edward Ellis Morris, MA LittD. From 1890 to 1893.
  • Harry Brooks Allen, MD BS ChB LLD. From 1894 to 1896.
  • Sir David Orme Masson, KBE, MA DSc FRSE FRS. From 1897 to 1898.
  • Edward Ellis Morris, MA LittD. From 1898 to 1901.
  • Thomas George Tucker, CMG, MA LittD. From January to October 1902.
  • Henry Laurie, MA LLD. From October 1902 to 1903.
  • Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, KCMG, MA DSc LittD FRS. From 1904 to 1911.
  • Sir David Orme Masson, KBE, MA DSc FRSE FRS. From 1912 to 1915.
  • Sir William Harrison Moore, KBE CMG, BA LLD. From 1916 to 1918.
  • William Alexander Osborne, MB BCh Belf. DSc Tübingen & Melb. Hon.DSc Belf. Hon.FACS. From 1919 to 1921.
  • Ernest Willington Skeats, DSc ARCSc FGS. From 1922 to 1924.
  • Sir Robert Strachan Wallace, KBE, MA Oxf. & Melb. LLD Aberd. From 1925 to 1927.
  • Sir Ernest Scott. From 1927 to 1930.
  • Wilfred Eade Agar, CBE, MA Camb. DSc Glas. & Melb. FRS. From 1931 to 1934.

Chair of the Professorial Board

1935-1978

  • Sir Douglas Berry Copland, KBE CMG, MA DSc N.Z. LittD Harv. Q'ld & Melb. Hon. LLD A.N.U. DCL Bishop's LLD McGill Clark Carleton BC Adel. & Melb. 1935 to 1937.
  • Sir Kenneth Hamilton Bailey, CBE QC, BCL MA Oxf. Hon. LLD Dal. & A.N.U. LLM Hon. LLD. 1938 to 1940.
  • Sir Samuel MacMahon Wadham, MA Camb. & Melb. Hon. LLD AgrDip Camb. 1941 to 1943.
  • Sir Peter MacCallum, MC, MA N.Z. MSc N.Z. & Melb. MB ChB DPH Edin. MD FRCP Edin. FRSE FRACP MCPA. 1944 to 1946.
  • Alexander Boyce Gibson, MA Oxf. DLitt Camb. BA FAHA. 1950 to 1952.
  • John Stewart Turner, MA PhD Camb. MSc FAA. 1953, 1954.
  • Sir Leslie Harold Martin, CBE, PhD Camb. FInstP. 1955, 1956.
  • Sir Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies, CMG, Hon.LLD Glas. DDSc DLO FRCS Edin. FRACS FDSRCS Eng. & Edin. FRSE FACD. 1957, 1958.
  • Edwin Sherbon Hills, CBE, PhD DIC Lond. Hon.DSc Durh. DSc FIC FAA FRS. 1959 to 1961.
  • Wilfred Prest, CBE, MA Leeds MA Com Manc. MCom Hon.DCom. 1962 to 1964.
  • John Andrews, BA Syd. PhD Camb. MA FASSA. 1965, 1966.
  • Victor Martin Trikojus, CBE, DPhil Oxf. DSc Syd. MSc FRACI FAA. 1967.
  • Richard Ivan Downing, DipEc Camb. BA. 1968, 1969.
  • Frederick John Willett, DSC, MA Camb. Hon.LLD MBA FAIM. 1970, 1971.
  • Maxwell Edgar Hargreaves, PhD Camb. BMetE MAusIMM. 1972, 1973.
  • John Riddoch Poynter, MA Oxf. BA PhD FASSA FAHA. 1974.
  • Peter William Whitton, BSc(Eng) PhD Lond. ME DIC FIEAust. 1975, 1976.
  • David Ogilvie White, MD BS Syd. PhD A.N.U. MSc Hon.MD Melb. FRCPA. 1977, 1978.

Chair of the Academic Board

1978-1988

  • David Ogilvie White, MD BS Syd. PhD A.N.U. MSc Hon.MD Melb. FRCPA. 1978.
  • Kenneth Vincent Finlayson Jubb, BVSc Syd. PhD C'nell Hon.DVSc Murdoch Hon.DSc U.P.M. (Ag. U.Malaysia) MVSc FACVSc. 1979, 1980.
  • Leslie Roy Webb, PhD Lond. BCom. 1983, 1984.
  • Kwong Chiu Lee Dow, AM, BSc BEd ARACI FACE. 1985, 1986.
  • Margaret Mary Manion, PhD Bryn Mawr MA BEd FACE FAHA. 1987, 1988.

Presidents of the Academic Board

1989-

  • Graeme Bruce Ryan, MD BS PhD FRCPA FRACP. 1989, 1990.
  • Ian Stewart Ferguson, DF Yale BScF FIFA FRAIPR. 1991, 1992.
  • Ian Philip Williamson, MSurvSc PhD N.S.W. FISAust CompIEAust L.S. 1993, 1994.
  • John Robert Victor Prescott, BSc MA DipEd Durh. PhD Lond. MA FASSA 1995, 1996.
  • Thomas William Healy, PhD Col. MSc FACI FAA FTS. 1997, 1998.
  • Sally Ann Walker, LLM Melb., 1999 - 2000
  • James Alexander Angus, BSc Syd. PhD Syd. FAA. 2000 - 2001.
  • Peter Balshaw McPhee, MA PhD DipEd Melb. FAHA. 2002 - 2003
  • Field Winston Rickards, BSc MEd Manc. PhD Melb. 2003, 2004.
  • Loane Skene, LLB Melb. LLM Monash, 2005-2006
  • Philippa Eleanor Pattison, BSc Melb. PhD Melb. FASSA, 2007-2008
  • Geoffrey Wayne Stevens, BEChem RMIT PhD. 2009-2010.
  • Ronald Francis Slocombe, MVSc PhD Mich. ACVP. 2011-2012.
  • Ruth Fincher, BA Melb.MA McMaster PhD Clark.  FASSA DRIAG. 2013-2014
  • Rachel Webster, BsC(Hons) Monash MSc Sussex PhD Camb. 2015-2016.
  • Nilss Olekalns, BEc Adel MEc ANU, MA UWO, PhD LaTrobe. 2017-2020.
  • Janet Hergt, BCsHons La Trobe, PhD ANU. FGSAus. From 1 January 2021 to 25 June 2021.
  • Andrew Kenyon, LLB Melb, LLM Lond, PhD Melb. From 26 June 2021 to 31 December 2022.
  • Karen Farquharson, AB Calif, AM PhD Harv. 2023 (current).

Registrars

1853-1999

  • Edward Graves Mayne, 1853-1855.
  • John Frederick James, 1856-1864.
  • Edward Fitzhaley a'Beckett, Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln's Inn), 1864-1901.
  • Alexander Sutherland, MA. 1902.
  • Walton Emerson Cornwall, MA. 1902-1909.
  • Joseph Proctor Bainbridge, FCIS JP. 1909-1937.
  • Alfred Woolley Greig, JP. 1937-1939.
  • John Frederick Foster, CMG, Hon.MA Oxf. Hon.LLD Laval & W.Ont. Hon.DSc Salford MA LLM Hon.LLD. 1939-1947.
  • Frank Horace Johnston, BA BCom Hon.MPhil LCA JP. 1947-1968.
  • Alfred Thomas Jakins Bell, OBE, BE Syd. BA Hon.MPhil FIEAust. 1968-1978.
  • James Baildon Potter, AM RFD ED, BSc MAppSc Hon. LLD FRMTC FIREEAust FIEAust. 1979-1999.

In 1999 the position of Registrar was discontinued, and separate positions of Vice-Principal and head of administration, and University Secretary created

University Secretary

1999-

  • Lennard Neil Currie, BA DipEd Melb. 1999-2007
  • Janet Ann White, BSc Lond. 2007-2010
  • Christopher Stewardson, BA PhD.  2010-2014
  • Dr Gioconda Di Lorenzo, BA LLB PhD Melb. 2015-2023
  • Dr Nancy Huggett, BA (Hons) Exon LLB (Hons) PhD W'gong. 2024 (current)

Head of Administration

1966-1988

  • Raymond David Marginson, AM, (Vice-Principal) Hon.LLD BCom DipPubAdmin FAIM. FAITEA. 1966-1988

1999

  • Mr Ian Marshman, AM, (Senior Vice Principal). BA (Hons) Melb LLB ANU LLD (Hon) Melb. March 1999 to July 2015.
  • Mr Allan Tait, (Vice-Principal and Chief Financial Officer). Chief Financial Officer from 28 September 2009 to July 2015. Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President (Administration and Finance) from July 2015 to 31 July 2022.
  • Mr Paul Axup, (Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President (Administration and Finance)). From 1 August 2022 (current).