Honorary Doctorates
Council confers the degree of Doctor of the University in recognition of distinction by the person in public service or service to the University, or in recognition of distinguished contribution by the person in a field of academic endeavour and in accordance with University policy Honorary Degrees.
Award Recipients are listed below.
2008
2007
- Professor Leanna Read (citation PDF 17KB)
- Professor Denise Bradley AC (citation PDF 45KB)
- Professor Don Bursill (citation PDF 55KB)
- Dr Ron Radford AM (citation PDF 43KB)
2006
- Dr Norton Jackson, AM (citation PDF 51KB)
- Dr Mike Rann, MP (citation PDF 40KB)
- Dr Susan Ryan, AO (citation PDF 67KB)
2005
- Prof Andrew Ehrenberg
- Dr Frank Bass (deceased)
- Dr Julian Burnside, QC (citation PDF 61KB)
- Dr Leon Davis, AO (citation PDF 37KB)
- Professor R Natarajan (citation PDF 42KB)
- Dr Gregor Ramsey AM (citation PDF 63KB)
- Dr Simon Wong
2004
2003
- Professor Zhang Xiaowei
- Dr Maurice de Rohan, AO OBE (deceased) (citation PDF 64KB)
- Dr Yuan Tseh Lee
- Dr Alfred Huang, AM (citation PDF 54KB)
2002
- Dr Dagmar Egen, AM (citation PDF 54KB)
- Prof Eleanor Ramsay
2001
- Hon Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG
2000
- Dr Patricia Crook, AO
- Dr Lyndsay Connors (citation PDF 80KB)
- Dr Malcolm Kinnaird AO
- Dr Rick Allert, AO
- Dr Kym Bonython, AC
1999
- Professor Lyndall Ryan
- Dr Colin Thiele, AC (deceased)
- The Hon Dr Basil Hetzel, AC
1998
- Dr Nelson Mandela
- Hon RJL Hawke AC
- Dr Bruce Webb (deceased)
- Dr Julian Clark
- Dr Ruth Tuck, AO
- Dr Don Williams, AO (deceased)
- Dr Alice Rigney
1997
- Dr Daniel Thomas, AM
- Dr Sue Vardon, AO
- Dr John Moriarty, AM
- Hon Justice Samuel Jacobs, AO
- Dr S (Max) Richards
1996
- Dr Archie Barton, AM
- Dr Betty Davis, AM
- Hon Justice John Von Doussa QC
- Dr Wendy McCarthy, AO
- Hon Dr John Dawkins, AO
- Sir Eric Neal, AC, CVO,
1995
- Dr Doreen Kartinyeri (deceased) (citation PDF 48KB)
- Dr David Pank AM (deceased)
- Dr Christobel Mattingley, AM
- Dr James CY Soong
1994
- Dr Anne Deveson, AO (citation PDF 127 KB)
- Dr Gavin Walkley, AM (deceased) (citation PDF 92 KB)
- Dr John Uhrig, AC, AO (citation PDF 73 KB)
- Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE (deceased) (citation PDF 46 KB)
1993
- Dr John McDonald AM (deceased) (citation PDF 71 KB)
- Dr Jean Blackburn, AO (deceased)
- Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue, AC, CBE, AM
- Dr Alison Crook, AO
- Dr James May