Fellows of Senate

Dr Michael Spence

Gallery - Cocktail Party, 22 July 2008

Dr Michael Spence was officially welcomed as the University's Vice-Chancellor at a ceremony in the Great Hall at 6.00pm on Tuesday 22 July 2008.

The Welcome Ceremony comprised an Academic Procession and the Vice-Chancellor’s Inaugural Address in the Great Hall, followed by a Reception of cocktails and canapés in MacLaurin Hall.

Over 700 alumni, staff and guests were invited to attend.

The welcome was hosted by the Chancellor, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, and Master of Ceremonies was the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Don Nutbeam.

Photographs are courtesy of Nuran Zorlu.


Welcome & Inaugural Address


Cocktail Party

Preparations
Sydney Conservatorium artists: Chris Long, Craig Scott, Justin Fermino
Nibbles
Sara Heeson, Craig Prosser & Victoria Dore
Kate Barnsley (left), Ruchir Punjabi (centre) & Kate Laing (2nd from right) with guests
Guest with Dorothy Hoddinott & Cath Crittenden
Professors Sally Andrews & Raewynn Connell
Two guests with, on the right, Kenneth & Margaret Bickle & John Maronese
Philip Lambert
Ian Sefton, Michael Field and Gail & Francis Billson
Dennis De Kantzow (centre)
Robert Mitchell & Professor Branka Vucetic
Ian Reid, Catriona Wilson, Jill Potts & Andrew Potter
Dr John Mack, Mrs Vanessa Mack & Dr John Glastonbury
Hugh MacKay (3rd from left) with guests
Clive Lucas & Ian Harper with guest
Guy Houghton, Sobhini Sinnatamby & Veronic Pardey
Mary and Geoff Ashton & Lee Santow with son William
Shirley Muir & John Laycock
A guest with Dr John Yu, Brian Davies & Gary Rosevear
A guest with Associate Professor Robyn Ewing, Philip Lambert, a guest & Michael Rodriguez
Barry OKeefe, Professor Gillian Triggs & Gregory Burton
John Barrett, Roslyn Burge, David Bennett & John Cox
Peter Lay, Professor Andrew Refshauge & Jill Lay
Ian & Rosemary Harper, Wayne Erikson and Judy Swan
Tracey Beck with John Gulotta & George Varughese
Guests
Professor Andrew Coats with Sir William Tyree & Marg Davidson
Pamela Bell with Mr & Mrs Spearitt
A guest with Danny O
Professor Russell Lansbury with a guest and Professor Mary Crock & Professor Ron McCallum
Dr Spence with Professor Iven Klineberg
Jane Spring, Dr Robert Harper & Dr Spence
Dr Heather McKenzie (right)
Prasidh Tan with a guest and Phillip Greenberg
Professor Iqbal Ramzan, Edward Crook, Ross Brown & guest
Zeke Solomon, Daphne Kok and Alan Cameron
Professor Branka Vucetic, Associate Professor Sanjay Chawla & Professor Vassilios Agelidis
Professor Sir Bruce Williams, Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Kramer & Professor John Hearn
Guests
Donal Brown, Dr Spence & Professor Coats
Marno Parsons, Dr Spence and Barbara Stewart
Suzanne Marks, John McKerral, Gillian Hutchinson & Lydia Bushell
Jacqueline Barker, Brian Young, Meryl Bradford, Vicky Holmes-Newsome, Melina Hunt & Danny O