Australia Day Honours List celebrates staff and alumni
Staff and alumni from the University community have been recognised in the Australia Day 2020 Honours List for their outstanding achievements across a broad range of fields, and for their invaluable contribution to our society.
The University is proud to extend our warmest congratulations to all of our staff and alumni who were recognised this year. A list of Australia Day Honours received by members of the University community can be found below.
Staff
Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• Professor Bruce Gregory Robinson AM (MBBS ’80 MSc ’83 MD ’91)
For eminent service to medical research, and to national healthcare, through policy development and reform, and to tertiary education.
Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• Professor Robert Graham Cumming (MPHlth '89 PhD '94)
For distinguished service to medical education and research, particularly to ageing and age-related diseases.
• Professor Peter Joseph McCluskey
For distinguished service to ophthalmology, and to medical education, to eye health organisations, and to the community.
• Emeritus Professor Jules Mitchell Guss (BSc ’67 PhD ’70)
For distinguished service to education and scientific research in the field of molecular bioscience, and to professional organisations.
• Professor Robert (John) Simes (Bsc (Med) ’74 MBBS ’76 MD ’88)
For distinguished service to education, and to medicine, in the field of cancer research and clinical trials.
Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• Dr Stephen Bourke
For significant service to the international community of Jordan through archaeological projects.
• Professor Pierre Henri Chapuis
For significant service to medical education, and to colorectal surgery.
• Professor Richard de Dear
For significant service to education, particularly the design of the built environment.
• Dr John William Orchard
For significant service to sports medicine, particularly to cricket.
Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division
· Associate Professor Nicholas John Evans
For service to medicine in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology.
· Dr Meng Chong Ngu
For service to medicine in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology.
Alumni
Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Joan Beazley AO QC (LLB ’74 LLD ’08)
For eminent service to the people of New South Wales, particularly through leadership roles in the judiciary, and as a mentor of young women lawyers.
• Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner AO (BEc ’76 PhD ’84)
For eminent service to tertiary education through leadership and innovation in teaching and learning, research and financial sustainability.
Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• Ms Ilana Rachel Atlas (LLM ’87)
For distinguished service to the financial and manufacturing sectors, to education, and to the arts.
• Dr John Michael Bennett AM (LLM ’64 BA ’66 LLB ’69 LLD ’90 Dlitt ’07)
For distinguished service to the law through prolific authorship of biographies of eminent members of the legal profession.
• Mr Kevin McCann AM (BA ’61 LLB ’64)
For distinguished service to business, to corporate governance, and as an advocate for gender equity.
• Professor John Reginald Piggot (BA ’70)
For distinguished service to education, to population ageing research, and to public finance policy development.
• Dr Robyn Williams AM (DSc ’88 D.Sc(Honoris Causa) ’88)
For distinguished service to science as a journalist, radio presenter and author, and to education.
Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• Mr Anthony Abrahams (BA ’56 LLB ’59)
For significant service to Australia-France relations, and to the law.
• Emeritus Professor Thomas (John) Boulton (MMedHum ’10)
For significant service to medical education, and to paediatric medicine.
• Emeritus Professor Richard Laurence Broome (PhD ’75)
For significant service to education in the field of history, and to historical groups.
• The Honourable Dr Meredith Anne Burgmann (BA ’69 MA ’74)
For significant service to the people and Parliament of New South Wales.
• Dr Graham John Faichney (MAgr ’63)
For significant service to science in the fields of animal nutrition and physiology.
• Emeritus Professor John Joseph Fitzgerald (BA ’80)
For significant service to higher education, particularly in the field of Chinese studies.
• Dr Robyn Rae Iredale (BA ’66 DipEd ’67)
For significant service to people with an intellectual disability, and to education.
• Mr David Harley Jacobs (BEc ’74)
For significant service to Australia-Japan relations, and to business.
• Professor Margaret Anne Jolly (BA ’70 PhD ’80)
For significant service to education, particularly to gender and Pacific studies.
• Dr David Ronald Leece PSM RFD ED (BScAgr ’64 MAgr ’68)
For significant service to the environment, and to defence and security studies.
• Professor Marea Nicholson (MEd '90 PhD '03)
For significant service to education, and to professional standards.
• Ms Janine Sargeant (MPHlth ’96)
For significant service to medical administration through a range of roles.
Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division
• Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad (PhD ’76)
For service to the Muslim community, and to interfaith relations.
• Mrs Diana Joy Alexander (Med ’99)
For service to education, and to the community of Lockhart.
• Dr Ian Melvyn Chung (MBBS ’63)
For service to the law, to medicine, and to the community.
• Mrs Robyn Madelon Claydon (MA ’79)
For service to education, and to the Anglican Church of Australia.
• Dr Phillip Seldon Cocks (MBBS ’73)
For service to medicine, and to medical associations.
• Ms Marie Ann Ficarra (BSc ’76)
For service to the people and Parliament of New South Wales.
• Mrs Annette Guterres (MEd '81)
For service to veterans and their families.
• Mr Alan Claude Locke (BE(Mech) ’63)
For service to the community through charitable organisations.
• Ms Elizabeth Nield (BA '87 LLB '89)
For service to the performing and visual arts.
• Mr Robert Peter Selinger (BA ’69 Med ’75)
For service to the community, and to education.
• Dr John Stanisic (BSc '73 MSc '77)
For service to conservation and the environment.
• Mr John Stewart Stoddart (BArch ’59)
For service to the performing arts as a designer.
• Dr Mark Tredinnick (BA ’84 LLB ’86)
For service to literature, and to education.
• Dr Treve Williams (BVSc ’65)
For service to veterinary science.
Public Service Medal
• Ms Vicki Telfer (MPA ’02 MAdminLawPol ’10)
For outstanding public service to industrial relations policy and reform in New South Wales.
If you know someone in the University community who should be included in this list, email us on alumni.office@sydney.edu.au. A full list of all recipients is available at www.gg.gov.au.