Alumni and staff acknowledged in 2024 Australia Day Honours List

Australians of the Year

Congratulations to alumni Georgina Long AO (BSc '93, PhD '96, MBBS '01) and Richard Scolyer AO (M D '06) from the University of Sydney and Melanoma Institute Australia, jointly named 2024 Australian of the Year for their life-saving melanoma work.

Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Air Marshal Robert Timothy Chipman AM CSC (BE(Aeronautical) '93)
  For distinguished service in responsible positions as Australia's Military Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; and as Head of Military Strategic Commitments Branch.
• Professor Sally Lewers Dunwoodie (BSc '86, PhD '93)
  For distinguished service to medical research as an embryologist and geneticist, particularly in the field of foetal, and neonatal heart disease.
• Dr Graham Cameron Grant (BE(Mech and Elec) '57)
  For distinguished service to biomedical engineering as a pioneer of innovative equipment development, and to medicine.
• Dr Lindy Lee (BVA(Hons) '82, DipVisArt '84)
  For distinguished service to contemporary visual arts as a sculptor and painter, and to arts administration through leadership roles.
• Emeritus Professor Helen Marian Lochhead (BSc(Arch) '76)
  For distinguished service to architecture and urban design, to building regulation reform, to tertiary education, and to professional organisations.
• Conjoint Associate Professor Sally McCarthy (MBBS '84)
  For distinguished service to emergency medicine, and to professional associations through leadership roles.

Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Dr Richard John Bailey (MBBS '56) 
  For significant service to medicine in the field of anesthetics, and to professional societies.
• Dr Sandra Eleyn Close BSc(GenSc) '67
  For significant service to the mining and resources sector, and to women as an equal opportunity pioneer and advocate, and to professional associations.
• Emeritus Professor Michael John Eyles (BSc '72, PhD '82)
  For significant service to tertiary education, and to science.
• John Gregory Foreman OAM (AssocDipJazz Stud '92)
  For significant service to the performing arts, particularly music, and to the community.
• Associate Professor Graham John Gumley (MBBS '76)
  For significant service to medicine in the field of orthopaedics.
• Clinical Professor Paul Robert Harnett (MBBS '80, PhD '90)
  For significant service to oncology as a clinician and researcher.
• Professor Charlotte Mary Hespe (MBBS '87)
  For significant service to general medicine as a practitioner, academic and mentor.
• David William Hynes (BEc(SocSc) '93, LLB '95)
  For significant service to sports administration, and to baseball.
• Matthew Kayrooz (BSc '81)
  For significant service to the community through social welfare initiatives, and to the insurance sector.
• Peter Joseph Kirkwood (GradCertEdStudies '98)
  For significant service to surf life saving through international, national and local roles.
• The Reverend Canon Professor Dorothy Ann Lee (BD '83, PhD '91)
  For significant service to the Anglican Church of Australia.
• Peter Ernest Lowry OAM (LLB '65)
  For significant service to the community through a range of roles and organisations.
• Benedict George Maguire (EMBA '04)
  For significant service to veteran rehabilitation and support, and to the community.
• Margaret Anne Martin (AssocDipNursEd '81)
  For significant service to nursing and midwifery, particularly through education.
• Her Honour Chief Judge Elizabeth Jane Morris (BA '88, LLB '91)
  For significant service to the law in the Northern Territory, and to the community.
• The late Dr Annette Cleo Pantle (MBBS '81)
  For significant service to medical administration, and to professional organisations.
• The Honourable Dr Brian Patrick Pezzutti CSC RFD (MBBS '70)
  For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to community health.
• Dr Gordon Henry Pike (PhD(Research) '77)
  For significant service to engineering, and to the aerospace industry.
• Professor Paul Roach (MBBS '87)
  For significant service to nuclear medicine, and to medical research.
• Lenore Elizabeth Robertson (BA '78, DipArts '14)
  For significant service to the community, and to the arts.
• Her Excellency Ms Harinder Kaur Sidhu (BEc '85, LLB '87)
  For significant service to public administration, and to foreign affairs.
• Linda Marilyn Sorrell (GradCertCasemix '97)
  For significant service to health administration through a range of roles.
• Nicholas James Stephenson (MBBS '86)
  For significant service to medicine, and to medical imaging training.
• Ms Shirley Ann Stokes (BA '71, DipEd '72, MA(Pass) '84, MEd(Pass) '90)
• For significant service to rowing, and to people with disability.
• Dr Brett Anthony Summerell (BScAgr '85, PhD '89)
  For significant service to the environment through plant pathology and mycology.
• The late Ms Sophie Jessica Trevitt (BA '13)
  For significant service to social justice, and to human rights protection for youth and Indigenous people.
• Associate Professor Kathleen Elizabeth Tymms (GradCertEdStudies '02)
  For significant service to rheumatology, and to professional associations.
• John Taber Vallance (BA '80)
  For significant service to education, to library services and programs, and to the arts.
• Diané Ranck (MIntPH '05)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Clinical Associate Professor Judith Skinner (Kirk) (MD '06)
  For significant service to medicine, and to medical research, particularly in the field of cancer genetics.

Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

• Kerry Margaret Skellern (BSc '86 BE(Chem) '88)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Dr Jennifer Joan Barnes (PhD '08)
  For service to the performing arts through opera, and to the community.
• Adrian Joseph Bendt (BMus '90)
  For service to music as a violinist and choir master.
• Sheree Anne Bourke (BScAgr '89, GradDip(Secondary) '92)
  For service to education.
  
• Bronwyn Alice Brown (BSc(GenSc) 72')
  For service to the community through music.
• Christine Florence Butters (BA '69)
  For service to the community through music and sport.
• Joy Lynette Connor (BA '65 DipEd '66, MPhil '06)
  For service to the community through social welfare organisations.
• Marea Ellen Donovan (BA '58, LLB '61)
  For service to the Catholic Church of Australia.
• Dr Sabrin Farooqui (PhD '10)
  For service to the community, and to multicultural affairs.
• Michael Bernard Fay (DipEd '70, MEd(Pass) '84)
  For service to international relations, and to education.
• Dr Peter Charles Frederiksen (MBBS '85)
  For service to dermatology.
• Eris Daniel Gleeson (LLB '77)
  For service to the community of the Hilltops region.
• Pascale Annelise Helyar-Moray (BA '97, MCom '02)
  For service to business, and to women's affairs.
• The late Mr Anthony Ronald Hope (BSc '61)
  For service to the mining industry, and to Australia-China relations.
• Dr Anne Therese Knight (MBBS '84)
  For service to medicine through a range of roles.
• Robert Lions (BE(Elec) '64)
  For service to the community through a range of roles.
• Desmond James Lum (BPharm '66)
  For service to the communities of Holbrook and Thurgoona.
• Dr Judith Marilyn McKay (GradDipMuseum Stud '77, MA(Honours) '82)
  For service to the museums and galleries sector.
• Robert Edward McKeown (BA '63, LLB '67)
  For service to community of inner western Sydney.
• Sarah Jane Nilsson (BN '05)
  For service to nursing.
• Dr Robert Alan North (MBBS '60)
  For service to medicine, and to the community.
• Dr Toni Schofield (BA '76, PhD '96)
  For service to community health, and to women.
• Warwick Frank Shanks (BEc '91)
  For service to business, and to the community through a range of organisations.
• Associate Professor Allen-John Edward Collins (MBBS '90)
  For service to medicine through a range of roles.
  
• Mrs Leila Doris Forde (MA(Pass) '81)
  For service to community health
• Jennifer Kay Lambert (BEc '83)
  For service to business.

Conspicuous Service Cross

• Colonel Rodney Waldemar Petersen (MBA '93)
  For outstanding devotion to duty as Staff Officer Class One, Military Employment Classification and Review Service, Joint Health Command.

Public Service Medal

• Muhammad Humair Ahmad (MURP '03, EMPA '14)
  For outstanding public service to social and affordable housing reforms across public and community housing.
  
• Rosemary Anne Burke (BPharm '79)
  For outstanding public service in the implementation and running of the COVID-19 vaccination program and Special Health Accommodation pharmacy support for the NSW Department of Health.
• Dillon Kombumerri (BSc(Arch) '86)
  For outstanding public service to the field of architecture and design and relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and cultural practices.
  
• Catherine Anne Quinn (GradDipHlthSc(RehabCounselling) '86)
  For outstanding public service to forensic science and reform in the scientific field in support of community safety.
• Christopher John Sullivan (BMedSc '02)
  For outstanding public service through leadership in establishing and delivering critical protocols.
• Emma Tan (MOT '14)
  For outstanding public service to healthcare, in particular, the delivery of COVID-19 related services.
• Ms Suzie Matthews (MPP '16)
  For outstanding public service to the community and students, in particular, the delivery of COVID-19 related services.

Australian Police Medal

• Detective Superintendent Despa Fitzgerald (GradDipCrim '96)

Australian Fire Service Medal

• Assistant Commissioner David John Lewis (GradDipPA '12)

Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Professor Julie-Anne Elizabeth Leask (MPH '98 PhD '03)
  For distinguished service to health and medical research, to policy advice, and to enhancing community understanding of immunisation.
• Professor Deborah Ann Cobb-Clark
  For distinguished service to economic research, to tertiary education, and to the social sciences.
• Professor Ian Bernard Hickie AM
  For distinguished service to psychiatric research and reforms as an advocate for improved mental health care and awareness.

Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Professor Christopher Gerard Maher (BAppSc(Phty) '82, GradDipAppSc(ExSpSc) '89, GradDipAppSc(Manipulative Phty) '90, PhD(Phty) '96, DMedSci '18)
  For significant service to physiotherapy as a researcher, clinician and mentor, particularly in the field of pain management.
• Professor Anthony Walter Harris (MBBS '85, PhD '03)
  For significant service to mental health as a clinician and academic.
• Professor Alexander Broadfoot McBratney (DScAgr '12)
  For significant service to soil science through research and education, and to the development of digital mapping techniques.
• Professor Julian Colin Gold (MBBS '75, MD '99)
  For significant service to medicine as a clinical epidemiologist and researcher, and to community health
• Associate Professor Nicola Mary Kilpatrick (GradCertEdStudies '98)
  For significant service to dentistry through a range of roles and associations.
• Dr Matthew Vincent O'Sullivan (MMed(ClinEpi) '10)
  For significant service to medicine, particularly in the field of infectious diseases.
• Dr Robin Beryl Fitzsimons (BSc(Med)(Hons) '70, MBBS '73, PhD '82)
  For significant service to tertiary education, to neurology, and to medical research.
• Professor Glenda Maria Wardle
  For significant service to science in the field of ecology and evolution
• Professor Gail Garvey
  For significant service to Indigenous health, and cancer research.
• Dr Patricia Ann Hutchings
  For significant service to marine science, and to environmental conservation.
• Clinical Associate Professor Matthew Chu
  For significant service to emergency medicine, and to professional associations.
• Emeritus Professor Carolyn Geczy
  For significant service to immunology and vascular biology as a researcher and academic.

Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

• Professor Elizabeth Joy New (BSc(Adv)(Hons) '06, MSc '07)
  For service to science as a researcher in chemical biology and molecular imaging.

To request an addition or change to the list of alumni and staff recognised in the 2024 Australia Day Honours List contact the alumni.office@sydney.edu.au.