Barry Owen Jones is an Australian polymath,writer,teacher,lawyer,social activist,quiz champion,and former politician in the Australian Labor Party. He campaigned against the death penalty throughout the 1960s,particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures.
Peter Henry Karmel was an Australian economist and professor. He chaired the Interim Committee for the Australian Schools Commission that produced the report Schools in Australia in 1973.
Ingrid Moses,an Australian academic and former university administrator,is an emeritus professor at the University of Canberra. After a long academic career in Australia,Moses served as the Chancellor of the University of Canberra between 2006 and 2011.
Margaret Elaine Gardner is an Australian academic,economist and university executive serving as the 30th and current governor of Victoria since August 2023. She was previously the vice-chancellor of Monash University from 2014 to 2023 and the president and vice-chancellor of RMIT University from 2005 to 2014.
Geoffrey Victor Herbert Wilson was an Australian nuclear physicist who made contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and low temperature physics. His research team achieved the lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia. He was born in Mentone,Victoria.
Brian Paul Schmidt is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He previously held a Federation Fellowship and a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council,and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2012. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Richard Graeme Larkins is the former Chancellor of La Trobe University. He was the Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University from 2003 to June 2009. Prior to this,he had a distinguished career in medicine,scientific research and academic management.
Alan Simon Finkel is an Australian neuroscientist,inventor,researcher,entrepreneur,educator,policy advisor,and philanthropist. He was Australia’s 8th Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020. Prior to his appointment,his career included Chancellor of Monash University,President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE),and CEO and founder of Axon Instruments,and CTO for the electric car start-up Better Place Australia.
Malcolm Ian Logan was an Australian geographer and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of Monash University from 1987 to 1996.
Raymond Leslie Martin was an Australian chemistry professor and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of Monash University from 1977 to 1987.
Sir Edward Byrne is a neuroscientist who,as of September 2024,serves as the 4th President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),located in Thuwal,Saudi Arabia. Byrne served as 20th President and Principal of King's College London from August 2014 until January 2021. and was previously 8th President Vice-Chancellor of Monash University.
Elizabeth "Ella" Finkel is an Australian science journalist,author and communicator. A former biochemist,she has been broadcast on ABC Radio National,and written for publications such as Science,The Lancet,Nature Medicine,The Bulletin,New Scientist,The Age and The Monthly. In 2005,Finkel co-founded the popular science magazine COSMOS,served as Editor in Chief from 2013 to 2018 and she remains its Editor at Large. In 2016 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her science communication work and philanthropy. In 2019,Finkel was awarded a Doctor of Laws honoris causa from Monash University and the Medal of the Australian Society for Medical Research. She now serves as a Vice Chancellor's Fellow at La Trobe University and on advisory committees for La Trobe University Press,the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) and the Melbourne Zoo.
James Alexander Angus is an Australian pharmacologist,who has served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria since 12 November 2021.
Isabella Caroline McMillen is an Australian medical and health academic and was Chief Scientist of South Australia from October 2018 to August 2023. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences,a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales and a Bragg Member of the Royal Institution of Australia. She is a Director of Compass Housing Services Co Ltd,the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute,the Australian Science Media Centre and a member of the Council of the University of South Australia.
Ian Robert Young is an Australian academic. He is the Kernot Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He previously held the senior administrative roles of Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology (2003–2011) and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (2011–2016).
Peter John Tregear OAM is an Australian musicologist,author and performer.
Robert Andrew Creeth Brice is an Australian businessman and philanthropist.
