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Former officers of the University: Members of the Senate

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The Senate is the University's governing body, empowered with the authority to make statutes, regulations and by-laws.

The Senate consists of 21 members.

All elected, appointed and co-opted members other than the students have four-year terms, and may serve for no more than twelve years. All former members are listed on this page.

A

K. Abercromby, BE, GradDipAdmin, FIEAust: 1992-2001
J. P. Ainslie, MD, FRCS, FRACS: 1933-1958
D. H. Aitken, AO, ISO, BE, Hon.DEng, FTS, Hon.FIEAust, FCIT, FAIM: 1967-1991
P. M. Alexander: 1973-1974
A. Allan, BA, MSc: 2002-2004
D. N. Anderson, BE: 1979-1982
C. R. P. Andrews, MA, Hon.Litt: 1912-1930
M. J. Angus, BA, MEd, PhD, FACE, FAIM: 1987-1992
R. C. E. Atkinson, MA, MD, DPH: 1917-1929
Y. Attikiouzel, BSc, PhD, FIEE, CEng, SMIEEE, FIEAust, CPEng: 1993-1995

B

S. K. Baker, BSc(Agric), PhD: 2003-2007
B. E. Balme, DSc: 1975-1979
P. J. Barblett, BA, LLB, ACA, FASA, ACIS: 1939-1961
E. M. Barker, JP, FASA, FCIS: 1945-1967
I. P. Barrett-Lennard, OAM, JP, MSc(Agric): 1972-2001
J. H. Barton, BSc, DipEd, MACE: 1973-1975
R. Batchelor: 2003-2004
The Hon. T. H. Bath: 1912-1919
A. McA. Batty, AO, BSc, DipChemEng, FRIC, FIChemE, FRACI: 1962-1975
J. S. Battye, CBE, BA, LLB, LittD, Hon.LLD: 1912-1954
Sir Noel Bayliss, CBE, BSc, BA, PhD, Hon.DSc, FRACI, FAA, Hon.FACE: 1945-1949, 1951-1959
K. C. Beazley: 1969-1970
B. H. Bennett, AO, MA, DipEd, MA(Ed), FACE: 1990-1992
J. W. Biggs, BSc(Agric): 2006-2014
A. R. Billings, AM, BSc(Eng), PhD, FIEE, SMIEEE, FIEAust: 1974-1976
G. J. Black, BCom, MURP, FAIM: 1992-1995
D. Bond, BSc: 2007-2008
R. J. B. Bosworth, MA, PhD, FAHA, FASSA: 1995-1997
G. A. Bottomley, BSc, PhD, FRACI: 1966-1970
S. Boyd, BA, DipEd, DLitt: 2006-2018
S. J. D. Boyd, BA, DipEd: 1969
A. J. F. Boyle, BSc, PhD, FIP, FAIP: 1971-1972
J. R. Boylen, SJ, BA, PhD: 1960-1962
J. J. Brady, MLA, JP: 1955-1958
P. V. Brady, IBVM, MA, PhD: 1981-1985
J. Brankovich, BA: 2000-2002
E. K. Braybrooke, LLM: 1965-1968
C. R. Bunning, CBE, BCE: 1960-1975
S. M. Bunt, MA DPhil: 2000-2012
E. Burgio: 2008
F. W. Burrows: 1912-1918
The Hon. Justice Sir Francis Burt, AC, KCMG, QC, LLM, Hon.LLD: 1968-1976
S. Byers: 2003-2006

C

L. A. Cala, MD, DMRD RCP & RCS, FRCR, FRANZCR: 1994-1999, 2000-2010
H. Carmody, BAppSc(SocWk), GradDipHlthSc: 1983-1984
D. Casey, Hon.DLitt, Hon.DPhil, PSM, FAHA: 2006-2007
J.J. Chan, BCom: 2020-2021
M.A Chaney AO CitWA, BSc, MBA, Hon.LLD, FAICD: 2005-2017
M. Chuk: 2005-2006
E. de C. Clarke, MA, AIMM, FGSAm: 1939-1945
C. J. B. Clews, BSc, PhD, Hon.LLD, FInstP, FAIP: 1956-1957
W. H. Clough, AO, OBE, BE Hon.DEng, MSc(Eng), FTSE, FAIM, FAICD, Hon.FIEAust: 1991-2003
Wallace Clubb, BA: 1930-1936
D. H. Clyde, BSc(Eng), PhD, FIEAust: 1985-1987
A. K. Cohen, AO, MB BS, MD, FRACP, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRCPI, FACP, FCCP, FCPS, Hon.AM: 1993-2001
A. R. H. Cole, BSc, DPhil, DSc, FAA, FRACI, Hon.DSc: 1980-1984
The Hon. Sir Hal Colebatch, MLC: 1916
J. Coleman, BCom: 2015-2017
Sir Henry Cooke: 1961-1972
A. Coomber: 1993-1995
K. L. Cooper, BSc, MA, FICE, FIEAust, FInstWSc: 1963-1966
R. Q. Cooper, BA, BJuris, LLB, FAICD, SAFin: 2007-2015
J. Cordery, BSc(Psych), MSc, PhD: 2013-2014
B. C. Crowe, BSc(Agric), BCom: 2006-2007
Sir George Currie, BSc(Agric), DSc, Hon.DLitt, Hon.LLD: 1945-1952

D

T. G. Davies, JP: 1950-1966
J. S. Dawkins, BEc: 1972-1974
S.L. Dawkins, BEc: 2010-2021
D. A. de Hoog: 2006-2007
P.J. Derbyshire, BSc: 2015-2016
E. R. J. Dermer, BSc: 1981
H. W. Dettman, MA, FACE: 1966-1972
T. P. Draper, CBE, KC, BA: 1914-1920
The Hon. J. M. Drew, MLC: 1924-1930, 1930-1944
K. M. Duckham: 2000-2001
Sir Russell Dumas, KBE, ME, MICE, MIEAust: 1943-1945

E

T. S. Edmondson, BA, DipEd: 1948-1949
J. S. Elliott, BA: 1976-1977
J. A. Ellis, MICE, MIEAust: 1937-1943
J. R. Ewing, ASA: 1958-1960
The Hon. J. Ewing, MLC: 1923-1924

F

N. Fernie, ME, MIEAust: 1943-1945
A.D Fitzgerald, BJuris: 1976-1979
P.R. Flett AO, MBBS, DMG, FRACMA, AFCHSM, CHE, FAIM: 2007-2018
J. Fogarty: 1994-1996
S. Ford, BSc: 2002-2003
A. C. Fox, MA: 1934-1945
Rabbi D. I. Freedman: 1932-1939
R. S. French, BSc, LLB: 1971-1972

G

F. Gamblen, MSc, MA, DipEd: 1961-1965
B. K. de Garis, MA, DPhil: 1989-1990
J. I. Gill, BE, MPA, PhD, FTSE, FIEAust, FAIM, FAICD: 1995-2001
E. W. Gillett, BA, LLB, Hon.DLitt: 1931-1966
J. F. M. Gillett, LLB: 1969-1981
G. E. Gooding, BSc, MBA: 2001-2009
S. Gordon AM, LLB, DLitt: 2019-2021
W. R. Grace, BEng: 1977-1978
W. C. Grasby, FLS: 1912-1914
K. M. P. Gray, OAM, BSc(Agric): 1976-1988
W. E. Greble, BA: 1975
D. C. Griffiths, BEc: 1996-2007

H

The Hon. Sir John Winthrop Hackett, KCMG, Hon.LLD: 1912-1916
C. Hadley, BA: 1939-1940
B. M. Hale, MA, CertNZLA: 1977-1982
M. A. Hale: 1979-1981
H. E. Hallam, MA, PhD, GradCertEd, FRHistS: 1971
B. M. Hamilton, MA: 1985-1994
W. J. Hancock, DSc, MICE, MIEE: 1915-1927
D. Hansen: 1990-1992
R. W. Harding, LLM: 1973-1975
M. Harvie-Morris: 1995-1997
N. Hatherly: 1992-1994
L. R. Hayes, BEc, MPA, PhD, FAIM: 1990-1995; 2008-2020
F. A. Haynes, MA, BEd, PhD: 1988-1989
C.J.V. Hogg, BPhil(Hons), DipModLang: 2018-2019
J. Holmes à Court, BSc, HonDUniv: 1984-1994
E. C. Hondros: 1999-2001
D. J. Honey: 1983-1985
Sir Claude Hotchin, OBE, JP: 1951-1969
A. J. Howarth, AO, CitWA, Hon.LLD, SF, FAICD: 2003-2015
T. J. Huggins: 1999-2000
M. J. Huston, BSc(Agric): 1984-1986

I

R.J. Inverarity AM, MBE, CitWa, BA, GradDipEd: 2006-2018

J

H. B. Jackson, KC: 1927-1933
The Hon. Sir Lawrence Jackson, KCMG, BA, LLB, Hon.LLD, Hon.DUniv, Hon.FACE: 1958-1982
B. W. S. James, BE, FIEE, FIEAust: 1986-1992
Sir Walter James, KCMG, KC, Hon.LLD: 1912-1939
B. Jardine, BSc, MSPAA, CSP: 2005-2006
N.W. Jaywardena, BSc, MPE: 2016-2017
E. R. L. Johnson, MA, BSc: 1942-1945
G. J. Jones, AM, BA, MAPS, MACEA, FAIM, FACE, FACEL, FWAIEA: 1993-2006
E. J. Jory, BA PhD, FAHA: 1986-1990
R. A. Joske, MD, PhD, FRACP: 1971-1974
R. H. M. Jull, JP, CM, Hon.LLD: 1914-1942
S.L.A. Juniper, BSc, PhD: 2009-2017

K

M. G. Kailis, CBE, AM, CitWA, Hon.DSc: 1998-2000
H. C. F. Keall: 1926-1932
The Hon. N. Keenan, KC, BA: 1912-1918
D. J. Kelly, BA: 1986-1988
The Hon. Justice G. A. Kennedy, AO, BA LLB, BCL: 1976-1998
C. M. Kenneth, AM, CitWA, BE, PhD, DIC, FTSE, Hon.FIEAust, FCIT, FAIM: 2001-2009
C. H. King, FCAAust, FICA: 1948-1951
P. A. King, MB BS, FRCS, FRACS: 1993-1999
Senator W. Kingsmill, BA: 1918-1919
The Hon. Sir John Kirwan, MLC: 1912-1933
H. M. Kitson, AM, FCA: 1969-1972
J. A. Klein, MA: 1937-1940
J. J. Krasnostein, OBE, JP, Hon.LLD: 1973-1991

L

N.G. Laing AO, BSc(Hons), PhD, FHGSA, FFSc (RSCPA), FAHMS: 2010-2018; 2010-2018
J. L. Langoulant, AO, BEc: 2004-2012
W. S. Latter: 1984-1995
D. A. Lawe Davies, AM, BSc, ASTC, FACE, Hon.RSCM: 1970-1983
L. E. Le Souef, OBE, ED, MD, FRCS, FRACS: 1936-1943, 1947-1977
J. D. Leach, CBE, BE, MIEAust, MInstT: 1961-1966
M.M. Lee, BA, JD: 2017-2018
Sir Edward Lefroy, JP, FRSA: 1945-1961
G. D. R. Lilburne, MB BS, FROCG, FRACOG: 1977-1987
D. R. Lindsay, AO, BSc(Agric), PhD, FTSE: 1992-2000
D. E. Lishman, BJuris, LLB: 1985-1987
M. G. Little, MA, DipEd, LCP: 1943-1950
Q.T. Ly, BE: 2014-2018

M

D. B. MacKinlay, BE, BCom, MBA, MIEAust: 1986-1990
Sir Bruce MacKinlay, CBE: 1970-1984
J. B. Mackintosh, MAgrSc, PhD: 1992-1996
P. C. Maddern, MA, DPhil: 1997-2003
L. M. Maher, MA: 1987-1991
The Hon. Justice D. K. Malcolm, AC, LLB, BCL: 1988-1994
The Hon. Arthur Male, MLA: 1916-1917
R. Manampurathu Suresh Kumar, MPE: 2019-2020
E. A. Mann, FIC, MHR: 1920-1921
T. R. D. Mason, BJuris, LLB: 1975-1976
F. R. E. Mauldon, BA, MEc, LittD: 1945-1951
Sir Ross McDonald, QC, LLB, Hon.LLD: 1950-1961
J. A. McGinty, BA: 1971-1972
P. McGushin, MA, PhD: 1976-1981
A. McKinley, BSc, PhD, MNZIC: 2005-2015
The Very Rev. J. T. McMahon, OBE, MA, PhD, Hon.DLitt: 1934-1960
G. E. Mead, MB BS: 1912-1919
J. F. Meyer, BMedSc, PhD, MSc: 1995-1997
E.L. Mezger, BSc: 2020-2021
K. C. Michael, AM, BE, PhD, DIC, FTSE, Hon.FIEAust, FCIT, FAIM: 1998-2002
H. Middleton, BE: 1931-1937
S. Millman: 2001-2003
V. A. Morgan, BA, GradDipEd, MSocSc: 2005-2010
H. D. Moseley: 1938-1942
K. Moss, BA: 1912-1914
D. Mossenson, AO, ISO, BEd, MA, PhD, Hon.DLitt, FACE: 1976-1982
M.D. Mulholland, LLB: 2015-2017
Sir Walter Murdoch, KCMG, CBE, MA, Hon.DLitt: 1917-1948
O.D. Myles, BSc(Hons), PhD: 2016-2017

N

R. Natrass: 1996-1998
The Very Rev. J. F. Nestor, MBE, BA, DipEd: 1972-1985
P. W. Nichols, RFD, BA, LLM, FRSA: 1991-2003
The Hon. Justice R. D. Nicholson, BA, LLB, LLM, MA: 1986-1996
The Hon. Sir John Northmore, KCMG, LLB: 1930-1936
G. S. J. Norton, BE, AMIEAust: 1929-1940

O

J. O'Shea, BSc, PhD: 2012-2020
E.A. O'Shea, BA, BSc: 2014-2015

P

M. S. Palassis: 2000-2002
D. C. Parker: 1974-1975
Sir John Parker, BCE, MIEAust: 1967-1969
M. T. Partis, BSc, PhD, FIMA, MACE: 1988-1992, 1993-1994
J. L. Paton, OBE, FCAAust, FASA: 1950-1957
J. L. Paton, BE, DipTech, FIEAust, FIE(U.K.): 1995-2001
R. Pensalfini: 1991-1993
B. Perry: 1922
R. J. Perry, BSc: 1970-1971
D. Plowman, OStJ, BEc, MA, GradDipT, PhD, FAIM, FASSA: 2007-2008
R. B. Porter: 1972-1973
C. E. Praeger, AM, MSc, DPhil, DSc, Hon.DSc, FTICA, FAA, FAustMS: 1997-2001, 2002-2004
Sir Stanley Prescott, OBE, MSc, Hon.LLD: 1953-1970

Q

T. I. Quickenden, MSc, PhD, ARACI, MNZIC: 1981-1988, 1994-2004
J. A. Quinlivan: 1987-1989
J. P. Quirk, AO, BSc(Agric), PhD, DSc, Hon.DAgrSc, Hon.DSc(Agric), FAIAS, FRACI, FSSA, FASA, FAA: 1968-1972

R

D. E. Ransom, BSc, DipEd: 1978-1996
P. D. Reeves, MA, PhD, DipEd: 1978-1984
Sir Alexander Reid, CMG, ISO, JP, BA, Hon.LLD, FASA: 1945-1968
M. W. Rennie, BJuris: 1983
J. H. Reynolds, MBE, MA, Hon.LLD: 1941-1978
W. D. L. Ride, MA, DPhil: 1965-1975
S. A. Rigg: 1998-2000
The Most Rev. C. O. L. Riley, OBE, VD, MA, DD, Hon.LLD: 1914-1929
B. E. Robbins, BA, FAIM: 1984-1996
G. M. Roberts: 1912-1914,1915-1930
N. G. Roberts, BJuris: 1975-1976
T. L. Robertson, MA, PhD, DipEd, FACE: 1951-1966
A. D. Robson AM, CitWA, BAgrSc, PhD, FTSE, FAIAS, FACE, FACEL: 2004-2011
J. E. Rogerson, MBE, BSc, ARACI, CChem: 1956-1990
A. D. Ross, CBE, MA, DSc, Hon.LLD, ERAS, ERSE, FInstP: 1921-1939
J. Ross, BA, PhD, DipEd, FBPsS: 1973-1975
J. L. Rossiter, CBE, JP, MA, DLitt, DipEd: 1944-1956
J. Rowe: 1988-1990
L. G. Rowe, BEc: 2000-2012
S. Rundle: 1983
D. J. Ryan, BA, PhD, BLitt: 1972-1976

S

A. Sandover: 1912-1915,1919-1931
The Hon. A. J. H. Saw, OBE, MLC, MA, MD, FRCSEd: 1912-1929
M. T. Schaper, BA: 1986-1989
D. H. Schapper: 1974
S. F. Schnaars, CBE: 1967-1968
M. Seares, MA, PhD, AMusA: 1994-1995
V. Selvaraja, PhD: 2014-2015
B.B. Shanahan, BA: 2019-2020
E. O. G. Shann, MA: 1920-1921, 1925-1934
K. Sheard, DSc: 1958-1965
J. Shearer, BA, MSc, FInstP, FAIP: 1958-1961
D. Shorter: 1990-1993
E. A. Silbert, AM, DFC, JP: 1975-1986
H.A. Silbert, BEd, MEd: 2010-2018
K. N. Simmer, MB BS, PhD, GradDipHSM, GradCertTEd, MRCP(UK), FRCPCH(UK), FRACP: 2009-2012
E. S. Simpson, DSc, BE: 1920-1926
F. W. Simpson, JP, MB BS, DO: 1957-1963
J. A. Simpson, CMG, MB ChB, FRCSEd, FRACS: 1975-1977
F. C. L. Smith, MLA: 1945-1950
J. W. Smith, KC, LLD: 1912-1915
R. H. T. Smith, MA, PhD, FASSA, FAIM: 1986-1987
E. L. Smyth, BSc, MSc, FAICD: 1996-2006
W. Somerville, Hon.LLD: 1912-1954
M. O. Stevens, BA, Hon.MEd: 1929-1957
Sir Hector Stewart, KBE, MD, FRCS, FRACS: 1963-1975
F. W. H. Stileman, MICE, MIEAust: 1928-1930
The Very Rev. E. J. Stormon, SJ, MA: 1963-1971
K. W. Strahan, BCom: 1978-1979
R. Street, AO, PhD, DSc, Hon.DSc, FRSA, FAIP, FInstP, MIEE, FAA: 1979-1986

T

A.K.X. Tan, BSc, MPE: 2018-2019
C. L. Tang, BA DipEd, GradDipBus: 1996-2010
P. D. Tannock, MEd, PhD, FACE: 1986-1993
A. Thackrah, BA: 2006-2007
W. E. Thomas, BA: 1933-1950
H. S. Thompson, MA: 1921
The Hon. J. T. Tonkin, MLA: 1945-1948
Sir Kenneth Townsing, CMG, ISO, Hon.LLD, ASA: 1954-1970
D. W. G. Treloar, MSc(Agric): 1990-1993
P. Tremlett, BA, DipEd, DipAppSc, AALIA, MACS: 1996-1998
C. Tylich: 1997-1999

U

E. J. Underwood, CBE, BSc(Agric), PhD, Hon.DRurSc, Hon.DSc(Agric), FRS, FAA, FAIAS, FASAP, FACVetSc(Hon.): 1949-1953, 1959-1963

V

G. Vaughan, BA, MSocWk, DipSoc: 1975-1983
R. L. Vickery, BSc, DipEd, MS, EdD: 1982-1986

W

K. F. Walker, MA, PhD, DipAnth, FBPsS: 1965
The Hon. T. Walker: 1912-1916
W. A. G. Walter, MA: 1921-1927
H. Waring, DSc, Hon.DSc, FAA: 1953-1956
J. R. H. Watson, CMG, MB BS, DCH, FRACGP, FAIM: 1977-1992
P.D. Watson, BSc Hons: 2017-2018
D. W. Watts, BSc, PhD, FRACI: 1976-1980
V. Wharton: 1989-1991
The Hon. Justice C. A. Wheeler, BJuris, LLB, LLM: 1996-2005
R. F. Whelan, MD, PhD, DSc, FRACP, FAA, FACE: 1971-1976
H. E. Whitfeld, CBE, BA, BE, MIEAust: 1922-1925
C. Williams, BSc: 2017-2020
A. J. Williams, BA, DipEd: 1942-1944
N. T. M. Wilsmore, DSc, FIC: 1916-1922
The Hon. F. Wilson, CMG: 1912-1915
G. H. Wright, MA, DLitt: 1945-1950

Y

S. W. Yovich, BE, MBA: 1982-1983

Z

J. E. Zilko: 1977-1978

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