List of University of Queensland people
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The University of Queensland has had numerous notable alumni and faculty.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Thea Astley, writer and four times winner of the Miles Franklin Award
- Sallyanne Atkinson, politician and the first female Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- Peter Beattie, former Premier of Queensland
- Gerard Brennan, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
- Ian Callinan, former Justice of the High Court of Australia.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor of Queensland
- Walter Campbell, former Governor of Queensland
- Natalie Cook, Olympic Gold Medalist, Beach Volleyball
- Peter Doherty, immunologist, Nobel Prize recipient and former Australian of the Year
- Leneen Forde, former Governor of Queensland
- Bill Hayden, former Governor General of Australia
- Harry Gibbs, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
- David Malouf, writer
- Geoffrey Rush, actor and Academy Award recipient
- David Theile, Olympic medalist in swimming
- Janette Turner Hospital, writer
- Kim Wilkins, writer
- Graeme Wood, Founder and CEO of wotif.com
- Andrew N. Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company
- Aila Inkero Keto, conservationist and recognition in the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500 Roll of Honour 1988.
- Lee Boon Yang, politician
- David Chang, neurologist
[edit] Notable past and present staff
- Michael Barr
- Quentin Bryce Governor of Queensland and Governor General designate
- Robert Elson
- Ian Frazer, virologist and former Australian of the Year
- Robert Gilbert, Research Professor, Centre of Nutrition and Food Science
- Roger Hawken
- Rodney Huddleston
- Neal Menzies, current Vice-President of the International Union of Soil Sciences
- John Moorhead
- Michael Nielsen former Professor of Quantum Physics, currently working at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Thomas Parnell
- John Quiggin
- Hugh Possingham
- Fred Schonell
- Roly Sussex
- Clem Tisdell
- Graeme Turner, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Mandyam Srinivasan, winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Science
[edit] Administration
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[edit] Chancellors
- 1977 - 1985 - Sir Walter Campbell
- 1985 - 1992 - James Foots
- Current - Llewellyn Edwards
[edit] Vice Chancellors
- 1960 - 1969 - Fred Schonell
- 1970 - 1977 - Zelman Cowen
- 1979 - 1996 - Brian Wilson, Australia's longest serving Vice-Chancellor[1]
- 1996 - 2007 - John A. Hay
- 2008 - Paul Greenfield
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Australia's longest-serving Vice-Chancellor among honorary degree recipients, UQ News, December 12, 1995
