List of Old Scotch Collegians
This is a list of Old Scotch Collegians, who are notable former students of Scotch College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Alumni of Scotch College are known as Old Boys or Old Collegians, and automatically become members of the schools alumni association, the Old Scotch Collegians Association (OSCA).[1]
Studies over the years have found that Scotch College had more alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians) than any other school,[2][3][4] and its alumni had received more top Order of Australia honours than any other school.[5]
Vice Regal
Academia and Science
Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors
Others – Academia and Science
- John Cade – discovered lithium carbonate as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of depression
- Andrew Gleadow – Geologist, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne
- Rev. Dr Andrew Harper – Biblical scholar and Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne and St Andrew's College, Sydney
- Ian Johnston – IVF and reproductive medicine pioneer
- Wilson Lai – Head of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine at Cambridge University
- James P. Leary – Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Stuart Macintyre – Dean of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, voted one of Australia's leading public intellectuals
- Dr. E. Neil McQueen – Second Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney
- Colin Norman – Director of the Hubble Space Telescope Program, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University
- Sir Benjamin Rank – pioneering plastic surgeon
- James Simpson – Douglas P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University[6]
- Peter Singer – philosopher, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, voted one of Australia's leading public intellectuals
- John Spence – Regent's Professor of Physics Arizona State University
- Hugh Stretton – Social scientist, voted one of Australia's leading public intellectuals
- George Tait – First Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne[7]
- David Vines – Profesor of Economics at Oxford University
- Hugh White – strategic studies guru, Australian National University
Business
Law
Media, Entertainment, Culture and the Arts
Military
Chiefs of Services
Others – Military
Politics and Public Service
Prime Ministers and Presidents
Premiers
Cabinet Ministers
Others – Politics and Public Service
- Norman Charles Harris – engineer, military cross, distinguished service order WWI, later lieutenant colonel, Victorian Railways Chairman of Commissioners, honoured by the naming of Melbourne Suburban blue electric 'Harris Train'
- John Arthur Andrews – anarchist theoretician, agitator, poet,journalist
- Alexander Buchanan – Member of Australian Parliament
- James Gibb – Member of Australian Parliament
- Ken Jasper – veteran Nationals member for Murray Valley in Parliament of Victoria
- Sir George Knox – Speaker of Victorian Legislative Assembly, City of Knox named after him
- William Knox – Federal Member of Parliament, responsible for moving a motion to begin each sitting day of parliament with prayers
- Sir Stephen Morell – Lord Mayor of Melbourne
- Sir William Refshauge – Director-General of the Commonwealth Department of Health 1960–73
- Charles Salmon – Member of Australian Parliament, Speaker of House of Hepresentatives
- Julian Marcus Sheezel – State Director (Victoria) of the Liberal Party of Australia[10]
- Sir David Smith – official Secretary to five Australian Governors-General from 1973 to 1990
Sport
Olympics
Cricket
Rugby
Tennis
- Gerald Patterson – two times Wimbledon singles champion and world number 1 tennis player
References
- ^ "Membership". About OSCA. Scotch College. http://www.oscanet.com.au/index.cfm/page/content/contentid/87/menuid/99. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ Walker, Frank (2001-07-22). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life (The Sun-Herald): p. 16. http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=%22presbyterian+ladies+college%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=author&sf=headline&sf=text&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SHD01072295GNI6E8E6E. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ Mark Peel and Janet McCalman, Who Went Where in Who's Who 1988: The Schooling of the Australian Elite, Melbourne University History Research Series Number 1, 1992
- ^ Ian Hansen, Nor Free Nor Secular: Six Independent Schools in Victoria, a First Sample, Oxford University Press, 1971
- ^ Topsfield, Jewel (4 December 2010). "Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards". The Age. p. 11. http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/ties-that-bind-prove-a-private-education-has-its-awards-20101203-18jx0.html?from=age_sb. The hard copy article also published a table of the schools which were ranked in the top ten places, as follows: (1st with 19 awards) Scotch College, Melbourne, (2nd with 17 awards) Geelong Grammar School, (3rd with 13 awards) Sydney Boys High School, (equal 4th with 10 awards each) Fort Street High School, Perth Modern School and St Peter's College, Adelaide, (equal 7th with 9 awards each) Melbourne Grammar School, North Sydney Boys High School and The King's School, Parramatta, (equal 10th with 6 awards each) Launceston Grammar School, Melbourne High School, Wesley College, Melbourne and Xavier College.
- ^ English: Graduate & alumni profiles – Melbourne University
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography (2007). [1].
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (2006-11-17). "SOMERVAILLE Robert Duncan". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ James Mitchell, A Deepening Roar – Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851–2001, Allen & Unwin, 2001, page 308
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (2006-11-17). "SHEEZEL Julian Marcus". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
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