List of University of Adelaide people
This is a list of notable alumni and staff associated with the University of Adelaide in Australia.
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Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
- William Lawrence Bragg, BS 1908 [1]– physicist, Nobel laureate (Physics, 1915) with his father (William Henry Bragg, a member of the faculty of the University of Adelaide) "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays"
- Howard Florey, MB and BS 1921 [2] –pharmacologist , Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine,1945) "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
- Robin Warren, MBBS 1961–pathologist, Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 2005), for the "discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"
Business
Governnment
Presidents and Prime Ministers
Premiers and governors
- John Bannon, BA, LLB – academic, politician and Premier of South Australia
- Julie Bishop, LLB 1979 [5]– member of the Australian House of Representatives and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, held numerous ministerial positions in the John Howard administration(Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Minister for the Status of Women, and Minister for Education, Science and Training)
- Don Dunstan, BA – lawyer, politician and Premier of South Australia
- Shane Stone Minister and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory , Federal President of the Liberal Party
- Abdul Taib Mahmud, LLB 1960– Chief Minister of Sarawak
- David Tonkin – politician, Premier of South Australia
- Raymond Lim - politician, Minister for Transport and the Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore. Previously held positions include Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State for Trade & Industry, Minister of State in charge of entrepreneurship, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
Justices
- Dean Mildren – judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
- Robin Millhouse – lawyer, politician, Chief Justice of Kiribati and Nauru
Executive council
Diplomats
Legislators
- Nick Bolkus – member of the Australian Senate
- Vickie Chapman, Law 1979 – member of the Parliament of South Australia
- Natasha Stott Despoja, BA – senator, member of the Parliament of Australia
- Chloe Fox – member of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Pru Goward, BA Economics 1974 – member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Annette Hurley, BS – member of the Australian Senate
- Linda Kirk, BA Economics and BA Law– member of the Australian Senate
- Christopher Pyne, LLB– member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Lockwood Smith, PhD – Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Jack Snelling – member of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Andrew Southcott – member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Amanda Vanstone, BA and LLB – member of the Australian Senate , former Ambassador to Italy
- David Vigor, BA– member of the Australian Senate
- Penny Wong, BA Laws and Arts 1993 [5]– member of the Australian Senate , first Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Other
Literature
Science and mathematics
Music
Performing arts
Sports
Other
Notable staff
Nobel laureates
Business
- Barry Burgan – head of the business school and economist
Law
- Leo Blair (senior) – the father of British Prime Minister Tony Blair – was a law lecturer at the University of Adelaide while Tony was a child.
Science
Geologists
Mathematicians
Physicists
Other
Humanities
References