List of Melbourne High School alumni
This is a List of Melbourne High School alumni, they being notable former students – known as "Old Boys" of the public selective school, the Melbourne High School in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Melbourne High School third in Australia's top ten boys' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[1]
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Academic
- Professor Frederick Alexander – historian
- Professor George Keith Batchelor – applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist, founder of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Professor Noel Bayliss, CBE – chemist
- Professor Warner Max Corden – economist
- Professor Ian Gust, AO – researcher on microbiology and immunology, former research and development director for CSL Limited
- Professor J. Hyam Rubinstein – Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne
- Professor Ralph D. Snyder – Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University
- Professor John Tasioulas – Yeoh Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Law at King's College London
Business
- Ray Evans — businessman
- John Gandel - billionaire businessman and the ninth richest Australian in the 2011 BRW Rich 200.
- Ruslan Kogan - founder and CEO of Kogan Technologies
- Michael Gudinski – entrepreneurial businessman, founder of Mushroom Records
- Ian MacFarlane – former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
- David Morgan – former Westpac CEO
- Bruce Ruxton AM OBE – President of the RSL (1979–2002)
- Lindsay Fox billionaire CEO of trucking company Linfox and the seventeenth richest Australian in the 2011 BRW Rich 200.
Entertainment, media and the arts
- Graeme Base – author and artist
- Andrew Bergen – Journalist, photographer, musician, record label manager & DJ
- Leigh Bowery – Fashion designer
- Thanh Bui – Australian Idol contestant, Season 6, 2008, 8th place
- George Dreyfus – noted Australian composer
- Jon Faine – ABC broadcaster
- Raimond Gaita – Philosopher, and author of Memoir "Romulus, my Father"
- Dean Geyer – Australian Idol contestant, Season 4, 2006, 3rd place
- Harry Gordon – journalist and Olympic historian
- Athol Guy – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers
- James Hazelden – Musician, comedian, performer with Australian band Man Bites God
- Graham Kennedy – television personality
- Brett King – author and American Banker's Innovator of the Year for 2012
- George Megalogenis – Journalist
- Keith Potger – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers
- Imre Salusinszky – columnist for The Australian and Chair of the Australia Council
- Chris Tomkins – Member of Melbourne comedy group The Gorskys and drummer with Australian band Man Bites God
- Bruce Woodley – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers
- Aaron Perry Johnson - British-Australian Actor
- Nazeem Hussain - Comedian
Medicine and science
- Sir John Eccles, AC, FRS – Nobel Prize winner for Medicine
- Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld – neurosurgeon, Victorian of the Year (2002)
Military
- Sir Frank Horton Berryman – Australian Army general and Royal Military College, Duntroon, graduate
- Keith William "Bluey" Truscott – Commanding Officer No. 76 Squadron RAAF, World War II fighter ace and Melbourne AFL player (after whom the club's annual Best and Fairest award is named)
- Air Vice Marshal Henry Wrigley – founding member of the RAAF
Politics, public service and the law
- Alan Bird – MHR (ALP) for Division of Batman, 1949–1962
- Daniel Bowen – Current president of the Public Transport Users Association
- Alex Chernov AO QC – Supreme Court judge, Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, and Governor of Victoria
- Rodney Damon Cocks, CSM – Politician, Victorian of the Year (2005)
- Frank Crean – MHR (ALP), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Overseas Trade
- Simon Crean – MHR (ALP), Federal Opposition leader (2001–2003), Minister for Trade (2007 – Present)
- Gareth Evans – Senator (ALP) (1978–1996), MHR (1996–1999), Foreign Minister (1988–1996)
- Brian Howe - AO MHR (ALP), Deputy Prime Minister
- Alan Missen – Senator Liberal Party
- Max Gillies AM – political satirist
- Barry Jones AO – MHR (ALP) (1977–1998), former Minister for Science
- Alan Stockdale – former Victorian MLA, (Lib), Victorian Treasurer (1992–1999), Macquarie Banker (1999–2005)
- Justice Richard Tracey – Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
- James Bawtree Webb, OBE – Influential in shaping Australia's international relations and aid during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Religion
- Raymond Apple (rabbi) - leading Australian rabbi
Sport
- Australian Football League – Members of the AFL Hall of Fame
- Brian Dixon – Melbourne Football Club
- Dale Weightman – Richmond Football Club
- Gordon Roy Wright – Richmond Football Club
- Tom Hafey – Richmond Football Club
- Australian Football League – Members of the Team of the Century for each AFL club
- Brian Dixon – Melbourne Football Club, wing
- Matthew Knights – Richmond Football Club, interchange bench
- Garry Lyon – Melbourne Football Club, half-forward flank
- Billy Picken – Collingwood Football Club, half-back flank
- Neil Roberts – St Kilda Football Club, centre-half back
- Dale Weightman – Richmond Football Club, forward pocket
- Gordon Roy Wright – Richmond Football Club, 1st ruckman
- Tom Hafey – Richmond Football Club, coach
- Australian Football League (players)
- Rene Kink – 7th in Brownlow Medal count 1979
- Phil Manassa – after whom the AFL Goal-of-the-Year award is named
- Billy Picken – Best and Fairest 1978 and 1983, 3rd in the Brownlow Medal count 1977
- David Parkin – Captain 1971 premiership team, Best and Fairest 1965
- Cameron Bruce – Co-captain 2008, Best and Fairest 2008
- Brian Dixon – Member of 5 premiership teams, Best and Fairest 1960, Tassie Medal 1961, All-Australian 1961
- Andy Lovell – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1992
- Glenn Lovett – Best and Fairest 1992
- Garry Lyon – Captain 1991–97, Best and Fairest 1990, 1994, All-Australian 1993–95
- David Schwarz – Vice-Captain 2000, Best and Fairest 1999
- Stephen Tingay – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1994, All-Australian 1994
- Matthew Knights – Captain 1997–2000, Best and Fairest 1990 & 1992, Runner-up for the Brownlow medal 1995
- Mark Lee – Member of 1980 Premiership team, Captain 1985–86, Best and Fairest 1984, All-Australian 1980, 1983, 1985
- Stephen Ryan – Member of 1989 Under 19s Premiership team, Leading goalkicker 1990
- Dale Weightman – Member 1980 Premiership team, Captain 1988–92, Best and Fairest 1986–87, Tassie Medal 1985, All-Australian 1985–86,1988
- Gordon Roy Wright Captain 1958–59, Best and Fairest 1951–52,1954,1957, All-Australian 1956
- Lindsay Edward Fox AC
- Spencer White
- David Grant – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1989, All Australian 1991
- Keith Ross Miller MBE – Also a champion Test cricketer
- Neil Roberts Captain 1959–62, Best and Fairest 1955 & 1958, All-Australian 1958
- West Coast Football Club
- Australian Football League (Brownlow medalists)
- Neil Roberts – St Kilda Football Club 1958
- Gordon Roy Wright – Richmond Football Club 1952 & 1954
- Australian Football League (coaches)
- Tom Hafey – Richmond Football Club, Collingwood Football Club, Geelong Football Club, Sydney Football Club
- Matthew Knights – Essendon Football Club
- David Parkin – Hawthorn Football Club (premiers 1978), Carlton Football Club (premiers 1981–82 and 1995), and Fitzroy Football Club.
- Australian Football League (administrators)
- Lindsay Fox AC – President of the St Kilda Football Club
- Australian Football League (television personalities)
- Cricket
- Keith Miller MBE – Test cricketer, former VFL player
- Doug Ring – Test cricketer
- Jack Wilson – Test cricketer
- William Maldon Woodfull – Australian Test cricket captain, he returned to the school as a mathematics teacher and became principal.
- National Basketball League
- Brad Barnes – NBL player
- Brendan Dillon – NBL player
- Andrew Parkinson – NBL player
- Olympians
- Ron Clarke – Olympian, former holder of 17 world records for long distance running, philanthropist and Mayor of the Gold Coast
- Ralph Doubell – Olympic athlete, Australia's last male Track & Field Gold Medallist (1968 800m)
- Nick Green – Australian Olympic Rower and member of the Oarsome Foursome
- Peter Winter – Olympic athlete
Other
- Julian Knight – Convicted murderer of the infamous 'Hoddle Street Massacre'.
Notes
- ^ Lindsay Fox decided to drop out of Melbourne High, as he did not see it benefiting him (The rumour that Lyndsay was expelled, was started by students of MHS). He has maintained a good relationship with the school and has made many large donations. As part of this relationship he is permitted to land his helicopter on the school football oval whenever required.[2]
See also
- List of schools in Victoria
References
- ↑ Walker, Frank (2001-07-22). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life (The Sun-Herald). p. 16. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ↑ MHS Sentinel. 2006 Edition 1
The vast majority of listed Old Boys are sourced from: Gregory, Alan (2005). Strong Like Its Pillars. Melbourne: Thompson Library Trust. ISBN 0-646-43922-7..
External links
- Jones, Adrienne (2005-06-25). "High praise indeed". The Age (Melbourne).
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