List of University of Queensland people
The University of Queensland has had numerous notable alumni and faculty.
Notable alumni
Academia
- Sam Hawgood, Chancellor of University of California, San Francisco
- Ken Ham, Creationist and founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum
- Jock R. Anderson, agricultural economist at the World Bank and emeritus professor at the University of New England
- Edward Byrne - Principal of King's College London, Vice-Chancellor of Monash University
- Peter C. Doherty, immunologist, Nobel Prize recipient and former Australian of the Year
- Joshua Gans, economist
- Donald Markwell, social scientist and Warden of Rhodes House
- Adrian Pagan, economist
- James Page, educationist
- A. W. Pryor, physicist
- Professor Paul Thomas AM, founding Vice-Chancellor of University of the Sunshine Coast
- Andrew Stephen, business school professor University of Pittsburgh
Arts
- Thea Astley, writer and four times winner of the Miles Franklin Award
- John Birmingham, novelist
- Bille Brown, actor and playwright
- Ross Clark, poet
- Nick Earls (born 1963), novelist
- Janet Fielding (born 1957), actress
- Janette Turner Hospital, writer
- Bronwyn Lea, poet
- David Malouf, writer
- Geoffrey Rush, actor and Academy Award recipient
- Karin Schaupp, guitarist
- Joseph Twist, composer
- Kim Wilkins, writer
Business
- Richard Goodmanson, former COO of Dupont, Board of QANTAS
- Sir Ronald Gordon Jackson AK, prominent businessman
- Andrew N. Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company, second largest chemical manufacturer in the world
Judicial
- Sir Gerard Brennan, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Ian Callinan, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Sir Walter Campbell, former Governor of Queensland and Chief Justice of Queensland
- Sir Harry Gibbs, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Sir Mostyn Hanger, former Chief Justice of Queensland
- Paul de Jersey, Chief Justice of Queensland
- Susan Keifel, Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Sir Buri Kidu, former Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea
- Margaret McMurdo, President of the Queensland Court of Appeal
- Russell Skerman, Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
- Sir William Webb, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Media
- Robert Bell, Host of Channel 10 programme, Scope.
- Tracey Challenor, former journalist with Seven News
- Heather Foord, journalist with Nine News
- George Negus, author and journalist
- Amber Renae, TV presenter and fashion designer
- Michael Ware, journalist (war correspondent) West Asia
- Lis Wiehl, author and television legal analyst.
Politics
- Leila Abukar, Liberal National Party candidate for the Yeerongpilly electoral district
- Ernest Aderman (1894–1968), Member of Parliament in New Zealand[1]
- Michael Ahern, former Premier of Queensland
- Sallyanne Atkinson, politician and first female Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- Peter Beattie, former Premier of Queensland
- Anna Bligh, former and first female Premier of Queensland
- Wayne Goss, former Premier of Queensland
- Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, 14th Chief Minister of Selangor, Malaysia
- Bob Katter, current Member of the Australian Parliament for Kennedy and leader of Katter's Australian Party
- Campbell Newman former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, current Premier of Queensland
- Annastacia Palaszczuk, Premier of Queensland
- Clive Palmer, leader of the Palmer United Party
- Wyatt Roy, youngest ever politician elected to Australian Parliament and current MP for Longman (Failed to complete his undergraduate degree)
- Wayne Swan, former Treasurer of Australia
- Lee Boon Yang, former Singaporean Cabinet Minister
Public Service
- Francis Patrick Donovan, Diplomat and jurist.
- General Peter Gration, former Chief of the Defence Force and Chief of the General Staff
- Major General rtd Jim Molan
- Max Moore-Wilton, former head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Sport
- Natalie Cook, Olympic Gold Medallist, Beach Volleyball
- John Eales, former Australian rugby union captain
- Thomas Lawton, former Australian rugby union captain, Waratah Rugby Player, Oxford Blue
- Mark Loane, former Australian rugby union captain
- Michael Lynagh, former Australian rugby union captain
- Greg Martin, former Australian rugby union player and rugby commentator
- Lloyd McDermott, Aboriginal Australian rugby union player
- John Roe, former Queensland rugby union captain
- Nathan Sharpe, former Australian rugby union captain
- Lev Susany, Australian powerlifter and Commonwealth record holder
- David Theile, Olympic medallist in swimming
- Clem Windsor, former Australian rugby union player
Vice Regal
Those listed here could also be listed elsewhere, notably Politics and Public Service.
- Quentin Bryce, former Governor-General of Australia
- Sir Walter Campbell, former Governor of Queensland and Chief Justice of Queensland
- Leneen Forde, former Governor of Queensland
- Bill Hayden, former Governor-General of Australia, Foreign Minister, Federal Treasurer and Federal Opposition Leader
- Penelope Wensley, former Governor of Queensland
Other
- Aila Inkero Keto, conservationist and recognition in the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500 Roll of Honour 1988.
Notable past and present staff
- Quentin Bryce, former Governor of Queensland, former Governor-General of Australia.
- Colin Clark, Economist
- Cyril John Connell, former registrar
- Sir Zelman Cowen, former Governor-General of Australia, Privy Councillor
- Robert Elson
- Ian Frazer, virologist and former Australian of the Year
- Robert Gilbert
- Roger Hawken
- Rodney Huddleston
- Jeremiah Joseph Stable, first professor of English at UQ
- Lewis Keeble formerly President of both the Royal Town Planning Institute (UK) and the Planning Institute of Australia
- Michael Lattke
- 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
- Frederick Walter Robinson, founder of the UQ Fryer Library
- Fred Schonell
- Suri Ratnapala
- Ahmed Shaheed, former Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs and UN special rapporteur on Iran
- Roland Sussex
- Clem Tisdell
- Graeme Turner, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Joseph Twist, composer
Administration
Chancellors
- 1910 - 1915 - The Rt. Hon. Sir William MacGregor
- 1915 - 1922 - The Hon. Sir Pope Alexander Cooper
- 1922 - 1925 - Lt-Col. Sir Matthew Nathan
- 1925 - 1927 - The Hon. Andrew Joseph Thynne
- 1927 - 1944 - The Hon. Sir James Blair
- 1944 - 1953 - The Hon. William Forgan Smith
- 1953 - 1957 - Dr. Otto Hirschfeld
- 1957 - 1966 - Sir Albert Axon
- 1966 - 1976 - The Hon. Sir Alan Mansfield
- 1977 - 1985 - The Hon. Sir Walter Campbell
- 1985 - 1992 - Sir James Foots
- 1993 - 2009 - The Hon. Sir Llewellyn Edwards
- 2009 – present - John Story
Vice Chancellors
- 1910 - 1916 - Reginald Heber Roe
- 1916 - 1925 - The Hon. Andrew Joseph Thynne
- 1925 - 1938 - Dr. William Nathaniel Robertson
- 1938 - 1959 - John Douglas Story
- 1960 - 1969 - Sir Fred Schonell
- 1970 - 1977 - Sir Zelman Cowen
- 1979 - 1996 - Prof. Brian Wilson, Australia's longest serving Vice-Chancellor[2]
- 1996 - 2007 - Prof. John A. Hay
- 2008 – 2012 - Prof. Paul Greenfield
- 2012 - 2012 - Prof. Deborah Terry (Acting)
- 2012 – present - Prof. Peter Høj
See also
- Category:University of Queensland alumni
- University of Queensland Union (UQU)
- University of Queensland Business Association
References
- ↑ Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 296. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- ↑ Australia's longest-serving Vice-Chancellor among honorary degree recipients, UQ News, 12 December 1995