List of Australian National University people explained
This is an incomplete list of Australian National University people, including alumni and staff.
Alumni
Academia
- Robert Addo-Fening, historian and academic
- Des Ball, security specialist and ANU Professor
- Andrew Barker, British classicist
- Joanna Bourke, historian and academic
- Rosi Braidotti, feminist
- Bob Brissenden, poet, novelist, critic and academic
- Harold Brookfield, academic
- Verity Burgmann, academic
- Dipesh Chakrabarty, historian and theorist
- Yang Hi Choe-Wall, Koreanist
- Peter Coutts, archaeologist
- Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne since 2005
- John Deeble, architect of Medicare
- Peter Drysdale, economist
- Alan Dupont, academic
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg, historian and novelist
- Nicholas Evans, linguist
- Alan Finkel, historian
- John Frow, academic
- Bill Gammage, historian
- Ross Garnaut, economist
- Geoffrey Garrett, political scientist, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania[1]
- Alan Gilbert, Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1996–2004; Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester 2004–2010
- Malcolm Gillies, Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University
- Nicholas Gruen, economist
- William Hale, academic
- Allan Hawke, diplomat and ANU Chancellor
- Chris Heyde, probabilist
- Brij Lal, historian
- Marcia Langton, anthropologist (BA, ANU), geographer (PhD, Maquarie)
- Donald Laycock, linguist
- Michael McRobbie, President of Indiana University
- Toby Miller, academic
- David Nash, linguist
- Harjot Oberoi, academic
- Patrick O'Farrell, historian
- Diane Pearson, Professor in Environmental Management
- John Quiggin, economist
- Margaret Reeson, historian
- Ralph Regenvanu, anthropologist, artist and politician[2]
- Elizabeth Anne Reid, academic
- Leslie Lloyd Robson, historian
- Michael Roe, historian
- Jessa Rogers, Aboriginal educator
- Leonie Sandercock, academic
- Carmel Schrire, anthropologist
- Bernard Smith, art historian
- Clem Tisdell, economist
- Hrvoje Tkalčić, geophysicist
- Donald Tuzin, social anthropologist
- Tarisi Vunidilo, Fijian archaeologist and curator
- Rolf Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize winning medical researcher
- Pamela Gutman, Burmese art historian
Business
Government
Politicians
Prime Ministers of Australia
Other federal politicians
- Phil Barresi, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1996–2007
- Kim Beazley Sr, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1945–1977; Federal Minister 1972–1975
- Bob Catley, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990–1993
- Barry Cohen, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1969–1990
- Stephen Conroy, Member of the Australian Senate since 2006; Federal Minister 2007–2013
- Craig Emerson, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998; Federal Minister 2007–2013
- Chris Gallus, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990–2004
- Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Member of the Australian Senate since 2005
- Peter Garrett, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004; Federal Minister 2007–2013
- Gary Gray, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007; Federal Minister since 2010–2013
- Alan Griffin, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1993; Federal Minister 2007–2010
- Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, Member of the Australian Senate 1971–1987
- Harry Jenkins, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1986; Speaker of the House 2008–2011
- Michael Keenan, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 2004-2019
- John Kerin, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1972–1993; Federal Minister 1983–1993
- Catherine King, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001; Federal Minister 2013
- Joe Ludwig, Member of the Australian Senate since 1999; Federal Minister 2007–2013
- Brett Mason, Member of the Australian Senate since 1999
- Nick Minchin, Member of the Australian Senate 1993–2011; Federal Minister 1997–2007
- Susan Ryan, Member of the Australian Senate 1975–1988
- Zed Seselja, Member of the Australian Senate since 2013
- Warwick Smith, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1984–1998; Federal Minister 1996–1998
- Warren Snowdon, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1987; Federal Minister 2007–2013
- Alex Somlyay, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990–2013; Federal Minister 1997–1998
- Peter White, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1981–1990
State Premiers and territory Chief Ministers
State Premiers
Territory Chief Ministers
Other State and territory politicians
- Michael Pettersson, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016
- Alistair Coe, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008
- Roslyn Dundas, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 2001–2004
- John Hannaford, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1984–2000; State Minister 1990–1995
- Kate Jones, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 2007–2012; State Minister 2009–2011
- Andrew McIntosh, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1999
- Michael Moore, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 1989–2001
- Shane Rattenbury, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008; Speaker of the Assembly 2008–2012
- Chris Steel, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016
- Zed Seselja, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2004; Leader of the Opposition 2007–2013
- Andrew Tink, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1988–2007
- Michael Yabsley, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1984–1994; State Minister 1988–1992
Civil servants
- Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary of the Department of Industry since 2013
- Peter Boxall, Secretary of the Department of Finance 1997–2002
- Stephen Brady, Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia since 2008
- Blair Comley, Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2011–2013
- Peta Credlin, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott 2013–2015
- Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary of the Department of the Environment since 2013
- Paul Dibb, Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation 1986–1988 and Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence of the Department of Defence 1988–1991
- Bernie Fraser, Secretary of the Australian Treasury 1984–1989
- Paul Grimes, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture since 2013
- Jane Halton, Secretary of the Department of Health (Australia) since 2001
- Stuart Hamilton, Secretary of the Department of Environment 1993–1996
- Allan Hawke, Secretary of the Department of Defence 1999–2002
- Michael Keating, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet 1991–1996
- Renée Leon, Secretary of the Department of Employment since 2013
- Bill McLennan, Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1995–2000
- Simon Overland, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police 2009–2011
- Martin Parkinson, Secretary of the Australian Treasury 2011–2014
- Lisa Paul, Secretary of the Department of Education (Australia) since 2004
- Finn Pratt, Secretary of the Department of Social Services since 2009
- Don Russell, Secretary of the Department of Industry 2011–2013
- Patricia Scott, Secretary of the Department of Communications 2007–2009
- Rod Sims, Chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
- Dennis Trewin, Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2000–2007
- Nick Warner, Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Diplomats
United Nations officials
- Robert Piper, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, with the rank of United Nations Assistant Secretary General; founding member of the Doug Anthony Allstars
Foreign officials
- Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, Director of the Crown Property Bureau of Thailand (1987–2018) and the Chief Economic Advisor in the Privy Council of H.M. The King of Thailand (2018–present)
- Chatib Basri, Finance Minister in the Indonesian Government 2013–2014
- Don Brash, Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand 2003–2006, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1988–2002
- Patricia Hewitt, Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 1997–2010; British Minister 2001–2007
- Carlos Jarque, Mexican Government Minister 1995–2000
- Prince Katsura, Member of the Imperial House of Japan
- Gordon Darcy Lilo, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands since 2011
- Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia 2009–2014
- Mari Pangestu, Minister in the Indonesian Government since 2004
- Kuini Speed, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji 1999–2000
- Teuea Toatu, the Vice-President and Minister for Finance & Economic Development of Kiribati since 2019 and 2016, respectively.
- Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Foreign Minister of Mongolia since 2017
- Jian Yang, Member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand since 2011
Law
Justices of the High Court of Australia
Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
- Tony Whitlam, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia 1993–2005
Judges of the Supreme Courts of Australian states and territories
President of the Chamber of the Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand
Federal Magistrates of Australia
Legal practitioners
Law professors
Humanities
Arts
- David Bradbury, filmmaker[3]
- Michael Brand, art scholar
- Ronny Chieng, comedian
- Jim Cotter, composer
- Jessica Cottis, conductor
- Ian Cresswell, composer
- Will Firth, translator
- Hannah Gadsby, comedian
- Alister Grierson, director and scriptwriter
- Geoffrey Lancaster, classical pianist and conductor
- Henry Nixon, actor
- Nimal Perera, archaeologist, anthropologist and former deputy director (excavation) in Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka
- Tim Rogers, musician
- Richard Roxburgh, actor
- Nagita Slavina, Indonesian actress
- Adam Spreadbury-Maher, theatre director and producer
- Katia Tiutiunnik, composer
- Sally Whitwell, ARIA Award-winning pianist
Journalism and media
Literature, writing and poetry
- Don Aitkin, writer
- Diane Bell, anthropologist, author
- Michael Byrne, poet
- Kevin Hart, poet and literary critic
- Matussin Omar, writer
- Debra Oswald, scriptwriter
- Guy Pearse, author
- Gayla Reid, writer
- Pierre Ryckmans, writer, translator, sinologist
- Brendan Shanahan, author
- David Vernon, writer and sceptic
- Gerard Windsor, author and literary critic
- Vanessa Woods, author
- Shahnon Ahmad, prose writer, Malaysian National Laureate
Military
Sciences
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Medicine
Physics
Sport
Other
Faculty
Notable past and current faculty members include:
- Anthony Irvine Adams, public health physician
- Patrick Atiyah, English barrister and legal writer
- Arthur Llewellyn Basham, South Asian historian
- Michael Barnsley, mathematician and entrepreneur
- Bronwyn Parry, Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences
- Larissa Behrendt, academic; Professor of Indigenous Research
- Coral Bell, Senior Research Fellow in International Relations
- David Bensusan-Butt, economist
- Arthur Birch, organic chemist
- Boediono, Indonesian Vice President
- Richard P. Brent, mathematical scientist
- Roderic Broadhurst, criminal justice practitioner, academic, and author
- Miroslav Bukovsky, composer
- Sydney James Butlin, economist, historian
- Chilla Bulbeck, women's studies
- Hedley Bull, Professor of International Relations
- Harvey Raymond Butcher, astronomer
- John Caldwell, demographer
- Yang Hi Choe-Wall, Koreanist
- Manning Clark, historian
- John Coates, mathematician
- John Cockcroft, Nobel Prize- winning nuclear physicist, former chancellor
- H. C. Coombs, economist and public servant
- David P. Craig, research chemist
- Gavan Daws, historian and writer
- Rafe de Crespigny, sinologist
- Robert Dessaix, novelist and essayist
- Paul Dibb, Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
- Peter C. Doherty, Nobel Prize-winning immunologist
- Thomas K. Donaldson, mathematician
- Robert M. Douglas, medical researcher
- Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist
- Fred Emery, social scientist
- Kep Enderby, lawyer and politician
- Denis Evans, physicist and chemist
- Frank Fenner, scientist
- C. P. Fitzgerald, historian
- Michael Flood, sociologist
- Howard Florey, Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher, former chancellor
- Derek Freeman, anthropologist
- Robert Gilbert, polymer chemist
- Peter Godfrey-Smith, philosopher and author of the book Other Minds
- Colin Groves, anthropologist
- Fred Gruen, economist
- Wang Gungwu, specialist in studying the Chinese diaspora
- Sir (William) Keith Hancock, historian
- Peter Firman Harrison, architect and town planner
- Peter Dunstan Hastings, journalist and editor
- Anthony F. Hill, in synthetic, organometallic & coordination chemistry
- A. D. Hope, poet and essayist
- Leonard Huxley, physicist
- Ken Inglis, historian
- Edward A. Irving, geologist
- Zvonimir Janko, mathematician
- Frank Lancaster Jones, sociologist
- Rhys Jones, archaeologist
- James Jupp, political scientist
- Peter Karmel, economist
- Roger Keesing, anthropologist
- Ben Kerkvliet, political scientist
- Brij Lal, historian, novelist and writer of non-fiction
- Geoffrey Lancaster, musicologist and pianist
- Andrew Leigh, economist and federal politician
- Ian McAllister, Irish-Australian public opinion political scientist
- Gavan McCormack, Orientalist
- Helen McGregor, geologist and climate change researcher, a Fellow with the Research School of Earth Sciences
- Brendan McKay, computer scientist
- Warwick McKibbin, economist
- Lew Mander, organic chemist
- Henry Evans Maude, anthropologist
- Achdiat Karta Mihardja, novelist and writer[5]
- T. B. Millar, historian and political scientists
- John Minford, sinologist and literary translator
- Pat Moran, statistician
- Fred Nadel, anthropologist
- Bernhard Neumann, mathematician
- Hanna Neumann, mathematician, first female professor of mathematics in Australia
- Cliff Ollier, geologist
- Sir Mark Oliphant, physicist and Governor of South Australia
- Sarah Pryke, ecologist
- Lindsay Pryor, botanist
- Leo Radom, research chemist
- Anthony Reid, historian of Southeast Asia
- James Mahmud Rice, sociologist
- Ted Ringwood, geologist
- Malcolm Ross, linguist
- Amin Saikal, political scientist
- Brian P. Schmidt, Nobel Prize winning physicist
- Peter Self, academic
- Thomas Smith, economist
- Allan Snyder, optical physicist, visual scientist
- Oskar Spate, geographer
- Trevor Swan, economist
- Neil Trudinger, mathematician
- Royall Tyler, Japan specialist
- Jonathan Unger, contemporary China specialist
- Michael Vernon, scientist and consumer activist
- Carola Garcia de Vinuesa, Head of the Department of Pathogens and Immunity at the College of Medicine
- Ling Wang (Wang Ling), historian of Chinese science
- Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
- Jack Waterford, journalist
- Anna Wierzbicka, linguist
Philanthropy
Administration
Chancellors
1 Mills served as Chair of the Interim Council while the University was initially beginning operations. While Bruce was officially the first Chancellor, Mills had been effectively fulfilling the same function.
| Order | | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
|---|
| | 1951 | 1961 | years | [6] |
| | 1961 | 1965 | years | [7] |
| | 1965 | 1968 | years | [8] |
| | 1968 | 1976 | years | [9] |
| | 1976 | 1984 | years | [10] |
| | 1984 | 1987 | years | [11] |
| | 1987 | 1990 | years | [12] |
| | 1990 | 1994 | years | [13] |
| | 1994 | 2006 | years | [14] |
| | 2006 | | years | [15] |
| | | | | [16] |
| | | | | [17] |
| | | incumbent | | [18] | |
Vice-Chancellors
| Order | | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
|---|
| | | 1953 | years | [19] |
| | 1953 | 1960 | years | [20] |
| | | 1967 | years | [21] |
| | 1968 | 1973 | years | |
| Robert Williams | 1973 | 1975 | years | |
| | 1975 | 1982 | years | |
| | 1982 | 1987 | years | [22] |
| Lawrence Walter Nichol | 1988 | 1993 | years | |
| | 1994 | | years | [23] |
| | | 2011 | years | [24] |
| | 2011 | | years | [25] |
| | | | | [26] |
| Genevieve Bell | | incumbent | | [27] | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Geoffrey Garret: DEAN OF THE WHARTON SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 24 March 2017.
- http://www.lnc.nc/articles/article_70192_225173_70375.htm "« Ralph », un anthropologue passionné de politique"
- Web site: Frontline Films - Profile: David Bradbury . 2011-04-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310145112/http://www.frontlinefilms.com.au/profile.htm . 10 March 2011 .
- News: McCauley. Dana. Health watchdog investigates Bettina Arndt's psychologist title. 2020-01-30. The Sydney Morning Herald. live. https://archive.today/20200130095022/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/health-watchdog-investigates-bettina-arndt-s-psychologist-title-20200130-p53w0d.html. 30 January 2020. en. registration. 21 February 2020.
- News: Obituary: 'Atheist' writer laid to rest in Canberra . . 9 July 2010 . 26 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001170005/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/07/09/obituary-%E2%80%98atheist%E2%80%99-writer-laid-rest-canberra.html . 1 October 2012 .
- Book: Lee, David . 2010 . Stanley Melbourne Bruce : Australian Internationalist . Continuum Press . London . 978-0-8264-4566-7 . 179–182 .
- News: OBITUARY The man who first split atom . 9 . The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995) . . 19 September 1967 . 12 April 2018 .
- Web site: Lord Howard Florey OM FRS FRCP . About: Our history . . n.d. . 12 April 2018 .
- Web site: Nix, Henry . Coombs, Herbert Cole (Nugget) (1906–1997) ]. Obituary at Obituaries Australia . . 18 February 2017 .
- Web site: Crawford, Sir John Grenfell (Jack) (1910–1984). J. D. B.. Miller. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502173031/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crawford-sir-john-grenfell-jack-1391 . 2 May 2013 . Australian Dictionary of Biography. . 2007 .
- Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory. Blackburn Media Release. PDF. 2007. dead. 1 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070829051329/http://www.lawsocact.asn.au/content/media/media%20releases/Blackburn%20Media%20Release%202007.pdf. 29 August 2007.
- Web site: Lee, David . Jackson, Sir Ronald Gordon (1924–1991) . . . 2016 . 13 April 2018 .
- Australian Capital Territory. Death of Sir Geoffrey Yeend, AC, CBE . Legislative Assembly. 12 October 1994. Kate Carnell. Leader of the Opposition. 3490. 3491. https://web.archive.org/web/20130519045832/http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/1994/pdfs/19941012.pdf . 19 May 2013.
- News: Prof Peter Baume receives AC . . 9 June 2008 . 11 April 2018 .
- Web site: 2022-09-01 . A servant to the nation and ANU: Dr Allan Hawke . 2022-09-01 . ANU . en.
- News: ABC News. Australia . 25 July 2008 . Beazley appointed ANU chancellor . 23 February 2010 .
- Web site: Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC . About: Governance . . 11 April 2018 .
- Web site: The Hon Julie Bishop . About: Governance . 19 December 2019 . . 10 February 2020 .
- copland-sir-douglas-berry-247. Marjorie. Harper. Copland, Sir Douglas Berry (1894–1971). 1993 . First published in hardcopy. . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707211002/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/copland-sir-douglas-berry-247 . 7 July 2015.
- Web site: Farquharson, John . Melville, Sir Leslie Galfreid (1902–2002) . Obituaries Australia . . 12 April 2018.
- Crompton, Robert W. . Huxley, Sir Leonard George Holden (1902–1988) . huxley-sir-leonard-george-holden-516 . first published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17, (MUP), 2007.
- News: Smith . Bridie . Karmel's lessons heard . 3 January 2009 . .
- Web site: Deane Terrell . 12 November 2012 . ANU emeriti oral history video project . . 13 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180412211739/http://historynet.anu.edu.au/anu-emeriti-oral-history-video-project/deane-terrell . 12 April 2018 . dead .
- Web site: Annual Report 2001 . 13 April 2018 . . About: Strategic planning . 2001 .
- Ian Young to retire as Vice-Chancellor of ANU in 2016 . 13 April 2018 . . 4 February 2015 .
- Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt to lead ANU . 13 April 2018 . . 24 June 2015 .
- Web site: ANU announces next VC . 2023-10-27 . reporter.anu.edu.au . en.
