University community recognised with King's Birthday Honours

Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Mark Scott AO, conveyed his personal congratulations to recipients.  

“The Birthday Honours are an opportunity each year to highlight the good work of the worthy recipients and reflect on the positive impact their efforts have made towards their fields of interest and expertise,” Professor Scott said.   

“As Australia’s first university, for generations we have supported leaders who work hard to improve the lives of the communities that we serve, and I congratulate the many members of the University community who should rightly celebrate this recognition of their contributions.”  

See the full list of King's Birthday Honours received by members of the University community in 2023 below.

Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia

• Clinical Associate Professor Sharon Liberali (MScMed(PainMgt) '20)
  For distinguished service to special needs dentistry, to infection control practice enhancement, to tertiary education, and to professional organisations.
• Clinical Professor Ruth Marshall (MBBS '77)
  For distinguished service to rehabilitation medicine, particularly to people living with spinal cord injury or disorder, as a leader, mentor and clinician.
• Distinguished Professor Jane Patricia Hall (PhD '94)
  For distinguished service to the social sciences, to academic leadership and mentoring, and to national and international associations.
• The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore (BA '69)
  For distinguished service to local government, to the people and Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community of Sydney.
• Mr Orwell Peter Phillips (B.S. Arch '72, B.Arch. '76, M.Bdg.Sc. '79)
  For distinguished service to heritage conservation, to architecture, and to professional organisations.

Member (AM) of the Order of Australia

• Ms Jane Fitzgerald Spring (BEc '86, LLB '89, GradDipPA '06, MPAdmin '07)
  For significant service to disability advocacy in sport, and to public sector administration.
• Dr Kevin John Laws (BA '71, MA(Honours) '77)
  For significant service to professional learning for tertiary educators in Southeast Asia.
• Emeritus Professor Lindy Leah McAllister (PhD(Phty) '01)
  For significant service to speech pathology and allied health in a range of roles.
• Professor Simon Mark Willcock (MBBS '80, PhD '06)
  For significant service to primary health care, and to tertiary education.
• Dr Richard Frederick Jones (MBBS '63)
  For significant service to medicine in the field of spinal injury and rehabilitation.
• Dr Stephen James Steigrad (MBBS '64)
  For significant service to medicine particularly in a range of national and international organisations.
• Associate Professor George Andrew Skowronski (MBEth '17)
  For significant service to intensive care medicine, and to medical research.
• Dr Diana Gai Robinson (MBBS '87)
  For significant service to sports medicine as a physician and to anti-doping regulation.
• Mr David Thomas Anthony (BScAgr '76)
  For significant service to the agricultural sector, and to the community of Narrabri.
• Mr Christopher Charles Vonwiller (BSc '63, BE(Elec) '65)
  For significant service to science and technology development.
• Mr Antony Baron Greenwood (LLB '65)
  For significant service to the Anglican Church, and governance and legal advisory organisations.
• Mr David Michael Blunt (BA '87, MPhil '95, LLB '00)
  For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales.
• Associate Professor Ping Wang (PhD '01)
  For significant service to the arts, and to classical literature.
• Ms Marina Simone Go (EMBA '03)
  For significant service to business governance, to sport administration, and to the media industry.
• Dr Pamela Jane Gower (BDS '83)
  For significant service to dentistry, and to forensic odontology.
• The Honourable Justice Thomas Altobelli (LLB '81, LLM '86)
  For significant service to the law, and to legal education.
• The Honourable Graham Robert Mullane (BA '68, LLB '71, LLM '75)
  For significant service to the judiciary, and to the law, and to the community.
• Ms Margery Anne Nicoll (MA(Pass) '83)
  For significant service to the law, and to the legal profession.
• Dr James George Renwick CSC SC RAN (LLB '85, SJD '94)
  For significant service to the law, and to national security.
• Scientia Professor Rebecca Ivers (MPH '97, PhD '01)
  For significant service to community health through injury prevention research and education.
• Professor Michael Alan Tonkin (MBBS '75, MD '97)
  For significant service to medicine as a hand surgeon, and to professional associations.
  
• Dr Michael Anthony McGrath (MBBS '67)
  For significant service to medicine as a vascular specialist.
  
• Dr William John McKay (MBBS '68)
  For significant service to medical administration in the field of nuclear medicine.
  
• Dr Michele Anne O'Brien (MBBS '80)
  For significant service to medicine, particularly as an anaesthetist.
  
• Mr Simon Chan (BSc '76, BArch '79)
  For significant service to multiculturalism, to the Indigenous community, and to the arts.
• Dr Alison Velyian Todd (BSc '86, PhD '93)
  For significant service to medical research, and to tertiary education.
  
• Dr Philip Anthony Moses (BVSc '81)
  For significant service to the veterinary profession as a doctor, administrator and educator.
  
• Mr George Torbay (GradDip(Secondary) '95)
  For significant service to the performing arts through music in a range of roles.

Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia

• Mrs Anne Titterton (BA '67, DipEd '68)
  For service to rowing.
• Dr Gregory Brian Crosland (BSc(Med)(Hons)'78, MBBS '80)
  For service to dermatology, particularly in rural areas.
• Dr Rosemary Ann Hackworthy (MBBS '76)
  For service to medicine as a cardiologist.
• Dr Dennis William Sundin (MBBS '70)
  For service to medicine, and to hockey.
• Ms Sophie Marie Scott (BA '89)
  For service to the broadcast media, and to community health.
• Dr Irene O'Connell (MA(Pass) '91, SJD '97, LLB '05)
  For service to the law.
• Dr Stuart Braga (BA '61)
  For service to education administration, and to community history.
• Ms Mechel Pikoulas (BEd(Secondary) '95, MA '00)
  For service to education.
• Dr Kenneth Edward Sinclair (BA '62)
  For service to education through a range of organisations.
• Ms Jane Sulis (BA '73, GradDip(Primary) '92)
  For service to the community, and to education.
• Ms Margaret Lee Grove (BA '74, DipEd '75, MA(Pass) '84)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Ms Penelope Jane Grist (BA(Hons) '04, LLB '06)
  For service to community history, and to the arts.
• Mrs Diane Harapin (BEd(Primary) '92, MEd '98, MEd '05)
  For service to children through adoption reform.
• Dr Tracey Evelyn Callinan (MMus(MusEd) '04)
  For service to the performing arts, and to the community.
• Dr Charles Roger Badham (BSc(GenSc) '69)
  For service to science as a meteorologist.
• Dr Michael Yiu To Chow (BDS '81)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Emeritus Professor Rifaat Yassa Ebied (BA '08)
  For service to education, particularly to Semitic studies.
• Ms Anne Muir (BA '04, BA(Hons) '06)
  For service to the community as a social welfare advocate.
• Mr John William Dodd (BEc '78, LLB '79)
  For service to the community, particularly through Rotary.
• Mrs Sandra Johnston (BA '89)
  For service to the community, particularly through Rotary.For service to community health.
• Ms Juliette O'Brien (LLB '11)
  For service to journalism, and to community health.
• Mr Jordan O'Reilly (BAppSc(OT) '13)
  For service to the disability community.
• Ms Louise Robert-Smith (BA '69, DipEd '70, MEd '89)
  For service to secondary education.
• Mr Kerry Michael Schiemer (Materia Medica (Pharmacology) '60)
  For service to aviation.
• Mr David Francis Hawdon (BA '74, LLB '77)
  For service to the community through a range of roles.
• Dr Gregory John Marcar (GradDipPH '72)
  For service to medicine through a range of roles.
• Mrs Catherine Margaret Crouch (BA '83)
  For service to education administration.

Public Service Medal

• Dr Ann Elizabeth Daly (BA '78, GradDipEd(Primary) '87)
  For outstanding public service in educational innovation programs supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
• Mr Damon John Rees (EMBA '11)
  For outstanding public service in customer service delivery, in particular COVID-19 related services.
• Mr Daniel James Lalor (BPharm '03)
  For outstanding public service to public health as the Director of Pharmacy at Canberra Health Services.
• Dr Paul Kenneth Armstrong (MBBS '92)
  For outstanding public service through contributions to the health and wellbeing of Western Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Ms Amanda-Lee Charlton (MPH '15)
  For outstanding public service through leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Ms Elspeth Sarah Kay (BSc '99, MPH '08)
  For outstanding public service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian Police Medal

• Superintendent Jason Alexander Byrnes (BA '91)
  For service to the Australian police force.

Emergency Services Medal

• Mrs Tresne Lorraine Chesher (BHlthSci '05, GradDipRehabClng '06)
  For outstanding public service through leadership to deliver nationally significant measures and reforms.

Companion (AC) of the Order of Australia

• Professor Glenda Margaret Halliday
  For eminent service to medical research in the field of neurodegenerative disorders, including the development of revised diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease, and as a mentor.

• Professor David John Hunter (MBBS '82)
  For eminent service to medicine as an epidemiologist, particularly in relation to disease prevention and early detection, and to the aetiology of breast, colorectal, prostate and skin cancers.

Member (AM) of the Order of Australia

• Professor Emerita Patricia Mary O'Brien
  For significant service to people with disability through research and education.
• Emeritus Professor Philip Manley Boyce
  For significant service to psychiatric research and education.For significant service to psychiatric research and education.
• Professor Liza Lim
  For significant service to the performing arts as a music composer and academic.
• Professor Gail Elizabeth Whiteford
  For significant service to tertiary education, and to community health.
• Professor Emerita Sally Katherine Tracy
  For significant service to tertiary education, and to midwifery.
• Professor Deborah Bateson
  For her significant service to medicine through research and education, and to reproductive health.
• Professor Renae Monique Ryan (BSc(Hons) '00, PhD '04)
  For significant service to biomedical science as a researcher, and to diversity and inclusion.
• Professor Iona Novak (BAppSc(OT) '93)
  For significant service to medical research, particularly the treatment of cerebral palsy.
• Clinical Associate Professor Andrew Chang (MBBS '88, PhD '04)
  For significant service to ophthalmology and retinal surgery as a clinician and educator.
• Professor Marcela Bilek (BSc '91)
  For significant service to physics and biomedical engineering.

Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia

• Dr Lynette Riley
  For distinguished service to education, particularly through the development of Indigenous curriculum and student support, to reconciliation, and to the community.
• Professor Donald Andrew Wilson (PhD '97)
  For distinguished service to medicine through public health leadership, to regulatory bodies, and to tertiary education.

Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia

• Dr Brett O'Donnell
  For service to ophthalmology.

To request an edit to the details of honours received by members of the University community please contact us.

Visit the Governor-General’s website for the full list of King’s Birthday Honours.