University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Mark Scott, today congratulated all members of our community that have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list. 

“These awards reflect the dedication and impact of our people, and we are delighted to congratulate our staff, alumni and affiliates who have been recognised this year,” Professor Scott said.  

“Service is at the heart of everything we do, from advancing research that responds to global and national challenges, to delivering an education that empowers our students to make a difference.

 “We proudly celebrate all of the recipients and acknowledge the remarkable contributions of members of our community whose work continues to shape lives, communities and the future.” 

See below for the staff and alumni who have been recognised - this list will be updated in the coming days. Visit the Governor-General’s website for the full list of Australians recognised in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours.

Staff

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

• Dr Luke Anthony Coyle (MBBS '83), Conjoint lecturer, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  For service to haematology.
• Mr Richard Vincent Morgan (BA '82, GradDipMuseumStud '86 MA '96), Director of Community Engagement, St Paul's College
  For service to youth, and to the community.
• Dr Andrea Lynne Smith (MPH '11, PhD '19), Senior Research Fellow, The Daffodil Centre
  For service to community health.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

• Mr Wayne Erickson, Principal Emeritus at St Andrew's College
  For significant service to tertiary education, to rugby union, and to the community.
• Professor Anthony Masters, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science 
  For significant service to tertiary education and governance, and to chemical science.
• Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson (BPharm '89, PhD '95), Deputy Dean (Academic), Faculty of Medicine and Health
  For significant service to pharmaceutical medicine, to academic leadership, and to tertiary education.
• Professor Michael Solomon (DMedSc '17), Professor of Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  For significant service to gastrointestinal surgery, to surgical outcomes research, and to the community.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

• Professor Elizabeth Elliott (MBBS '80, MD '92, MPhil '09), Distinguished Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  For distinguished service to paediatric medicine, to women's health, and to medical and social understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
• Professor Raymond Sacks, Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  For distinguished service to otolaryngology, to clinical training, to tertiary education, and to governance roles.
• Professor Margaret Schnitzler (MBBS '84, PhD '96), Head of Clinical School and Deputy Head of School, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  For distinguished service to colorectal surgery, to research, to innovative surgical training, and to tertiary education.

Alumni

Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

• Professor William David Rawlinson (MBBS '83, BSc '83)
  For eminent service to the medical sciences as a virologist, to clinical research and education, and to national and international public health.

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

• Justice Murray Robert Aldridge (BEc '78, LLB '80)
  For service to conservation, to orchid growing, and to the law.
• Mr Roger John Bayliss (BSc '65)
  For service to business and trade, and to the community.
• Dr Andrew Alder Beattie (BA '72, MBBS '78, MM '87)
  For service to the community of Coffs Harbour.
• Dr Constantine George Berbatis (MSc '78)
   For service to the community of Perth.
• Ms Marianne Birch (BEc '87)
  For service to the finance industry.
• Mrs Sharon Jane Cook (BA '80, LLB '82)
  For service to the banking industry, and to the law.
• Mr Brian Davidson (LLB '57)
  For service to community health.
• Dr Kenneth James Facer (MBBS '54)
  For service to medicine as a general practitioner.
• Professor Suran Loshana Fernando (PhD '06)
  For service to medicine in the field of immunology.
• Associate Professor Alan William Gale (MBBS '69)
  For service to cardiothoracic surgery, and to the community.
• Ms Margaret Rae Gleeson (BA '77)
  For service to the arts.
• Mr Gregory Mark Harris (BA '78, DipEd '79)
  For service to sports administration.
• Ms Laura Maree Hogan (BAppSc(OT) '04, MHlthSc(DD) '09)
  For service to people with disability.
• Mr Winwood Howard (LLB '57)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Ms Kristina Jackson (BEc '77)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Mr Glenn Kenneth Johnston (MTM '97)
  For service to the Indigenous community.
• Mrs Shannan Louise Keen (BA '10, MABMS '12)
  For service to Locked-in Syndrome research.
• Mr Peter Morton Kinsey (LLB '70)
  For service to surf lifesaving.
• Mr Nicholas Michael Logan (BPharm '86)
  For service to the pharmacy profession.
• Dr Ross Duncan MacPherson (BPharm '76, GradDipHospPharm '77, MSc '81)
  For service to medicine as an anaesthetist.
• Dr Gabor Attilla Major (MBBS '69)
  For service to rheumatology.
• Mr Frank Laurence Meng (BE(Elec) '70, BSc '68)
  For service to the community, and to engineering.
• Dr Sandra Janette Nash (BMus ‘72, PhD ‘11)
  For service to music education.
• Associate Professor Christopher Stephen Pokorny (MBBS '77)
  For service to community health.
• Ms Joanne Charlotte Riley (GradDipPsych '09, BSc(Hons) '11)
  For service to the suicide prevention advocacy.
• Mr Kuranda Seyfettin Seyit (MA '05)
  For service to the multicultural communities of Victoria.
• Dr Abhishek Kumar Verma (MS '14)
  For service to medicine, and to medical administration.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

• Emerita Professor Lynette Kay Abbott (BSc '70)
  For significant service to soil sciences, to primary industry and agricultural management, and to the community.
• Professor Alexander Baitch (BE(Elec) '70)
  For significant service to power systems engineering, and to electrotechnical standards.
• Emeritus Professor Mark Beaufoy Bush (PhD '84)
  For significant service to engineering, to tertiary education, and to the community.
• Ms Marika Calfas (MEnvLaw ‘07)
  For significant service to the transport and shipping industry, to logistics, and to infrastructure.
• Scientia Professor Louise Annette Chappell (PhD '98)
  For significant service to tertiary education, to human rights, and gender justice.
• Professor Grahame John Coleman (BA '67, PhD '75)
  For significant service to animal welfare science, and to the discipline of human psychology.
• Mr Edward John Coten (EMBA '06)
  For significant service to sports administration, and to basketball.
• Dr Ursula Bridget Dubosarsky (BA '83, DipEd '89)
  For significant service to literature as an author of children and young adult books.
• Professor Graeme Eric Harper (BA '81)
  For significant service to literature, to education, and to creative writing.
• Dr Helen Mackie (MBBS '97)
  For significant service to rehabilitation medicine, and to research and treatment of lymphoedema.
• Dr Joanna Christine Mendelssohn (BA '72, PhD '96)
  For significant service to art history as a researcher and author.
• Professor Warwick Middleton (MBBS '79)
  For significant service to psychiatric medicine, and to research into and treatment of complex traumagenic dissociation.
• Mr James Ian Pagent (LLB '82)
  For significant service to the community through not-for-profit organisations.
• Professor Bernard Edward Tuch (PhD '87)
  For significant service to endocrinology, and to medical research.
• Mr Brett David Walker (BA '85, LLB '87, LLM '93)
  For significant service to the community through social welfare organisations, and to the law.
• Ms Louise Mary Walsh (BEc '88, LLB '88)
  For significant service to the community through philanthropic governance, and to the arts.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

• Ms Helen Maree Conway (BA '75, LLB '78)
  For distinguished service to business and legal governance, to youth social welfare, to gender equity, and to the not-for-profit sector.
• The Honourable Morris Iemma (BEc '84)
  For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of New South Wales, particularly as Premier, to the not-for-profit sector, and to community sport.
• Emeritus Professor Michael Stephen Roberts (MSc '73, PhD '76, DSc '00)
  For distinguished service to pharmaceutical science and medicine, to the advancement of topical drug delivery, and to clinical toxicology research.
• Mrs Mary-Lynne Taylor (BA '65, LLB '69)
  For significant service to town planning and development, and to the law.
• Mr Martijn Brian Wilder (BEc '90)
  For distinguished service to environmental conservation, to the renewable energy sector, to sustainable finance, to animal welfare, and to the law.

Public Service Meda (PSM)

• Dr Lanny George Chor (BDS '84)
  For outstanding public service to oral health service delivery in NSW.
• Dr Jan Fizzell (BSc '94, MBBS '96)
  For outstanding public service to health in NSW.
• Ms Nicola Jane Forbes (BA '97, GradDipMuseumStud '04)
  For outstanding public service in transformative digital records and privacy initiatives of the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman.
• Dr Jared Greenville (BAgrEc '03, PhD '07)
  For outstanding public service to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, and to research and agriculture, economics and food security policy.