- Kim Santow
The Honourable Justice Geza Francis Kim Santow AO (
11 March 1941 –10 April 2008 ) was anAustralia n Judge of theSupreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal.Santow was educated at
The Friends' School, Hobart andSydney Grammar School . He graduated from theUniversity of Sydney with aBachelor of Arts andMaster of Laws and a Blue in rowing. From 1965 to 1993, he was a partner at Freehill Hollingdale & Page. He served as a Judge on the Equity Division of the Supreme Court from 1993, and on the Court of Appeal since 2002. Santow retired from his judicial office at the end of 2007. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/humble-judge-with-brain-for-business/2008/04/13/1208024985660.html Humble judge with a brain for business] , "The Sydney Morning Herald ",April 14 2008 .]He was a part-time law lecturer at the
University of Sydney and theUniversity of New South Wales . From 2001 to 2007, he was the Chancellor of theUniversity of Sydney from2 October 2001 to31 May 2007 . [ [http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1577 Chancellor announces May departure] ,University of Sydney .]In 1990, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia, [ [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=875782&search_type=quick&showInd=true It's an Honour] - Medal of the Order of Australia] which was upgraded to an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2007
Queen's Birthday Honours . [ [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1134672&search_type=quick&showInd=true It's an Honour] - Officer of the Order of Australia]He died, aged 67, from a brain tumour on
10 April 2008 . [ [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23523468-1702,00.html Former Supreme Court judge dies] ]References
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* [http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/senate/history/Santow.shtml Hon Justice G F Kim Santow (1941-2008)] ,
University of Sydney
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