List of Monash University people

Monash University has a number of notable alumni and staff.

Notable alumni

Politics and government

* Richard Alston, Former Australian Senator and Minister, current Australian High Commissioner in London
* Daniel Andrews, Victorian Minister for Health
* Kevin Andrews, Former Australian Minister for Immigration and Workplace Relations
* Louise Asher, Deputy Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party
* Jim Bacon, former Premier of Tasmania (did not graduate)
* Andrew Brideson, politician
* Helen Buckingham, politician
* Anna Burke, politician, current Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
* Elaine Carbines, politician
* Peter Cleeland, politician
* Jacinta Collins - Australian Senator
* Ann Corcoran, politician
* Peter Costello, longest-serving Treasurer of Australia, former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
* Simon Crean, Australian Minister for Trade, former Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the ALP
* David de Kretser, medical researcher, current Governor of Victoria
* John Delzoppo - Former Speaker of the Parliament of Victoria
* Richard Di Natale - Greens politician
* Robert Doyle, Former Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party, now head of Melbourne Health
* John Elferink, politician
* David Feeney, Australian Senator
* Jeannie Ferris, Australian Senator
* Gail Gago, South Australian Minister for Enivornment, Conservation and Mental Health
* James Gomez - Singaporean politician
* Alan Griffiths, former Australian Minister for Industry and Resources
* Dianne Hadden, politician
* Peter Hall, politician
* Alistair Harkness, politician
* Carolyn Hirsh, politician
* Rob Hudson, politician
* Dennis Jensen, politician
* Michael Kroger, Liberal Party of Australia powerbroker and businessman
* Albert Langer, political activist
* John Langmore, politician and author
* John Lenders, Victorian Treasurer, Victoria's longest-serving Finance Minister
* Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian politician, current Chief Minister of the State of Penang
* Tony Lupton, politician
* Julian McGauran, Australian Senator
* Marlene Moses - Diplomat, Foreign Minister of Nauru
* Simbarashe Mumbengegwi - Foreign Minister of Zimbabwe
* Janice Munt, politician
* Brendan O'Connor, Australian Minister for Employment Participation
* Gavan O'Connor, politician
* Clare O'Neil, youngest female Mayor in Australia's history
* John Pandazopoulos - Former Victorian Minister for Employment and Major Projects
* Kay Patterson, Australian Senator and Former Minister for Health
* Martin Pakula, politician
* Sue Pennicuik, politician
* Inga Peulich, politician
* Victor Perton, politician
* Peter Reith, Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, former Defence Minister, former Minister for Workplace Relations
* Chris Pearce, politician
* Robert Ray, Australian Senator and Former Defence Minister
* Gordon Rich-Phillips, Shadow Victorian Finance Minister
* Teo Ming Kian - politician, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance (Singapore), Recipient of the 1999/2000 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award
* Tony Robinson - Minister for Consumer Affairs
* Bill Shorten, politician, former National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union and President of the Victorian ALP
* Helen Silver, Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet
* Adem Somyurek, politician
* Sharman Stone, Former Minister for Workforce Participation
* Murray Thompson, politician
* John Thwaites, Former Deputy Premier of Victoria and Minister for Environment, Water and Climate Change
* David Vigor - Australian Senator
* Nick Wakeling, politician
* Don Watson, speechwriter to Paul Keating, author
* Graeme Weideman - Former Victorian Minister for Tourism
* Greg Wilton(1955-2000), politician
* Michael Wooldridge - Former Australian Minister for Health and Chairman of UNAIDS

The Law

* Kevin Bell - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Current President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
* Diana Bryant - Current Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
* Julian Burnside, QC - High profile barrister, human rights advocate, author, listed as one of the Australian Living Treasures
* Paul Cronin - Justice of the Family Court of Australia
* Raymond Finkelstein - Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
* Paul Grant - Current Chief Magistrate of the Victorian Children's Court
* Ian Gray - Current Chief Magistrate, Magistrates' Court of Victoria
* Felicity Hampel - Prominent human rights lawyer, now Judge of the County Court of Victoria
* Peter Hayes QC - High profile barrister
* Peter Hogg - constitutional law scholar
* Graeme Johnstone - Current State Coroner of Victoria
* Murray Kellam - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and first President of VCAT
* Lex Lasry QC - High profile barrister, Chairman of the Victorian Criminal Bar Association, human rights advocate and now Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
* Stuart Morris - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Former President of VCAT
* Ross Ray - Current President of the Law Council of Australia
* Neil Rees - Current Chairman of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, foundation Dean of the University of Newcastle Law School
* Michael Rozenes - Current Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria
* Pamela Tate - Current Solicitor-General of Victoria
* Marilyn Warren - Current and first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
* Mark Weinberg - Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, former Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, current Chief Justice of Norfolk Island

Media & Arts

* Peter Bonner - artist, winner of the Dobell Prize
* Damien Broderick, author, futurist
* Peter Carey - Booker prize-winning novelist
* Damien Carrick - presenter, ABC Radio National [http://abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/|"Law Report".]
* Nick Cave - musician (attended Caulfield Institute of Technology, now Monash Caulfield. He did not graduate)
* Timothy Conigrave (1959-1994), actor and writer
* Cecilia Dart-Thornton - Author
* Lindy Davies - Actor and Dean of the Victorian College of Arts
* Laurie Duggan - poet
* Hazel Edwards - children's author
* Jon Faine, Prominent Melbourne radio personality
* Max Gillies - Actor/satirist
* Andy Griffiths - children's author
* Leslie Howard - Pianist and composer
* Sue Howard - Director of Radio and Regional Content, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* Paul Jennings - children's author
* Michael Leunig - Cartoonist
* Campbell McComas (1952-2005) - Comedian and actor
* Louise Milligan - Journalist
* Brenda Niall - Author
* Eva Orner - Academy-Award winning film producer
* John Romeril - Plawright
* John A. Scott - poet
* Jo Stanley - radio personality
* Stelarc - performance artist
* Matt Tilley - Comedian
* Mary Tonkin - artist, winner of the Dobell Prize
* Don Watson - author
* Alan Wearne - poet
* David Williamson - playwright
* Shaun Wilson - artist

Business

* Fiona Balfour - Businesswoman, former Qantas and Telstra executive
* John F. O. Bilson - Economist
* Mark Birrell - Company director, former Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
* Henry Tay Yun Chwan - Executive Chairman and Co-founder, The Hour Glass
* Tony D'Aloisio - Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and former CEO, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
* Henry Ergas - economist
* Tracey Fellows - Managing Director of Microsoft in Australia and New Zealand
* Alan Finkel - Technology entrepreneur
* Joshua Frydenberg - banker and political aspirant
* Peter Ivany - Australian media mogul and billionaire
* Margaret Jackson - first female Chairman of Qantas
* Teo Ming Kian - Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board
* Michael Kroger - Liberal Party of Australia powerbroker and businessman
* Tan Le - technology businesswoman, Young Australian of the Year
* Peter Lew - businessman
* Ian Little - Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance, 1998-2006
* Michael Luscombe - CEO and Managing Director, Woolworths Limited
* Ian Macfarlane, economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (1996-2006)
* Naomi Milgrom - Owner and CEO of Sussan Group
* Andrew Mohl - Managing Director and CEO, AMP
* Paresh Narayan - economist
* Trevor O'Hoy - President and CEO, Foster's Group
* Pasuk Phongpaichit - Economist, author, anti-corruption campaigner, Recipient of the 1999/2000 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award
* Rameshwari Ramachandra - Author and entrepreneur
* Peter Reith - Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
* Gary P. Sampson - WTO economist
* Graeme Samuel - Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
* Jannie Tay - Executive Vice-Chairman and Co-founder, The Hour Glass, Recipient of the 2003 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award

Medicine

* Weary Dunlop - military surgeon, World War II leader (attended the Victorian College of Pharmacy, now Monash Parkville Campus)
* David de Kretser- medical researcher, current Governor of Victoria
*Tan Sri Dato' Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman - Vice-Chancellor of International Medical University, Recipient of the 2007 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award
*Dr Susan Lim - surgeon, performed Singapore's first successful liver transplant, Recipient of the 2005 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award
*Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Awang - cardiothoracic surgeon , performed the first heart transplant in Malaysia

ocal Services & Academia

* Diane Bell - anthropoligist
* Michael Clyne - linguist
* Anthony G. Collins - President of Clarkson University
* Tim Costello - humanitarian, CEO of World Vision Australia, listed as one of the Australian Living Treasures
* Mick Dodson - Indigenous rights campaigner, Convenor of the ANU Institute for Indigenous Australia, , listed as one of the Australian Living Treasures
* Ian G. Enting - mathematician
* Hugh Evans - 2004 Young Australian of the Year, philanthropist
* Tim Flannery - biologist, author, 2007 Australian of the Year
* Siri Gamage - sociologist
* Ben Kiernan - Leading researcher in the study of genocide
* Stuart Macintyre - Historian
* Ron McCallum - Labour law scholar
* Simon Molesworth QC, Chairman of the Australian Council of National Trusts
* Justin Oakley - philosopher
* George Cardinal Pell - Australia's Cardinal of the Catholic Church
* Neil Rees - foundation Dean of the University of Newcastle Law School
* Julian Savulescu - philosopher
* Terry Speed - mathematician
* Norman Arthur Wakefield - botanist
* Brian Weatherson - philosopher
* Dato' Michael Yeoh - founder, executive director and CEO of Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI)
* Beth Wilson - Victorian Health Services Commissioner

port

* Catherine Arlove - Olympic judo competitor
* John Bertrand- yachtsman, skipper of "Australia II"
* Travis Brooks - hockey player, Olympic Games gold medallist
* Nathan Burke - AFL footballer
* Alastair Clarkson - Former AFL footballer, current Coach of the Hawthorn Football Club
* Ron Evans - AFL footballer and sports administrator
* Robby Foldvari - billiards and snooker player, world champion
* Lauren Hewitt - athlete
* Geoff Hunt - squash player, 4 time world champion
* Janine Ilitch - netballer
* Paul McNamee - tennis player, sports administrator, winner of Wimbledon and Australian Open
* Brenton Rickard - swimmer, Olympic Silver medallist
* Paul Trimboli - soccer player
* Anna Wilson - cyclist, world champion and world record holder
* David Zalcberg - Olympic table tennis player, Commonwealth Games medallist

Notable staff (past and present)

* Waleed Aly - Muslim community leader and political commentator
* Dorothy Auchterlonie - writer and poet
* Robert Bartnik - mathematician
* Andrew Benjamin - philosopher
* Leslie Bodi - Founding Professor of German
* Harold Bolitho - historian
* Geoffrey Bolton - historian
* Jim Breen, computer scientist (for his work on [http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html Japanese dictionary projects] )
* Kate Burridge - prominent linguist and occasional ABC presenter
* John Button - Former Australian Senator, Leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Senate, Australian Minister for Industry (1983-1993)
* Barbara Caine - historian
* Enid Campbell - jurist
* Bill Charman - pharmaceutical scientist
* Michael Clyne - linguist
* Damian Conway - computer scientist, Perl
* Peter Costello - Longest-serving Treasurer of Australia, former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
* John Michael Cullen - ornithologist
* Daryl Dawson - former Justice of the High Court of Australia
* David Derham - jurist
* Franz-Josef Deiters - literary critic
* Nick Economou - political scientist and media commentator
* Herbert Feith - Indonesian politics expert
* Allan Fels - economist and former Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
* Raymond Finkelstein - Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
* John Edward Fletcher - German studies expert
* James Alexander Forrest - lawyer and business, former University Council member
* Arie Freiberg, Chairman of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council
* Fred Gruen - economist
* George Hampel, QC - former Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria; leading advocacy instructor
* Felicity Hampel, SC - judge of the County Court of Victoria, human rights lawyer
* Kevin Hart - poet and literary critic
* Peter Heerey - Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
* Basil Hetzel - medical researcher, public health advocate, listed as one of the Australian Living Treasures
* Frank Cameron Jackson - philosopher
* Sarah Joseph - human rights scholar
* David Kemp - political scientist and former Australian Minister for Education and the Environment
* Vit Klemes - hydrologist
* Carlo Kopp - defence analyst / strategist, computer scientist
* David de Kretser - medical researcher, current Governor of Victoria
* Helga Kuhse - philosopher and bioethicist
* Richard Larkins - current Vice-Chancellor
* Andrew Linklater - international relations expert
* Mal Logan - geographer, former Vice-Chancellor
* Chin Liew Ten - philosopher
* Louis Matheson - foundation Vice-Chancellor
* Race Mathews - economist, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, former Minister for Community Services, former Minister for Police and Emergency Services
* Adrian Martin - film critic
* Raymond Martin - chemical scientist, former Vice-Chancellor
* Louis Moresi - geophysicist
* Marcia Neave - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
* Yew-Kwang Ng - Economist
* Graham Oppy - philosopher
* Stephen John Parker - jurist
* Kay Patterson - former Australian Senator and Minister for Health
* Graeme Pearman - climate change scientist
* Mark Peel - historian
* Andrew Prentice - mathematician
* Zenon J Pudlowski - engineering expert
* Christian Reus-Smit - international relations expert
* John Rickard, economist
* Richard Scotton - health economist, creator of Australian Medicare program
* Mahadev Shankar - Malaysian Court of Appeal Judge
* Peter Singer - philosopher (now at Princeton University, US)
* A.T.S Sissons - pharmaceutical scientist
* J. J. C. Smart - philosopher
* John Stillwell - mathematician
* Elsdon Storey - neurologist
* John Thwaites - Former Deputy Premier of Victoria and Minister for Environment, Water and Climate Change, now Chair of the Monash Sustainability Institute
* Mary Tonkin - artist, winner of the Dobell Prize
* Nick Trakakis - philosopher
* Alan O. Trounson - world-renowned biologist, IVF pioneer and stem cell researcher
* Hal Varian - economist
* Chris Wallace - computer scientist
* Louis Waller - medical and criminal law expert
* Carl Wood - IVF pioneer
* Christopher Weeramantry - Judge and Vice-President of the International Court of Justice, human rights advocate
* David Wright-Neville - political scientist, terrorism expert
* Xiaokai Yang - economist, democracy campaigner, political prisoner

Administration

Vice-Chancellors

*Sir Louis Matheson (1960-1976)
*William Alexander Gowdie Scott (1976-1977)
*Raymond Martin AO (1977-1987)
*Mal Logan AC (1987-1996)
*David Robinson (1997-2002)
*Peter Darvall AO (2002-2003)
*Richard Larkins AO (2003-)

Chancellors

*Sir Robert Rutherford Blackwood (1958-1968)
*Sir Douglas Ian Menzies (1968-1974)
*Sir Richard Moulton Eggleston (1975-1983)
*Sir George Hermann Lush (1983-1992)
*David William Rogers (1992-1998)
*Jerry Ellis (1999-2007)
*Alan Finkel (2008-)

ee also

*Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award

External links

* [http://www.monash.edu.au/news/expertline/browse.php Monash Expertline ]