1975
Doctor of the University
Doctor of the University
Below is the list of all recipients for 'Doctor of the University' - that have been awarded since our Ceremony to Commence Teaching held in 1975. The Doctor of the University is an honorary recognition awarded to recipients that have made a significant contribution to society in areas such as sport, politics, Arts and conservation. This award has traditionally been presented at Griffith University graduation ceremonies.
AWARD OF DOCTOR OF THE GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
Doctor Of The Griffith University
| Recipient | Date of Conferral |
|---|---|
| Sir Colin Hannah, CB, CBE | 05.03.1975 (Opening Ceremony) |
| Sir Theodor Bray, CBE | 09.08.1977 |
AWARD OF DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY
(In 1977, the Griffith Council resolved to change the name of the degree to Doctor of the University)
Doctor Of The University
| Recipient | Date of Conferral |
|---|---|
| Sir Zelman Cowen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, DCL, QC | 14.10.1981 |
| Professor Emeritus Roy David (Gus) Guthrie, FRACI, FRSC, FRSA | 02.11.1981 |
| Professor Emeritus Frederick John Willett, DSC | 18.03.1983 |
| Mr Robert Findlay (Robin) Gibson, AO, LFRAIA, ARIBA | 19.04.1986 |
| Sir Harry Gibbs, PC, GCMG, AC, KBE | 04.04.1987 |
| Sir (John) Allan Sewell, FIMA, FIDA | 18.07.1988 |
| Ms Judith Arundell Wright, Hon DLitt, FAHA | 18.07.1988 |
| Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE | 18.07.1988 |
| Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal Custodian of the land Minjerribah | 22.04.1989 |
| Mr William George Hayden, AC | 10.04.1990 |
| Ms Patience Rosemary Thoms, OBE | 07.04.1990 |
| Sister Angela Mary Doyle, AO, RSM, FCNA, FAIM | 12.04.1991 |
| Professor Emeritus Donald Horne, AO | 20.04.1991 |
| Mr Leonard James Webb, AO | 20.09.1991 |
| Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, GCVO | 21.02.1992 |
| Mr Hugh Alexander Dunn, AO | 07.04.1992 |
| Sir Walter Benjamin Campbell, AC, QC | 08.04.1992 |
| Sir Bruce Dunstan Watson, AC | 11.04.1992 |
| Professor Emeritus Colin John Masters | 11.04.1992 |
| Mr Lawrence Daws | 01.10.1992 |
| Mr Robert David MacPherson | 01.10.1992 |
| Ms Leneen Forde, AC | 02.10.1992 |
| Mr Ian Hamilton Barham | 19.12.1992 |
| Mr Donald Smith, OBE | 19.12.1992 |
| Mr Owen Fletcher | 19.12.1992 |
| Mr Richard Wigram Locke Austin, OBE | 02.04.1993 |
| Sir Robert Mathers | 02.04.1993 |
| Sir Leo Arthur Hielscher | 17.04.1993 |
| Mr Peter Raymond Hobart | 24.04.1993 |
| Mr Neville Thomas Bonner, AO | 25.09.1993 |
| Mr John Rigby | 09.04.1994 |
| Ms Lores Bonney | 14.04.1994 |
| General Eva Burrows, AC | 26.04.1994 |
| Mr Barry Humphries, AO | 26.04.1994 |
| Mr Charles Osborne | 26.04.1994 |
| Reverend John Alexius Bathersby, DD | 01.10.1994 |
| Sir Charles Mackerras, CBE, FRCM | 13.12.1994 |
| Ms Nancy Weir, FRAM | 13.12.1994 |
| Mr Hedley Paul Simons, AM | 28.03.1995 |
| Sir Hubert Opperman, OBE KSJ | 28.03.1995 |
| Professor Wang Gungwu, CBE | 04.04.1995 |
| Mr Fred Alan Schepisi | 04.04.1995 |
| Mr Arthur Thomas Scurr, MBE | 06.04.1995 |
| Sir Anthony Mason, AC, KBE | 06.04.1995 |
| Ms Nancy Wake-Forward, GM | 21.04.1995 |
| Mr Alex Griffiths | 22.04.1995 |
| Professor Emeritus Calvin Rose | 23.09.1995 |
| Ms Janette Turner Hospital | 23.09.1995 |
| Mr Charles Kao | 21.10.1995 |
| Mr Lev Vlassenko | 12.12.1995 |
| Mr Ray Crooke, AM | 26.03.1996 |
| Mr Louis Nowra | 26.03.1996 |
| Professor Emeritus Arthur Brownlea AM | 28.03.1996 |
| Mr Clem Jones, AO | 28.03.1996 |
| Professor Lawrie Powell, AC | 13.04.1996 |
| Sir Llew Edwards, AC | 13.04.1996 |
| Mr James (Graham) Tucker AO, MBE | 27.04.1996 |
| Ms Evonne Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE | 16.09.1996 |
| Professor Emeritus Wan-Kyoo Cho | 16.09.1996 |
| Mr Paul Kelly | 16.09.1996 |
| Mr Peter Sculthorpe, AO, OBE | 16.09.1996 |
| Ms Germaine Greer | 21.09.1996 |
| Mr Robert Baxt | 25.09.1996 |
| Mr Phillip Adams, AO | 12.12.1996 |
| Sir Gerard Brennan, AC, KBE | 16.12.1996 |
| Sir William Deane, AC, KBE | 04.04.1997 |
| Mr Don Argus | 04.04.1997 |
| Professor Sune Rosell | 14.04.1997 |
| Dr David Suzuki | 16.04.1997 |
| Mr Frank Moorhouse, AM | 19.04.1997 |
| Ms Elizabeth (Betty) Byrne Henderson, AM | 17.09.1997 |
| Professor Roger Holmes | 29.09.1997 |
| Ms Thancoupie Fletcher | 15.12.1997 |
| Dr Eric Donaldson | 27.3.1998 |
| Mr Koichiro Ejiri AC | 28.3.1998 |
| Mr Rodney Wylie, OBE | 30.3.1998 |
| Mr Howarth Peterson, CBE | 30.3.1998 |
| Dame Joan Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE | 23.9.1998 |
| Mr Richard Bonynge, AO, CBE | 23.9.1998 |
| Major General Peter Arnison, AC | 23.9.1998 |
| His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand | 9.11.1998 |
| Mr Greg Norman, AM | 14.12.1998 |
| Mr John Seale, ACS, ASC | 15.12.1998 |
| Mr Georg Tintner, CM | 07.04.1999 |
| Mr Alex Freeleagus, AO, CBE, RFD | 15.04.1999 |
| Mrs Yvonne Bain, AM | 17.04.1999 |
| Mr Clive Hildebrand | 17.04.1999 |
| Sir Frank Moore, AO | 04.09.1999 |
| Ms Ruth Park, AM | 17.09.1999 |
| Mr Michael Leunig | 25.09.1999 |
| Mr John Kearney, QC | 15.04.2000 |
| The Reverend Professor James Haire | 28.04.2000 |
| Mr Chang Yu-huei | 09.09.2000 |
| Dr Michael Keating | 09.09.2000 |
| Mr James Strong AO | 16.09.2000 |
| His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand | 30.03.2001 |
| Ms Vicki Wilson | 06.04.2001 |
| Reverend Keith Rayner, AO | 06.04.2001 |
| The Hon John Macrossan, AC | 07.04.2001 |
| The Hon Chief Justice Murray Gleeson, AC | 20.04.2001 |
| Mr Norman Fussell | 21.04.2001. |
| Mr Brian Finn | 28.04.2001 |
| Chief Justice Andrew Li | 28.04.2001 |
| Professor Li Yih-yuan | 19.08.2001 |
| Dr Claes Wilhelmsson | 24.08.2001 |
| The Hon Justice Margaret McMurdo | 29.09.2001 |
| Mr Anthony Gould AM | 29.09.2001 |
| Mr William Dunn | 05.10.2001 |
| Dr Geoffrey Cornish OAM | 05.10.2001 |
| Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand | 15.10.2001 |
| Mr James Morrison AM | 20.02.2002 |
| Mr Jim O'Sullivan AC | 06.04.2002 |
| Dr Cherrel Hirst AO | 19.04.2002 |
| Mr Philip Bacon AM | 26.04.2002 |
| Mr Vince O'Rourke AM | 27.04.2002 |
| Mr Michael Lynagh AM | 24.08.2002 |
| Venerable Master Chin Kung | 24.08.2002 |
| Professor Emeritus Roy Webb, AO, OMRI | 24.08.2002 |
| Dr Evelyn Scott AC | 03.04.2003 |
| Mr Tony Fitzgerald | 04.04.2003 |
| Mr Wayne Goss | 04.04.2003 |
| Mr Peter Garrett AM | 05.04.2003 |
| Mr John Curro AM, MBE | 23.04.2003 |
| Mr Mark Bagshaw | 13.09.2003 |
| Her Hon Chief Judge of the District Court Patricia Wolfe | 13.09.2003 |
| Ms Quentin Bryce AC | 04.10.2003 |
| Ms Jenny Wong | 04.10.2003 |
| Mr Rubin Carter | 09.10.2003 |
| Mr Robert (Bob) Borbidge, AO | 23.04.2004 |
| Ms Davida Allen | 27.08.2004 |
| Mr Edward (Ted) Evans AC | 28.08.2004 |
| Mr Peter Beattie | 02.10.2004 |
| Ms Tracey Moffatt | 11.11.2004 |
| Mr William (Bill) Robinson, AO | 06.09.2005 |
| Ms Kim Phuc | 24.09.2005 |
| Mr Gary Baildon | 15.12.2005 |
| Professor Emeritus Colin Mackerras, AO | 07.04.2006 |
| Ms Helen Lynch, AM | 07.04.2006 |
| Professor Margaret Gardner, AO | 08.04.2006 |
| Professor Glyn Davis, AC | 08.04.2006 |
| Professor Emeritus Patrick Troy AO | 05.05.2006 |
| Venerable Master Hsing Yun | 26.05.2006 |
| Professor Yoon-Dae Euh | 05.08.2006 |
| Professor Emeritus Ian Lowe, AO | 08.09.2006 |
| Mr Robert (Bob) Tuckey | 12.12.2006 |
| Professor Emeritus Lloyd Sansom | 12.12.2006 |
| General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC | 15.12.2006 |
| Ms Sallyanne Atkinson, AO | 16.12.2006 |
| Dr Margaret Mittelheuser, AM | 16.12.2006 |
| Ms Deb Fleming | 16.12.2006 |
| Mr Rex Hobcroft AM | 18.02.2007 |
| Mr Brett Dean | 21.06.2007 |
| Professor Janet Delpratt | 21.06.2007 |
| Mr Piers Lane | 21.06.2007 |
| Mr Gary Bugden | 20.07.2007 |
| Dr Bindu Lohani | 14.12.2007 |
| Ms Margaret Olley AC | 28.03.2008 |
| Mr Kos Sclavos | 28.07.2008 |
| Mr George Miller | 31.07.2008 |
| Mr Jonathon Welch | 30.10.2008 |
| Mr John Barnes | 16.12.2008 |
| The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG | 16.12.2008 |
| Ms Penelope Wensley AO | 16.12.2008 |
| Dr Paul Eliadis | 17.12.2008 |
| Uncle Graham Dillon | 27.07.2009 |
| The Hon Justice Susan Kiefel | 01.08.2009 |
| Mr Toshi Ogasawara | 10.09.2009 |
| Mr William Barton | 19.12.2009 |
| Mr Steven Wilson | 19.12.2009 |
| Ms Rachel Hunter | 22.07.2010 |
| Mr Terry Robertson | 31.07.2010 |
| Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE | 22.11.2010 |
| Professor Michael Good AO | 13.12.2010 |
| Dr Gerald Thurnwald AM | 13.12.2010 |
| The Hon Justice Debra Mullins | 17.12.2010 |
| Mr Henry Smerdon AM | 18.12.2010 |
| Mrs Alison Kearney | 10.03.2011 |
| Dr Cathryn Mittelheuser AM | 25.07.2011 |
| Mr John Corbett | 30.07.2011 |
| Ms Rhonda White | 12.12.2011 |
| Mr Bob Atkinson APM | 12.12.2011 |
| Dr Robert Anderson OAM | 16.12.2011 |
| Mr Martin Albrecht AC | 16.12.2011 |
| The Hon Barry Jones AO | 17.12.2011 |
| Professor Chunli Bai | 20.07.2012 |
| Ms Simone Young AM | 24.07.2012 |
| Mr Khory McCormick | 25.07.2012 |
| Mr Harry Triguboff AO | 07.08.2012 |
| Dr Adrian Nowitzke | 11.12.2012 |
| Mr Laurie Lawrence | 11.12.2012 |
| Ms Therese Rein | 13.12.2012 |
| Mr Francois Klaus | 14.12.2012 |
| Mr Jock McIllwain | 31.07.2013 |
| Mr Don Morris AO | 07.08.2013 |
| Mr Richard Smith AO PSM | 07.08.2013 |
| Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC | 16.12.2013 |
| Dr Nancy Underhill | 17.12.2013 |
| Mr Des Power AM | 17.12.2013 |
| Mr Ian Brusasco AO | 18.12.2013 |
| Professor Emeritus Nancy Viviani | 18.12.2013 |
| Professor Michael McRobbie AO | 25.07.2014 |
| Dr Mark Loane AM | 01.08.2014 |
| Professor Lijun Sun | 08.12.2014 |
| Professor Warren Day PSM | 15.12.2014 |
| Ms Robyn Archer AO | 15.12.2014 |
| Ms Catherine Sinclair | 15.12.2014 |
| Dr James A Morton AM | 18.12.2014 |
| His Excellency The Hon Paul De Jersey AC QC | 19.12.2014 |
| The Honourable Justice Andrew P Greenwood | 19.12.2014 |
| Mr David Solomon AM | 19.12.2014 |
| Mr Harvey Lister | 20.12.2014 |
| Professor Peter Coaldrake AO | 24.07.2015 |
| Dr Jeannette Young | 30.07.2015 |
| Mr Peter Greste | 04.12.2015 |
| Mr John Kotzas | 14.12.2015 |
| Lord May of Oxford | 15.12.2015 |
| Professor San Thang | 15.12.2015 |
| Mr John Frost AM | 15.07.2016 |
| Ms Anna Bligh | 18.07.2016 |
| The Honorable Judge Fleur Kingham | 18.07.2016 |
| Mr Li Cunxin | 19.07.2016 |
| Mrs Mary Roosevelt | 22.07.2016 |
| His Honour Judge Brendan Butler AM SC | 12.12.2016 |
| The Honorable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes | 12.12.2016 |
| Mr John Kirby AM | 12.12.2016 |
| Ms Julieanne Alroe | 14.12.2016 |
| Ms Elizabeth Shakespeare | 16.12.2016 |
| Mr Peter Crawley | 17.12.2016 |
| Ms Annabelle Chaplain | 17.12.2016 |
| Mr Humphrey Firkins | 20.02.2017 |
| Mr William (Bill) Heck | 13.11.2017 |
| Ms Ronni Kahn | 13.11.2017 |
| Ms Trish Hogan | 12.12.2017 |
| Mr Nigel Chamier AM | 14.12.2017 |
| Dr Rosslyn Walker | 14.12.2017 |
| Ms Elizabeth Broderick AO | 18.07.2018 |
| Mr Mark Stockwell | 18.07.2018 |
| Ms Tracy Anne Stockwell OAM | 18.07.2018 |
| Ms Cheryl Vardon | 27.07.2018 |
| Mr John McCarthy AO | 28.07.2018 |
| Mr Geoffrey Thomas | 03.12.2018 |
| Mr Soheil Abedian | 10.12.2018 |
| Mr Kurt Fearnley OAM | 10.12.2018 |
| Mr Mark Gray | 17.12.2018 |
| Mr Garry Redlich | 17.12.2018 |
| Mr Ian Hanger AM QC | 18.12.2018 |
| Auntie Pamela Mam | 19.12.2018 |
| Ms Leonie Young | 19.12.2018 |
| Ms Erna Witoelar | 03.07.2019 |
| Mr Kevin Cocks AM | 19.07.2019 |
| Mr Ian Alderdice | 20.07.2019 |
| Ms Gail Ker OAM | 23.07.2019 |
| Ms Tisa Ho | 09.12.2019 |
| Commissioner Ian Stewart APM | 09.12.2019 |
| Ms Jennifer Cullen | 13.12.2019 |
| Professor Emeritus Ian O’Connor AC | 13.12.2019 |
| His Excellency Mr Jeffrey Bleich | 14.12.2019 |
| Mr Warren von Bibra | 19.02.2021 |
| Ms Kate Miller-Heidke | 27.02.2021 |
| The Honorable Justice Peter Applegarth AM | 19.07.2021 |
| Ms Sandra Anderson | 27.07.2021 |
| Ms Katie Noonan | 13.12.2021 |
| Mr James Currie | 14.12.2021 |
| Dr Peter Martin APM | 14.12.2021 |
| Mr Leslie 'Phil' Duncan | 18.07.2022 |
| Mr Dong-Ho Kim | 18.07.2022 |
| Dr Pat Anderson AO | 22.07.2022 |
| Mr Mark Peters OAM | 23.07.2022 |
| Mr Karl Morris AO | 12.12.2022 |
| Ms Else Shepherd | 12.12.2022 |
| Mr Tony Albert | 13.12.2022 |
| Ms Ann Robilotta-Glenister OAM | 15.12.2022 |
| Dr Jennifer Cronin | 16.12.2022 |
| Ms Melissa Lucashenko | 16.12.2022 |
