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List of University of Sydney people#Administration

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This is a list of University of Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff.

Alumni

=Academia=

=Architecture=

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=Business=

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=Community activism=

=Government=

==Royalty==

==Governors-General of Australia==

==State governors and Territory Administrators==

==Politicians==

===Prime ministers of Australia===

===Premiers of New South Wales===

===Federal politicians===

===Australian state and territory politicians===

===International politicians===

===Lord mayors of the [[City of Sydney]]===

==Public servants==

  • Tony Cole – 13th Secretary of the Department of the Treasury
  • Philip Flood – 5th Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Neil McInnes – intellectual, journalist and senior public servant{{Cite web|url=http://adc.library.usyd.edu.au/index.jsp?database=anderson&content=collections/anderson/text/album.jsp|title=The John Anderson Archive|website=adc.library.usyd.edu.au|access-date=3 July 2017 }}
  • Ewart Smith – campaigner against the Australia Card{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122383615?|date=12 September 1991|work=The Canberra Times|title=Obituary: Ewart Smith: 'National hero' of the blocked Australia Card|first=Jack|last=Waterford|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230134843/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/122383615|archive-date=30 December 2013|url-status=live}}

=Humanities=

==Arts==

==History==

==Journalism==

==Literature, writing and poetry==

==Philosophy==

==Law==

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===Other legal professionals===

=Military=

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=Religious leaders=

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=Sciences=

==Astronauts and astronomy==

==Biology==

  • Marnie Blewitt – molecular biologist, scientist in the field of epigenetics
  • Marguerite Henry – zoologist{{Cite journal |last=Damkaer |first=David M. |date=2014-07-07 |title=Marguerite Henry (1895-1982), brief candle to Australian entomostracans |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-lookup/doi/10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=534–538 |doi=10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |bibcode=2014JCBio..34..534D |issn=0278-0372}}
  • Catherine King – ecotoxicologist, Antarctic researcher
  • June Lascelles – microbiologist, pioneer in microbial photosynthesis
  • John Mattick – molecular biologist
  • Robert May, Baron May of Oxford – winner of the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences (1996)
  • Sir Gustav Nossal
  • Roland Stocker – scientist in the field of redox biology
  • Pamela Anne Wills – research biologist and radiology scientist{{Citation |last=Urwin |first=Jessica |title=Pamela Anne Wills (1927–1999) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wills-pamela-anne-33455 |access-date=2025-02-16 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}

==Chemistry==

==Computer scientists==

==Engineering==

==Geology, archeology and oceanography==

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==Mathematics and economics==

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==Medicine==

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==Physics==

==Veterinary and agricultural scientists==

= Sport =

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  • 'Snowy' Baker – rugby union, diving, boxing, swimming and polo player{{Cite web|url=http://www.surfresearch.com.au/1982_Symonds_Maroubra_SLSC.html|title = Surfresearch}}{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/reginald-snowy-baker/|title=Reginald 'Snowy' Baker|access-date=2020-09-27 }}
  • Nigel Barker – sprinter
  • Ken Catchpole{{efn|Graduated with a Masters of Science; played exclusively for the Randwick Club.}} – rugby union footballer, state and national representative half-back
  • Alex Chambers – mixed martial artist{{Cite web|url=https://www.ufc.com/athlete/alex-chambers|title = Alex Chambers|date = 14 September 2018}}
  • Chloe Dalton – Australian rules football, rugby union player and basketballer; gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics{{Cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/chloe-dalton |title=Chloe Dalton |date=2016 |website=rio2016.olympics.com.au |access-date=2016-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219225345/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/chloe-dalton |archive-date=19 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • Caitlin De Wit – wheelchair basketball player
  • Kilian Elkinson – Bermudian footballer
  • Nick Farr-Jones – rugby union footballer
  • Jessica Fox – slalom canoer, gold medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2012/08/05/news-opinion/world/jewish-australian-kayaker-jessica-fox-takes-silver-medal|title=Jewish Australian kayaker Jessica Fox takes silver medal|date=5 August 2012}}
  • Peter Fuzes – association soccer player
  • Scott Gourley – rugby union and rugby league
  • Sienna Green – water polo player
  • Phil Hardcastle – rugby union footballer
  • Peter Johnson – rugby player{{efn|Played for Sydney University Club and was a member of Randwick Club at time of Australian captaincy.}}
  • Tom Lawton, Snr – rugby union player
  • Jack Metcalfe – long jumper, triple jumper and javelin thrower
  • Herbert Moran – rugby union player
  • Stirling Mortlock{{efn|Graduated with a Bachelor of Science; played exclusively for the Gordon Club.}} – rugby union player
  • Dean Mumm{{efn|Captained Australia in non-test matches in 2009.}} – rugby union player
  • Otto Nothling – rugby union and cricket player
  • Ellyse Perry – cricket and football player
  • Mike Pyke – rugby union player and Australian rules footballer
  • Alex Ross – state and national representative rugby union player
  • Kevin Ryan – rugby union and rugby league player{{efn|Graduated in Law; did not play for any Sydney University Club.}}
  • John Solomon – rugby union player, state and national representative versatile back
  • Johnny Taylor – rugby union and cricket player
  • John Thornett{{efn|Graduate in Science and Engineering; played for Sydney University Club and was a member of Northern Suburbs Club at time of Australian captaincy.}} – rugby union player
  • Dick Tooth – rugby union footballer
  • John Treloar – sprinter,
  • Johnnie Wallace – rugby union player, state and national representative three-quarter
  • Phil Waugh – rugby union footballer
  • Zhao Zong-Yuan – youngest Australian to become a chess Grandmaster

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= Other =

  • David Gulasi – Australian social media figure active in China{{cite web|author=Callick, Rowan|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/australian-david-gulasi-how-a-clown-became-a-chinese-megastar/news-story/45c0337d9abdf52e72dd8645d0038741|title=Australian David Gulasi: How 'a clown' became a Chinese megastar|work=The Australian|date=2017-09-01}} - Alternate title: "China's accidental megastar". [https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-weekend-australian/20170902/281638190346636 Available at] PressReader
  • Paul Hockings – anthropologist
  • Margaret McArthur – anthropologist and nutritionist
  • Mervyn Meggitt – anthropologist
  • Anne Pattel-Gray – theologian

== Footnotes ==

{{Notelist}}

Faculty

{{Category see also|Academic staff of the University of Sydney}}

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  • John Anderson – Challis Professor of Philosophy
  • Nadia Badawi – Chair of Cerebral Palsy
  • Charles Badham – Professor of Classics and Logic
  • Noel Benson – demonstrator in the Department of Geology
  • Alison Betts – professor of Silk Road studies
  • Quentin Bryce – principal of The Women's College, University of Sydney, 1997–2003; later governor-General of Australia{{cite press release |author=North, Richard |url=http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2388 |title=Governor returns to College |publisher=The University of Sydney |date=1 July 2008 |access-date=2 July 2017}}
  • John Burnheim – professor of general philosophy
  • Gregory Chamitoff – Lawrence Hargrave Professor of Aeronautical Engineering
  • James Crawford – Challis Professor of International Law and dean of the Faculty of Law; later justice of the International Court of Justice
  • Keith Dobney – Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiries
  • William A. Foley – Professor of Linguistics; co-developer of Role and Reference Grammar
  • Moira Gatens – Challis Professor of philosophy
  • Robert Gilbert – Professor of Chemistry and Founding Director of the Key Centre for Polymer Colloids
  • Julia Kindt – Professor in Classics and Ancient History Department, ARC Future Fellow
  • Kirsten McCaffery – Research Fellow and Director of Research at the Sydney School of Public Health{{Cite web|title=Expert - Kirsten McCaffery {{!}} Australian Academy of Science|url=https://www.science.org.au/covid19/experts/kirsten-mccaffery|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.science.org.au|language=en}}
  • Margaret C. Miller – Arthur and Renee George Professor of Classical Archaeology
  • Helen Plummer Phillips – first tutor to women students
  • Enoch Powell – Professor of Greek; later British politician
  • Leo Radom – Professor of Computational Chemistry
  • John Smith – Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics
  • James Stewart – Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology
  • Julius Stone – Challis Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law
  • Dacheng Tao – Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computer Science
  • Yanis Varoufakis – senior lecturer in economics; later Finance Minister of Greece during the Greek Debt Crisis of 2015
  • Roger Vaughan – rector of St John's College, University of Sydney – 1874–1877; later archbishop of Sydney
  • George Winterton – Professor of Constitutional Law
  • Dinesh Wadiwel – senior lecturer in Human Rights and Socio-Legal Studies
  • Fiona A. White – professor of social psychology

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Administration

=Chancellors=

The chancellor is elected by the fellows and presides at Senate meetings. In 1924, the executive position of vice-chancellor was created, and the chancellor ceased to have managerial responsibilities. Until 1860, the chancellor was known as the provost.

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OrdinalNameTerm beginTerm endTime in officeNotes
{{dts|1}}Edward Hamilton18511854align=right|{{age|1851|1854|range=no}} years{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|id2=hamilton-edward-william-terrick-455|title=Edward William Terrick Hamilton (1809–1898)|last=Robertson|first=J. R.|year=1972|volume=4|access-date=16 October 2011}}
{{dts|2}}Sir Charles Nicholson18541862align=right|{{age|1854|1862|range=no}} years{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Macmillan |first=D. S.|id2=nicholson-sir-charles-2508|title= Nicholson, Sir Charles (1808–1903)|access-date= 5 January 2013}}
{{dts|3}}Francis Merewether18621865align=right|{{age|1862|1865|range=no}} years{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Smith |first=C. E.|id2=merewether-francis-lewis-shaw-4189|title=Merewether, Francis Lewis Shaw (1811–1899)|access-date=17 August 2016}}
{{dts|4}}Sir Edward Deas Thomson18651878align=right|{{age|1865|1878|range=no}} years{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=M. E. |last=Osborne|title=Thomson, Sir Edward Deas (1800–1879)|id2=thomson-sir-edward-deas-2732|access-date=1 April 2013}}
{{dts|5}}Sir William Montagu Manning18781895align=right|{{age|1878|1885|range=no}} years{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Martha |last=Rutledge |id2=manning-sir-william-montagu-4150 |title=Sir William Montagu Manning (1811–1895) |volume=5 |year=1974 |access-date=30 December 2013 }}
{{dts|6}}Sir William Charles Windeyer18951896align=right|{{age|1895|1896|range=no}} year{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Sir William Charles Windeyer (1834–1897) |id2=windeyer-sir-william-charles-1062 |volume=6 |year=1976 |access-date=13 March 2007}}
{{dts|7}}Sir Normand MacLaurin18961914align=right|{{age|1896|1914|range=no}} years{{cite book |first=Ann M. |last=Mitchell |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100320b.htm |title=MacLaurin, Sir Henry Normand (1835 - 1914) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=10 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1986 |pages=327–329 }}
{{dts|8}}Sir William Portus Cullen19141934align=right|{{age|1914|1934|range=no}} years{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=J. M. |last=Bennett |id2=cullen-sir-william-portus-5838 |title=

Sir William Portus Cullen (1855–1935) |volume=8 |year=1981}}

{{dts|9}}Sir Mungo William MacCallum19341936align=right|{{age|1934|1936|range=no}} years{{cite book |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100204b.htm|title=MacCallum, Sir Mungo William (1854 - 1942) |access-date=11 July 2009 |author=Cable, K. J. |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=10 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1986 |pages=211–213}}
{{dts|10}}Sir Percival Halse Rogers19361941align=right|{{age|1936|1941|range=no}} years{{cite book |first=J. M. |last=Bennett |title=Rogers, Sir Percival Halse (1883 - 1945) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=11 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1988 |pages=442–443 }}
{{dts|11}}Sir Charles Blackburn19411964align=right|{{age|1941|1964|range=no}} years{{cite book|last=Blackburn|first=C. R. B.|year=1979|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Melbourne University Press|volume=7|url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070316b.htm|title=Blackburn, Sir Charles Bickerton (1874 - 1972) }}
{{dts|12}}Sir Charles George McDonald19641970align=right|{{age|1964|1970|range=no}} years{{cite book |last=Haines |first=Gregory |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcdonald-sir-charles-george-10931 |title=McDonald, Sir Charles George |chapter=McDonald, Sir Charles George (1892–1970) |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=17 June 2011}}
{{dts|13}}Sir Hermann Black19701990align=right|{{age|1970|1990|range=no}} years
{{dts|14}}Sir James Rowland19901991align=right|{{age|1990|1991|range=no}} year{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/senate/documents/Other/Rowland.pdf|title=Sir James Rowland elected Chancellor|publisher=University of Sydney|date=April 1990|access-date=6 June 2011}}
{{dts|15}}Dame Leonie Kramer19912001align=right|{{age|1991|2001|range=no}} years{{cite web |url=http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=9894 |title=Looking back at the life of our first female chancellor | publisher=University of Sydney |date=22 August 2012 |access-date=21 April 2016}}{{Cite web|last=O'Brien |first=Joe |title=Dame Leonie Kramer resigns |date=2 July 2001 |work=ABC Radio |url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s322262.htm |access-date=15 March 2009 }}
{{dts|16}}Kim Santow20012007align=right|{{age|2001|2007|range=no}} years{{cite press release |url=http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1577 |title=Chancellor announces May departure |publisher=University of Sydney |date=8 February 2007 }}
{{dts|17}}Dame Marie Bashir20072012align=right|{{age|2007|2012|range=no}} years{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Bashir-named-Uni-of-Sydney-chancellor/2007/04/30/1177788063827.html |title=Bashir named Uni of Sydney chancellor |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 April 2007 |access-date=9 August 2010 |agency=AAP }}
{{dts|18}}Belinda Hutchinson2013presentalign=right|{{age|2013|range=no}} years{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/choice-of-sydney-university-leader-shifts-the-debate-to-profit-and-loss-20130205-2dwi2.html |title=Choice of Sydney University leader shifts the debate to profit and loss |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=17 August 2016 |author=Armitage, Catherine }}

=Vice-Chancellors=

The vice-chancellor serves as the chief executive officer of the university, and oversees most of the university's day-to-day operations, with the chancellor serving in a largely ceremonial role. Before 1924, the vice-chancellors were fellows of the university, elected annually by the fellows. Until 1860, the vice-chancellor was known as the vice-provost. Since 1955, the full title has been Vice-Chancellor and Principal.

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OrdinalNameTerm beginTerm endTime in officeNotes
{{dts|1}}Sir Charles Nicholson18511853align=right|{{age|1851|1853|range=no}} years
{{dts|2}}Francis Merewether18541862align=right|{{age|1854|1862|range=no}} years
{{dts|3}}Sir Edward Deas Thomson18631865align=right|{{age|1863|1865|range=no}} years
{{dts|4}}John Plunkett18651869align=right|{{age|1865|1869|range=no}} years
{{dts|5}}Robert Allwood18691883align=right|{{age|1869|1883|range=no}} years
{{dts|6}}Sir William Charles Windeyer18831886align=right|{{age|1883|1886|range=no}} years
{{dts|7}}Sir Normand MacLaurin18871889align=right|{{age|1887|1889|range=no}} years
{{dts|8}}Sir Arthur Renwick18891891align=right|{{age|1889|1891|range=no}} years
{{dts|9}}Henry Chamberlain Russell18911892align=right|{{age|1891|1892|range=no}} year
{{dts|10}}Alfred Paxton Backhouse18921894align=right|{{age|1892|1894|range=no}} years
{{emdash}}Sir Normand MacLaurin18951896align=right|{{age|1895|1896|range=no}} year
{{emdash}}Alfred Paxton Backhouse18961899align=right|{{age|1896|1899|range=no}} years
{{emdash}}Sir Arthur Renwick19001902align=right|{{age|1900|1902|range=no}} years
{{dts|11}}Archibald Henry Simpson19021904align=right|{{age|1902|1904|range=no}} years
{{dts|12}}Sir Philip Sydney Jones19041906align=right|{{age|1904|1906|range=no}} years
{{emdash}}Sir Arthur Renwick19061908align=right|{{age|1906|1908|range=no}} years
{{dts|13}}Sir William Portus Cullen19091911align=right|{{age|1909|1911|range=no}} years
{{emdash}}Alfred Paxton Backhouse19111914align=right|{{age|1911|1914|range=no}} years
{{dts|14}}Frank Leverrier19141917align=right|{{age|1914|1917|range=no}} years
{{dts|15}}Cecil Purser19171919align=right|{{age|1917|1919|range=no}} years
{{dts|16}}Sir David Gilbert Ferguon19191921align=right|{{age|1919|1921|range=no}} years
{{emdash}}Frank Leverrier19211923align=right|{{age|1921|1923|range=no}} years
{{emdash}}Cecil Purser19231924align=right|{{age|1923|1924|range=no}} year
{{dts|17}}Sir Mungo William MacCallum19241928align=right|{{age|1924|1928|range=no}} years
{{dts|18}}Sir Robert Strachan Wallace19281947align=right|{{age|1928|1947|range=no}} years
{{dts|19}}Sir Stephen Henry Roberts19471967align=right|{{age|1947|1967|range=no}} years
{{dts|20}}Sir Bruce Rodda Williams19671981align=right|{{age|1967|1981|range=no}} years
{{dts|21}}John Manning Ward19811990align=right|{{age|1981|1990|range=no}} years
{{dts|22}}Donald McNicol19901996align=right|{{age|1990|1996|range=no}} years
{{dts|23}}Derek John Anderson19961996align=right|less than 1 year
{{dts|24}}Gavin Brown19962008align=right|{{age|1996|2008|range=no}} years
{{dts|25}}Michael Spence20082020align=right|{{age|2008|2020|range=no}} years{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=10098|title=Dr Michael Spence reappointed as Vice-Chancellor at Sydney|author=Potter, Andrew|publisher=University of Sydney|date=19 September 2012|access-date=12 February 2013}}
{{dts|26}}Stephen Garton20202021align=right|less than 1 year{{Cite web|title=Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Stephen Garton AM|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/governance-and-structure/governance/vice-chancellor.html|access-date=2020-12-15|website=The University of Sydney}}
{{dts|27}}Mark Scott2021presentalign=right|{{age|2021|range=no}} years{{Cite web|title=Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Mark Scott AO|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/governance-and-structure/governance/vice-chancellor.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The University of Sydney}}

References

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Further reading

  • Williams, Bruce. Liberal education and useful knowledge: a brief history of the University of Sydney, 1850–2000, Chancellor's Committee, University of Sydney, 2002. {{ISBN|1-86487-439-2}}
  • [http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2236 Inspiring leaders at Women's College]

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