Honorary degree recipients

• Robyn Archer, AO, BA Adel, DipEd Adel, DUniv 1991
• *Donald Allan Dunstan, AC, QC, LLB Adel, DUniv 1991
• Mamoru Mohri, MSc Hokkaido, PhD Flin, HonDSc Hokkaido, DUniv 1991
• Arvi Hillar Parbo, AC, BE Adel, HonDSc Deakin, HonDSc Curtin, HonDEng Monash, DUniv 1991
• Hugh Stretton, AC, MA Oxf, HonDLitt ANU, HonLLD Monash, FASSA, FAHA, DUniv 1991
• *Jean Edna Blackburn, AO, BA Melb, DipEd Adel, HonDEd Melb, DUniv 1992
• *Aileen Monck, AO, DipNAdmin AustCollNurs, FRACN, DUniv 1992
• *The Honourable Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman bin Haji Daud, BDS Otago, PGDipDentalPublicHlth Tor, FICD, DUniv 1993
• Barbara Hardy, AO, BSc Adel, DUniv 1993
• *Emeritus Professor Brian Abrahamson, MSc CapeT, SM Chic, PhD Chic, DUniv 1994
• *Shirley Newsome Dibden, AM, DUniv 1994
• Joan Durdin, AM, RN, BA Adel, FRCNA, DUniv 1994
• *Geoffrey John Harrison, BArch Syd, LFRAIA, DUniv 1994
• *Deborah Jane McCulloch, BA Adel, DipEd Adel, DUniv 1994
• *Lowitja O'Donoghue, AC, CBE, RN, FRCN, FRACP, DUniv 1994
• Anne Summers, AO, BA Adel, PhD Syd, DUniv 1994
• Dato Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling, DPMS, DipBusStud VUT, HonDUniv VUT, HonDEd WAust, CPA, FMID, DUniv 1994
• Joan Littlewood, DUniv 1995
• Josephine Tiddy, RN, DUniv 1997
• The Honourable Sir Eric Neal, AC, CVO, HonDEng Syd, HonDUniv SAust, CEng, CPEng, FIE Aust, FIEGasE (London), DUniv 2001
• The Honourable Diana Vivienne Laidlaw, BA, DUniv 2003
• Ian Chesterman, AM, DUniv 2006
• *Judith Roberts, AO, DUniv 2008
• Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC, CSC, RANR, DUniv 2009
• Hieu Van Le AC, BEc Adel, MBA Adel, DUniv 2010 - Citation (PDF)
• Brendan Nelson, MBBS Flinders, MRACGP, FRACP (Hon), FAMA, DUniv 2010 - Citation (PDF)
• Greg Poche AO, BBus, UTS, DUniv 2010 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Uncle Lewis Yarluburka O'Brien, DUniv 2011 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Nick Begakis AO, BTech (ElecEng) UniSA, FAICD, DUniv 2012 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Rosemary Bryant, PhD Qld, GradDipBus (HlthServMgmt) UniSA, BA Adelaide, FRCNA, RN, DUniv 2012 - Citation (PDF)
• Patricia Miller AO, DLitt CDU, DUniv 2012 - Citation (PDF)
• Professor Christopher James Baggoley, BVSc (Hons) Melb, BMBS Flin, BSocAdmin Flin, FACEM, FIFEM, MRACMA, DUniv 2012 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• Professor Dr Pratikno, Drs. Gadjah Mada, M.Soc.Sc. Birmingham, Ph.D. Flin, DUniv 2013
• Peter Toyne, MSc(Path) Melbourne, DipEd Melbourne, PhD La Trobe, DUniv 2013 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Pat Anderson, DUniv 2013 - Citation (PDF)
• Professor James Barber, BSocSc, BA (Hons) Flinders, PhD Adelaide, MSW Flinders DUniv 2013
• Jeffrey Bleich, BA UMass, MA Harvard, JD UCB DUniv 2014
  
• Dr Tom Calma AO DUniv 2014 - Citation (PDF)
• Ken Matthews AO, BEc Sydney, FTSE, FIPAA, FAIM DUniv 2014 - Citation (PDF)
• Ian Yates AM, BA Flin, DUniv 2014 - Citation (PDF)
• The Hon Karlene Maywald, DUniv 2015 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Professor Annette Summers AO, RFD, RN, RM, DipAppAc (Nsg), BNg, MEdSt, PhD Flin, DUniv 2016 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Rob Brookman AM, BA Adel, DUniv 2016 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• John Moriarty AM, BA Flin, DUniv 2016 - Citation (PDF)
• Mrs Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC, CVO, MBE, DUniv 2017 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• Mr Anthony Kittel BEng(Mech) UniSA, MBA Adel, DUniv 2017 - Citation (PDF)
• Mr Frank Seeley AM, DUniv 2017 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• Dr Richard Harris SC OAM (BMBS ’89) DUniv 2019 Citation (PDF)
• Mrs Leonie Clyne OAM DUniv 2021 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• Mr Austin Taylor OAM DUniv 2021 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• Ms Maggie Beer AO DUniv 2022 - Citation (PDF) and Occasional Address (PDF)
• Mr Josh Cavallo DUniv 2022 - Citation (PDF) and Occasional Address (PDF)
• Mr Richard Fejo DUniv 2022 - Citation (PDF)
• Ms Taryn Brumfitt DUniversity 2024 - Citation (PDF). Watch ceremony recording here.
• Mr Alister Haigh DUniversity 2024 - Citation (PDF). Watch ceremony recording here.
• Mr Robert Hannaford AM DUniversity 2024 - Citation (PDF) and Occasional Address (PDF). Watch ceremony recording here.

* Deceased

• *The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, QC, LLB Adel, DUniv Adel, LLD 1993
• The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Andreas Evatt, AC, LLB Syd, LLM Harv, LLD 1994
• Elliott Frank Johnston, AO, QC, LLB Adel, LLD 1996
• The Honourable The Chief Justice John Jeremy Doyle, AC, LLB Adel, BCL Oxf, LLD 2002
• *The Honourable Justice Kemeri Anne Murray, AO, LLB Adel, BA Adel, LLD 2006
• The Honourable Justice Paul Finn, BA Qld, LLB Qld, LLM Lond, PhD Camb, LLD 2008
• The Honourable Catherine Branson, QC, BA Adel, LLB Adel, LLD 2012 - Citation (PDF)
  
• The Honourable Justice Bruce Lander, QC, LLB Adel, LLD 2013 - Citation (PDF)
• The Honourable Chief Justice Chris Kourakis, QC, LLB Adel, LLD 2015 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
• Dr Andrew Cannon AM, BA, LLB Adel, LLM, PhD W'gong LLD 2015 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)

* Deceased

• *Sir Henry Bolton Basten, CMG, MA Oxf, DLitt 1967
• *The Honourable Sir George Coutts Ligertwood, BA Adel, LLD Adel, DLitt 1967
• *Emeritus Professor Peter Henry Karmel, AC, CBE, BA Melb, PhD Camb, PhD Adel, HonLLD PNG, HonLLD Melb, HonDLitt Murd, DUniv N'cle(NSW), FASSA, FACE, DLitt 1971
• *Bernard Augustin Cosgrove, BA Adel, DipEd Adel 1976
• *Zora Semberova 1979
• *Emeritus Professor Oliver Ormond Gerard Michael MacDonagh, MA NUI, MA Camb, PhD Camb, DLitt 1982
• *The Honourable Sir Charles Hart Bright, KBE, BA Adel, LLB Adel, DLitt 1983
• Ralph Warren Victor Elliott, AM, MA StAnd, FAHA, DLitt 1986
• Emeritus Chancellor Deirdre Frances Jordan, AC, MBE, BA Adel, MEd Adel, MA Lond, PhD Lond, FACE, DLitt 1986
• Emeritus Professor Keith Jackson Hancock, AO, BA Melb, PhD Lond, FASSA, DLitt 1987
• *Paul Francis Bourke, BA Melb, DipEd Melb, PhD Wis, FASSA, DLitt 1988
• Noel Stockdale, BA Melb 1988
• The Honourable Mr Justice Francis Robert Fisher, AO, QC, LLB Adel, DLitt 1989
• *Howard James Buchan, BSc Syd, DLitt 1989
• Paul Hughes, AM, DipT(Prim) TCAE, AdvDipT ACAE, MEd Harv, FACE, DLitt 1990
• Ivan Szelenyi, DipEc(CSc) Bud, DSc Bud, DLitt 1997
• Robert Scott Hicks, BA, DLitt 1997
• Merrion (Mem) Frances Fox, AM, DipT, BA, BEd, Grad Dip, DLitt (Hon) Woll, DLitt 2004
• Noni Hazlehurst, AM, BA Flin, DLitt 2007
• Emeritus Professor Anne Rosalie Edwards, AO, BA Lond, PhD Lond, FASSA, FACE, DLitt, 2007
• Emeritus Professor Norman Feather, AM, BA USyd, Dip Ed USyd, MA (Hons) UNE, PhD Michigan, Hon DLitt UNE, DLitt 2009
• *Mona Ngitji Tur, AssDip AboriginalSt, UniSA, DLitt 2010 - Citation (PDF)
• *Emeritus Professor Faith Trent, AM FACE, BSc Syd, DipT Syd, MA SimonFraser, MA (Hons) Macq., DLitt 2011 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Tom Gleghorn, OAM, DLitt 2012 - Citation (PDF)
  
• Professor Gale Edwards, BA Flin, DLitt 2015 - Citation (PDF)
• *Ms B Marika DLitt 2017 - Citation (PDF)
• Andrew Bovell DLitt 2017 - Citation (PDF)
• Mr Noel Tovey AM DLitt 2021 - Citation (PDF) and Address to graduands (PDF)
  
• Ms Kerry Heysen AM BA(Hons) Flin DLitt 2022 - Citation (PDF) and Occasional Address (PDF)
• Mr Paul Vasileff DLitt 2024 - Citation (PDF). Watch the ceremony recording here.

* Deceased

• *Emeritus Professor Gustav Julius Fraenkel, AM, MA Oxf, BM, MCh Oxf, FRCS, FRACS, FACS, MD 1985
• *Brian Joseph Shea, OBE, OStJ, MB, BS Adel, DPM Melb, FRANZCP, FRACMA, FRCPsych, FAIM, FHA, MD 1986
• *Allan Kerr Grant, AO, MB, BS, DUniv Adel, FRACP, FRCP, FRCPE, MD 1996
• Emeritus Professor John Phillip Chalmers, AC, BSc Syd, MB, BS Syd, MD Qld, PhD NSW, HonMD NSW, FAA, FRCPLond, FRCPEd, FRCPGlas, FRACP, FRACMA, MD 1999
• Emeritus Professor Laurence Basil Geffen, MSc Witw, MB, BCh Witw, MA Oxf, DPhil Oxf, FRACP, FRANZCP, MD 1999
• John Blandford, BA Oxf, MA Oxf, MD 2008

* Deceased

• Neal Blewett , AC, BA Tas, MA Oxford, DPhil Oxford, Dip Ed Tas, Hon LLD Tas, Hon DLitt Hull, DPH 2008
• Professor Martha N Hill, PhD JohnsH, MSN Penn, BSN JohnsH, RN JohnsH, DPH 2010 - Citation (PDF)

• Emeritus Professor Sir Mark Ledingham Mitchell, MSc Camb, FRACI, DSc 1971*
• Emeritus Professor Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, MA Camb, PhD Camb, HonDSc Melb, HonDSc Tor, HonDSc Birm, HonDSc Belf, HonDSc NSW, HonDSc ANU, HonDSc Adel, HonLLD StAnd, FRS, FAA, DSc 1977*
• Emeritus Professor Roger Wolcott Russell, MA Clark, PhD Virginia, DSc Lond, HonDSc N’cle(NSW), FASSA, FACE, DSc 1979*
• Robert Allan Simpson, BE Adel, DSc 1981*
• Emeritus Professor Avon Maxwell Clark, AM, BSc Melb, MSc Melb, PhD Camb, DSc 1984*
• Emeritus Professor Maxwell Howard Brennan, AO, BSc Syd, PhD Syd, DSc 1985
• Gordon Stephenson, CBE, BArch Liv, MCP MIT, HonLLD WAust, DSc 1986
• Emeritus Professor Lindsay Dixon Pryor, DipFor AustForSch, DSc Adel, DSc 1986
• Donald Herbert Schultz 1987*
• Reginald Claude Sprigg, AO, MSc Adel, HonDSc ANU, FAATS, DSc 1990*
• Emeritus Professor John Francis Lovering, AO, Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, MSc Syd, MSc Melb, PhD CalTech, HonBSc Melb, FAA, FTS, DSc 1995
• Rudolph Gunnerman, HonDSc Dubna, HonDrEn&Sc All-Russia PetroleumReExplorationInst, DSc 1999
• Ian William Chubb, AC, AO, MSc Oxf, DPhil Oxf, DSc 2000
• Robert Keer Lewis, BSc(Hons) Adel, DSc 2003
• Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE, DPhil(Oxon), DSc(Hon), FRCP(Hon), DSc 2004
• Dame Jane Goodall, DBE, PhD Camb, DSc 2005
• David Suzuki, PhD Chicago, DSc 2005
• Gina Geffen, AM, BA Witw, PhD Monash, DSc 2008
• Professor Erkki Vartianen, MD Kuopio, PhD Kuopio, DSc 2010; Citation
• Professor William L. Fisher, BSc and D.Sc. (Hon) SIU, MS, PhD Geology KU, D.Eng (Hon.) CSM, DSc 2015; Citation and Address to Graduands
• Professor Kohei Uosaki, BEng Applied Chemistry and MEng Applied Chemistry Osaka and PhD, Flin, DSc 2015; Citation and Address to Graduands
• Emeritus Professor Rodney Brooks, BSc, MA Flin, PhD Stanford, DSc 2015; Citation
• Professor Ghislain de Marsily DSc 2017; Citation
• Doctor Kathy Ehrig, BSc CSU, PhD UC, DSc 2017; Citation
• Emeritus Professor Peter Mudge AM, MBBS Adel, FRACGP, FAFPHM, DSc 2017; Citation
• Dr Dale Lambert PSM FTSE BSc, BA(Hons), BA, PhD(EHLT) Flin GradCertMgmt(ScLead) UniSA DSc 2022; Citation (PDF) and Occasional Address (PDF)
• Mrs Patricia Vilimas DSc 2024 - Citation (PDF). Watch ceremony recording here.

* Deceased

• Laurence Wilfred Harvey 1979, MSc

• All-Holiness Bartholomeos the First 1997, DTh