Holders of honorary degrees
Honorary Degrees and Chancellor's Medals
The awarding of honorary degrees and the Chancellor's Medal is governed by the Honorary Degrees and Chancellor's Medal Policy.This policy is to be read in conjunction with the Honorary Degrees and Chancellor's Medal Procedure.
Honorary Degrees
The primary purpose of conferring honorary degrees is to give public recognition to individuals for outstanding achievements in any recognised field of endeavour with strategic connection or relevance to the University, either at the State level or beyond.
Honorary degrees are awarded in one or more of the following five categories:
- contribution to the community;
- contribution to the public sector;
- contribution to the private sector;
- achievement in internationalism; and
- academic achievement
Honorary Doctorate Nomination Form [DOCX 57.1 kb]
Updated 22 May 2023
Chancellor's Medal
The Chancellor's Medal is awarded to recognise people who have made an outstanding contribution, or sustained contributions, to the University such as to enable the University to discharge its teaching, research and community responsibilities more effectively, but for one reason or another have not received adequate recognition in other appropriate ways.
Chancellor's Medal Nomination Form [DOCX 52.8 kb]
Updated 18 May 2023
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Master of Arts
Lewis, Sir Neil 1932 Munns, Herbert G. 1969 Vanzetti, Francis 1962 -
Doctor of Architecture
Feilman, Margaret A. 1989 Ferguson, Ronald J. 2000 Hill, W. Kerry 2008 -
Doctor of Laws
Ashby, Sir Eric 1973 Astor, J. J. 1925 Battye, James S. 1943 Beasley, Emeritus Professor Frank R. 1974 Beshar, Sarah E. 2015 Blackburn, Sir Charles 1963 Brand, The Hon. Sir David 1963 Burnham, Viscount 1925 Burt, The Hon. Sir Francis 1987 Chaney, Michael A. 2002 Clews, Emeritus Professor Charles J. B. 1972 Coleman, Shalom 2000 Court, The Hon. Sir Charles 1969 Cowen, Sir Zelman 1981 Dean, Sir Arthur 1963 Eddington, Roderick I. 2000 Forrest, The Right Hon. Lord 1916 French AC, The Hon. Chief Justice Robert S. 2011 Griffith, Joseph 1968 Hackett, General Sir John 1963 Hackett, The Hon. Sir John Winthrop 1914 Hackett-Moulden, Lady 1932 Haile Selassie I, His Imperial Majesty Emperor 1968 Higgins, His Excellency Michael D. 2017 Hobbs, Lieut.-General Sir Talbot 1921 Hotchin, Sir Claude 1974 Howarth, Anthony J. 2003 Jackson, The Hon. Sir Lawrence 1982 James, The Hon. Sir Walter 1936 Jull, Roberta H. M. 1943 Kendrew, Major-General Sir Douglas 1969 Kennedy, Geoffrey Alexander 1999 Krasnostein, Jacob J. 1991 Kyle, Air Chief Marshall Sir Wallace H. 1980 Le Souef, Leslie E. 1977 Ligertwood, The Hon. Sir George 1963 Malcolm AC QC KCSJ, Professor The Hon. David K. 2008 Martin, Sir Leslie 1963 McCusker AO QC, Malcolm J. 2008 McDonald, Sir Robert 1961 Murray, Sir Keith 1963 Owen, The Hon. Neville J. 2011 Prescott, Sir Stanley 1970 Reichel, Sir Harry 1914 Reid, His Excellency Emeritus Professor Gordon S. 1988 Reynolds, John H. 1963 Riley, The Most Reverend Charles O. L. 1922 Robertson, Thomas L. 1968 Ross, Emeritus Professor Alexander D. 1963 Rushton, Sir Reginald 1977 Somerville, William 1941 Stephenson, Emeritus Professor Gordon 1977 Townsing, Sir Kenneth 1971 Wardle, Sir Thomas 1973 Wheeler, The Hon. Justice Christine A. 2007 Wilson, The Hon. Sir Ronald D. 1980 Winch, Marie Joan 1999 Winterton, Professor George G. 2007 -
Doctor of Letters
Alexander, Professor Frederick 1963 Andrews, Cecil R. 1929 Bailey, Sir Harold 1963 Beazley, Kim E. 1980 Bendat, Jack M. 2006 Berndt, Catherine H. 1983 Berndt, Emeritus Professor Ronald M. 1987 Blenkinsop, George David 1999 Bourne, Gregory D. 2005 Bowen AM, Bernard K. 2016 Boyd, Susan J. D. 2002 Boyd, William 1937 Brady, Patricia M. (Sister Veronica) 2009 Brisbane AM, Katharine E. 2006 Bruechle, Peter 2021 Cameron, Meribeth E. 1962 Carnley, The Most Reverend Dr Peter F. 2000 Casey, John A. 2006 Chaney AO, The Hon. Frederick M. 2010 Cohen, Clinical Professor Alexander K. 2002 Coles OBE, Alec 2017 Constable, The Hon. Dr Elizabeth 2013 Coombs, Herbert C. 1960 Court AC, The Hon. Richard F. 2015 Cruthers, Sir James W. 2005 Cullity AO, Denis M. 2006 Currie, Sir George 1952 Davis, Jack L. 1988 de Laeter AO, Professor John R. 2004 De Poli, Dino 2001 Doogue AO, Geraldine F. 2011 Drewe, Robert 2003 Duncan, Annie V. 2012 Durack, Elizabeth 1996 Edgar, Patricia M. 1994 Ensor, Beatrice 1937 Erickson, Frederica L. 1980 Evans, The Hon. Christopher V. 2014 Fitzpatrick, Michael C. 2009 Fogarty, Brettney T. 2008 Fogarty, E. Anne 2008 Forrest CitWA, J. Andrew H. 2014 Forrest, Nicola M. 2014 Gairdner, Sir Charles 1956 Gale, Fay 1998 Gallop AC, The Hon. Dr Geoffrey I. 2012 Gillett, Eric W. 1956 Gordon, Susan 2003 Green, Jeremy N. 2016 Hancock, Emeritus Professor Sir Keith 1977 Handa, Haruhisa 2006 Haskell, Emeritus Professor Dennis J. 2012 Hasluck AM QC, The Hon. Justice Nicholas P. 2009 Hasluck, Dame Alexandra 1970 Hawke, The Hon. Robert J. L. 1984 Hay AC, Professor John A. 2005 Hewett, Dorothy 1995 Holmes a Court, Janet 1997 Horgan, Joanna E. 2017 Hume, Lindy 2007 Irvine AO, David T. 2015 Jayasuriya AM, Emeritus Professor D. Laksiri 2006 Juniper, Robert L. 1984 Kailis AM OBE, Patricia V. 2005 King AM MBE, Brian N. 2016 Landau AO, Emeritus Professor Louis I. 2007 Lourens AM, Emeritus Professor Roy M. C. 2016 Lucas, Colin R. 2000 Masters, Professor Colin L. 2008 McHenry, Dean E. 1963 McMahon, The Right Rev. John T. 1961 Menzies, Sir Robert 1964 Michael AC, His Excellency Dr Kenneth C. 2007 Miller, Mary Durack 1977 Minchin, Timothy D. 2013 Mitchell, Sir William 1932 Mossenson, David 1991 Murdoch, Professor Sir Walter 1948 Nikulinsky AM, Philippa 2019 Nolan, Sir Sidney 1988 Noramly, Dato bin Muslim 2005 Pannell, Nita V. 1990 Perron AM CitWA, L. Stanley 2009 Poche, Gregory J. 2014 Pollak, Hans 1970 Reid, Ruth 1998 Robson AO CitWA, Emeritus Professor Alan D. 2015 Ross AM, Andrew C. 2019 Sanderson AC, His Excellency Lieutenant General John M. 2004 Sanderson AO, Kerry G. 2005 Schenberg, Harold 2000 Schonell, Professor Sir Fred 1963 Seares AO, Emeritus Professor Margaret 2010 Seddon, George 2000 Seymour, A. 2002 Smith, Michael 2014 Smith AO, Richard C. 2004 Smyth, Erica L. 2008 Stephen, Ninian M. 1993 Stewart PSM, Janice M. 2016 Tannock AM, Peter D'A. 2009 Tauman, Leon 1971 Taylor, George W. 2009 Taylor, Howard H. 1993 Templeman AM, Ian N. 2007 Toohey AC, The Hon. Justice John L. 2004 Van Norton, Kay 2014 Vedel, Anders 1937 Venkatesh, Akshay 2019 Walley OAM, Richard B. 2006 Webb, Wayne 2021 Wood AM, Clinical Professor Fiona M. 2004 Yudhoyono AC, His Excellency Dr Susilo B. 2015 Zhang, Xinsheng 2008 -
Doctor of Medicine
Armstrong, Professor Bruce K. 2017 Bedbrook, Sir George 1973 Flett AO, Dr Penelope 2021 Joske, Richard 1997 King, Emeritus Professor Gordon 1971 Lefroy, Richard B. 2002 Mann, Dame Ida 1977 Marshall, Barry J. 1997 Nossal, Custav 1996 Pestell, Richard G. 2008 Pickering, Professor Sir George 1965 Saint, Emeritus Professor Eric G. 1981 Stokes, Professor Bryant A. R. 2016 Warren, John R. 1997 -
Doctor of Music
Callaway, Professor Sir Frank 1975 Davies, Harold E. 1934 Grandage, Iain A. 2017 Hammond, Dame Joan 1979 Heinze, Professor Sir Bernard 1949 Joyce, Eileen 1979 Macliver, Sara A. 2008 Tippett, Sir Michael 1990 Tognetti, Richard 2003 Tunley, Emeritus Professor David E. 2001 Vine, Carl E. 2010 Young AM, Simone M. 2018 -
Doctor of Science
Anderson, Gunnar 1914 Arbib, Professor Michael A. 2004 Barcroft, Professor H. 1963 Barrett-Lennard, Irwin P. 2002 Bateson, William 1914 Bayliss, Professor Noel S. 1968 Beckwith, Athelstan L. J. 2000 Bhabha, Professor Homi J. 1954 Bishop, Dorothy V. M. 2012 Bloomfield, Emeritus Professor John 2005 Burnet, Sir MacFarlane 1948 Campbell, William W. 1922 Cannon, Jack R. 1994 Charlesworth, Richard I. 2002 Cherry, Professor Thomas M. 1963 Clark, Megan E. 2006 Clarkson, Professor David T. 2004 Cockcroft, Sir John 1962 Cole, Emeritus Professor Andrew R. H. 1992 Compston, William 1988 Curnow, David H. 1989 Debenham, Frank 1937 Dell CBE, Anne 2010 Dyson, Sir Frank 1914 Fitch AM, Adjunct Professor Kenneth D. 2007 Freeman, Kenneth Charles 1999 Gates Jr, Sylvester J. 2010 Gentilli, Joseph 1981 Groves, Emeritus Professor David I. 2010 Haddon, Alfred C. 1914 Hancock, William J. 1924 Herdman, William A. 1914 Hopper, Stephen D. 2010 Huxley, Professor Sir Andrew 1982 Illingworth, Garth D. 2010 Lum, Professor Hendrik J. 1954 Madsen, Sir John 1947 Main, Professor Albert R. 1987 McElhinny, Professor Michael W. 2003 Millot, Professor Jacques H. 1954 Nahon, Professor Daniel B. 2001 Nairn, Malcolm E. 1995 Neumann, Bernhard H. 1995 Newland, Henry S. 1948 Ninham, Emeritus Professor Barry W. 2010 Pate, Emeritus Professor John S. 2005 Playford, Phillip E. 1993 Rabbitt, Professor Patrick M. A. 2001 Richardson, Arnold E. V. 1947 Rigg, Sir Theodore 1947 Ross, James R. H. 2008 Simmonds, Professor Wilfred J. 1986 Slatyer, Professor Ralph O. 1983 Speed, Professor Terry P. 2005 Spence, James C. 1948 Street, Professor Robert 1988 Twomey AO, Professor Lance T. 2007 Waller, Augustus D. 1914 Walsh, Frank V. 1948 Walther, Johannes 1914 Waring, Professor Horace 1970 Woodall, Roy 1985 -
Doctor of Science in Agriculture
Campbell, Alexander D. 2009 Enright, Terence 2008 Finlay, Keith W. 1979 Gladstones, John S. 1988 Jenkins, Clee F. H. 1995 Moir, Professor Reginald J. 1983 Norrish, Keith 2002 Quirk, Emeritus Professor James P. 1991 Sutton, George L. 1937 Underwood, Professor Eric J. 1969 -
Doctor of Surgery
Paton, Robert 2003 -
Doctor of Commerce
Barnaba, Mark B. 2012 Choo, Stephen 2019 Eastwood AM CitWA, Trevor R. 2009 Fini OAM, Adrian A. 2018 Goyder, Richard J. B. 2011 MacKinlay, David B. 2014 Porter, Richard B. 2014 Poynton AM, John H. 2008 Walsh AO CitWA, Samuel M. 2014 Wilinge, John 2015 -
Doctor of Dental Science
Henderson, Gilbert D. 1970 Henry, Patrick J. 2005 Sutherland, Professor Kenneth J. G. 1982 -
Doctor of Economics
Boediono 2011 Fels AO, Professor Allan H. M. 2006 Griffiths, David C. 2009 Hewitt AO, Joanna M. 2012 Kerr AM, Emeritus Professor Alexander McB. 2006 Smith-Gander, Diane L. 2015 -
Doctor of Education
Boediono 2011 Fels AO, Professor Allan H. M. 2006 Griffiths, David C. 2009 Hewitt AO, Joanna M. 2012 Kerr AM, Emeritus Professor Alexander McB. 2006 Smith-Gander, Diane L. 2015 -
Master of Education
Stevens, Mary O. 1958 -
Doctor of Engineering
Aitken, Donald H. 1991 Chapman, Wilfred D. 1949 Clough, William H. 1990 Fam, Michael Y. O. 1988 Giumelli, James R. 2017 Gordon, Francis R. 2007 Lawn, Brian R. 2008 Loder, Louis F. 1949 Pang, Peter T. K. 2011 Ridzuan, Muhammad bin Haji Salleh 1992 Upton, Thomas H. 1949