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
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Name Degree Year Aitken, Donald H. Doctor of Engineering 1991 Alexander, Professor Frederick Doctor of Letters 1963 Anderson, Gunnar Doctor of Science 1914 Andrews, Cecil R. Doctor of Letters 1929 Arbib, Professor Michael A. Doctor of Science 2004 Armstrong, Professor Bruce K. Doctor of Medicine 2017 Ashby, Sir Eric Doctor of Laws 1973 Astor, J. J. Doctor of Laws 1925 -
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Name Degree Year Bailey, Sir Harold Doctor of Letters 1963 Barcroft, Professor H. Doctor of Science 1963 Barnaba, Mark B. Doctor of Commerce 2012 Barnett AC, The Hon. Colin Doctor of the University 2023 Barrett-Lennard, Irwin P. Doctor of Science 2002 Bateson, William Doctor of Science 1914 Battye, James S. Doctor of Laws 1943 Bayliss, Professor Noel S. Doctor of Science 1968 Beasley, Emeritus Professor Frank R. Doctor of Laws 1974 Beazley AC, The Hon. Kim Doctor of the University 2023 Beazley AO, Professor Lyn Doctor of the University 2023 Beazley, Kim E. Doctor of Letters 1980 Beckwith, Athelstan L. J. Doctor of Science 2000 Bedbrook, Sir George Doctor of Medicine 1973 Bell AC, The Hon. Justice Virginia Doctor of Laws 2023 Bendat, Jack M. Doctor of Letters 2006 Berndt, Catherine H. Doctor of Letters 1983 Berndt, Emeritus Professor Ronald M. Doctor of Letters 1987 Beshar, Sarah E. Doctor of Laws 2015 Bhabha, Professor Homi J. Doctor of Science 1954 Bishop, Dorothy V. M. Doctor of Science 2012 Blackburn, Sir Charles Doctor of Laws 1963 Blenkinsop, George David Doctor of Letters 1999 Bloomfield, Emeritus Professor John Doctor of Science 2005 Boediono Doctor of Economics 2011 Bourne, Gregory D. Doctor of Letters 2005 Bowen AM, Bernard K. Doctor of Letters 2016 Boyd, Susan J. D. Doctor of Letters 2002 Boyd, William Doctor of Letters 1937 Brady, Patricia M. (Sister Veronica) Doctor of Letters 2009 Brand, The Hon. Sir David Doctor of Laws 1963 Brisbane AM, Katharine E. Doctor of Letters 2006 Bruechle, Peter Doctor of Letters 2021 Burnet, Sir MacFarlane Doctor of Science 1948 Burnham, Viscount Doctor of Laws 1925 Burt, The Hon. Sir Francis Doctor of Laws 1987 -
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Name Degree Year Callaway, Professor Sir Frank Doctor of Music 1975 Cameron, Meribeth E. Doctor of Letters 1962 Campbell, Alexander D. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 2009 Campbell, William W. Doctor of Science 1922 Cannon, Jack R. Doctor of Science 1994 Carnley, The Most Reverend Dr Peter F. Doctor of Letters 2000 Casey, John A. Doctor of Letters 2006 Chaney AO, The Hon. Frederick M. Doctor of Letters 2010 Chaney, Michael A. Doctor of Laws 2002 Chapman, Wilfred D. Doctor of Engineering 1949 Chard AM, C Doctor of Music 2023 Charlesworth, Richard I. Doctor of Science 2002 Cherry, Professor Thomas M. Doctor of Science 1963 Choo, Stephen Doctor of Commerce 2019 Clark, Megan E. Doctor of Science 2006 Clarkson, Professor David T. Doctor of Science 2004 Clews, Emeritus Professor Charles J. B. Doctor of Laws 1972 Clough, Jock Doctor of the University 2023 Clough, William H. Doctor of Engineering 1990 Coatsworth, Nicholas Doctor of Medicine 2022 Cockcroft, Sir John Doctor of Science 1962 Cohen, Clinical Professor Alexander K. Doctor of Letters 2002 Cole, Emeritus Professor Andrew R. H. Doctor of Science 1992 Coleman, Shalom Doctor of Laws 2000 Coles OBE, Alec Doctor of Letters 2017 Compston, William Doctor of Science 1988 Constable, The Hon. Dr Elizabeth Doctor of Letters 2013 Coombs, Herbert C. Doctor of Letters 1960 Court AC, The Hon. Richard F. Doctor of Letters 2015 Court, The Hon. Sir Charles Doctor of Laws 1969 Cowen, Sir Zelman Doctor of Laws 1981 Cruthers, Sir James W. Doctor of Letters 2005 Cullity AO, Denis M. Doctor of Letters 2006 Curnow, David H. Doctor of Science 1989 Currie, Sir George Doctor of Letters 1952 -
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Name Degree Year Davies, Harold E. Doctor of Music 1934 Davis, Jack L. Doctor of Letters 1988 de Laeter AO, Professor John R. Doctor of Letters 2004 De Poli, Dino Doctor of Letters 2001 Dean, Sir Arthur Doctor of Laws 1963 Debenham, Frank Doctor of Science 1937 Dell CBE, Anne Doctor of Science 2010 Doogue AO, Geraldine F. Doctor of Letters 2011 Drewe, Robert Doctor of Letters 2003 Duncan, Annie V. Doctor of Letters 2012 Durack, Elizabeth Doctor of Letters 1996 Dyson, Sir Frank Doctor of Science 1914 -
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Name Degree Year Eastwood AM CitWA, Trevor R. Doctor of Commerce 2009 Eddington, Roderick I. Doctor of Laws 2000 Edgar, Patricia M. Doctor of Letters 1994 Enright, Terence Doctor of Science in Agriculture 2008 Ensor, Beatrice Doctor of Letters 1937 Erickson, Frederica L. Doctor of Letters 1980 Evans, The Hon. Christopher V. Doctor of Letters 2014 Ezekiel AM, Donald F. Doctor of the University 2023 -
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Name Degree Year Fam, Michael Y. O. Doctor of Engineering 1988 Feilman, Margaret A. Doctor of Architecture 1989 Fels AO, Professor Allan H. M. Doctor of Economics 2006 Ferguson, Ronald J. Doctor of Architecture 2000 Fini OAM, Adrian A. Doctor of Commerce 2018 Finlay, Keith W. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1979 Fitch AM, Adjunct Professor Kenneth D. Doctor of Science 2007 Fitzpatrick, Michael C. Doctor of Letters 2009 Flett AO, Dr Penelope Doctor of Medicine 2021 Fogarty, Brettney T. Doctor of Letters 2008 Fogarty, E. Anne Doctor of Letters 2008 Forrest CitWA, J. Andrew H. Doctor of Letters 2014 Forrest, Nicola M. Doctor of Letters 2014 Forrest, The Right Hon. Lord Doctor of Laws 1916 Freeman, Kenneth Charles Doctor of Science 1999 French AC, The Hon. Chief Justice Robert S. Doctor of Laws 2011 -
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Name Degree Year Gairdner, Sir Charles Doctor of Letters 1956 Gale, Fay Doctor of Letters 1998 Gallop AC, The Hon. Dr Geoffrey I. Doctor of Letters 2012 Gates Jr, Sylvester J. Doctor of Science 2010 Gentilli, Joseph Doctor of Science 1981 Gillett, Eric W. Doctor of Letters 1956 Giumelli, James R. Doctor of Engineering 2017 Gladstones, John S. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1988 Gordon, Francis R. Doctor of Engineering 2007 Gordon, Susan Doctor of Letters 2003 Goyder, Richard J. B. Doctor of Commerce 2011 Grandage, Iain A. Doctor of Music 2017 Green, Jeremy N. Doctor of Letters 2016 Griffith, Joseph Doctor of Laws 1968 Griffiths, David C. Doctor of Economics 2009 Groves, Emeritus Professor David I. Doctor of Science 2010 -
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Name Degree Year Hackett, General Sir John Doctor of Laws 1963 Hackett, The Hon. Sir John Winthrop Doctor of Laws 1914 Hackett-Moulden, Lady Doctor of Laws 1932 Haddon, Alfred C. Doctor of Science 1914 Haile Selassie I, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Doctor of Laws 1968 Hammond, Dame Joan Doctor of Music 1979 Hancock, Emeritus Professor Sir Keith Doctor of Letters 1977 Hancock, William J. Doctor of Science 1924 Handa, Haruhisa Doctor of Letters 2006 Haskell, Emeritus Professor Dennis J. Doctor of Letters 2012 Hasluck AM QC, The Hon. Justice Nicholas P. Doctor of Letters 2009 Hasluck, Dame Alexandra Doctor of Letters 1970 Hawke, The Hon. Robert J. L. Doctor of Letters 1984 Hay AC, Professor John A. Doctor of Letters 2005 Heinze, Professor Sir Bernard Doctor of Music 1949 Henderson, Gilbert D. Doctor of Dental Science 1970 Henry, Patrick J. Doctor of Dental Science 2005 Herdman, William A. Doctor of Science 1914 Hewett, Dorothy Doctor of Letters 1995 Hewitt AO, Joanna M. Doctor of Economics 2012 Hewitt AO, Joanna M. Doctor of Education 2012 Higgins, His Excellency Michael D. Doctor of Laws 2017 Hill, W. Kerry Doctor of Architecture 2008 Hobbs, Lieut.-General Sir Talbot Doctor of Laws 1921 Holmes a Court, Janet Doctor of Letters 1997 Hopper, Stephen D. Doctor of Science 2010 Horgan, Joanna E. Doctor of Letters 2017 Hotchin, Sir Claude Doctor of Laws 1974 Howarth, Anthony J. Doctor of Laws 2003 Hume, Lindy Doctor of Letters 2007 Huxley, Professor Sir Andrew Doctor of Science 1982 -
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Name Degree Year Illingworth, Garth D. Doctor of Science 2010 Irvine AO, David T. Doctor of Letters 2015 -
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Name Degree Year Jackson, The Hon. Sir Lawrence Doctor of Laws 1982 James, The Hon. Sir Walter Doctor of Laws 1936 Jayasuriya AM, Emeritus Professor D. Laksiri Doctor of Letters 2006 Jenkins, Clee F. H. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1995 Joske, Richard Doctor of Medicine 1997 Joyce, Eileen Doctor of Music 1979 Jull, Roberta H. M. Doctor of Laws 1943 Juniper, Robert L. Doctor of Letters 1984 -
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Name Degree Year Kailis AM OBE, Patricia V. Doctor of Letters 2005 Kendrew, Major-General Sir Douglas Doctor of Laws 1969 Kennedy, Geoffrey Alexander Doctor of Laws 1999 Kerr AM, Emeritus Professor Alexander McB. Doctor of Economics 2006 King AM MBE, Brian N. Doctor of Letters 2016 King, Emeritus Professor Gordon Doctor of Medicine 1971 Krasnostein, Jacob J. Doctor of Laws 1991 Kyle, Air Chief Marshall Sir Wallace H. Doctor of Laws 1980 -
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Name Degree Year Landau AO, Emeritus Professor Louis I. Doctor of Letters 2007 Lawn, Brian R. Doctor of Engineering 2008 Lawrence AO, The Hon. Emeritus Professor Carmen Doctor of the University 2023 Le Souef, Leslie E. Doctor of Laws 1977 Lefroy, Richard B. Doctor of Medicine 2002 Lewis, Sir Neil Master of Arts 1932 Ligertwood, The Hon. Sir George Doctor of Laws 1963 Loder, Louis F. Doctor of Engineering 1949 Lourens AM, Emeritus Professor Roy M. C. Doctor of Letters 2016 Lucas, Colin R. Doctor of Letters 2000 Lum, Professor Hendrik J. Doctor of Science 1954 -
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Name Degree Year MacKinlay, David B. Doctor of Commerce 2014 Macliver, Sara A. Doctor of Music 2008 Madsen, Sir John Doctor of Science 1947 Main, Professor Albert R. Doctor of Science 1987 Malcolm AC QC KCSJ, Professor The Hon. David K. Doctor of Laws 2008 Mann, Dame Ida Doctor of Medicine 1977 Marshall, Barry J. Doctor of Medicine 1997 Martin, Sir Leslie Doctor of Laws 1963 Masters, Professor Colin L. Doctor of Letters 2008 McCusker AM, Tonya Doctor of the University 2023 McCusker AO QC, Malcolm J. Doctor of Laws 2008 McDonald, Sir Robert Doctor of Laws 1961 McElhinny, Professor Michael W. Doctor of Science 2003 McHenry, Dean E. Doctor of Letters 1963 McMahon, The Right Rev. John T. Doctor of Letters 1961 Menon, The Hon. Chief Justice Sundaresh Doctor of Laws 2022 Menzies, Sir Robert Doctor of Letters 1964 Michael AC, His Excellency Dr Kenneth C. Doctor of Letters 2007 Miers AM, S Doctor of Letters 2023 Miller, Mary Durack Doctor of Letters 1977 Millot, Professor Jacques H. Doctor of Science 1954 Minchin, Timothy D. Doctor of Letters 2013 Mitchell, Sir William Doctor of Letters 1932 Moir, Professor Reginald J. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1983 Mossenson, David Doctor of Letters 1991 Munns, Herbert G. Master of Arts 1969 Murdoch, Professor Sir Walter Doctor of Letters 1948 Murray, Sir Keith Doctor of Laws 1963 -
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Name Degree Year Nahon, Professor Daniel B. Doctor of Science 2001 Nairn, Malcolm E. Doctor of Science 1995 Neumann, Bernhard H. Doctor of Science 1995 Newland, Henry S. Doctor of Science 1948 Nikulinsky AM, Philippa Doctor of Letters 2019 Ninham, Emeritus Professor Barry W. Doctor of Science 2010 Nolan, Sir Sidney Doctor of Letters 1988 Noramly, Dato bin Muslim Doctor of Letters 2005 Norrish, Keith Doctor of Science in Agriculture 2002 Nossal, Custav Doctor of Medicine 1996 -
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Name Degree Year Owen, The Hon. Neville J. Doctor of Laws 2011 -
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Name Degree Year Palermo, E Doctor of Science 2022 Pang, Peter T. K. Doctor of Engineering 2011 Pannell, Nita V. Doctor of Letters 1990 Pate, Emeritus Professor John S. Doctor of Science 2005 Paton, Robert Doctor of Surgery 2003 Patterson, David J. Doctor of the University (Medical Sciences) 2023 Perron AM CitWA, L. Stanley Doctor of Letters 2009 Pestell, Richard G. Doctor of Medicine 2008 Pickering, Professor Sir George Doctor of Medicine 1965 Playford, Phillip E. Doctor of Science 1993 Poche, Gregory J. Doctor of Letters 2014 Pollak, Hans Doctor of Letters 1970 Porter, Richard B. Doctor of Commerce 2014 Poynton AM, John H. Doctor of Commerce 2008 Prescott, Sir Stanley Doctor of Laws 1970 -
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Name Degree Year Quirk, Emeritus Professor James P. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1991 -
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Name Degree Year Rabbitt, Professor Patrick M. A. Doctor of Science 2001 Reichel, Sir Harry Doctor of Laws 1914 Reid, His Excellency Emeritus Professor Gordon S. Doctor of Laws 1988 Reid, Ruth Doctor of Letters 1998 Reynolds, John H. Doctor of Laws 1963 Richardson, Arnold E. V. Doctor of Science 1947 Ridzuan, Muhammad bin Haji Salleh Doctor of Engineering 1992 Rigg, Sir Theodore Doctor of Science 1947 Riley, The Most Reverend Charles O. L. Doctor of Laws 1922 Robertson, Thomas L. Doctor of Laws 1968 Robson AO CitWA, Emeritus Professor Alan D. Doctor of Letters 2015 Ross AM, Andrew C. Doctor of Letters 2019 Ross, Emeritus Professor Alexander D. Doctor of Laws 1963 Ross, James R. H. Doctor of Science 2008 Rushton, Sir Reginald Doctor of Laws 1977 -
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Name Degree Year Saint, Emeritus Professor Eric G. Doctor of Medicine 1981 Sanderson AC, His Excellency Lieutenant General John M. Doctor of Letters 2004 Sanderson AO, Kerry G. Doctor of Letters 2005 Schenberg, Harold Doctor of Letters 2000 Schonell, Professor Sir Fred Doctor of Letters 1963 Seares AO, Emeritus Professor Margaret Doctor of Letters 2010 Seddon, George Doctor of Letters 2000 Seymour, A. Doctor of Letters 2002 Simmonds, Professor Wilfred J. Doctor of Science 1986 Slatyer, Professor Ralph O. Doctor of Science 1983 Smith AO, Richard C. Doctor of Letters 2004 Smith, Michael Doctor of Letters 2014 Smith-Gander, Diane L. Doctor of Economics 2015 Smyth, Erica L. Doctor of Letters 2008 Somerville, William Doctor of Laws 1941 Speed, Professor Terry P. Doctor of Science 2005 Spence, James C. Doctor of Science 1948 Stephen, Ninian M. Doctor of Letters 1993 Stephenson, Emeritus Professor Gordon Doctor of Laws 1977 Stevens, Mary O. Master of Education 1958 Stewart PSM, Janice M. Doctor of Letters 2016 Stokes, Professor Bryant A. R. Doctor of Medicine 2016 Street, Professor Robert Doctor of Science 1988 Sutherland, Professor Kenneth J. G. Doctor of Dental Science 1982 Sutton, George L. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1937 -
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Name Degree Year Tannock AM, Peter D'A. Doctor of Letters 2009 Tauman, Leon Doctor of Letters 1971 Taylor, George W. Doctor of Letters 2009 Taylor, Howard H. Doctor of Letters 1993 Templeman AM, Ian N. Doctor of Letters 2007 Tippett, Sir Michael Doctor of Music 1990 Tognetti, Richard Doctor of Music 2003 Toohey AC, The Hon. Justice John L. Doctor of Letters 2004 Townsing, Sir Kenneth Doctor of Laws 1971 Tunley, Emeritus Professor David E. Doctor of Music 2001 Twomey AO, Professor Lance T. Doctor of Science 2007 -
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Name Degree Year Underwood, Professor Eric J. Doctor of Science in Agriculture 1969 Upton, Thomas H. Doctor of Engineering 1949 -
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Name Degree Year Van Norton, Kay Doctor of Letters 2014 Vanzetti, Francis Master of Arts 1962 Vedel, Anders Doctor of Letters 1937 Venkatesh, Akshay Doctor of Letters 2019 Vine, Carl E. Doctor of Music 2010 -
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Name Degree Year Waller, Augustus D. Doctor of Science 1914 Walley OAM, Richard B. Doctor of Letters 2006 Walsh AO CitWA, Samuel M. Doctor of Commerce 2014 Walsh, Frank V. Doctor of Science 1948 Walther, Johannes Doctor of Science 1914 Wardle, Sir Thomas Doctor of Laws 1973 Waring, Professor Horace Doctor of Science 1970 Warren, John R. Doctor of Medicine 1997 Webb, Wayne Doctor of Letters 2021 Wheeler, The Hon. Justice Christine A. Doctor of Laws 2007 Wilinge, John Doctor of Commerce 2015 Wilson, The Hon. Sir Ronald D. Doctor of Laws 1980 Winch, Marie Joan Doctor of Laws 1999 Winterton, Professor George G. Doctor of Laws 2007 Wood AM, Clinical Professor Fiona M. Doctor of Letters 2004 Woodall, Roy Doctor of Science 1985 -
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Name Degree Year Young AM, Simone M. Doctor of Music 2018 Yudhoyono AC, His Excellency Dr Susilo B. Doctor of Letters 2015 -
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Name Degree Year Zhang, Xinsheng Doctor of Letters 2008