Honorary awards
2009 - by name
Honorary awards to be conferred in 2009 on those listed below at graduation ceremonies held in the Great Hall, Quadrangle.
David Anstice, BEc Syd, Executive Vice-President, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Chairman and President, Board of the University of Sydney USA Foundation.
Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Economics and Business graduation ceremony at 9.30am, 9 October 2009
Thomas Dwyer Bass, sculptor and founder of the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School
Doctor of Visual Arts (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Sydney College of the Arts graduation ceremony at 11.30 am on 8 April 2009
Bohdan Bilinsky, former Treasurer of the Sydney University Law Graduates’ Association, member of Senate, Proctorial Board, Alumni Council and University Union, and currently Esquire Bedell.
Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney
Conferring ceremony: tbc
Esmond Ross Brown AM, President of the Pharmacy Alumni Association and a Governor of the Pharmacy Practice Foundation (since 1978)
Honorary Fellow of the University
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Pharmacy graduation ceremony at 11.30 am on 20 March 2009
Emeritus Professor Gavin Brown AO, mathematician and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Science graduation ceremony at 9.30am on 15 May 2009
David Dumas Coffey, a pioneer of the profession of geotechnical engineering
Doctor of Engineering (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Engineering and Information Techologies graduation ceremony at 2.00pm on 15 May 2009
Keith Eric Cottier AM, design architect
Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning graduation ceremony at 2.00pm on 27 November 2009
Brenda L Croft, artist and Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia
Doctor of Visual Arts (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Sydney College of the Arts graduation ceremony at 11.30am on 8 April 2009
Adjunct Professor John Vincent Egan, Managing Director, Egan Associates and Chair, Faculty of Economics and Business Board of Advice, University of Sydney
Honorary Fellow of the University
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Economics and Business graduation ceremony at 2.00pm on 8 May 2009
The Hon Justice Arthur Robert Emmett, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and Challis Lecturer in Roman Law, University of Sydney
Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Law graduation ceremony at 4.00pm on 22 May 2009
Professor Peter Gavin Hall, statistician and Federation Fellow
Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Science graduation ceremony at 2.00pm on 16 October 2009
Emeritus Professor Trevor Heath OAM, former Professor and Dean of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland
Doctor of Veterinary Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: to be held in 2009 on a date to be determined
Emeritus Professor Noel Hush AO, scientist and Foundation Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Sydney
Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Science graduation ceremony at 9.30am on 22 May 2009
Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Kramer AC DBE, former Professor of Australian Literature, University of Sydney
Doctor of Letters (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Arts graduation ceremony at 2.00 pm on 8 April 2009
Bennett (Ben) William Macpherson OAM, Musical Director of the Sydney University Musical Society
Honorary Fellow of the University
Conferring ceremony: Sydney Conservatorium of Music graduation ceremony at 4.00pm on 1 May 2009
Robert Lee Maple-Brown, a generous supporter of the University of Sydney’s priorities and projects for many years
Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Medicine graduation ceremony at 2.00pm on 1 May 2009
The Hon Associate Justice John Kennedy McLaughlin, member of the University Alumni Council and its predecessor the Standing Committee of Convocation for fifty years and more recently a member of the Univeristy of Sydney Union Foundation
Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Law graduation ceremony at 11.30am on 27 November 2009
Emeritus Professor Edward McWhinney QC, LLB Syd, former barrister, solicitor and academic at Yale, Toronto, McGill, Indiana and other universities
Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney
Conferring ceremony: tba
Bruce McWilliam, actively involved in the Law School and the University, both as alumnus and as advocate
Honorary Fellow of the University
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Law graduation ceremony at 2.00 pm on 22 May 2009
Mitchell Durno (Durno) Murray, scientist
Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Science graduation ceremony at 11.30am on 12 June 2009
Emeritus Scientia Professor Michael Paddon-Row, organic chemist, University of NSW
Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Science graduation ceremony at 9.30am on 22 May 2009
Philip Alexander Symonds PSM, scientist in the field of marine geoscience
Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
Conferring ceremony: Faculty of Science graduation ceremony at 9.30am on 29 May 2009