Honorary awards

Photo gallery 1953 - 1999:

1953-1969, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

1953-1969

• Above: Emeritus Professor Sir Stephen Henry Roberts CMG, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) and Chancellor Sir Charles George McDonald KCMG KSG, 1968 (photo, University of Sydney Archives). The honorary degree was conferred at a special meeting of the Senate held in the Great Hall on 25 January 1968.

• Above: Margaret Alison Telfer, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), 1969 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Bruce Willams, Chancellor Sir Charles George McDonald KCMG KSG, Margaret Alison Telfer, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) and Deputy Chancellor The Reverend Bertram Russell Wyllie, 1969 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

1970s

• Above: Chancellor Sir Hermann Black with Charles Findlay Bentley, Master of Arts (honoris causa), 1974 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: Sidney Robert Nolan, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), with Chancellor Sir Hermann Black, 1977 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: Chancellor Sir Hermann Black with Arthur John Birch and John Warcup Cornforth, Doctor of Science (honoris causa) 1977 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: Chancellor Sir Hermann Black with Andrew Delbridge Osborn, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), 1978 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

1980s

• Above: Zelman Cowen, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) and Chancellor Sir Hermann Black, 1980 (photo, University Archives).

• Above: Chancellor Sir Hermann Black with Professor Sir Bruce Williams, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), 1982 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: Joan Sutherland, Doctor of Music (honoris causa), with Chancellor Sir Hermann Black, 1984 (photo, University of Sydney Archives.

• Above: Neil Radford with Harrison Bryan (University Librarian 1963-80), Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), 1987 (photo, University of Sydney Library)

• Above: Sir Hermann Black, Doctor of the University, with Deputy Chancellor Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Kramer, 1989 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

1990s

• Above: Dr Ivan Cher, Honorary Fellow of the University, 12 June 1990 (photo, University Archives).

• Above: Emeritus Professor Keith Oliver Campbell, Doctor of Science in Agriculture (honoris causa), and Chancellor Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Kramer, 1993 (photo, University Archives).

• Above: Professor Stuart Rees with Miss Mary Sylvester McLelland, Doctor of Social Work (honoris causa), 1999 (photo, University Archives).

• Above: Mrs Barbara Selby and former Deputy Chancellor the Hon Mr Justice David Mayer Selby (1971 - 1986), after the conferring of the title of Honorary Fellow and the honorary degree of Doctor of the University respectively in 1991 (photo reproduced with the kind permission of Mrs Alison Rosenberg).

• Above: Emeritus Professor Michael Taylor, Doctor of the University, 1994 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: Keith Jennings after conferral of the award of Doctor of the University, 1994 (photo, University of Sydney Archives).

• Above: James David Wolfensohn, Doctor of Science in Economics (honoris causa) in 1997 (photo, University Media Office).

• Above: The Vice-Chancellor Professor Gavin Brown, James David Wolfensohn, Doctor of Science in Economics (honoris causa) and the Chancellor Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Kramer, in 1997 (photo, University Media Office).

• Above: Professor Ross Parsons receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Chancellor Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Kramer and Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor Jeremy Webber, 12 October 1999 (photo, Faculty of Law).