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Recipients of UTS honorary doctors awards are listed below. Qualifications are those advised at time of conferral, unless advised later.

Honorary Doctors of Business (HonDBus)

Warren Hogan, BEcFin(Hons) (Macq)2022
SP Kothari, PhD (UI), AAA, AFA2013
George Koukis, BBus (NSWIT)2017
Catherine Livingstone AC, BA(Hons) (Macq), HonDSc (Murdoch), HonDBus (Macq), FCA, FTSE, FAICD, FAA2014
David Murray AO, BBus (NSWIT), MBA (Macq), HonDLitt (Macq), FCPA, FAIB2010
Greg Poche AO, DipTech, BBus (NSWIT), DUniv (Flin)2013
David Thodey AO, BA (Victoria), HonDocSc (Deakin)2018
Patricia Turner AM, MPA (Canberra)2024

Honorary Doctors of Creative Arts (HonDCA)

Paul Cox2011
Mem Fox AM, DipT (Rose Bruford), BA (Fin), GradDipLang&Lit (SACAE), HonDLitt (Wolv)2011
Stephen Page AO, DipDance (NAISDA Dance College)2015

Honorary Doctors of Design (HonDDes)

Andrew Benjamin, BA, MA (ANU), Diplome d'Etude Avancee (Université Paris 7), PhD (Warwick)2023
Frank Gehry2015
Akira Isogawa2023
William Mitchell, BArch (Melb), MEnvDes (Yale), MA (Camb), FRAIA, FAAAS2010
Gene Sherman AM, PhD (Sydney)2017
The Hon. Robert Stokes, BA, LLB (Macq), MSc (Oxf), PhD (Macq)2024
Carla Zampatti AC2016

Honorary Doctors of Education (HonDEdu)

Martin Bean, CBE, BAdEd (UTS), HonLLD (Lond)2023

Honorary Doctors of Engineering (HonDEng)

Brian Anderson AC, Order of the Rising Sun, Japan, BSc, BE (Sydney), PhD (Stan), DHC (Louvain), HonDScTech (ETH Zurich), HonDEng (Sydney, Melb, UON), HonDSc (UNSW), FAA, FTSE, FIEEE, HonFIEAust, FRS2013
Peter Bailey, BE, MEngSc (Sydney)2019
Jeff Connolly2023
Gordon Craig AM, OBE, ASTC, CPEng, FIEAust, FRAPI, LGE, LGTCP1995
Robin King, PhD (ICL), FRSN, FTSE, HonFIEAust, CPEng (Ret)2023
John Nutt AM, BE (UQ), PhD (Manc), HonDSc (Macq), HonFIE (Aust), FIStructE (UK), MICE (UK), FTSE, FRSA2001

Honorary Doctors of Health Sciences (HonDHlthSc)

Rosemary Bryant AO, RN, BA (Adel), GradDipHlthAdmin (SAIT), DUniv (Flin and QUT), FACN2015
Graeme Clark AC, MBBS(Hons), MS, PhD (Sydney), HonDHlthSc (UTS), FRCS (Edin & Eng), HonFRCS, FRACS, FAA, FRS2013
Patricia Davidson RN, BA, MEd (UOW), PhD (UON), FAHA, FACN, FAAN2022
Jane Sandall CBE, RM, RN, HV, PhD (Sur)2014

Honorary Doctors of Laws (HonLLD)

The Hon. Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace, BA LLB (UNSW)2018
The Hon. Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, BA LLB (UQ), HonLLD (Dub), HonLLD (UQ), HonLLD (ANU), HonLLD (Melb), HonDLitt (CQld), HonDUniv (Griff)1998
Elizabeth Broderick, BA LLB (UNSW)2010
The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce AD, CVO, BA, LLB (UQ), HonLLD (Macq), HonDLitt (CSU), HonDUniv (Griff), HonDUniv (QUT), HonDUniv (JCU), HonLLD (UQ), HonLLD (Sydney, Melb), HonDLitt (UWS)2015
The Hon. Sir William Deane AC, KBE, BA, LLB (Sydney), DipIntLaw (The Hague), HonLLD (Sydney), HonLLD (Griff), HonLLD (Notre Dame), HonLLD (Dub), HonDUniv (SCU), HonDUniv (ACU), HonDUniv (QUT), HonDUniv (UWS), HonDrSacTheol (MelbCollDivinity)2002
Katherine Eastman AM SC, BA LLB (UNSW), LLM (UCL), LLM (UTS), DipIHumanRightsLaw (EUI)2022
The Rt Hon. John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, MA (Oxf), HonLLD (Sth Carolina), HonDUniv (Deakin)2002
Lesley Hitchens AM, GAICD, DipTeach (AMC), BA (Macq), LLB (UNSW), LLM (Lond)2023
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG, BA, BEc, LLM (Sydney)2009
The Hon. Andrew Kwok-nang Li CBE, GBM, JP, MA, LLM (Camb), HonDLitt (HKUST), HonLLD (Baptist), HonLLD (Open HK), HonLLD (HK), HonDUniv (Griff), HonLLD (UNSW)2005
Nelson Mandela2000
Anthony (Tony) McAvoy, LLB (QIT)2022
Jill McKeough AO, LLB, BA (UNSW), LLM (Sydney)2024
Patricia O’Shane AM, LLB (UNSW), LLM (Sydney)1993
Richard Potok AM, BCom LLB (UNSW), BCL (Oxf), HonDoc (Canberra)2019
Paul Redmond AM, BA, LLB, LLM(Hons) (Sydney) 2024
The Rt Hon. Lord Gordon Slynn of Hadley, GBE, PC, QC, LLB, MA (Camb)1991
James Spigelman AC, QC, BA(Hons), LLB(Hons) (Sydney)2013
Sir Laurence Street AC, KCMG, KStJ, QC, LLB(Hons) (Sydney), HonLLD (Macq and Sydney), HonDEc (UNE), FCIArb (UK), HonFIA (Aust)1998
Tony Tobin, BA LLB (UQ)2023
John ‘Hal’ Wootten AC, QC, BA, LLB (Sydney)1993

Honorary Doctors of Letters (HonLittD)

The Hon. Bruce Baird AM, BA (Sydney), MBA (Melb), HonPhD (UON)2012
Neal Blewett AC, BA, DipEd (UTas), MA, PhD, HonFellow (Oxf), HonLLD (UTas), HonDLitt (Hull), HonLLD (ANU), FRHS2010
Jenny Brockie, BA DipEd (Macq)2017
The Hon. John Button, BA, LLB, HonDBus (RMIT)1995
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, BSc, MD, DA, FFARCS, DRCS1997
JM (John) Coetzee, BA, MA (Cape Town), PhD (Texas)2008
Tim Costello AO, LLB, DipEd (Monash), BDivinity (BTS Ruschlikon), MTheol (Whitley), Doctorate of Sacred Theology2013
Charles ‘Chicka’ Dixon, HonDLitt (UNSW), HonDLitt (Macq)2006
Michael Dodson AM, LLB, BJuris (Monash)1998
His Excellency Dr Árpád Göncz, DLaws (Pázmány Péter University of Arts and Sciences)1999
David Goodman, BA(Hons) (Manc), DipEcon (Peking), PhD (Lond), FASSA2009
Kate Grenville AO, BA(Hons) (Sydney), MFA (Creative Writing) (Colorado)2024
Jess Hill2024
Sekia Holland, BA (UTS), MSc (Wis)2013
Warren Horton AM, BA (Sydney), HonDLitt (LaTrobe), FALIA2000
The Hon. Barry Jones AC, MA, LLB (Melb), DSc (Macq), FTSE, FAHA, FAA, FASSA, MP1993
Thomas Keneally AO, DLitt (honoris causa) (UQ, UWS, NUI, FDU, Rollins)2013
Aung San Suu Kyi AC, BA, MA (Oxf)1997
Ingrid Moses AO, DiplSozWirt (Erlangen-Nurnberg), MA, PhD (UQ), GradDipTertEd (DDIAE)1993
Glenn Murcutt AO, LFRAIA, HonFAIA, HonFRIBA, HonFRAIC, HonFSAFA, HonDSc (UNSW)2003
Aden Ridgeway2010
Harry Seidler AC, OBE, MArch1991
Ismail Serageldin, BSc (Cairo), MRP, PhD (Harv)2004
Brian Sherman AM2010
Ian Watt AC, BCom(Hons) (Melb), MEcon, PhD (La Trobe)2017
The Hon. Edward Gough Whitlam AC, QC, BA, LLB, HonDLitt (Sydney) HonDLitt (UOW) HonDLitt (La Trobe), HonLLD (Philippines)1995
Sir Ronald Wilson AC, KBE, CMG, QC, LLB (UWA), LLM (Penn)1998

Honorary Doctors of Science (HonDSc)

Robin Batterham AO, BE, PhD, HonLLD (Melb), AMusA, FAA, FTSE, FREng, FNAE, CPE, CE, CSci, FAusIMM, FISS, FIChemE, FIEAust, FAIM, FAICD2006
Elizabeth Dennis AC, BSc, PhD (Sydney), FTSE, FAA2023
Peter Doherty AC, BVSc, MVSc (UQ), PhD (Edin), HonDVSc (UQ), HonDSc (ANU), HonDSc (Edin), HonDSc (Tufts), HonDSc (Warsaw), HonDSc (La Trobe), HonDSc (Lond), HonDSc (UAB), HonDSc (NCSU), HonDSc (Guelph), HonDSc (Penn), HonDSc (Mich St), HonDSc (Ill), HonDMSc (Rhodes), HonDPh (Kyorin), FAA, FRS, FRACP2003
Kathleen Dracup, DNSc (Calif), FAAN2010
Martha Hill, BSN (JohnsH), MSN (Penn), PhD (JohnsH)2012
Russell Howard, BSc, BSc(Hons), PhD (Melb)2004
Kim McKay AO, BA (UTS)2023
William Peacock AC, BSc, PhD (Sydney), HonDSc (CSU), HonDScAg (Sydney), HonDSc (UGent), HonDSc (UNSW), FAA, FRS, FTSE, FAIAS2014
Vicki Sara AO, BA(Hons), PhD (Sydney), DOC (Karolinska Institute), HonDSc (USQ), HonDSc (VicMelb), HonDUniv (QUT), HonDSc (UTS), FAA, FTSE2009
Robin Warren, MB BS, MD (Adel), HonMD (UWA), HonDUniv (Adel), FRCPA, HonFRACP, FAA2009

Honorary Doctors of Technology (HonDTech)

Paul Scully-Power AM, BSc(Hons), DipEd, DSc (Sydney)2019
Richard White, MBIT (UTS)2023

Honorary Doctors of the University (HonDUniv)

Shirley Alexander AM, BSc, MAppStats (Macq), GradDipEd (SCAE)2022
The Hon. Dame Marie Bashir AD, CVO, MBBS (Sydney), FRANZCP2015
Tony Blake AM, BEd, MSc (Melb), PhD (Purdue, Indiana)2003
Peter Booth, BEc (Sydney), GradDipEd (SydTeachColl), MEc (UNE), PhD (Griff), FCPA, FCA2017
Glen Boreham AM, BEc (Sydney), FAICD2017
The Hon. Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, BA LLB (UQ), HonLLD (Dub), HonLLD (UQ), HonLLD (ANU), HonLLD (Melb), HonLLD (UTS), HonDLitt (CQld), HonDUniv (Griff)2005
Attila Brungs, BSc(Hons) (UNSW), DPhil (Oxon), FTSE, FRSN2022
Margaret Burchett, BSc, PhD (Sydney), DipEd (UNE), FAIH, MAIBiol1996
Rodney Cavalier, BA(Hons) (Sydney)2008
Doreen Clark AM, BSc(Hons) (Sydney), PhD (UNSW), FRACI, FTSE, Associate — AIFST, MRSC1999
Michelene Collopy, JP, BEc (ANU), CA, FPS, GAICD2024
Ann Curthoys, BA, DipEd (Sydney), PhD (Macq)1995
Anne Dwyer, BBus (CSturt)2022
Jeffrey FitzGerald, LLB(Hons) (Melb), LLM, PhD (Northwestern)2007
Roy Guthrie AM, DSc, PhD (Lond), DUniv (Griff), HonLLD (Humber), FTSE, FRSC, FRACI, FAIM1996
Jeremy Hirschhorn, DiplIng, DrTechSc (Vienna), FIEAust1993
John Hughes, BSc (Sydney), FACS, MBCS, MIEEE2006
Lesley Johnson, BA (Sydney), MEd (UQ), PhD (Monash), FAICD, FAAH2004
Richard Johnson AO, BArch, HonDArch (Sydney), LFRAIA, RIBA, HonFRAIC, HonFAIA1999
Richard Johnstone, BA (UON), PhD (Camb)2006
John Kaye AO, BComm (UQ), MBE, MA, MSc (Soc) (UNSW), FSTC1995
Robert Kelly AM, BCom (UNSW), LLB, LLM (Sydney), MBA (UNSW), FCIS, FAICD, FGIA2019
Robyn Kemmis, BA(Hons) (UNE), MA (Essex)2002
Gunther Kress, BA (UON), DipGenLing (Lond), DLitt (UON)1992
David Lance, BEc (Sydney)1999
Dianne Leckie, BBus (KCAE), MEc (Macq), FCPA, MAICD2011
Dr Valerie Levy, BA (Col), MA (Penn), PhD (Claremont)2011
Brian Low, BSc, BEd (UQ), PhD (UNSW)2001
Michael McDaniel AO, BA (WSU), HonDEd (WINU), ASM, ASM (S-E Asia), FRSN2023
Ross Milbourne AO, BCom, MCom(Hons) (UNSW), PhD (Calif), FASSA, FAICD2015
Zareh Nalbandian2018
Peter Parr, MSc, PhD (Belf), FIEAust, CPEng1999
Allan Pattison, MSc, PhD (Stan), ASTC, FIEAust1996
Ken Rennie AM, FCA2007
Robert (Bob) Robertson, MA (UVic), FRAIPR, FATRI2005
Dr Ron Sandland AM, BSc(Hons) (Sydney), PhD (UNSW), HonDSc (Melb), FTSE2022
Mark Scott AO, BA, DipEd, MA (Sydney), MPA (Harv), HonDLitt (Sydney), HonDBus (UNSW), FAICD2017
The Hon. Ian Sheppard AO, QC, LLB (Sydney), HonMA (KCAE) 2006
Ellice Swinbourne AM, BSc(Hons), PhD, ASTC, FRACI1994
Russell Taylor AM, MBA, GradDipPSM (UTS), GradDipArts (ANU)2019
Barry Thornton AM, PhD, DSc, FTSE, FInstP, FBCS, FACS, FNYAcSc, FAIEng, FRAeS1997
Margaret Trask AM, BA (UNE), MLib (UNSW), FLAA2002
Ronald Werner AM, MSc, PhD (UNSW), ASTC, FRACI1988
Brian Wilson AO, MCom(Hons) (Auck)2017
Dr Chau Chak Wing2014
Patrick Woods, BSc (Guelph), MBA (McM), ACPA, FAICD2022
Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, BSc(Hons) (UMIST), PhD (Leic), FAICD2011
Dr Paul Woolley, BA, DPhil (York)2011
Zhe Wei Zhou, BE (Chongqing), ME (Huazhong), PhD (Shanghai)2012

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