King's Birthday Honours
A significant number of our alumni have been recognised for contributions to their field and their community through the King's Birthday Honours, formerly known as the Queen's Birthday Honours.
King's Birthday Honours 2024
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Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Professor Katina D'Onise
Current titleholder
For significant service to public health through translational research, and policy and legislative reform.The late Dr Arnold Gillespie
Former staff member
For significant service to medicine, particularly as an advocate for voluntary assisted dying.Amanda Gordon聽
B A 1977, B A (Hons) 1978
For significant service to psychology, and to the multicultural community.Dr Geoffrey David Higgins聽
M B B S 1977, Ph D (Med) 1992聽
For significant service to medicine through clinical virology testing technology, and to microbiology.Dr Colin Croft Twelftree
B D S 1967, B Sc (Dent)(Hons) 1974, M D S 1976
For significant service to orthodontics, to education, and to professional associations.Alexander James Ward
LL B 1985
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Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Gregory Lawrence Aldridge
Grad Dip App Psych 1989
For service to community health.Alan Kimber Field
B A 1956, Dip Sec Ed 1958
For service to the community through music, and to education.The late Graydon Read Henning
B Ec 1961, B A (Hons) 1964
For service to maritime history, and to tertiary education.Major Kevin John Heyne聽
M Proj Mgmt 2004
For meritorious service in the fields of safety, logistics and modernisation within the Australian Army Cadets.Dr Richard David Johnson
Former University titleholder聽
For service to medicine, and to hospital administration.Rosemary (Rosie) Liston Johnston聽
Grad Dip Psych 2021
For service to the arts, and to the community.Raymond Hunter Kidd聽
R D Oen 1949
For service to the arts as a patron, and to oenology.Dr Pauline Margaret Morgan聽
B Sc 1972, B A 1985, B A (Hons) 1987
For service to the Catholic Church of Australia, and to education.Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio
B A (Jur) 1989, LL B 1991
For service to the Jewish community, and to interfaith organisations.Joy Nugent聽
Grad Cert Ber & Pall Couns 1999
For service to nursing, particularly to palliative care.Reginald Ernest Palmer聽
B A 1967, Dip Prim Ed 1967
For service to primary and secondary education.Dr Jonathan Percy Howard Rogers
B D S 1976, Grad Cert Dent 1997
For service to dentistry in a range of roles.Nanette (Nan) Gwendoline Sharp聽
B Ed 1989, M Ed (Dis) 1992
For service to the community of southern Adelaide. -
Public Service Medal (PSM)
Caroline Mary Mealor
B A (Jur) 1991, LL B (Hons) 1993
For outstanding public service in providing strategic leadership and reforms in the Attorney-General鈥檚 Department.Andrew Robert MacDonald聽
Grad Cert Mgmt 2011, Grad Dip Bus Admin 2011, M B A 2012
For outstanding public service in local government providing strategic leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr Stephanie Davis聽
M B B S 2004
For outstanding public service through sustained leadership in supporting Australia鈥檚 primary health care system throughout and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.William Arthur Whitford聽
M B A 2003
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All 2024 Recipients
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King's and Queen's Birthday Honours
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Past recipients
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