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* [[Ewen Neil McQueen|Dr. E. Neil McQueen]] – Second Principal of the [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney]]
* [[Ewen Neil McQueen|Dr. E. Neil McQueen]] – Second Principal of the [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney]]
* [[Stephen Newton (principal)|Stephen Newton]] – Principal of [[Caulfield Grammar School]]
* [[Stephen Newton (principal)|Stephen Newton]] – Principal of [[Caulfield Grammar School]]
* [[Rainer Weiss]] – Professor of Physics [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
* [[Geoffrey Serle|Alan Geoffrey Serle]] – historian and biographer
* [[Geoffrey Serle|Alan Geoffrey Serle]] – historian and biographer
* [[William James Simpson|James Simpson]] – Douglas P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at [[Harvard University]]<ref>[http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/english-literary/profiles-alumni.html English: Graduate & alumni profiles – Melbourne University]</ref>
* [[William James Simpson|James Simpson]] – Douglas P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at [[Harvard University]]<ref>[http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/english-literary/profiles-alumni.html English: Graduate & alumni profiles – Melbourne University]</ref>

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This is a list of Old Scotch Collegians, who are notable former students of Scotch College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alumni of Scotch College are known as Old Boys or Old Collegians, and automatically become members of the schools alumni association, the Old Scotch Collegians Association (OSCA).[1]

Scotch College has had more alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians) than any other school,[2][3][4] and its alumni have received more Order of Australia honours than any other school.[5]

Vice regal

Academia and science

Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors

Others – academia and science

Business

Law

Chief justices

Others – law

Media, entertainment, culture and the arts

Military

Chiefs of services

Others – military

Politics and public service

Prime ministers and presidents

Premiers

Cabinet ministers

Others – politics and public service

Sport

American football

Australian rules football

Cricket

Motorsport

Olympics

Rowing

Rugby

Soccer

Tennis

  • Gerald Patterson – two times Wimbledon singles champion and world number 1 tennis player

See also

References

  1. ^ "Membership". About OSCA. Scotch College. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  2. ^ Walker, Frank (22 July 2001). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  3. ^ Mark Peel and Janet McCalman, Who Went Where in Who's Who 1988: The Schooling of the Australian Elite, Melbourne University History Research Series Number 1, 1992
  4. ^ Ian Hansen, Nor Free Nor Secular: Six Independent Schools in Victoria, a First Sample, Oxford University Press, 1971
  5. ^ Topsfield, Jewel (4 December 2010). "Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards". The Age. p. 11.
    The hard copy article also published a table of the schools which were ranked in the top ten places:
    rank # Schools
    1 19 Scotch College, Melbourne
    2 17 Geelong Grammar School
    3 13 Sydney Boys High School
    =4 10 Fort Street High School, Perth Modern School and St Peter's College, Adelaide
    =7 9 Melbourne Grammar School, North Sydney Boys High School and The King's School, Parramatta
    =10 6 Launceston Grammar School, Melbourne High School, Wesley College, Melbourne and Xavier College
  6. ^ "UR-Sf 34 Professor Robert Percival Cook, Lecturer in Biochemistry, University College, Dundee and Queen's College, Dundee; Professor of Biochemistry, University of Dundee". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ English: Graduate & alumni profiles – Melbourne University
  8. ^ "Thomas Gibson Sloane". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 29 October 1932. p. 14.
  9. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography (2007). [1].
  10. ^ "Company Overview of Bakers Delight Holdings Ltd". Bloomberg. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  11. ^ James Mitchell, A Deepening Roar – Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851–2001, Allen & Unwin, 2001, page 308
  12. ^ Wood, Lauren. "Melbourne's Tom Hackett is the No.1 punter entering this year's NFL Draft". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  13. ^ Miller, Ted (2 December 2015). "Pac-12 announces 'All-Century team'". ESPN. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Crackers Chronicles – VFL/AFL Former Old Scotch Players" (PDF). Old Scotch. Retrieved 4 June 2020.