List of Melbourne High School alumni
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This is a List of Melbourne High School alumni, they being notable former students – known as "Old Boys" of the public selective school, the Melbourne High School in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Melbourne High School third in Australia's top ten boys' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[1]
Academic
[edit]- Professor Frederick Alexander – historian
- Professor George Keith Batchelor – applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist, founder of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Professor Noel Bayliss, CBE – chemist
- Dr Michael Birt, AO, CBE – biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong (1975–1980), Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales (1981–1992)
- Professor Warner Max Corden – economist
- Dr Kevin Donnelly – educator and Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
- Professor Ian Gust, AO – researcher on microbiology and immunology, former research and development director for CSL Limited
- Major-General A. H. Ramsay – Director of Education[2]
- Professor Sir Leslie H. Martin (1900–1983) – physicist
- Professor J. Hyam Rubinstein – Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne
- Professor John Tasioulas – Director of Institute for Ethics in AI and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy at University of Oxford
- Professor Frank T. M. White – Foundation Professor, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Queensland; Macdonald Professor of Mining Engineering and Applied Geophysics, McGill University
Business
[edit]- Ray Evans — businessman
- John Gandel – billionaire businessman and the ninth richest Australian in the 2011 BRW Rich 200.
- Ruslan Kogan – founder and CEO of Kogan Technologies
- Michael Gudinski – entrepreneur, businessman, founder of Mushroom Records
- Geoff Lord – founder and CEO of Belgravia Group[3]
- Daniel CM May – Tech entrepreneur, co-founder of LIFX
- Ian MacFarlane – former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
- David Morgan – former Westpac CEO
- Bruce Ruxton AM OBE – President of the RSL (1979–2002)
- Lindsay Fox AC – billionaire CEO and Founder of trucking company Linfox and the seventeenth richest Australian in the 2011 BRW Rich 200.
Entertainment, media and the arts
[edit]- Graeme Base – author and artist
- Andrew Bergen – Journalist, photographer, musician, record label manager & DJ
- Leigh Bowery – Fashion designer
- Thanh Bui – Australian Idol contestant, Season 6, 2008, 8th place
- George Dreyfus – composer
- Jon Faine – ABC broadcaster
- Raimond Gaita – philosopher, author of memoir Romulus, my Father
- Dean Geyer – Australian Idol contestant, Season 4, 2006, 3rd place
- Harry Gordon – journalist and Olympic historian
- Athol Guy – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers
- Nazeem Hussain – Comedian
- Graham Kennedy – television personality
- George Megalogenis – Journalist
- Keith Potger – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers
- Imre Salusinszky – columnist for The Australian and Chair of the Australia Council
- Jonathon Welch – Opera singer, conductor and founder of The Choir of Hard Knocks
- Bruce Woodley – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers
- Akshat Chopra – Founder and President of Germanic Languages Club
Medicine and science
[edit]- Dr Eric Burhop, FRS – physicist and humanitarian
- Sir John Eccles, AC, FRS – Nobel Prize winner for Medicine
- Professor George Keith Batchelor – applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist, founder of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Professor Noel Bayliss, CBE – chemist
- Professor Ian Gust, AO – researcher on microbiology and immunology, former research and development director for CSL Limited
- Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld, AC, OBE – neurosurgeon
- Professor Brett Sutton – former Victorian Chief Health Officer
Military
[edit]- Sir Frank Horton Berryman – Australian Army general and Royal Military College, Duntroon, graduate
- Keith Truscott – Commanding Officer No. 76 Squadron RAAF, World War II fighter ace and Melbourne AFL player (after whom the club's annual Best and Fairest award is named)
- Air Vice Marshal Henry Wrigley – founding member of the RAAF
Politics, public service and the law
[edit]- Maurice Ashkanasy – Barrister and former Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council
- Alan Bird – MHR (ALP) for Division of Batman (1949–1962)
- Ryan Batchelor - Member of Victorian Legislative Council
- Daniel Bowen – President of the Public Transport Users Association
- Alex Chernov AO QC – Justice of the Supreme Court; Chancellor of the University of Melbourne; Governor of the State of Victoria
- Frank Crean – MHR (ALP), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Overseas Trade
- Simon Crean – MHR (ALP), Federal Opposition leader (2001–2003), Minister for Trade (2007–2013)
- Bill Cutts – diplomat
- Rae Else-Mitchell – judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court and legal scholar
- Gareth Evans AC QC – Chancellor of Australian National University; Senator (ALP) (1978–1996); MHR (1996–1999); Foreign Minister (1988–1996); Barrister
- John Galbally CBE QC – MHR (ALP) – Barrister
- Max Gillies AM – political satirist
- Brian Howe AO MHR (ALP) – Deputy Prime Minister
- Barry Jones AO MHR (ALP) (1977–1998) – former Minister for Science
- Joseph Kay AM – Former judge of the appeal division of the Family Court of Australia
- Isi Leibler – Jewish Community Leader and Businessman
- Ron Merkel QC – Former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia; Recipient of the Human Rights Medal
- Alan Missen – Federal Liberal Party Senator for Victoria (1974–1986)
- Robert Redlich – Justice of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
- Alan Stockdale – former Victorian MLA, (Lib), Victorian Treasurer (1992–1999), Macquarie Banker (1999–2005)
- J. B. Webb – Influential in shaping Australia's international relations and aid during the 1950s, '60s and '70s
- Mark Weinberg – Justice of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
Religion
[edit]- Raymond Apple – leading Australian rabbi
Sport
[edit]- Australian Football League – Members of the AFL Hall of Fame
- Brian Dixon – Melbourne Football Club
- Dale Weightman – Richmond Football Club
- Neil Roberts – St Kilda Football Club
- Gordon Roy Wright – Richmond Football Club
- Tom Hafey – Richmond Football Club
- Australian Football League – Members of the Team of the Century for each AFL club
- Brian Dixon – Melbourne Football Club, wing
- Matthew Knights – Richmond Football Club, interchange bench
- Garry Lyon – Melbourne Football Club, half-forward flank
- Billy Picken – Collingwood Football Club, half-back flank
- Neil Roberts – St Kilda Football Club, centre-half back
- Dale Weightman – Richmond Football Club, forward pocket
- Gordon Roy Wright – Richmond Football Club, 1st ruckman
- Tom Hafey – Richmond Football Club, coach
- Australian Football League (players)
- Rene Kink – 7th in Brownlow Medal count 1979
- Phil Manassa – after whom the AFL Goal-of-the-Year award is named
- Billy Picken – Best and Fairest 1978 and 1983, 3rd in the Brownlow Medal count 1977
- Rupert Betheras
- David Parkin – Captain 1971 premiership team, Best and Fairest 1965
- Cameron Bruce – Co-captain 2008, Best and Fairest 2008
- Ross Dillon – Leading goalkicker 1969 & 1970
- Brian Dixon – Member of 5 premiership teams, Best and Fairest 1960, Tassie Medal 1961, All-Australian 1961
- Dick Fenton-Smith – Two-time premiership player
- Andy Lovell – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1992, Harold Ball Memorial Trophy
- Glenn Lovett – Best and Fairest 1992
- Garry Lyon – Captain 1991–97, Best and Fairest 1990, 1994, All-Australian 1993–95
- David Schwarz – Vice-Captain 2000, Best and Fairest 1999
- Stephen Tingay – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1994, All-Australian 1994
- Will Walker – Midfielder
- Matthew Knights – Captain 1997–2000, Best and Fairest 1990 & 1992, Runner-up for the Brownlow medal 1995
- Mark Lee – Member of 1980 Premiership team, Captain 1985–86, Best and Fairest 1984, All-Australian 1980, 1983, 1985
- Stephen Ryan – Member of 1989 Under 19s Premiership team, Leading goalkicker 1990
- Dale Weightman – Member 1980 Premiership team, Captain 1988–92, Best and Fairest 1986–87, Tassie Medal 1985, All-Australian 1985–86, 1988
- Gordon Roy Wright – Captain 1958–59, Best and Fairest 1951–52, 1954, 1957, All-Australian 1956
- David Grant – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1989, All Australian 1991
- Keith Ross Miller MBE – Also a champion Test cricketer
- Neil Roberts – Captain 1959–62, Best and Fairest 1955 & 1958, All-Australian 1958
- John Stephens – Leading goalkicker 1972
- Spencer White
- Allan Davis
- Andy Lovell – Runner-up Best and Fairest 1992 (Melbourne Football Club), Harold Ball Memorial Trophy
- Australian Football League (Brownlow medalists)
- Neil Roberts – St Kilda Football Club 1958
- Gordon Roy Wright – Richmond Football Club 1952 & 1954
- Australian Football League (coaches)
- Tom Hafey – Richmond Football Club, Collingwood Football Club, Geelong Football Club, Sydney Football Club
- Matthew Knights – Essendon Football Club
- David Parkin – Hawthorn Football Club (premiers 1978), Carlton Football Club (premiers 1981–82 and 1995), and Fitzroy Football Club.
- Australian Football League (administrators)
- Lindsay Fox AC – President of the St Kilda Football Club
- Australian Football League (television personalities)
- Cricket
- Keith Miller MBE – Test cricketer, former VFL player
- Doug Ring – Test cricketer
- Jack Wilson – Test cricketer
- William Maldon Woodfull – Australian Test cricket captain, he returned to the school as a mathematics teacher and became principal.
- National Basketball League
- Andrew Parkinson – NBL player
- Jordan Berry – NFL punter, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Olympians
- Ron Clarke – Olympian, former holder of 17 world records for long-distance running, philanthropist and Mayor of the Gold Coast
- Ralph Doubell – Olympic athlete, 1968 800m Gold Medallist
- Nick Green – Australian Olympic Rower and member of the Oarsome Foursome
- Peter Winter – Olympic athlete
- Peter Lloyd – Olympic gymnastics. Attended MHS in 1967.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Lindsay Fox He has maintained a good relationship with the school and has made many large donations. As part of this relationship he is permitted to land his helicopter on the school football oval whenever required.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Walker, Frank (22 July 2001). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ^ "Many roads to fame started at High". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1953. p. 26. Retrieved 3 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Geoff Lord has $80m worth of fingers in many pies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ MHS Sentinel. 2006 Edition 1
The vast majority of listed Old Boys are sourced from: Gregory, Alan (2005). Strong Like Its Pillars. Melbourne: Thompson Library Trust. ISBN 0-646-43922-7..
External links
[edit]- Jones, Adrienne (25 June 2005). "High praise indeed". The Age. Melbourne.