List of University of Tasmania people

This is an incomplete list of University of Tasmania people, including alumni and staff.

Alumni

Academia

Peter Conrad, literary academic and author
Rodney Croome, , academic and LGBT rights activist
Peter Forrest, philosopher
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University
Jeff Malpas, philosopher
Tim McCormack, academic and specialist in international humanitarian law
Michael Tate, , Catholic priest, legal scholar and former Labor politician
Karen Thorpe, Professor, Developmental Psychology, Centre of Children's Health Research, Brisbane
Helen Tiffin, post-colonial theorist

Business

Andrew MacLeod, businessman, author, former humanitarian lawyer and aid worker

Government

Vice-Regal

Stanley Burbury, past Governor of Tasmania
William Cox, past Governor of Tasmania
Sir Guy Green, past Governor of Tasmania
Peter Underwood, past Governor of Tasmania^[1]
Kate Warner, , legal academic and current Governor of Tasmania[1]

Politics

Federal politicians

Eric Abetz, Liberal politician
Neal Blewett, , former Labor politician
Ross Hart, Labor politician
Michael Hodgman, , former Liberal politician and barrister
Justine Keay, Labor politician
Christine Milne, Senator and former leader of the Australian Greens

State Premiers

David Bartlett, former Premier of Tasmania
Michael Field, former Premier of Tasmania
Lara Giddings, Labor politician and former Premier of Tasmania
Will Hodgman, Liberal politician and current Premier of Tasmania

State and territory politicians

Guy Barnett, Liberal politician
Sir Max Bingham, , former Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmania
David Bushby, Liberal politician
Roy Fagan, former barrister and Deputy Premier of Tasmania
Mike Gaffney, Independent MLC
Adrian Gibson, , former Liberal politician and barrister
Sue Napier, former Liberal politician
Michelle O'Byrne, Labor politician

Other politicians

Sue Hickey, Lord Mayor of Hobart
Albert Van Zetten, Mayor of Launceston
Hannah Yeoh, member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[2]

Public servants

Ashton Calvert, , former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Rhodes Scholar
Stephen Gumley, CEO of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation^[3]
Charles Philip Haddon-Cave, former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong^[4]
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed, SAARC Secretary-General^[5]

Humanities

Arts

Anthony Ackroyd, comedian, speaker and writer^[6]
Courtney Barnett, musician
Rianti Cartwright, actress, model and presenter of MTV Indonesia
John Clark, former director of NIDA
Ian Cresswell, composer
Essie Davis, film actress
Matthew Dewey, composer
Constantine Koukias, composer
Michael Lampard, opera singer, conductor and composer
Geoffrey Lancaster, classical pianist
Andrew Legg, ARIA-award nominated musician
Raffaele Marcellino, composer
Luke McGregor, comedian and actor
Graeme Murphy, , ballet dancer and choreographer
Robyn Nevin, , actress, director and former head of the Sydney Theatre Company
Tom Samek, painter, stage designer and printmaker
Prithviraj Sukumaran, South Indian actor^[7]
David Walsh, founder of the Museum of Old and New Art

History

Marilyn Lake, historian
Henry Reynolds, historian

Journalism and media

Andy Muirhead, former ABC radio and television presenter
John J. Smithies, founding director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Charles Wooley, television journalist

Literature, writing and poetry

Ivy Alvarez, author and poet
Tim Bowden, author and journalist
Helene Chung Martin, author and journalist
Stephen Edgar, poet
Richard Flanagan, author and film director; Rhodes Scholar^[8]
Christopher Koch, author of The Year of Living Dangerously
Amanda Lohrey, author and academic
Christobel Mattingley, author
Margaret Scott, author and poet
Aaron Smith, author and journalist
Vivian Smith, poet

Law

Damian Bugg, former Commonwealth and Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions
Enid Campbell, , legal scholar, first Australian female professor and law school dean
Chief Justice Ewan Crawford, Former Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania^[9]
Stephen Estcourt, , Tasmanian Supreme Court judge
Philip Lewis Griffiths, Acting Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea^[10]
Hon Justice Peter Heerey, Federal Court Judge^[11]
Duncan Kerr, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former Attorney-General of Australia
Michael Mansell, Aboriginal rights activist and criminal lawyer
Davendra Pathik, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji
David Mitchell, former Solicitor-general of Lesotho, Tasmanian representative at the Australian Constitutional Convention 1998 and procurator of the Presbyterian Church of Australia

Sciences

William Noel Benson, geologist
Edward Byrne, neuroscientist, Principal of King's College, London; former Vice-Chancellor of Monash University
John Donaldson, applied mathematics academic; father of Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Theodore Thomson Flynn, biologist and professor of biology; father of Errol Flynn
Sir Leonard Huxley, physicist
Kenneth G. McCracken, physicist and winner of the Pawsey Medal^[12]
Beryl Nashar, geologist and first female PhD in geology, first female Dean of a School in Australia
David Paver Mellor, inorganic chemist

Sports

Brendon Bolton, assistant coach of Hawthorn Football Club and former AFL footballer
Scott Brennan, gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics for rowing^[13]
Peter Daniel, former Essendon footballer
Simon Hollingsworth, former athlete and CEO of the Australian Sports Commission; Rhodes Scholar
Kerry Hore, Olympic rower
Hamish Peacock, Olympic javelin thrower
Meaghan Volker, Olympic rower

Other

Phillip Aspinall, Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia
Simon Longstaff, Executive Director of the St James Ethics Centre
Michael Lynch, evangelist and Christian blogger
Bill Mollison, "father of permaculture"^[14]
Brodie Neill, industrial designer

Administration

Chancellors

Order	Chancellor	Years	Notes
1	William Zeeman	???? – 1998
2	Michael Vertigan, AC	1998 – 2006
3	Damian Bugg, AM, QC	2006 – 2012	^[15]
4	Michael Field, AC	2013 – present	^[16]

Vice-Chancellors

Order	Vice-Chancellor	Years	Notes
1	George Clarke	1890 – 1898
2	James Backhouse Walker	1898 – 1899
3	Thomas Stephens	1900 – 1901
4	Andrew Inglis Clark, KCMG	1901 – 1903
5	Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG	1903 – 1909
6	Tetley Gant, CMG	1909 – 1914
7	William Stops	1914 – 1933
8	Robert Dunbabin	1933 – 1933
9	E. Morris Miller, CBE	1933 – 1945
10	Alan Burn	1945 – 1949
11	Torleiv Hytten, CMG	1949 – 1957
12	Keith Isles, CMG	1957 – 1967
13	Sir George Cartland, CMG	1968 – 1977
14	David Caro, AO OBE	1978 – 1982
15	Alec Lazenby, AO	1982 – 1991
16	Alan Gilbert, AO	1991 – 1995
17	Don McNicol	1996 – 2002
18	Daryl Le Grew, AC	2003 – 2010
19	Peter Rathjen	2011 – present	^[17]

Faculty

Thomas Bavin, law academic and past Premier of New South Wales
David Bollard, classical pianist
Barry Brook, environmental sustainability academic
Hans Adolph Buchdahl, physicist
Douglas Copland, economist
Rodney Croome, LGBT advocate and academic
Winifred Curtis, botanist, author and plant science academic
Robert Delbourgo, physicist
John Dalgleish Donaldson, mathematics academic
Roy Fagan, law academic and past Deputy Premier of Tasmania
John Field, senior army officer and engineering academic
Theodore Thomson Flynn, biologist
Adrian Franklin, sociologist and television personality
Barbara R. Holland, mathematics academic
Peter D. Jarvis, physicist
Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Gareth Koch, classical guitarist
E. E. Kurth, chemistry academic
Frank Madill, , former Liberal politician, medical doctor and author
John Martinkus, journalist
James McAuley, poet
Tim McCormack, international humanitarian law academic
Lindsay Simpson, journalist, academic and crime writer
Sydney Sparkes Orr, philosopher
Garth Paltridge, atmospheric physicist
Doug Parkinson, law academic and politician
Anya Reading, geophysicist
Grote Reber, radio astronomer
Henry Reynolds, historian
Steven M. Smith, plant genetics and biochemistry academic
Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, law academic
Michael Tate, Catholic priest, legal scholar and former Labor politician
Helen Tiffin, post-colonial theorist
Ernest Ewart Unwin, education academic
Edward Ronald Walker, diplomat and economist
Kate Warner, legal academic and current Governor of Tasmania^[1]
Peter Whish-Wilson, politician and economist

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Curriculum Vitae of The Governor
^ "Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2012.
^ Australian Government, Department of Defence. "Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation - Department of Defence". Defence.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "An examination of shifting costs and their effects on Tasmanian exporting industries / by C.P. Haddo... | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ "bhutantimes - SAARC's council of ministers summit kicks off". Bhutantimes.bt. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ "Panellist: Anthony Ackroyd". Q&A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^ Shanker R., Hari (15 October 2009). "Metro Plus Thiruvananthapuram: On a roll". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
^ "NOTES FOR READING GROUPS - Richard Flanagan" (PDF). Picador Australia. 3 November 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
^ "Lieutenant Governor named - Tasmanian Government Media Releases". Media.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Griffiths, Philip Lewis (1881 - 1945) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ "LawAlumni News". Law.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ "McCracken, Kenneth Gordon". CSIRO. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Aussies Crawshay and Brennan win double sculls gold - 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ "Permaculture - A Quiet Revolution :: An Interview with Bill Mollison". Scottlondon.com. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ Bugg, Damian (21 July 2006). "Bugg Interview". Stateline (Interview). Interviewed by Airlie Ward. Tasmania]]: ABC TV. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "Former premier to be the next UTAS Chancellor" (Press release). University of Tasmania. 3 July 2012.
^ "Professor Peter Rathjen: Vice-Chancellor". University Council. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[Curriculum_Vitae_of_The_Governor-1] Curriculum Vitae of The Governor

[2] "Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[3] Australian Government, Department of Defence. "Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation - Department of Defence". Defence.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "An examination of shifting costs and their effects on Tasmanian exporting industries / by C.P. Haddo... | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[5] "bhutantimes - SAARC's council of ministers summit kicks off". Bhutantimes.bt. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[6] "Panellist: Anthony Ackroyd". Q&A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[7] Shanker R., Hari (15 October 2009). "Metro Plus Thiruvananthapuram: On a roll". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

[PanMacmillanAustralia_Notesforreadinggroups_RichardFlanagan_DeathofaRiverGuide-8] "NOTES FOR READING GROUPS - Richard Flanagan" (PDF). Picador Australia. 3 November 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2009.

[9] "Lieutenant Governor named - Tasmanian Government Media Releases". Media.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] "Griffiths, Philip Lewis (1881 - 1945) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[11] "LawAlumni News". Law.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[12] "McCracken, Kenneth Gordon". CSIRO. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[13] "Aussies Crawshay and Brennan win double sculls gold - 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[14] "Permaculture - A Quiet Revolution :: An Interview with Bill Mollison". Scottlondon.com. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[15] Bugg, Damian (21 July 2006). "Bugg Interview". Stateline (Interview). Interviewed by Airlie Ward. Tasmania]]: ABC TV. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

[16] "Former premier to be the next UTAS Chancellor" (Press release). University of Tasmania. 3 July 2012.

[CSUvice-17] "Professor Peter Rathjen: Vice-Chancellor". University Council. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

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