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- Title
- Honorary degree holders
- Imprint
- 2023
- Url
- https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders
- Description
List of Honorary degrees awarded since 1868.
Links to full citations are provided for more recent awards.
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- Agar, Wilfred Eade (1882 - 1951)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1922
- Anderson, Brian David Outram (1941 - )
Awarded honorary DEng, 1997
- Axon, Albert Edwin (1898 - 1974)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1961
- Banks, Edgar Roger (Roger) (1930 - 2018)
Awarded honorary DEng, 2003 [Citation provided]
- Bassett, Walter Eric (1892 - 1978)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1974
- Batchelor, George Keith (1920 - 2000)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1994
- Batterham, Robin John (1941 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2004 [Citation provided]
- Best, Charles Herbert (1899 - 1978)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1952
- Bishop, Ruth Frances (1933 - 2022)
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2009 [Citation provided]
- Blackburn, Charles Bickerton (1874 - 1972)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1956
- Blackwood, Margaret (1909 - 1986)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1983
- Blainey, Geoffrey Norman (1930 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2007 [Citation provided]
- Blood, Douglas Charles (1920 - 2013)
Awarded honorary DVSc, 1985
- Boas, Walter Moritz (1904 - 1982)
Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1974
- Boger, David Vernon (1939 - )
Awarded honorary DE, 2011 [Citation provided]
- Brown, Edward Byam (1880 - 1966)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1961
- Bull, Lionel Batley (1889 - 1978)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1967
- Burger, Henry George (1933 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2017 [Citation provided]
- Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1956
- Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (1899 - 1985)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1962
- Burstall, Aubrey Frederic (1902 - )
Awarded honorary DSc, 1937
- Butcher, Alfred Dunbavin (1915 - 1990)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1986
- Callinan, Bernard James (1913 - 1995)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1987
- Caro, David Edmund (1922 - 2011)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1978
- Caro, David Edmund (1922 - 2011)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1987
- Chambers, Thomas Carrick (1930 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 1988
- Charters, William Wallace Stewart (Bill) (1935 - 2017)
Awarded honorary DEng, 2001
- Chinner, John Harding (1915 - 2001)
Awarded honorary DForSc, 1994
- Christiansen, Wilbur Norman (Chris) (1913 - 2007)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1983
- Chubb, Ian (1943 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2015 [Citation provided]
- Clark, Gordon Colvin Lindesay (Lindesay) (1896 - 1986)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1961
- Cliff, Julie Laraine (1944 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2015 [Citation provided]
- Clunies Ross, William Ian (1899 - 1959)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1955
- Coates, Albert Ernest (1895 - 1977)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1962
- Cockburn, David Michael (1923 - 2016)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1987
- Cory, Suzanne (1942 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2015 [Citation provided]
- Cumming, Ronald William (1920 - 1986)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1983
- Currie, George Alexander (1896 - 1984)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1955
- Dalitz, Richard Henry (1925 - 2006)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1991
- Davies, William (1895 - 1966)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1937
- Dax, Eric Cunningham (1908 - 2008)
Awarded honorary MD, 1984
- de Kretser, David Morritz (1939 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Dennerstein, Lorraine (1947 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Denton, Derek Ashworth (1924 - 2022)
Awarded honorary LLD, 2006 [Citation provided]
- Doherty, Peter Charles (1940 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Ducker, Sophie Charlotte (1909 - 2004)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1993
- Dunlop, Ernest Edward (1907 - 1993)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1988
- East, Lewis Ronald (1899 - 1994)
Awarded honorary DE, 1981
- Eccles, John Carew (1903 - 1997)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1965
- Eden, Eva Gizella (1924 - 2014)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1986
- Fairley, Neil Hamilton (1891 - 1966)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1951
- Farrands, John Law (1921 - 1996)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1994
- Florey, Howard Walter (1898 - 1968)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1963
- Francis, Arthur James (1914 - 2008)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1983
- French, Eric Lancelot (1914 - 2002)
Awarded honorary DVSc, 1980
- Garson, Olga Margaret (Margaret) (1927 - 2020)
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2015 [Citation provided]
- Greenwood, John Neill (Neill) (1894 - 1981)
Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1968
- Greenwood, John Neill (Neill) (1894 - 1981)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1927
- Gregg, Norman McAlister (1892 - 1966)
Awarded honorary MD, 1952
- Gust, Ian David (1941 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2014 [Citation provided]
- Hartnett, Laurence John (1898 - 1986)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1983
- Healy, Thomas William (1937 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2013 [Citation provided]
- Healy, Thomas William (1937 - )
Awarded honorary DSc, 1999
- Henderson, Margaret Mary (1915 - 2017)
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Herrman, Helen Edith (1947 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2016 [Citation provided]
- Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr (1921 - )
Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1974
- Hurst, Charles Angas (1923 - 2011)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1991
- Johnson, Raynor Carey (1901 - 1987)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1936
- Johnston, William Wallace Stewart (Bill) (1887 - 1962)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1962
- Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2002
- Jones, Frederic Wood (1879 - 1954)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1934
- Joubert, Peter Numa (1924 - 2015)
Awarded honorary DEng, 2005 [Citation provided]
- Jubb, Kenneth Vincent (1928 - 2013)
Awarded honorary DVSc, 1990
- Katz, Bernard (1911 - 2003)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1971
- Kincaid-Smith, Priscilla Sheath (1926 - 2015)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1991
- Korner, Paul Ivan (1925 - 2012)
Awarded honorary MD, 1989
- Laby, Thomas Howell (1880 - 1946)
Awarded honorary MA, 1915
- Landy, John Michael (1930 - 2022)
Awarded honorary LLD, 2003 [Citation provided]
- Larkins, Francis Patrick (1942 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2009 [Citation provided]
- Larkins, Richard (1943 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2004 [Citation provided]
- Law, Phillip Garth (1912 - 2010)
Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1962
- Lewis, Essington (1881 - 1961)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1956
- Love, Eric Russell (1912 - 2001)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1992
- Lovering, John Francis (1930 - 2023)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1999
- MacCallum, Peter (1885 - 1974)
Awarded honorary MD, 1950
- Macnamara, Annie Jean (1899 - 1968)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1966
- Marginson, Raymond David (1923 - 2019)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1988
- Martin, Leslie Harold (1900 - 1983)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1970
- Martin, Leslie Harold (1900 - 1983)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1959
- Martin, Raymond Leslie (1926 - 2020)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1996
- Martin, Thomas John (Jack) (1937 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908 - 1983)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1974
- Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908 - 1983)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1955
- Matheson, James Adam Louis (Louis) (1912 - 2002)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1975
- McCutcheon, Walter Osborn (Osborn) (1899 - 1983)
Awarded honorary DArch, 1983
- McIntyre, Archibald Keverall (1913 - 2002)
Awarded honorary MD, 1979
- McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891 - 1983)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1982
- McLennan, Ian Munro (1909 - 1998)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1988
- McLennan, Ian Munro (1909 - 1998)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1968
- Medley, Gabriele (1935 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2018 [Citation provided]
- Menzies, Robert Gordon (1894 - 1978)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1943
- Millis, Nancy Fannie (1922 - 2012)
Awarded honorary LLD, 2003
- Millis, Nancy Fannie (1922 - 2012)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1993
- Mitchell, Christina Anne
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2013 [Citation provided]
- Monash, John (1865 - 1931)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1920
- Mountford, Charles Pearcy (1890 - 1976)
Awarded honorary LittD, 1973
- Mulvaney, Derek John (John) (1925 - 2016)
Awarded honorary LittD, 2005 [Citation provided]
- Murray, Peter Keith (Keith) (1946 - )
Awarded honorary DVSc, 2006 [Citation provided]
- Myer, Kenneth Baillieu (1921 - 1992)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1971
- Newland, Henry Simpson (1873 - 1969)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1952
- North, Kathryn Nance
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2017 [Citation provided]
- Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor (1931 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 1997
- Ogilvie, Bridget Margaret (1938 - )
Awarded honorary DSc, 2015 [Citation provided]
- Oliphant, Marcus Laurence Elwin (1901 - 2000)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1942
- Osborne, William Alexander (1873 - 1967)
Awarded honorary MD, 1962
- Patrick, James (Jim) Finlay
Awarded honorary DE, 2011 [Citation provided]
- Penington, David Geoffrey (1930 - 2023)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1995
- Philip, John Robert (1927 - 1999)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1983
- Pittard, Alfred James (1932 - )
Awarded honorary MD, 1999
- Poole, Peter Cyril (1931 - 2017)
Awarded honorary DE, 2011 [Citation provided]
- Potter, James Baildon (Jim)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1999
- Potter, William Ian (Ian) (1902 - 1994)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1973
- Prentice, Sydney Arthur (1908 - 2002)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1977
- Prescott, James Arthur (1890 - 1987)
Awarded honorary DAgrSc, 1956
- Priestley, Raymond Edward (1886 - 1974)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1935
- Prior, Margot Ruth
Awarded honorary DSc, 2016 [Citation provided]
- Pugsley, Albert Tonkin (1910 - 2002)
Awarded honorary DAgrSc, 1981
- Quirk, James Patrick (1924 - 2022)
Awarded honorary DAgrSc, 1990
- Redpath, Margaret Ruth (1940 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2014 [Citation provided]
- Rowe, Albert Percival (1898 - 1976)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1955
- Rutherford, Ernest (1871 - 1937)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1914
- Sandland, Ronald Lindsay
Awarded honorary DSc, 2016 [Citation provided]
- Seligman, Peter M.
Awarded honorary DEng, 2009 [Citation provided]
- Semmens, Edwin James (1886 - 1980)
Awarded honorary DForSc, 1977
- Simmons, Roy Thomas (1906 - 1975)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1965
- Solomon, David Henry (1929 - )
Awarded honorary DAppSc, 2005 [Citation provided]
- Stanley, Fiona Juliet (1946 - )
Awarded honorary MD, 2008 [Citation provided]
- Stanley, Fiona Juliet (1946 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Stevens, Leonard Kelman (Len) (1925 - 2018)
Awarded honorary DEng, 2002
- Stocker, John Wilcox (1945 - )
Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2015 [Citation provided]
- Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920 - 2018)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1989
- Studdert, Virginia Perryman
Awarded honorary DVSc, 2001
- Sunderland, Sydney (1910 - 1993)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1975
- Tisdall, Alfred Leyster (1912 - 1999)
Awarded honorary DAgrSc, 1975
- Turner, John Stewart (1908 - 1991)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1987
- Underwood, Eric John (1905 - 1980)
Awarded honorary DAgrSc, 1973
- Vasey, Gilbert Howard (1904 - 1986)
Awarded honorary MPhil, 1971
- Wadham, Samuel MacMahon (1891 - 1972)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1956
- Wadham, Samuel MacMahon (1891 - 1972)
Awarded honorary MA, 1932
- Wark, Ian William (1899 - 1985)
Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1977
- Weickhardt, Leonard William (Len) (1908 - 2000)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1976
- White, David Ogilvie (1931 - 2004)
Awarded honorary MD, 1994
- Whitworth, Judith Ann (1944 - )
Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]
- Wilkinson, Frank Clare (1889 - 1979)
Awarded honorary DDSc, 1929
- Williams, Evan James (1917 - 2010)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1954
- Wimperis, Harry Egerton
Awarded honorary DEng, 1937
- Woolley, Richard van der Riet (1906 - 1986)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1955
- Worner, Howard Knox (1913 - 2006)
Awarded honorary DEng, 1983
- Wright, Roy Douglas (Pansy) (1907 - 1990)
Awarded honorary LLD, 1980
- Young, William John (1878 - 1942)
Awarded honorary DSc, 1923