Roll of honour

ANU recognises the exceptional scholarship, citizenship or services of our friends, partners and mentors. The University also bestows emeritus and honorary titles on staff and supporters who have contributed notably to the University.

Honorary graduates

Here you can browse through our list of honorary graduates and learn about their distinguished achievements.

Award key

  • HonLittD: Honorary Doctor of Letters
  • HonMA: Honorary Master of Arts
  • HonLLD: Honorary Doctor of Laws
  • HonMSc: Honorary Master of Science
  • HonDSc: Honorary Doctor of Science
  • HonDUniv: Honorary Doctor of the University
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1981

  • Judith Arundell Wright McKinney HonLittD
  • Nancy Phillips HonMA
  • Rudolf Richard Willing HonMSc

1980

  • Professor Percy Herbert Partridge HonLLD
  • Mr Frederick David McCarthy HonDSc
  • The Hon. Sir Anthony Frank Mason HonLLD
  • Emeritus Professor Sir Leonard George Holden Huxley HonDSc
  • Dame Joan Sutherland HonLLD
  • Ms Patricia Croft HonMA
  • Professor Reginald Claude Sprigg HonDSc
  • Mr Norman Barnett Tindale HonDSc

1979

  • John Paul Wild HonDSc
  • Emeritus Professor Sir Rutherford Ness Robertson HonDSc
  • The Rt. Hon. Michael Thomas Somare HonLLD

1978

  • Sir Leslie Galfreid Melville HonLLD
  • Dr Douglas Frew Waterhouse HonDSc

1977

  • Professor John Henry Calaby HonDSc
  • Emeritus Professor Clinton Hartley Grattan HonLLD
  • Emeritus Professor Sir Roy Douglas Wright HonLLD

1976

  • The Hon. Kim Edward Beazley HonLLD
  • Emeritus Professor Sir John Grenfell Crawford HonLLD
  • Mrs Pauline Fanning HonMA

1973

  • Mr Baldur Unwin Byles HonLLD

1972

  • Emeritus Professor William Edward Hanley Stanner HonLittD
  • Emeritus Professor Alec Derwent Hope HonLittD
  • Emeritus Professor Yee Chiang HonLittD

1970

  • Emeritus Professor Arthur Dale Trendall HonLittD
  • Emeritus Professor Sir Kenneth Bailey HonLLD
  • Emeritus Professor Sir Harold Bailey HonLittD

1969

  • Herbert Cole Coombs HonLLD

Emeritus Fellows

Emeritus Fellows are distinguished staff members (academic and general) who have not been Professors but who are deemed to have made a distinguished contribution to the University deserving of recognition.
  • John Douglas Fitz Gerald ( - )
  • Robert Gingold ( - )
  • Ronald James May ( - )
  • Colin Robert Steele ( - )
  • Dr David Christopher Happold ( - )

Honorary University Fellows

Honorary University Fellows are people who have not been staff members but who are deemed to have given significant meritorious service to the University.
  • Ian Francis Grigg