Roll of honour

ANU recognises the exceptional scholarship, citizenship or services of our friends, partners and mentors. The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø also bestows emeritus and honorary titles on staff and supporters who have contributed notably to the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
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1983

  • Joan Meredith Lynravn HonMA
  • Herbert Burton HonLLD

1982

  • Hugh Stretton HonLittD
  • Geoffrey Sawer HonLittD
  • Wilfred David Borrie HonLLD
  • Saburo Okita HonLLD

1981

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

1980

  • Ms Patricia Croft HonMA
  • Professor Reginald Claude Sprigg HonDSc
  • Mr Norman Barnett Tindale HonDSc
  • 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

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

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

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 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø deserving of recognition.
  • John Douglas Fitz Gerald ( - )
  • Robert Gingold ( - )
  • Ronald James May ( - )
  • Colin Robert Steele ( - )
  • Dr David Christopher Happold ( - )

Honorary 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Fellows

Honorary 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Fellows are people who have not been staff members but who are deemed to have given significant meritorious service to the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
  • Ian Francis Grigg