Flinders University is proud to recognise and celebrate our graduates and former staff who are recipients of a King's Birthday Honour for 2024, including:
Mr Craig Bennett AM (BEc '74, BEc(Hons) '75) For significant service to health administration in leadership and advisory roles.
Mr Ted Huber AM (BSc(Hons) '71) For significant service to defence through science and technology development.
Mr Mark Turra AM (BSc ’96) For significant service to community health through pathology, particularly microbiology and infectious diseases.
Mr Gregory Aldridge OAM (BA ’84) For service to community health.
Mrs Rosemary Johnston OAM (BA ‘92, BA(Hons) ‘94) For service to the arts and to the community.
Professor Anne Kavanagh OAM (BM, BS '87) For service to medicine, particularly disability health research.
Dr Pauline Morgan OAM (MPsych '91) For service to the Catholic Church of Australia, and to education.
Mrs Nanette Sharp OAM (BEd ‘77) For service to the community of southern Adelaide.
Sister Janet Woods OAM (BSocAdmin ‘92) For service to secondary education, and to the Catholic Church in Australia.
Professor John Furness AO For distinguished service to medical research in the field of autonomic neuroscience and neurogastroenterology.
Professor Glen Gole AM For significant service to ophthalmology, to tertiary education, and to professional organisations.
Disclaimer: While every precaution has been taken to ensure the names and degree details of recipients are correct, clerical errors may occur. If your name has been missed or details incorrectly listed, please contact the Alumni Relations office via alumni@flinders.edu.au.
Alumni (graduates)
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Ms Sue Broadway AM (BA ’77) For significant service to circus performance, and to physical theatre.
Dr Neville Highett AM (BEd '85) For significant service to education in South Australia, and to the community.
Distinguished Professor Justine Smith AM (Phd(Med) ’99) For significant service to ophthalmology, particularly research and education.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Professor Michael Kidd AO (DipComChildHealth '89) For distinguished service in medical administration and community health, to primary care leadership, and to tertiary education.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Mr Michael Bakker OAM (DipT '82, BEd '83) For service to secondary education.
Dr Andrew Barling OAM (BM, BS '87) For service to community health.
Mr Ross Barnett OAM (BSocAdmin '94) For service to multicultural affairs in Victoria.
Mrs Susanne Harris OAM (DipAppSc(Nurs) '83) For service to youth, particularly to young women.
Mr Geoffrey Moore OAM (BSc '69) For service to athletics.
Mr William Sergeant OAM (MHlthServMgmt '96) For service to the LGBTIQ+ community of South Australia.
Public Service Medal (PSM)
Dr Claire Huppatz PSM (BM,BS '98) For outstanding public service through management of public health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Christopher Lease PSM (BAppSc(EnvHlth) '95, BSc(Hons) '96, PhD(Biol) '06) For outstanding public service to the people of South Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Mr David Matthews PSM (GCertPubSecMgmt '03) For outstanding public service in leading the ACT Education Directorate's transitions to remote learning and back to face-to-face learning.
Dr Neil Maycock PSM (BSc(Hons) '78, BM, BS '85) For outstanding public service in providing safe and high-quality care for patients in public hospitals.
Australian Police Medal (APM)
Acting Superintendent Dale Robinson APM (GCertPubSecMgmt '14) For leading by example, ensuring her team observes the core values and fundamentals of high visibility policing, maintaining respectful interaction and engagement.
Ambulance Service Medal (ASM)
Ms Thamsin Dunn ASM (BParamedicSc '15) For sustained and meritorious commitment to the SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) and the regional communities of South Australia.
Academic Status Holder(s)
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Scientia Professor Rebecca Ivers AM For significant service to community health through injury prevention research and education.
Dr Susan Marsden AM (PhD(SS) '95) For significant service to history and heritage as an author, academic and speaker.
Ms Margaret R Richardson AM (MPsych '90) For significant service to the Anglican Church of Australia.
Mrs Lesley Salem AM (GradCertDiabetesMgmtEd '16) For significant service to nursing, and to Indigenous health.
The Reverend Dr Christopher Carl Aiken OAM (BA '81) For service to the community through chaplaincy roles.
Professor Lilian Kow OAM (BMBS '85, PhD(Med)'96) For service to bariatric and obesity medicine.
Ms Paula Duffy PSM (MClinRehab '11) For outstanding public service in nursing and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Elisabeth Kerr PSM (GCertPubSecMgmt '03) For outstanding public service to the health and wellbeing of Australians, primarily for work as the scientific force behind the regulation of breast implants globally.
Mr Paul Nunnari PSM (GCertPubSecMgmt '13) For outstanding public service to New South Wales, particularly in the field of access and inclusion.
Mrs Sky M Lambert ACM (BJusSoc '99, BSocWk(GradEntry) '01, GradCertHlth '08, GradDipPsych '12, BBehavSc(Hons) '14, MPsych(Clin)'18) A highly valued and respected member within the Department for Correctional Services (DCS). Mrs Lambert is an asset to DCS and someone who has provided outstanding clinical services within DCS for 21 years. She has achieved meaningful outcomes for many clients over this time; significantly contributing to their behaviour change and desistance from the criminal justice system.
Dr Peter Heysen AM For significant service to general medicine, and to the community.
Dr Michelle Kiley AM For significant service to neurology, and to professional associations.
Emeritus Professor Hilary Winchester AM For significant service to tertiary education, and to governance, committee and advisory roles
Professor Philip Aylward AM (PhD(Med) ’85) For significant service to medicine, and to community health administration.
Professor James Barber AM (BA(Hons) ’82, MSW ‘02, DUniv ’13) For significant service to tertiary education administration, and to youth.
Ms Wendy Johnson AM (BA ’80, MEdAdmin ’92) For significant service to secondary education in South Australia.
Emeritus Professor Barbara Santich AM (PhD(Hums) ’88) For significant service to tertiary education, to gastronomy, food culture and history
Dr Rosemary Brooks OAM (PhD(Hums) ’79) For service to tertiary education.
Dr Felicity-ann Lewis OAM (DipT ’77, BEd ’81) For service to local government, and to the community of Marion.
Dr Robert Llewellyn-Jones OAM (BMBS ’83) For service to psychiatry, and to children with developmental disability.
Mr Adam Ka-Ho Lo OAM (GradCertLGTC ’16) For service to mental health, and to the multicultural community of Queensland.
Mr Brenley Milsom OAM (GCertPubSecMgmt ’97) For service to the community of the Gold Coast.
Mrs Julie Paul OAM (GradCertHlth ’97, MPHC ’99) For service to community health.
Ms Dindy Belinda Vaughan OAM (MA(Hums)(Res) ’70) For service to the arts.
Wing Commander Dr Collette Richards CSC (BMBS(GradEntry) ’00) For outstanding devotion to duty in aviation medicine capability development and delivery for the Royal Australian Air Force.
Mr Sam Johnson OAM For service to local government, and to the community.
Professor Leonard Notaras AO For distinguished service to medical administration in the Northern Territory, and to professional organisations.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Emeritus Professor James Toouli AM For significant service to tertiary medical education, notably to gastroenterology.
Professor Nicola Spurrier PSM For outstanding public service to community health in South Australia.
Dr Soren Blau AM For significant service to forensic medicine, and to scientific organisations
Dr Peter Gilchrist AM For significant service to psychiatry, particularly to people with weight disorders
Professor Sabina Knight AM For significant service to rural and remote health, nursing and education.
Associate Professor Anthony Phillips AM For significant service to optometry, and to professional optical societies
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Professor Diane Bell OAM For service to literature.
Professor Alan Wolff OAM For service to medic
Ms Sarah Brown AM (GradDipHlthAdmin ’15) For significant service to community health, to remote area nursing, and to the Indigenous community.
Dr John Byrne AM (BSc(Hons) ’70) For significant service to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to social justice.
Dr Sara Jones AM (MSc(PHC) ’94) For significant service to medical education, to podiatry, and to professional groups.
Professor Paul Smith AM (BMBS ’86) For significant service to orthopaedic medicine as a surgeon, and to medical administration.
The late Dr Ian Richard Davis OAM (BMBS(GradEntry) '06) For service to people living with Motor Neurone Disease, and to medicine.
Ms Meredith Edwards OAM (BA(Hons) ’76, DipEd ’77) For service to education.
Mr Darryl Pope OAM (DipT ’79) For service to surf lifesaving, and to music education.
Mrs Noelani Reardon PSM (GradCertPubPol ’08, GCertPubSecMgmt ’13) For outstanding public service to road safety in New South Wales.
Ms Michelle Young AFSM (GCertPubSecMgmt ’14)
Mr Dermot Barry ESM (BJusSoc, LLB/LP ’03, MPubAdmin(Mgmt) ’05)
Mr Darryll Fleming ACM (GCertPubSecMgmt ’12)
Professor Marcello Costa AO For distinguished service to higher education, and to medical research, in the field of neurophysiology, and to professional scientific bodies.
Professor Jackie Craig AM (Adjunct) For significant service to science and technology research in the defence capability field.
Professor Adrian Linacre OAM For service to forensic science.
Ms Elizabeth Perry AM For significant service to tertiary education, to business, and to the community.
Dr Jennifer Abbey AM For significant service to the health of aged persons, particularly to pain care management.
Professor Debra Jackson AO (PhD(Ng/Midwif) ’00) For distinguished service to medical education in the field of nursing practice and research as an academic and author.
Air Vice Marshal (Dr) Tracy Smart AO (BMBS ’87) For distinguished service in responsible positions to the Australian Defence Force in the fields of medical and health services.
Ms Hannah Dahlen AM (GradCertMid ’14) For significant service to midwifery, nursing and to medical education.
Professor Kevin Davis AM FAIBF (BEc(Hons) ’71) For significant service to higher education, particularly in financial systems.
Ms Kerry Heysen AM (BA(Hons) ’75, DLitt ’97)^ For significant service to the film industry as a producer.
Ms Athena (Tina) Karanastasis AM (DipAppPsych ’82, BA ’79) For significant service to the multicultural community of South Australia.
Associate Professor John Litt AM (PhD(Med) ’07) For significant service to preventative medicine as an influenza specialist, and as a general practitioner.
Mr Peter Martin AM (BEc(Hons) ’80) For significant service to multi-platform and print media as an economics journalist.
Dr Lindy Roberts AM (GradCertClinEd ’09) For significant service to medicine, and to professional organisations.
Professor Brenda Wilson AM (DipAppSc(Nurs) ’83)* For significant service to community health, and to the people of South Australia through a range of roles.
Dr David Martin OAM (MSURG ’07) For service to medicine in the field of orthopaedics.
Ms Margaret Russell OAM (BA(Hons) ’82) For service to the community through a range of organisations.
Mrs Catherine Angelkovic (GCertPubSecMgmt ’12) For outstanding public service to Revenue New South Wales.
Ms Alexandra Reid (BA(Hons) ’91) For outstanding public service to the arts, culture and education, particularly through delivery of significant improvements to TAFE South Australia.
Dr Olivia Samardzic (PhD(SE), ’96, BSc(Hons) ’90, BSc ’89) For outstanding public service in the application of science and technology to provide the Australian Defence Force with superior operational capability.
Emeritus Professor Anthony Radford AM For significant service to medicine, to medical education, and to global health.
Ms Jennifer Teasdale AM For significant service to education, and to international relations.
Dr Sam Heard OAM For significant service to medicine.
Mr Austin Taylor OAM^ For service to education, and to community health.
The Honorable Catherine Branson AC QC (LLD ’12) For eminent service to the judiciary as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, to the law as an advocate for human rights and civil liberties, to judicial administration and professional development, and to governance roles in tertiary education.
Dr David Pescod AO (GradCertPHCDev ’11) For distinguished service to medicine, and to Australia-Mongolia relations, particularly through the provision of surgical and anaesthetic care, and to health education and standards.
Miss Jane Smith AM (BA ’78) For significant service to the broadcast media industry, particularly to film and television, through administrative roles, and to the community.
Dr Kate Barnett OAM ((BA ’70 DipEd ’71 MEd ’77) For service to aged welfare.
Dr Mark Kirkland OAM (1959-2018) (PhD(Med) ’91) For service to medical research.
Ms Lynne Koerbin OAM (MPublicHlth ’11) For service to people with a disability, and to community health.
Mr Peter Munn OAM (BSocAdmin ’77) For service to education in South Australia.
Dr Dean Nicolle OAM (PhD(Biol) '08) For service to the conservation of Australian eucalypts.
Mr Kevin Corcoran (BA ’83) For outstanding public service to Justice and Corrective Services in New South Wales.
Dr Jo Mitchell (DrPH ’07) For outstanding public service to population health policy in New South Wales.
Mrs Kaye Healing (GCertPubSecMgmt ’13)
Sheila Kavanagh AO (BNg(PostReg) ’93) For distinguished service to nursing, particularly in the field of burns treatment, as a clinician, researcher and educator.
Dr John Crofts AM (PhD(Med) ’91) For significant service to medicine in the field of epidemiology, particularly through contributions to the control of HIV and other infectious diseases.
Dr Annette Gale Edwards AM (BA ’75, DLitt ‘15) For significant service to the performing arts as an international director and theatre producer, and as a teacher and mentor.
Associate Professor Anne Johnson AM (PhD(Med) ’99, DipT(NursEd) ’86) Academic Status, School of Health Sciences – Public Health, Flinders University For significant service to community health, particularly child injury prevention, through executive roles, and as a researcher and academic.
Chris Selwood AM (GradCertTourism(F&EMgmt) ’03) For significant service to science and technology, particularly through the development and promotion of solar vehicles, and to the community.
Judith Smith AM (MNgSt(Cwk) ’94, BNg ’88, DipAppSc(NursMgmt) ’86) For significant service to community health through pharmacy regulation and health practitioner roles, to nursing, and to aged persons.
Associate Professor David Wattchow AM (CUniv ’16, PhD(Med) ’89, BMBS ’80) Academic Status (Surgery/General), Flinders Southern Adelaide Clinical School AU For significant service to medicine as a gastrointestinal surgeon, to medical education, to professional societies, and as a benefactor.
Dr Denise Wood AM (PhD(Ed) ‘’92, DipSocSc ’83) For significant service to education as an academic, researcher and practitioner in the field of participation, inclusion and access.
William Handke OAM (BA(Hons) ’73) For service to community health, and to conservation.
Tanya Kaplan OAM (MPubPol ’06) For service to Turkey-Australia relations, and to the veteran community.
Lisa Hoskin PSM (GCertPubSecMgmt ’14) For outstanding public service, particularly through senior administrative roles in customer focussed organisations.
His Excellency, the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC (DUniv ’11), Governor of South Australia For eminent service to the people of South Australia, to the development of cultural and economic links with Australia's near neighbours, to the advancement of multicultural inclusion, and as a supporter of the arts and education.
Associate Professor Kaye Challinger AM (MHlthServMgmt ’95, BAppSc(Ng) ’84) For significant service to medical administration, to the advancement of nurse education, and to quality health care delivery.
Dr David Brumley OAM (MSc(PHC) ’96) For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to palliative care.
Dr David Wilkinson OAM (BMBS ’86) For service to hyperbaric medicine.
Mr Stuart Hocking PSM (BEc ’85) For outstanding public service to economic, social and environmental policy reform in South Australia.
Mr Wayne See Kee PSM (GCertPubSecMgmt ’03) For outstanding public service as Chief Executive Officer of the Torres Strait Regional Authority.
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