List of Macquarie University people
Note that the following list is not exhaustive and should be added to when appropriate.
Administration
Chancellors (chronologically)
- Garfield Barwick, 1967-1978
- Percy Partridge, 1978-1984
- Michael Kirby, 1984-1993
- Morrish (Tim) Besley, 1994-2001
- Maurice Newman, 2002-2008
- Michael Egan, 2008-present
Vice-Chancellors (chronologically)
- Alexander Mitchell, 1965-1975
- Edwin Webb, 1976-1986
- Dianne Yerbury, 1987-2006
- Steven Schwartz, 2006-2012
- Bruce Dowton, 2012-present
Deputy Chancellor
- John Lincoln, 1976-2000 and Emeritus Deputy Chancellor 2000-2011
Notable staff
Architect-Planner's Office
Arts and Humanities
Asian studies
Egyptology
Modern History
Politics
Science
- Ronald Ernest Aitchison - former professor of physics and electronics
- Tim Flannery - Environmentalist
- R. E. B. Makinson - former professor of physics
- José Enrique Moyal - former professor of mathematics
- John Clive Ward - famous physicist, founder of the physics program at Macquarie
Notable alumni
Arts and media
- MiG Ayesa, singer and second runner-up on TV show Rock Star: INXS
- Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page, three founding members of The Wiggles
- Miranda Devine, newspaper columnist
- Sophie Falkiner, television presenter
- Martin Flood, top prize winner on Australia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
- Kate Forsyth, fantasy writer
- Ghassan Hage, anthropologist
- Adam Hills, comedian
- Elizabeth Jolley, author
- Colleen McCullough, author
- Robert Ovadia, television news reporter
- Margaret Pomeranz, film critic
- Hugh Riminton, CNN news anchor
- Tim Rogers, singer
- Kimberley Starr, novelist
- Chris Lilley, comedian
Business
- Rodney Adler, former HIH director
- Napoleon Perdis, makeup artist and businessman
- Iggy Pintado, Author and Businessman
- Tim Shaw, marketing guru
Police
- Christine Nixon - former Victorian Police Commissioner
Politics
- Peter Andren, former member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives (Independent)
- John Connor, environmentalist
- Peter Debnam, former NSW Opposition Leader (Liberal)
- John Faulkner, Australian Senator representing New South Wales (Labor) / Defence minister
- the Reverend Fred Nile, NSW Legislative Council member (Christian Democratic Party)
- Rob Oakeshott, federal member for Lyne (Independent)
- Tanya Plibersek, federal member for Sydney (Labor)
- Eric Roozendaal, former NSW Treasurer (Labor)
- Carl Scully, former NSW Minister for Police (Labor)
- George Williams, academic lawyer and human rights activist
Science
- Barry Brook, climate scientist and advocate of nuclear power
- Frank J. Duarte, physicist and author
Sport
- Liz Ellis, former captain Australian netball team
- Joel Milburn, national athletics champion
- Grant Brits, swimmer, bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics
- Ian Thorpe, Olympic swimmer
- Daniel Simson, Canberra district treksman
- Alexandra Starling,Bronze Medalist World Karate do Championship 1982, Australian Champion.
References
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