A list of University of Queensland people, the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

has numerous notable alumni and faculty.

Notable alumni

Academia

* Patsy Yates, registered nurse specialized in

palliative care Palliative care (derived from the Latin root , or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Wit ...

, Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health,

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

(

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

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Arts

Business

Richard Goodmanson Richard Goodmanson is an American businessman. Education Goodmanson's degrees include an MBA, BEc and BCom, B Eng (Civil). Career Goodmanson was Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited beginning in 2004. He was elected by shareholders ...

, former COO of Dupont; Board of

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded ...

*Sir Ronald Gordon Jackson AK, businessman *

Andrew N. Liveris Andrew N. Liveris (born 5 May 1954) is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. Liveris has been a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004, CEO since November 2004 and was elected as ...

, CEO of

Dow Chemical The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastics ...

Company, second largest chemical manufacturer in the world * Mark Hutchinson, former CEO of GE Europe *

Vaine Nooana-Arioka Vaine Nooana-Arioka is a Cook Islands economist. She has been Chief Executive of the Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) since 2008. Under her leadership, BCI launched its internet banking service in 2015. As of 2018 she was one of five women on the b ...

, Executive Director of the Bank of the Cook Islands

Judicial

Media

Medicine

Graham Colditz Graham Andrew Colditz MD, DrPH (born 1 November 1954) is an Australian chronic disease epidemiologist. He is the inaugural Niess-Gain Professor at Washington University School of Medicine, where he is associate director for Prevention and Contr ...

, chronic disease epidemiologist, one of the global top three most cited academics * Michael Gabbett, clinical geneticist *

Adele Green Adele Chandler Green (born 20 September 1952) is an Australian epidemiological senior scientist at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane and is the institute's Head of Cancer and Population Studies Group. Green is an inter ...

, epidemiologist * Jian Zhou, co-inventor of Gardasil * Mary Mahoney, medical practitioner and academic

Military

*General

Peter Gration General Peter Courtney Gration (born 6 January 1932) is a retired senior Australian Army officer who served in the positions of Chief of the General Staff (1984–87) and Chief of the Defence Force (1987–93), the professional head of the Au ...

, former Chief of the Defence Force and Chief of the General Staff *Major General rtd

Jim Molan Major General Andrew James Molan, (born 11 April 1950) is an Australian politician and former major general in the Australian Army. He has been a Senator for New South Wales since November 2019, representing the Liberal Party. He was previously ...

Politics

Premiers

State Members of Parliament

Federal Members of Parliament

Local Government

Sallyanne Atkinson Sallyanne Atkinson AO (born 23 July 1942) was Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council ...

, politician and first female Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Outside Australia

Ernest Aderman Rev. Ernest Philip Aderman (né Adermann; 22 May 1894 – 27 February 1968) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life and family Aderman was born in Queensland, Australia, in 1894. He was one of eight children b ...

, Member of Parliament in New Zealand *Prof.

Ranjith Bandara Rajapakshe Wasala Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith Bandara (born 4 November 1961) is a Sri Lankan economist, academic, politician and Member of Parliament. Bandara was born on 4 November 1961. He was educated at Sirimalwatte Rajakiya Vidyalaya. H ...

, Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka * Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, 14th Chief Minister of Selangor,

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

* Taneti Maamau, current President of Kiribati. *

Ahmed Shaheed Ahmed Shaheed ( dv, ޝަހީދު, born January 27, 1964) is a Maldivian diplomat, politician and professor. On 24 March 2016, he was appointed for the sixth year running as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in t ...

, former

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and former

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a United Nations Special Rapporteur whose mandate is to monitor and investigate human rights violations in Iran. The current Special Rapport ...

Lee Boon Yang Lee Boon Yang ( zh, s=李文献, p=Lǐ Wénxiàn; born 1 October 1947) is a Singaporean a former politician who served as Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2003 and 2009, Minister for Manpower between 1992 and 2003 ...

, former Singaporean Cabinet Minister

Public service

Francis Patrick Donovan Francis Patrick Donovan, (1 February 1922 − 3 February 2012) was an Australian academic, lawyer, and diplomat. He served as Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD, and Ambassador and Special Trade Delegate to the Unit ...

, diplomat and jurist *

Max Moore-Wilton Maxwell William Moore-Wilton (born 27 January 1943) is an Australian corporate executive and former public servant, colloquially known as "Max the Axe". Early career Moore-Wilton served as a senior executive in the Department of Foreign Affairs ...

, former head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

Sport

Vice Regal

''Those listed here may also be listed elsewhere, notably Politics and Public Service.''

Other

* Aila Inkero Keto, conservationist; recognized in the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500 Roll of Honour 1988 * Elizabeth Powell, scientist *

Lilla Watson Lilla Watson (born 1940) is a Murri (Indigenous Australian) visual artist, activist and academic working in the field of Women's issues and Aboriginal epistemology. Early life and advocacy Watson is a Gangulu woman who grew up in the Dawson ...

, Indigenous Australian activist, visual artist and academic *

Ken Ham Kenneth Alfred Ham (born 20 October 1951) is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist and apologist, living in the United States. He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apolo ...

, creationist; founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum * Karen Gallman, Miss Intercontinental 2018

Notable past and present staff

Administration

Chancellors

*1910 – 1915 – Sir William MacGregor *1915 – 1922 – Sir

Pope Alexander Cooper Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (12 May 184630 August 1923) was an attorney-general and a chief judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia. Early life Pope Alexander Cooper was born at Willeroo Station, Lake George, New South Wales, the ...

*1922 – 1925 – Lt-Col. Sir Matthew Nathan *1925 – 1927 –

Andrew Joseph Thynne Andrew Joseph Thynne (30 October 1847 – 27 February 1927) was a lawyer and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and Attorney-General of Queensland. Early life Thynne son of Edward Thynne ...

*1927 – 1944 – Sir

James Blair James Blair may refer to: *James Blair (Australian judge) (1870–1944), Australian judge, lawyer, and politician *James Blair (cricketer) (1900–1961), Australian-born New Zealand cricketer * James Blair (farmer) (1825–1901), Scottish-born farm ...

*1944 – 1953 –

William Forgan Smith William Forgan Smith (15 April 188725 September 1953) was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of the state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership ...

*1953 – 1957 – Otto Hirschfeld *1957 – 1966 – Sir

Albert Axon Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

*1966 – 1976 – Sir

Alan Mansfield Sir Alan James Mansfield, (30 September 1902 – 17 July 1980) was an Australian barrister, judge, and the 18th Governor of Queensland, serving from 1966 until 1972. Early life Mansfield was born on 20 September 1902 in Brisbane, Queensland, wh ...

*1977 – 1985 – Sir Walter Campbell *1985 – 1992 – Sir

James Foots Sir James William Foots (12 July 1916 – 21 August 2010) was an Australian mining engineer and Chairman of Mount Isa Mines and Chancellor of the University of Queensland. Early life James William Foots was born in Jamieson, Victoria o ...

*1993 – 2009 – Sir

Llewellyn Edwards Sir Llewellyn Roy Edwards (2 August 1935 – 26 May 2021), known as Llew Edwards, was a Queensland state politician and state Liberal Party leader. He was Chair and CEO of Brisbane's World Expo '88. Early life and education Llew Edwards st ...

*2009 – 2015 – John Story *2016 – 2016 – Jane Wilson (Acting) *2016–present – Peter Varghese

Vice Chancellors

*1910 – 1916 –

Reginald Heber Roe Reginald Heber Roe (3 August 1850 – 21 September 1926) was a headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia and first vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland. Early life Roe was born at Blandford, Dorset, England, the so ...

*1916 – 1925 –

*1925 – 1938 – William Nathaniel Robertson *1938 – 1959 – John Douglas Story *1960 – 1969 – Sir

Fred Schonell Sir Fred Joyce Schonell (3 August 190022 February 1969) was an Australian educationist, and vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland from 1960 to 1969. Career Schonell graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1925, at the sam ...

*1970 – 1977 – Sir

Zelman Cowen Sir Zelman Cowen, (7 October 1919 – 8 December 2011) was an Australian legal scholar and university administrator who served as the 19th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1977 to 1982. Cowen was born in Melbourne, and attended ...

*1979 – 1996 –

Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and m ...

, Australia's longest serving Vice-ChancellorAustralia's longest-serving Vice-Chancellor among honorary degree recipients
UQ News, 12 December 1995 *1996 – 2007 – John A. Hay *2008 – 2012 –

Paul Greenfield Paul Fawcett Greenfield AO was the President and Vice Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1 January 2008 to 13 January 2012. Career As Vice Chancellor, he was the university's chief executive officer and responsible to the Universit ...

*2012 – 2012 –

Deborah Terry Professor Deborah Jane "Debbie" Terry is an Australian academic administrator and psychology scholar. She is currently the Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of Queensland. Professor Terry is also currently the Chair of Universiti ...

(Acting) *2012 – 2020 – Peter Høj *2020–present -

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