Queen’s Birthday honours list

Professor John Biggs AM

For significant service to tertiary education, particularly in the fields of curriculum development and assessment.

Ian Carson AM (1981 BEc)

For significant service to the community through contributions and leadership in the food rescue sector, and to business.

Professor Peter Colman AM (1977 MBBA)

For significant service to medicine in the field of endocrinology, particularly diabetes research, patient education and clinical management.

Michael Coppel AM

For significant service to the entertainment industry as a producer and promoter of theatre, festivals and national concert tours.

Professor John Crofts AM (1987 MPH)

For significant service to medicine in the field of epidemiology, particularly through contributions to the control of HIV and other infectious diseases.

Denis Cunningham AM (1978 BEd, 1976 DipEd, 1975 BA(Hons))

For significant service to education, particularly through executive roles with national and international language teaching organisations.

Michael Dowling AM (1971 BEc)

For significant service to the community of Geelong through leadership with a range of social welfare, business and education organisations.

Dr Margaret (Beth) Gott AM

For significant service to the biological sciences as an ethnobotanist specialising in the study of the use of native plants by Indigenous people.

Fiona Guthrie AM (1976 BA)

For significant service to the community through social welfare and financial counselling roles.

Associate Professor Ken Harvey AM

For significant service to community health and the pharmaceutical industry through roles in developing guidelines for the ethical use of antibiotics.

Dr Gordon Hughes AM (1990 PhDLaw)

For significant service to the law, to professional organisations, and to international affairs and legal practice in the Asia Pacific region.

Dr John Leyden AM (1995 MBBS)

For significant service to community health as an advocate for patient support networks and research into neuroendocrine cancer.

Associate Professor Rosemary Nixon AM (1978 BSc(Hons), 1981 MBBS (with hons), 1996 MPH)

For significant service to community health in the field of occupational dermatology, as an academic and researcher, and to professional standards.

Michael Piggott AM (1971 BEc(Hons))

For significant service to the community as an archivist with national and international educational and cultural institutions, and as an author.

Emeritus Professor Neil Rees AM (1974 LLB(Hons), 1974 BJuris)

For significant service to the law and to education as an academic, to legal reform, and to mental health and professional organisations.

John Romeril AM (1971 BA(Hons))

For significant service to the performing arts as a playwright and screenwriter, and to theatre companies and education.

Graham Slade AM (1962 PhC)

For significant service to the community as a supporter of aged care, medical and multicultural associations, and to the pharmacy profession.

Dr Ray Snyder AM

For significant service to medicine, particularly as an oncologist, to cancer research, and to professional and service delivery organisations.

Emeritus Professor Ronald Taft AM

For significant service to education and research in the field of psychology, and to the community.