 | William Albert RACHINGER MSc PhD Melb Professor of Experimental Physics 14 January 1972 - 31 December 1992 Conferred 1 January 1993
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| Colin RAPER BPharm PhD Lond PhC MRPharmS Professor of Pharmacology, Victorian College of Pharmacy 1 January 1973 - 31 December 1996 Conferred 1 January 1997
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 | John Kyle REDMOND BA Hons DipIndDes Eng MA RCA Professor of Industrial Design 1998 - 2010 Foundation Dean of Faculty of Art & Design 1998 - 2010 Conferred 28 August 2010
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 | Barry Leonard REED BPharm Vic.I.C PhD Kansas Professor of Biopharmaceutics 1 January 1978 - 31 December 2006 Conferred 1 January 2007
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 | Martin John RHODES BE(Chem) Brad GradCertEd Leeds PhD Brad Personal Chair in Chemical Engineering 15 February 2000 - 14 October 2008 Conferred 5 October 2008
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 | Patricia Arlene Vickers RICH AB Calif MA PhD Col Personal Chair in Palaeontology 1997 - 2012 Founding Director, Monash Science Centre 1993 - 2012 Conferred 1 January 2013
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| Jeffrey Ralph James RICHARDSON BA (Hons) UNE PhD Macq Professor of Health Economics 1992 - 2017 Founding Director, Centre for Health Economics 2005 - 2017 Conferred 1 January 2018
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 | John David RICKARD BA Syd Dip Politics and Economics Oxon PhD Monash Professor of Australian Studies 1995 - 1998 Conferred 1 July 2015
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| Merle Calvin RICKLEFS * BA Colorado Coll PhD C'nell Professor of History 1980 - 1993 Conferred 5 March 2019
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 | David Gordon John ROBERTS BA Oxon PhD Personal Chair in German 20 May 1991 - 31 December 1998 Conferred 1 January 1999
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 | Jennifer ROLLAND BSc Melb PhD Professor of Immunology 1 January 2009 - 31 December 2010 Conferred 1 January 2011 |