A valuable and continuing connection
The new College will become a highly valuable resource in supporting Emeriti Professors in transition into retirement. It will enable you to maintain a valuable connection with the University and to one another. We hope to provide opportunities to socially connect and to continue to promote lifelong learning amongst the College. Recognising that many of our Emeriti continue to engage with students and research, an early goal of the College is to provide a framework to assist in the continuation of research, teaching, and mentoring.
Check back regularly for updates, events and new opportunities to connect.
Each year UWA welcomes new Emeriti Professors at the Academic Board Lunch.
Advisory Board of Emeriti Professors
Ms Fiona Allan, Chief Advancement Officer
Winthrop Professor Marc Tennant AM, Chair, Academic Board
Dr Kabilan Krishnasamy, University Academic Secretary
Emeritus Professor James Trevelyan
Emeritus Professor Jenny Gregory AM
Emeritus Professor Lyn Beazley AO
Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM
Professor Carmela Pestell
Mr Keiran Hargreaves, Director, Alumni and Community Engagement
Ms Jenn Parsons, Senior Alumni Engagement Manager
Celebrating 2021 Emeriti
The University of Western Australia Academic Board welcomed the appointments of fifteen Professors Emeriti at the annual Academic Board dinner in November 2021, bringing the total number of distinguished retired academics to well over 160.
In celebrating this momentous achievement, the 2021 Professors Emeriti have been featured on the new UWA Emeriti Professors website, sharing their variety of experiences at UWA, significant achievements throughout their careers and where they are going from here.
Celebrating 2022 Emeriti
We welcome the following Emeriti who have helped develop UWA into the institution it is today. Take a look at their reflections and thoughts of their work below.
Celebrating 2023 Emeriti
This year we welcomed 11 new Emeriti to the College, celebrating their work and life achievements, and their involvement in lifelong learning at UWA. In addition to the Emeriti below, we welcome Harry Blagg and Paul Taylor to the Emeriti Professors College.
Celebrating 2024 Emeriti
This year we welcomed 15 new Emeriti to the College, celebrating their work and life achievements, and their involvement in lifelong learning at UWA.
All UWA Emeriti Professors
| Lynette Abbott (2013) |
Ian Eggleton (2005) |
Arthur Lewis (1993)* |
Dale Roberts (2014) |
| Paul Abbott AO (2022) |
Bruce Elliott AM (2011) |
Robert Lindner (2001) |
Alistar Robertson (2012) |
| Tim Ackland (2021) |
Norman Etherington AM (2007) |
David Lindsay AO (1999) |
Donald Robertson (2011) |
| Fred Alexander (1966)* |
Mark Everard (2020) |
James Lindsay (1986)* |
Alan Robson AO CitWA (2011)* |
| David Allbrook (1986)* |
Jim Everett (2005)* |
Fauriel Lockett (1973)* |
Jeff Rohl (1999)* |
| David Allen-Williams (1983)* |
Robert Ewin (2002) |
Geoffrey London (2020) |
Alexander Ross (1952)* |
| Simon Anderson (2020) |
Brian Figgis (2000) |
Peter Longton (1988)* |
John Ross (1994)* |
| David Andrich (2020) |
Patrick Finnegan (2024) |
Bill Louden AM (2013) |
Colsell Sanders (1970)* |
| Reg Appleyard AM (1992) |
David Fletcher AM (2020) |
Roy Lourens AM (1992) |
Basil Sansom (1993) |
| Craig Atkins (2008) |
Bill Ford (2011) |
Joseph Lugg (1972)* |
Melvyn Sargent (2005) |
| Alan Atkinson (2021) |
Arthur Fox (1961)* |
Andrew Lynch (2018) |
Linc Schmitt (2014) |
| David Atkinson (2021) |
Martyn French (2017) |
Colin MacLeod (2022) |
Deryck Schreuder FAHA FRHS (2003) |
| Marcus Atlas AM (2018) |
Fay Gale AO (1997)* |
John Mahony (1987)* |
Stephan Schug (2019) |
| Mervyn Austin (1978)* |
Alex Gardner (2024) |
Bert Main (1970)* |
John Scott (1998) |
| Graham Aylmore (2002) |
Allen German (1994)* |
Graeme Martin (2020) |
Margaret Seares AO (2009) |
| David Badcock (2022) |
Bob Gilkes (2012) |
John Martin (1987) |
Krishna Sen (2017) |
| Win Bailey (2004) |
Mike Gillooly (2021) |
Frank Mauldon (1958)* |
Phil Silberstein (1985)* |
| Jane Balme (2020) |
Selwyn Grave (1982)* |
Murray Maybery (2023) |
Karen Simmer AO (2021) |
| Michael Barber AO (2003) |
Jenny Gregory AM (2016) |
Tim Mazzarol (2023) |
Wilfred Simmonds (1983)* |
| Richard Bartlett (2019) |
Brian Grieve (1972)* |
Ian McArthur (2021) |
Leigh Simmons (2024) |
| Noel Bayliss (1971)* |
Gareth Griffiths (2013) |
Gregory McCarthy (2020) |
Kevin Singer (2016) |
| Frank Beasley (1964)* |
Miranda Grounds (2013) |
Paul McCormick (2010) |
Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam (2011) |
| Lyn Beazley AO FAA FTSE (2023) |
Bob Grove (2015) |
Malcolm McCulloch (2023) |
Roger Smalley AM (2007)* |
| Lawrie Beilin AO (2011) |
David Groves (2005) |
Doug McEachern (2010) |
Keith Smettem (2023) |
| Ronald Berndt AM (1982)* |
John Hall (2012) |
John McGeachie OAM (2009) |
David Smith (2021) |
| Alan Billings AM (1990)* |
Syd Hall (2005) |
Michael McLure (2024) |
Geoff Soutar (2019) |
| Charles Birkett Clews (1962)* |
Herbert Hallam (1986)* |
Philip Mead (2018) |
Mark Spackman (2018) |
| Jenefer Blackwell (2019) |
Geoff Hammond (2012) |
Alistair Mees (2003) |
Gwidon Stachowiak (2012) |
| Harry Blagg (2023) |
Peter Handford (2016) |
John Melville-Jones AM (2012) |
Neville Stanley (1983)* |
| David Blair (2017) |
Richard Harding (2002) |
Con Michael AO (1999) |
Walter Stern (1989)* |
| Michael Blakeney (2024) |
Peter Harris (1989)* |
Dick Mizerski (2013) |
Geoff Stewart (2015) |
| Larry Blakers AM (1982)* |
Peter Hartmann AM (2013)* |
Richard Moir (1984)* |
George Stewart |
| Brian Blanksby (2007)* |
Alan Harvey (2015) |
Grant Morahan (2021) |
Leonie Still (2007) |
| John Bloomfield CitWA (1997)* |
Jennet Harvey (2017) |
Evan Morgan (1997) |
Brian Stone (2008) |
| Denis Boak (2000)* |
Dennis Haskell AM (2010) |
Neil Morgan AM (2019) |
Robert Street AO (1985)* |
| Richard Bosworth (2011)* |
Colleen Hayward AM (2019) |
Vera Morgan (2021) |
Ken Sutherland AM (1982)* |
| Brian Bosworth (2008) |
Richard Heaney (2021) |
Andre Morkel (1997)* |
Jill Sweeney (2019) |
| Sandra Bowdler (2008) |
Owen Hicks (2011) |
David Morrison (2023) |
John Taplin AM (2010)* |
| Ivor Bowen (1974)* |
Murray Hill (1994) |
Alan Morton AM (1997) |
Ann Tarca (2020) |
| Carol Bower AC (2021) |
Michael Hobbs AO (2006) |
Bernard Moulden AM (1997) |
Paul Taylor (2023) |
| Alan Boyle (1987)* |
Richard Hobbs (2020) |
Charles Mulvey (2001) |
RossTaylor (2000)* |
| Don Bradshaw (2004) |
D'Arcy Holman AM (2014) |
Rana Munns (2014) |
Bill Taylor (2021) |
| Barry Brady (2003) |
Beverley Hooper |
Campbell Murdoch (2010) |
Rolf ten Seldam (1971)* |
| Philip Brown AM (2001) |
Tracey Horton AO (2011) |
Walter Murdoch (1939)* |
Wayne Thomas (2015) |
| David Bruce (2021) |
Tony House AM (2001) |
Armenag Nassibian (1993)* |
John Tonkin (2004)* |
| Michael Buckingham (1992)* |
Michael Hugo-Brunt (1985)* |
George Nicholls (1947)* |
Bob Tonkinson (2022) * |
| Stuart Bunt (2019) |
Derek Humpage AM (2000)* |
Paul Norman AM (2021) |
Sirimon Treepongkaruna (2022) |
| Peter Burvill (1998)* |
Joe Hung (2016) |
Hans Nossent (2024) |
James Trevelyan (2021) |
| Mark Bush (2012) |
David Hunt (2017) |
Tony O'Donnell (2021) |
David Tunley AM (1994)* |
| Frank Callaway AO (1985)* |
Ken Ilett (2005) |
Tom O'Donoghue (2021) |
Darrell Turkington (2014) |
| Robert Cameron (1954)* |
Greg Ivey (2020) |
Teik Oh AM (2005) |
Rod Tyers (2024) |
| Tony Cantoni (2021) |
Izan Izan (2013) |
Carolyn Oldham (2023) |
Eric Underwood AO (1970)* |
| Robyn Carroll (2024) |
Assen Jablensky (2019)* |
Robyn Owens AM (2020) |
Frank Van Kann (2022) |
| Bernard Catchpole (1988)* |
Helene Jaccomard (2023) |
Charles Oxnard (1997) |
Lesley Vidovich (2019) |
| Denise Chalmers AM (2015) |
Aleksandar Janca (2020) |
Mike Paech (2017) |
Brendan Waddell (2018) |
| Anne Chapman (2013) |
Dharmasoka Jayasuriya (1992)* |
Norman Palmer (2024) |
Brenda Walker (2016)* |
| Jim Chisholm (2008) |
Phillip Jefferies (1988)* |
John Papadimitriou AM (2003) |
Diana Walker (2009) |
| Frank Christiansen (2021) |
Edward John Jory (2001)* |
Robert Parfitt (1991) |
Max Walters AM (1999) |
| Edward Clarke (1948)* |
Brian Johnstone (1992)* |
Lyn Parker (2020) |
Harry Waring (1975)* |
| Ken Clements (2018) |
Hamlyn Jones |
Charles Parker (1982)* |
Robin Warren AC CitWA (2005) * |
| Douglas Clyde AM (1996) |
Maxwell Jones (1983)* |
John Pate AM (1999)* |
Charles Weatherburn (1950)* |
| Philip Cocks (2004) |
Richard Joske AM (1990)* |
Jim Paterson (1999) |
Martyn Webb (1986)* |
| Andy Cole (1989) |
David Joyce (2024) |
Douglas Payne (1983)* |
Imelda Whelehan (2024) |
| Len Collard (2023) |
Byron Kakulas AO (2007)* |
Lorenzo Polizzotto (2015)* |
Bob White (2010)* |
| John Considine |
Max Kamien AM CitWA (2003) |
Paige Porter (2009) |
Allan White (2018) |
| Keith Cooper (1971)* |
Gary Kendrick (2024) |
Stephen Powles (2020) |
Hubert Whitfeld (1927)* |
| Alex Coram (2012) |
David Kennedy (2017) |
Cheryl Praeger AC (2021) |
Helen Wildy (2018) |
| Patricia Crawford (2004)* |
David Kepert (2002) |
Rex Prider (1975)* |
Jim Williams (2015) |
| Donna Cross OAM (2022) |
John Kinder OSI (2021) |
Ian Puddey AM (2015) |
James Willis (1988)* |
| David Curnow AO (1985)* |
Nigel King (2024) |
Keith Punch (2010) |
Sue Willis |
| Hugh Davies AO* |
Gordon King (1966) |
Jame Quirk (1974)* |
Phil Withers (2021) |
| Peter Davies (2021) |
Ross Kingwell (2024) |
Elizabeth Rakoczy (2018) |
Chris Wortham (2006) |
| Brian Dawson (2019) |
Matthew Knuiman (2020) |
Mark Randolph AO (2020) |
Paul Wright (2021) |
| John Dell (2021) |
Nigel Laing AO (2022) |
Richard Read (2015) |
Kit Wong Po (2014)* |
| Arun Dharmarajan (2010) |
Hans Lambers (2021) |
Trevor Redgrave (2007) |
Hong Yang (2023) |
| Phillip Dolan (2023) |
Louis Landau AO (2006) |
Bill Reed (2005) |
Samina Yasmeen AM CitWA (2024) |
| Robert Dowse (1994) |
Geoffrey Laurent (2017)* |
Gordon Reid AC (1984)* |
A J Yates (1987) |
| Sarah Dunlop (2020) |
Carmen Lawrence AO (2018) |
Gill Rhodes (2018) |
George Yeoh (2021) |
| Eric Edwards (1980)* |
Gordon Lennon (1974)* |
Alan Richardson (1988)* |
Stephen Zubrick CitWA (2020) |
| William Edwards (1974)* |
Michael Levine (2018) |
Geoff Riley AM (2018) |
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Data is presented as the work (and with the approval) of Joan Pope OAM and Marc Tennant AM as part of their summer 2025 UWA Historical Society project.
*Deceased
Updated on May 2025
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Benefits
UWA email for life and Basic IT support
All Emeriti are eligible for a UWA email address for life and the current basic office applications. We want you to stay connected and enjoy the links to UWA.
IT equipment for active Emeriti
Many Emeriti remain active inside the university. If you are, please organise being a Senior Honorary Research Fellow (do ask if you need a hand). When this has been approved, you will receive continued access to UWA IT equipment and more advanced support.
Emeriti Professors College lapel pin
All Emeriti receive a College lapel pin. We hope you will proudly wear it around campus and beyond to be recognisable to staff and students as one of our Wisdom holders.
Invites to exclusive Emeriti Professors College social events
The College holds many social events throughout the year - these are for Members and very often for partners too. We hope you will make time for these wonderful collegiate events.
Breakfast Meetups at the University Club
Our seasonal Breakfast meetups take full advantage of the wonderful Perth weather for social contact between Emeriti. Held on the verandah of the University club, they have become a fixture on many people's calendars. We look forward to seeing you there.
Vice Chancellor’s Thank You Sundowner
Each year we hold a Vice Chancellors' thank you event for our Emeriti. The University knows its Emeriti are so important to the community and we value the contributions. This event acknowledges the amazing successes of the College Members.
Direct Emeriti helpline (emeritihelp@uwa.edu.au)
At UWA, Emeriti get access to a unified health line. If you need help with anything administrative within the University, you email the help line and people will help. We want the relationship with the University to be smooth, painless and enjoyable.
Methodology for passing on computer access in case of incapacity
All Emeriti want to make sure if something happens to them their students and research has continuity. Please, if this is you make contact and we can guide you in setting up a process that will give someone (whom you choose) immediate access to your electronic materials (email and files) should it be needed.