This is an incomplete list of Flinders University people including notable alumni and staff associated with the Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.
Graduates of Flinders University include: Australian of the Year: Richard Harris Fields Medalist (for maths): Terry Tao Several Rhodes scholars
Other notable people include:
Administration (1966–present) Chancellors ChancellorCommencedConcluded Sir Mark Ledingham Mitchell19661970Sir Charles Hart Bright19711983Francis Robert Fisher19831988Deirdre Jordan19882002Sir Eric Neal20022010Stephen Gerlach20102023John Hood2023incumbent
Vice-Chancellors Vice-ChancellorCommencedConcludedPeter Karmel19661971Roger Wolcott Russell19721979Keith Jackson Hancock19801987John Francis Lovering19871995Ian Chubb19952000Anne Rosalie Edwards20012007Michael Barber20082014Colin Stirling2015incumbent
Interim vice-chancellors Acting Vice-ChancellorCommencedConcludedAvon Maxwell (Max) Clark19731973Brian AbrahamsonFeb 1987Jun 1987Chris Marlin20052005Dean Forbes (intermittent)20002013David Day20142014Andrew Parkin20152015Robert Saint (intermittent)20152022Phyllis Tharenou20192019Clare Pollock (intermittent)20192020Alistair Rendellafter 2019before 2025Ray Chan (intermittent)20242025Romy Lawson(intermittent)Jul 2025Dec 2025
Governance (1966–present)
Pro-Chancellors Pro-ChancellorCommencedConcludedSir Charles Bright19661971Bernard Augustin Cosgrove19711974Francis Fisher19751983Arthur Royston Griffiths19791981Deirdre Jordan19811988Max Clark19841991John Doyle19882000Ronald David Barnes19921998Ian Arthur Chesterman19982005Judith Mary Roberts20012005
Deputy Chancellors Deputy ChancellorCommencedConcludedIan Chesterman20052006 Judith Roberts20052008Ian Garth Yates20072014Leonie Jane Clyne20092016Stephen Charles Hains20152023Elizabeth Diana Perry20162024Douglas Gautier20232025Leanne Maree Liddle2025incumbent
Arts and humanities Creatives
Mario Andreacchio – film director and producer Michael Atkinson – (founding member of Redgum) Benedict Andrews – theatre director (Flinders Drama Centre) Mem Fox – children's author Alex Frayne – film director Gale Edwards – Theatre Director (Flinders Drama Centre) Nuala Hafner – TV presenter (Flinders Drama Centre) Noni Hazlehurst – actress (Flinders Drama Centre) Scott Hicks – film director (Flinders Drama Centre) Victoria Hill – actress, writer and producer (Flinders Drama Centre) Nicholas Hope – actor (Flinders Drama Centre) Aimee Horne – actress and singer Jackie Huggins – author, historian, Aboriginal rights advocate, and academic Sophie Hyde – filmmaker, of Closer Productions Paul Kelly – (1973; did not complete) Hannah Kent – author, winner of the Stella Prize Steve Knapman – TV producer (Flinders Drama Centre) Craig Lahiff – film director Nina Landis – actress Verity Laughton – playwright (PhD, Creative Arts thesis, 2020) Caleb Lewis – playwright (Flinders Drama Centre) Sam Mac – radio and television personality Anthony Maras – film director, writer and producer Peter Martin – economics journalist and commentator (Distinguished Alumnus 2016) Louisa Mignone – actress Sudesh Mishra – poet Susan Mitchell – author (Flinders Drama Centre) Doc Neeson – singer, songwriter, and front man of The Angels Tania Nehme – film editor (Flinders Drama Centre, 1983) Christopher Pearson – journalist, founder of the Adelaide Review and speechwriter for Prime Minister John Howard Mark Peel – Australian historian Greig Pickhaver (also known as H.G. Nelson) – actor, comedian and writer (Flinders Drama Centre) Michael Pope – TV presenter and producer (Flinders Drama Centre) Damien Richardson – actor (Flinders Drama Centre) Xavier Samuel – actor (Flinders Drama Centre) John Schumann – founding member of Redgum Wendy Strehlow – actress Rebecca Summerton – film producer Chris Timms – founding member of Redgum Melanie Vallejo – actress (Flinders Drama Centre) Matt Vesely – filmmaker, of Closer Productions Eddie White – animation writer and director(Flinders Drama Centre) Sean Williams – author
Academics
Jack Barbalet – professor of sociology Carl Bridge – professor of history at King's College London Wal Cherry (1932–1986), foundation professor of Flinders Drama Centre, Jackie Huggins – author, historian, Aboriginal rights advocate, and academic Marion Jones – nursing and interprofessional practice academic (PhD, 2000) Marion Maddox – author and professor of history at Macquarie University Haydon Manning – political scientist (PhD1994; later, associate professor, Politics and Public Policy at Flinders) Andrekos Varnava – writer and professor of history Wesley Wildman – professor of theology at Boston University Graham Hill – associate professor of missiology and World Christianity at the University of Divinity, Australia
Science and medicine Medicine
Nazira Abdula – pediatrician and Mozambican Minister of Health Richard "Harry" Harris – anaesthetist and 2019 Australian of the Year Sally Goold – first Indigenous nurse in New South Wales and 2006 Senior Nurse of the Year Philip Nitschke – (PhD in applied physics)
Other sciences
Rod Boswell – professor, Plasma Research Laboratory, ANU Philip Bourne – professor of pharmacology at UCSD Rodney Brooks – professor of robotics at MIT Tracy Dawes-Gromadzki - termite expert Sabine Dittmann – marine biologist Mohammad Kaykobad – computer scientist, professor of CSE, BUET Mamoru Mohri – retired astronaut, scientist and engineer Colin Raston – professor of green chemistry, SA Scientist of the Year inventor of the Vortex Fluidic Device Cori Stewart – associate professor and innovator, Women in AI: manufacturing, winner 2022 Terence Tao – Fields Medalist, professor of mathematics at UCLA Tony Thomas – professor of physics at the University of Adelaide
Politics
John Bannon – former South Australian premier Zoe Bettison – South Australian state politician and minister Susan Close – South Australian state politician, minister and deputy premier David Cox – Member of the Australian House of Representatives Kate Ellis – Member of the Australian House of Representatives and minister Chris Gallus – Federal politician for the Liberal Party Bronwyn Halfpenny – Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Don Hopgood – (PhD) Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to 1992 Ian Hunter – South Australian state politician and minister Tom Kenyon – South Australian state politician and minister Stephanie Key – South Australian state politician and minister Jenny Leong – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Brendan Nelson – former Australian leader of the opposition Chris Picton – South Australian state politician and minister Mike Rann – former premier, appointed as a Flinders University professor Amanda Rishworth – Member of the Australian House of Representatives Don Russell – former Australian ambassador to the United States Robert Simms – Australian senator Andrew Southcott – Member of the Australian House of Representatives Gayle Tierney – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council Sialeʻataonga Tuʻivakanō – Prime Minister of Tonga Lynne Walker – Northern Territory deputy leader of the opposition Pratikno – Minister of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia Nicolle Flint – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Sport
Matthew Liptak – Adelaide Crows footballer Agnes Milowka – technical diver and author Nigel Smart – Adelaide Crows footballer
Faculty Max Brennan – physicist Donald Brook (1927–2018) – artist; founder of the Experimental Art Foundation; inaugural professor of fine arts; after retirement in 1989, emeritus professor Elena Carapetis – actor and playwright; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre Rosalba Clemente – actor; head of Flinders Drama Centre Roz Hervey (1965/67–2024) – dancer, choreographer, artistic and creative director; taught movement at Flinders Drama Centre Jeri Kroll – poet and author, inaugural dean of graduate research, later emeritus professor Caleb Lewis – playwright; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre Haydon Manning – political scientist (PhD 1994); associate professor, politics and public policy Genevieve Mooy – film director; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre Mike Rann – professorial fellow in social and policy studies, 2012–?Owen, Michael. Mike Rann appointed professor at Flinders University. The Australian, 27 January 2012.Biography. Mike Rann website, archived 2012. James Toouli – surgeon
See also :Category:Flinders University alumni
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