Honorary Fellows, Distinguished Collegians, and Rhodes Scholars

Honorary Fellows, Distinguished Collegians,
and Rhodes Scholars

Honorary Fellows

A number of members of the St Mark’s community who have made outstanding contributions to the College are appointed as Honorary Fellows. Those appointed as Honorary Fellows since the most significant of the College’s founders were recognised in 1927 are:

Honorary Foundation Fellows

1927 Kenneth Julian Faithfull Bickersteth MC 1927 Arthur Nutter Thomas
1927 Sir George John Robert Murray KCMG 1957 Sir Archibald Grenfell Price CMG
1927 Sir Henry Simpson Newland CBE 1972 Theodore George Bentley Osborn
1927 Thomas Slaney Pool

Honorary Fellows

1927 Sir William Mitchell KMCG KPFSM 2001 Peter Ashley Thomson AM
1938 Bernard Pierson Wait 2002 Anthony James Shinkfield AO
1948 Dudley Charles Turner CMG 2003 Hector Buckland Brooks
1952 Theodore George Bentley Osborn 2003 Richard Scott Young
1956 Brian Gilmore Maegraith 2004 John Jeremy Doyle AC KC
1956 Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase MC 2005 Charles Warren Bonython AO
1957 Harold Norman Tucker 2005 Ivan Anthony Shearer AM RFD
1961 Sir John Keith Angas 2006 Datuk Gopal Ayer Sreenevasan
1965 Charles Reginald Schiller Harris 2006 Ian Baker Wall AM
1972 Robert Brook Lewis AM 2007 Bruce Malcolm Debelle AO KC
1972 John Haywood Reynolds 2007 John Charles Bannon AO
1973 Sir James Campbell Irwin OBE 2008 Michael Monteith Shearer AM
1973 Thomas Thornton Reed CBE 2009 Peter Angus Parsons AM
1977 Sholto John Douglas 2009 Helen Margaret Jennifer Reid AM
1977 Ronald Nicholas Lamond Hopkins CBE 2013 Christopher Robert Lee
1977 Gavin Walkley CBE 2013 James Bennett Robinson
1982 Kitty Pauline Price 2016 Antony Allen Simpson
1985 Robert Duncan Hastwell 2016 Robert Denyer Cheesman AM
1986 Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE 2023 Richard Langley Burchnall
1993 Richard Wyndham Watson 2023 Robert Mowlem Cowan OAM
1995 Antony Basten AO 2023 Peter Geoffrey Edwards AM
1995 Pauline Elizabeth Lewis 2023 Angela Margaret Evans AM
1995 John Mitchell Finnis AC KC (Hon) CBE 2023 Jeremy Lawrence Pascoe
1999 Charles Robin Ashwin 2023 Timothy Lawrence Pascoe AM
2000 Roderick Grant Matheson AM KC 2023 Pamela Maunsell Wall OAM

Fellows

1972 David James Donald Nicholas

For the announcement of the most recent Honorary Fellows, click here.

 

 

Distinguished Collegians

A number of Old Collegians who have achieved high distinction and made outstanding contributions to the wider community are recognised as Distinguished Collegians.

Those who have been recognised in this category since 2007 are:

2007 John Jamieson Caswell Smart AC 2011 Anthony John McMichael AO
2007 Michael Henry Codd AC 2012 Sally Jane Sara AM
2007 Robin Rhodes Millhouse QC 2012 Kenneth Duncan Fitch AO
2007 Robert Murray Hill AC 2013 Oliver Mayo
2007 Ronald John Chantler Williams 2013 Sir Alexander Lockwood Smith KNZM
2007 Alexander Kevin Cohen AO 2014 Archibald John McArthur OAM
2007 Peter Angas Parsons AM 2014 Gregory Frank Taylor AO
2007 Warren McIntosh Rogers OAM 2015 John Buxton Laurie AC
2008 Russell Estcourt (Sam) Luxton 2015 Badhesha Jagdev Singh
2008 Julian Henry Plunkett Disney AO 2017 John William Hancock AM
2009 Desmond Wishart Cooper 2017 Byron Arthur Kakulas AO
2009 Edward Robert Pocock AM 2020 Georgia Frances Elise Blain
2010 Andrew Walter Murray 2020 James Sunter Muecke AM
2010 Alexander Cowell McFarlane AO 2020 George Anthony Calvert Murrell
2011 Michael Philip Alpers AO

For the announcement of the most recent Distinguished Collegians, click here.

Rhodes Scholars

The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished scholarships. Rhodes Scholarships enable the Scholar to undertake further study at the University of Oxford.

Rhodes Scholars are selected on the basis of excellence in intellect, character, leadership, and service – attributes which St Mark’s seeks to nurture in our students.

Thirty St Mark’s Collegians have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships since the founding of the College in 1925. They are:

1929 J H Reynolds 1947 N G Hosking
1930

 

B W Hone 1949 A D Jose
L C Wilcher 1956 E R Pocock
1931 B G Maegraith 1957

 

M G McCall
1932 E W Gray J M Bailey
1933 T S Dorsch 1958 J R Casley Smith
1934 A P Guinand 1961 B M Seppelt
1935 J J Pritchard 1962 J M Finnis
1936

 

R W T Cowan 1965 S A R Disney
E L Barr 1970 J H P Disney
1938 L F Crisp 1984 G A C Murrell
1940 R A Blackburn 1997 A P Roediger
1941 W A N Wells 1998 R E Buxton
1946

 

J L Gough 2004 P Killicoat
H W Piper 2024 O A Douglas

For the announcement of the most recent St Mark’s Collegian to be chosen as a Rhodes Scholar, click here.

More information about the Rhodes Scholarships is available here.