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Congratulations on recent Australian and British Honours

Many congratulations to members of the St Mark’s community recognised in the recent Australian honours list –

  • Gayle Cowan OAM (Governor of the St Mark’s College Foundation) on her Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to the community of Mount Gambier”. Read more.
  • Robert (Bob) Cowan OAM (Governor of the St Mark’s College Foundation) on his Medal of the Order of Australia, also “for service to the community of Mount Gambier”. Read more.

For some 25 years, Gayle and Bob Cowan helped hundreds of students from regional areas to come to St Mark’s through generous Cowan Grants. The photo above shows Gayle and Bob with some of the many Cowan Grant recipients. We could not be more grateful. Read more here.

  • John Hodgson OAM (resident member of the Senior Common Room, 2007-08) on his Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to the visual arts, particularly to photography”. Read more.
  • Professor Don Markwell AM (Head of College, 2019- ) on appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia “for significant service to education in a range of roles”. Read more.
  • James Porter OAM (St Mark’s 1968-72) on his Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to the Parliament of Australia”. James served in the House of Representatives as Member for Barker from 1975 to 1990, for much of that time as a Shadow Minister. Read more.

Please let us know if we have missed anyone.

Law Professor John Finnis. Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame

CBE for John Finnis

Many congratulations also to our Honorary Fellow, Professor John Finnis AC KC FBA (St Mark’s 1958-62), a distinguished legal philosopher, on his CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the UK New Year honours list!

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