List of Macquarie University people
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Macquarie University boasts a large number of alumni and staff, some famous and influential, who have gone on to make significant contributions in their fields of endeavour.
Note that the following list is not exhaustive and should be added to when appropriate.
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[edit] Administration
[edit] Chancellors
- Maurice Newman
[edit] Vice-Chancellors
[edit] Staff
[edit] Architect-Planner's Office
[edit] Arts and Humanities
[edit] Egyptology
[edit] Public Law
- Andrew Fraser, alleged white supremacist
[edit] Politics
- David Evangelidis
[edit] Science
- Tim Flannery - Author of The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change
- Paul Davies - Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, prominent Physicist and author
[edit] Alumni
[edit] Ancient History
- Paul James Cowie
- Tom Hillard
- Lea Beness
- Alannah Noobs
- Peter Edwell
[edit] Arts and Media
- Margaret Pomeranz, film critic
- three of the four Wiggles, children's entertainers
- Colleen McCullough, author
- Elizabeth Jolley, author
- Sophie Falkiner, television presenter
- Hugh Riminton, CNN news anchor
- Miranda Devine, Sydney-based conservative opinion columnist
- MiG Ayesa, singer and second runner-up on TV show Rock Star: INXS
- Adam Hills, comedian
- Tim Rogers, singer
- Kate Forsyth, fantasy writer
- Kimberley Starr, novelist
[edit] Business
- Rodney Adler, disgraced former HIH director (presently incarcerated)
- Tim Shaw, marketing guru
- Catherine B Livingtone - Managing Director of Cochlear Limited 1994-2000; Macquarie Bank Independent Voting Director
- David Liddy - CEO of the Bank of Queensland.
[edit] Law
- Professor George Williams - University of New South Wales
- Professor Ian Malcolm Ramsey - University of Melbourne
[edit] Police
- Christine Nixon - Victorian Police Commissioner
[edit] Politics
- Peter Debnam, NSW Opposition Leader (Liberal Party of Australia)
- Peter Andren, Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives (Independent)
- Carl Scully, former New South Wales Minister for Police (Labor)
- Tanya Plibersek, MP for the Federal seat of Sydney ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor])
- the Reverend Fred Nile, NSW Legislative Council member (Christian Democratic Party)
- John Faulkner, Australian Senator representing New South Wales (Labor)
[edit] Public Administration
- Patrick Corr - Director, Demography Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics
[edit] Sport
- Liz Ellis, captain Australian netball team
- Fenja Berglund, 1996 World Debating Champion, 1994 Australasian debating champion
- Ben Way, 1996 World Debating Champion, 1994 Australasian debating champion
- Bram Williams, 1994 Australasian debating champion