List of University of Western Australia people
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This is a list of University of Western Australia people, including its notable alumni and staff.
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[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Politics and business
- Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke
- Former Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley
- Former Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Allan Fels
- Former Whitlam Cabinet minister Kim Edward Beazley
- Former Premier, Federal Minister and current President of the Australian Labor party Carmen Lawrence
- Former Federal Attorney General Daryl Williams
- Former Leader of the Liberal Party Billy Snedden
- Several Premiers of Western Australia, including Geoff Gallop and Richard Court
- Former Chief Executive Officer CEO of British Airways Sir Rod Eddington
- Former Chief Executive Officer CEO of Wesfarmers Limited,and the current chancellor of UWA Dr Michael Chaney
- Governor of Western Australia and former Chancellor of UWA Ken Michael
- Chief Justice of Western Australia David Malcolm
- Former Justices of the High Court of Australia, Ronald Wilson and John Leslie Toohey
- Former Australian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Vietnam and Fiji Sue Boyd (also Australia's first female student guild president)
- John A. Hay the current vice-chancellor of University of Queensland
- Ralph Townsend Headmaster of Winchester College
- Mr Ric Smith Defence Department Secretary and former Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
- Bob Browning CEO of Alinta
- Andrew Roberts Chief Executive(CEO) of Multiplex
- Richard Goyder CEO of Wesfarmers
- Ameer Ali, President of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
[edit] Science and medicine
- Physician Barry Marshall, 2005 Nobel Prize laureate
- Epidemiologist Fiona Stanley, 2003 Australian of the Year
- Entomologist Kenneth Richard Norris
- UWA Emeritus Professor Robin Warren, Nobel Prize
- UWA Professor of Medicine Fiona Wood (Australian of the Year for 2005)
[edit] Arts and literature
- Greg Egan
- Dorothy Hewett
- Randolph Stow
- John Andrew La Nauze - On his retirement in 1977 he became the first Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University in 1978
[edit] Sport and entertainment
- Peter F. Bell, captain of the Fremantle Dockers
- Shirley Strickland, who won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in the running sports.
- Joan Liew, Singaporean bodybuilder
- Quin Pendragon & Daniel Wedge, creators of Slime Volleyball
[edit] Music
- Roger Smalley, pianist and composer
- Anna Sleptsova, pianist
- William Grifith, Perth local DDR pro
