Deceased Fellows
Sadly, a number of our Fellows have passed away. We record their passing in our Annual Review and at our Annual General Meeting, as well as here on our website. We also have an obituary published for each deceased Fellow in the Academy magazine.
When Fellows are particularly well-known in the wider community we note their passing on the home page of our website. The list of those Fellows who has passed away in recent years is below. Their entry below, notes the magazine issue which carries their obituary.
Should you be unable to locate an obituary from the list below, please contact the Academy office on +61 2 6185 3240.
Deceased Fellows 2023
- Dr William Allan Wulf FTSE died on 10 March, aged 84
- Professor Adrian Mouritz FTSE died on 4 March, aged 60
- Mrs Else Sheppard AM FTSE died on 20 February, aged 79
- Professor John Lovering AO FAA FTSE died on 4 January, aged 93
Deceased Fellows 2022
- Em. Professor Christopher Fell AO FTSE died on 8 December, aged 82
- Dr Alex Buchanan FTSE died on 25 October, aged 88
- Professor Anthony (Tony) Bradshaw FTSE died on 24 October, aged 99.
- Mr Michael Poole AM FTSE died on 4 September, aged 80.
- Dr Michael Sargent AM FTSE died on 27 August, aged 79
- Dr William Blevin AM FAA FTSE died on 11 August, aged 93.
- Mr Percy Brett OBE FTSE died on 10 August, aged 98
- Professor Robin King FTSE died on 25 July, aged 76.
- Professor James McLeod AO FAA FTSE died on 27 June, aged 90.
- Dr Raymond Jones OAM FTSE died on 6 June, aged 89.
- Emeritus Professor Ron Wills FTSE died in June, aged 83
- Professor Donald Watts AM FTSE died on 23 May, aged 88.
- Mr John Laurie AC died on 2 April, aged 90.
- Mr Brian Loton AC FTSE died on 29 March, aged 93.
- Dr Trevor Scott FTSE died on 25 March, aged 86.
- Dr John Pitt FTSE died on 23 March, aged 85.
- Dr Warren Hewertson FTSE died March 1, aged 85.
- Mr John Landy AC MBE FTSE died on 24 February, aged 92.
- Mr Bruce Kean AM FTSE died on 28 January, aged 88.
- Dr Laszlo Nemes FTSE died on 12 January, aged 83.
- Mr William Clough AO OBE FTSE died 5 January, aged 95.
Deceased Fellows 2021
- Professor Barry Stephen Thornton AM FTSE died on 28 December, aged 91.
- Professor Hans Forsberg FTSE died on 20 December, aged 91.
- Professor Michael Joseph Miller AO FTSE died on 30 November, aged 82.
- Dr Neville McCarthy AO FTSE died on 13 November, aged 92
- Professor Eric Franklin Wood FTSE died on 3 November, aged 74.
- Professor Alban Lynch AO FTSE died on 17 September, aged 91.
- HRH Philip Windsor OM AC GBE PC FTSE died on 4 September, aged 99.
- Professor Thomas McMeekin AO FTSE died on 28 August, aged 76.
- Ms Chloe Munro AO FTSE died on 23 June, aged 65.
- Mr Menno Henneveld FTSE died on 6 June, aged 75.
- Dr Roy Woodall AO FTSE died on 15 February, aged 90.
Deceased Fellows 2020
- The Hon Douglas Anthony FTSE died on 20 December, aged 90.
- Professor Brian O’Brien FTSE died on 7 August, aged 86.
- John Stanley Watt AM FTSE died on 30 July, aged 88.
- Dr Terrence Austin Cutler FTSE FAA died on 3 July, aged 72.
- Emeritus Professor Owen Edward Potter AO FTSE died on 22 June, aged 94.
- Dr James Wilfred Knight FTSE died on 21 May, aged 99.
- Lord Robert McCredie May AC OM FTSE FAA died on 28 April, aged 84.
- Dr Alan David Donald AM FTSE died on 23 April, aged 86.
- Dr Patricia Kailis AM OBE FTSE died on 17 April, aged 86.
- Mr Ronald Thomas Hardwick FTSE died on 7 April, aged 87.
- Professor Raymond Leslie Martin AO FTSE FAA died on 25 February, aged 94.
- Dr Brian Roy Spies FTSE died on 8 February, aged 70.
- Dr Maurice Francis Robinson Mulcahy FTSE died on 30 January, aged 99.
- Mr Keith Peter Edmund Daniel FTSE died on 13 January, aged 76.
Deceased Fellows 2019
- Emeritus Professor Graham De Vahl Davis AM FTSE died on on 24 December 2019, aged 88.
- Mr Edgar Noel Fitzpatrick AM FTSE died on on 6 December 2019, aged 90.
- Emeritus Professor Norman McCall Tulloh AM FTSE died on 5 December 2019, aged 97.
- Mr Warwick Arthur Watkins FTSE died on 12 November 2019, aged 69.
- Professor William Roy Jackson AM FTSE died on 3 November 2019, aged 84.
- Professor Brian Graham Wilson AO FTSE died on 6 September 2019, aged 89.
- Dr William Ivo Whitton FTSE died on 25 August 2019, aged 94. Read the obituary >>
- The Hon Tim Andrew Fischer AC FTSE died on 22 August 2019, aged 73. Read the obituary >>
- Professor June Olley AM FTSE, died on 29 July 2019, aged 95. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Keeva Vozoff FTSE died on 18 July 2019, aged 91. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Ian Stewart Ferguson AM FTSE died on 10 July 2019, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Gavin Samuel McDonald OBE FTSE died on 2 July 2019, aged 92. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Michael Desmond Rickard FTSE died on 25 June 2019, aged 77. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Gunnar Hambraeus died on 5 June 2019, aged 100.
- Dr Robert Melville Hobbs FTSE died on 10 May 2019, aged 78. Read the obituary >>
- Sir Arvi Parbo AC Kt FTSE died on 1 May 2019, aged 93. Read the obituary >>
- Laureate Professor Scott William Sloan AO FTSE FRS FREng died on 23 April 2019, aged 64. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Bernard Kenneth Bowen AM FTSE died on 19 March 2019, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Peter John North AM FTSE died on 19 March 2019, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Courtney John Denton Williams AM FTSE died on 7 March 2019, aged 95. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Eric Raymond Vance FTSE died on 7 March 2019, aged 76. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Andrew Potts FTSE died on 6 March 2019, aged 59. Read the obituary >>
- Sir Rupert Myers KBE AO FAA FTSE died on 21 February 2019, aged 98. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2018
- Mr John Hooke CBE FTSE died on 28 October 2018, aged 85. Read the obituary >>>
- Mr Murray Jackson FTSE died on 9 September 2018, aged 75. Read the obituary >>>
- Dr Angus McEwan FTSE died in Hobart on 5 September 2018, aged 81. Read the obituary >>>
- Emeritus Professor Leonard Kelman Stevens AM FTSE died on 17 August 2018, aged 93. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Owen Denmead AO FTSE died on 3 July 2018, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Graeme Bird AO FTSE died on 26 May 2018, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Brian Cherry FTSE died on 27 April 2018, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Walter Stamm AM FTSE died on 26 March 2018, aged 91. Read the obituary >>
- Mr John Murray Evans AM FTSE died on 22 March 2018, aged 94.
- Dr Edgar Roger Banks FTSE died on 26 January 2018, aged 87. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Joseph Baker AO OBE FTSE died in Canberra on 16 January 2018, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Geoffrey Vaughan AO FTSE died on 4 January 2018, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2017
- Professor Louis Challis AM FTSE died in Sydney on 3 June 2017, aged 80. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Bill Charters AM FTSE died in Melbourne on 15 March 2017, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Basil Hetzel AC FTSE died in Adelaide on 4 February 2017, aged 94. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Anthony Linnane AM FTSE died in November 2017, aged 87. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Henry Muller FTSE died in Adelaide on 20 April 2017, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Phillip Playford AM FTSE died in Perth on 12 July 2017, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Peter Poole FTSE died in Perth on 17 August 2017, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Rolf Prince AO FTSE died in Sydney on 4 July 2017, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Geoffrey Taylor FTSE died in Canberra on 7 October 2017, aged 93. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Colin Ward FTSE died in Melbourne on 24 March 2017, aged 74. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Stuart Wenham FTSE died on 23 December 2017, aged 60. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2015-16
- Professor Bob Bilger FAA FTSE died in Sydney on 1 October 2015, aged 80. Read the obituary >>
- Dr John Connell FTSE died in Melbourne in May 2016, aged 102. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Robert Durie FTSE died in Sydney on 5 December 2016, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Mr John Gough AO OBE FTSE died in Melbourne on 24 July 2015, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Peter Jones FTSE died in Sydney on 26 August 2016, aged 83. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Peter Joubert OAM AM FTSE died in Melbourne on 13 July 2015, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Donald Mentz FTSE died in Townsville on 30 October 2015, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Gerald (Bill) Page-Hanify FTSE died in Brisbane on 13 September 2016, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Colin Pearson FTSE died on 17 April 2016, aged 75. Read the obituary >>
- Sir Sydney Schubert Kt FTSE died on 2 August 2015, aged 87. Read the obituary >>
- Professor David Strangway OC FTSE died in Canada on 13 December 2016, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Bob White FTSE died on 14 October 2015, aged 92. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Ken Woolley FTSE died in Sydney on 25 November 2015, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2014-15
- Mr Keith Alder FTSE died on 22 September 2014, aged 93. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Keith Bullock FTSE died on 20 March 2015. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Tom Callcott FTSE died in Newcastle on 23 November 2014, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Dr John Freney FTSE died on 2 January 2015, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Sir Brian Inglis FTSE died on 24 September 2014, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Malcolm Kinnaird FTSE died on 25 September 2014, aged 80. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Tony Lawrence FTSE died on 19 January 2015 in Sydney, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Gordon Long FTSE died on 5 July 2014, aged 77. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Roderick Macdonald FTSE died in Melbourne on 16 October 2014, aged 91. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Kathleen Makinson FTSE died on 16 September 2014, aged 97. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Tony McMichael FTSE died on 26 September 2014, aged 71. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Mike Raupach FTSE died in Canberra on 10 February 2015, aged 64. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Mark Rayner FTSE died in Melbourne on 30 May 2015, aged 77. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Ian Ritchie FTSE died on 12 August 2014, aged 78. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Graeme Russell FTSE died on 29 July 2014, aged 77. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Stan Schaetzel FTSE died on 21 March 2015, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor John Swan AO FAA FTSE died in Melbourne on 15 June 2015, aged 91. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Doug Price AM FTSE died on 10 July 2014, aged 87
Deceased Fellows 2013-14
- Dr John Allen AM FTSE died in Mackay on 22 August 2013, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Nick Archibald FTSE died on 9 June 2014, aged 63. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Geoffrey Cook FTSE died on 10 June 2014, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Robert William Roy Muncey FTSE died on 31 May 2014, aged 96.
- Mr John Curtis CB FTSE died in Brisbane on July 2013, aged 93. Read the obituary >>
- Dr William (John) Edwards FTSE died on 13 February 2014, aged 71. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Donald George died in NSW on 1 January 2014, aged 87. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Keith Lewis AO CB FTSE died in Adelaide on 15 November 2013, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Alan Pearson OAM FTSE died in Tasmania on 2 July 2013, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Brian Sadler PSM FTSE died on 25 March 2014, aged 76. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger FTSE died in Adelaide on 20 August 2013, aged 77. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Fred Smith died on 1 March 2014, aged 74. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Ray Stalker died in Brisbane on 9 February 2014, aged 83. Read the obituary >>
- Sir William Tyree FTSE died in Sydney on 25 October 2013, aged 91. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2012-13
- Emeritus Professor Peter Arlett FTSE died in Townsville in July 2012, aged 79. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Don Gibson FTSE died in Melbourne on 17 February, 2013, aged 72. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Roy “Gus” Guthrie AM FTSE died in Nambour, Sunshine Coast, on 12 January 2013, aged 78. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Alan Hamer FTSE died in Melbourne on 3 July 2012, aged 94. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Richard Horsley FTSE died in Perth on 29 September 2012, aged 71. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Ken Jubb OAM FTSE died in Melbourne on 27 February 2013, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Jack Kefford FTSE died in Sydney on 15 November 2012, aged 95. Focus 176 Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Russell Estcort (Sam) Luxton FTSE died in Adelaide on 24 May 2013, aged 80. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis AC MBE FAA FTSE died on 29 September 2012, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor John Moore FAA FTSE died in Canberra on 19 January 2013, aged 71. (Former Fellow) Read the obituary >>
- Dr Bryce Rankine AM FTSE died in Adelaide on 26 February 2013, aged 87. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Alan Reid AM FAA FTSE died in Adelaide on 17 January, 2013 aged 81. Read the obituary >>
- Rear Admiral William J. Rourke AO FTSE died in Sydney on 16 November 2012, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Ralph Slatyer AC FRS FAA FTSE died in Canberra on 26 July 2012, aged 83. Read the obituary >>
- Foundation Fellow Dr Bob Ward FTSE died in Melbourne on 5 May 2013, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2011-12
- Mr Donald Aitken AO ISO FTSE died in WA in September 2011, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Malcolm Chaikin AO OBE FTSE died in Sydney on 7 January 2012, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Alan Cook FTSE died in Wollongong, NSW, on 17 November 2011, aged 76. Read the obituary >>
- Honorary Fellow Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO KStJ FTSE died in Melbourne on 8 December 2011, aged 92. Read the obituary >>
- Foundation Fellow and Honorary Fellow, Dr Keith Farrer OBE FTSE, died in Melbourne on 6 June 2012, aged 96. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Ken Ferguson FTSE died in NSW in 2011, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Max Hatherly FTSE died in NSW on 15 September 2011, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Huntly Higgins FTSE died in Melbourne on 16 December 2011, aged 94. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Michael Hirshorn OAM FTSE died in Sydney on 18 November 2011, aged 61. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Norton Jackson AM FTSE died in Adelaide on 2 May 2012, aged 93. Read the obituary >>
- Foundation Fellow Emeritus Professor Antoni Karbowiak FTSE died in Germany on 2 July 2011, aged 88. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Lawrence Muller OAM FTSE died in Melbourne on 7 January 2012, aged 89. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Dieter Plate FTSE died in Victoria on 16 September 2011, aged 76. Read the obituary >>
- Dr David Sparrow FTSE died in Adelaide on 22 March 2012, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Ken Webster AM FTSE died in Perth on 9 July 2011, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2010-11
- Mr William Herbert Algar FTSE died in Melbourne on 29 June 2011, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor John Bennett AO FTSE died in Sydney on 9 December 2010, aged 89. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Ken Conway FTSE died in Sydney on 20 September 2010, aged 66. Read the obituary >>
- Professor John de Laeter AO FTSE died in Perth in August 2010, aged 77. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Kenneth Adie Ferguson FTSE died in Newcastle in April 2011, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Robert Hillman AO FTSE died in Perth on 25 October 2010, aged 90. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Grant Hosking AO FTSE died in Adelaide on 22 January 2011, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Dr David Smiles FTSE died in Canberra on 25 October 2010, aged 76. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Norm Thomson AM FTSE died in Narrabri, NSW, on 21 September 2010, aged 79. Read the obituary >>
- Professor David Trimm AM FTSE died in Queensland on 17 October 2010, aged 73. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Hugh Trollope AO FTSE died in Bendigo, Victoria, on 8 March 2011, aged 86. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Gilbert Tucker FTSE died in Victoria on 25 November 2010, aged 80. Read the obituary >>
- Dr David Gaston (Terry) Walker AM FTSE died in Queensland on 21 June 2011, aged 82. Read the obituary >>
- Mr Mel Ward AO FTSE died in Victoria on 30 September 2010, aged 68. Read the obituary >>
Deceased Fellows 2009-10
- Emeritus Professor Alan Billings AM FTSE died in Perth on 26 September 2009, aged 84. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Robert Culver AM FTSE died in Adelaide, aged 86. Focus 162 Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Lance Endersbee AO FTSE died in Melbourne on 1 October 2009, aged 83. Read the obituary >>
- Professor Ray Golding AO FTSE died in November 2009, aged 74. Read the obituary >>
- Foundation Fellow Dr Philip Law AC CBE FAA FTSE died in Melbourne on 28 February, 2010, aged 97. Read the obituary >>
- Emeritus Professor Jack Loneragan AM FTSE died in Perth on 11 August 2009, aged 83. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Keith Neill AM FTSE died in Melbourne in 2010, aged 85. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Mark Tweeddale FTSE, died in Sydney on 15 August 2009, aged 71. Read the obituary >>
- Dr Leonard (Sam) Samuels AM FTSE died in 2009, aged 87. Read the obituary >>