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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

  • The Hon Michael Ahern AO FTSE, died on 11 August, aged 81
  • Mr Harry Wragge AM FTSE, died on 31 July, aged 94
  • Dr Hari Sinha AM FTSE, died on 7 July, aged 94
  • Professor William Tegart AM FTSE, died on 4 July, aged 94
  • Dr Jim May FTSE, died on 6 June, aged 88
  • Michael Taylor AO FTSE, died on 2 June, aged 75
  • Alan Brown AM FTSE, died on 19 May, aged 91
  • Dr Ian George Dewar Cameron AO FTSE died on 5 May, aged 93
  • Dr John Possingham AO FTSE died on 30 April, aged 94
  • Dr John Nutt AM FTSE died on 23 April, aged 88
  • Mr Thomas Brian Finn died on 18 April, aged 86
  • The Hon John Kerin AO FTSE died on 29 March, aged 85
  • Dr William Allan Wulf FTSE died on 10 March, aged 84
  • Professor Adrian Mouritz FTSE died on 4 March, aged 60
  • Mrs Else Shepherd 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.
  • Dr Adam Jostsons FTSE died September, aged 85
  • 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

 

Deceased Fellows 2017

 

Deceased Fellows 2015-16

 

Deceased Fellows 2014-15

 

Deceased Fellows 2013-14

 

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

 

Deceased Fellows 2010-11

 

Deceased Fellows 2009-10

 

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