Australia Day Honours 2010

Monash University congratulates the following alumni, staff, donors and friends of the University who received Australia Day Honours in 2010.

Companion of the Order of Australia (AO)

Dr Donald Argus AC (HonLLD 1995)
Honorary Monash graduate
For eminent service to business and commerce through leadership in the mining and finance industries, and to the community through the promotion of philanthropy, and executive roles in conservation, health, charitable and sporting organisations.

Mr James Fairfax AC
Monash supporter
For eminent service to the community through support and philanthropy for the visual arts, conservation organisations and building programs for medical research and educational facilities.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

The Honourable Justice Bernard Bongiorno AO
Former Council Member of of the AIJA
For service to the law, particularly as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and through leadership roles within the Italian community.

The Reverend Dr Peter L'Estrange AO
Honorary Monash fellow
For service to higher education and to the community through the Catholic Church as an administrator and academic.

Ms Naomi Milgrom AO (BA 1973)
Monash alumna and supporter
For service to business as a leader and mentor in the fashion industry, and to the community through advisory and management roles of a wide range of arts, health and philanthropic bodies.

Dr Ronald Silberberg AO (BEc(Hons) 1972, PhD 1977)
Monash alumnus
For service to the building and construction industries through the promotion of housing affordability, contributions to improved public and social housing and the development of youth training programs.

Ms Virginia Simmons AO (BA 1969, DipEd 1970)
Monash alumna
For service to education as a leader and advocate for vocational education and training, through reform of the Victorian TAFE Association, contributions to professional organisations, international advisory roles and as a mentor to women.

Mr Steven Skala AO
Monash supporter
For service to the visual and performing arts through roles supporting wider community access, to business and commerce, and to the community through the promotion of educational opportunities for young Australians.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

Professor Peter Brooks AM (MBBS 1967, MD 1977)
Monash alumnus and supporter
For service to medicine, particularly in the field of rheumatology, as an academic, researcher and clinician.

Professor Max Coltheart AM
Former senior Monash staff member
For service to cognitive psychology as a researcher and academic, and to people with learning difficulties.

Mr Ian Curtis AM (BA 1977)
Monash alumnus
For service to overseas humanitarian aid, particularly through executive roles with World Vision International.

Mr Richard Gross AM (BA 1980, LLB 1980)
Monash alumnus
For service to local government, particularly through the Municipal Association of Victoria, as a contributor to environmental reform initiatives in the area of waste management, and to the community of Port Phillip.

Mr Alan Henderson AM PSM (BEc 1967, BEc(Hons) 1970, MEc 1972)
Monash alumnus
For continued service to public administration, particularly in the area of policy formulation and advice, and to the management of taskforces of the 2002 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the 2007 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Meeting.

Dr David Leonard AM
Former Monash staff member
For service to psychiatric medicine as a practitioner, through contributions to public mental health services in Victoria, and through medical administration.

Emeritus Professor Merilyn Liddell AM (MD 2000, MFamMed 2000)
Monash alumna and Emeritus Professor
For service to tertiary education and administration, particularly in the discipline of medicine, and to cross-cultural exchange and co-operation with Malaysia.

Mrs Eda Ritchie AM (GradDipAgriBus 1994)
Monash alumna
For service to the community through a range of cultural, environmental, charitable and health organisations.

Professor David Scott AM
Monash staff member
For service to medicine as a pioneer in the field of transplant surgery and through executive roles in professional organisations.

Mr Ezekiel Solomon AM
Monash supporter
For service to the law, the development of international trade and relations, and to the arts.

Professor Gregory Whelan AM
Monash staff member
For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology and addiction, through academic and executive roles.

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Dr Dorothy Angell OAM
Monash supporter and former staff member
For service to nursing, and to the community.

Dr Edward Brentnall OAM MBE
Monash supporter
For service to acute and emergency medicine, particularly through the development of innovative procedures.

Mr John Wells OAM (BA 1978, BEd 1980)
Monash alumnus
For service to veterans, to education as a school Principal, and to the community of Dandenong.

Public Service Medal (PSM)

Mr James Duffy PSM (GradCertBus 1995)
Monash alumnus
For outstanding public service in leading the Australian Crime Commission's operations in relation to serious and organised crime.

Australian Police Medal (APM) (no citation given)

Assistant Commissioner Thomas Cornelius APM (MPA 2008)
Monash alumnus

Ambulance Service Medal (ASM) (no citation given)

Mr Michael Cameron ASM (BParaMedSt 2005)
Monash alumnus

Mrs Jennifer Geer ASM (BEdSt 1993, AdvDipMicaParaSt 2000, GradDipEmerHlth 2007)
Monash alumna

Emergency Services Medal (ESM) (no citation given)

Mr Andrew Allan ESM (AdvDipMicaParaSt 2003, BParamedicStudies 2005, GradDipEmerHlth 2009)
Monash alumnus