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Honouring our distinguished alumni17 June 2009
Monash has celebrated the achievements of six outstanding alumni with the awarding of the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards commenced in 1993 to recognise and celebrate the contribution of the University's most outstanding graduates. This year's recipients are Dr Fritz Balkau, Professor Susan Davis, Alan Ramadan and Professor Julian Savulescu. George Pappas received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award, and Hugh Evans was recognised with the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. The Chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority Dr Christine Nixon APM also presented a special award to recognise the contribution of the Monash alumni community during the Victorian bushfires. The award was accepted on behalf of the alumni community by alumnus, staff member and captain of the Churchill CFA Steven Barling. A researcher, educator and communicator Professor Julian Savulescu promotes public discussion around the ethical issues of everyday life, from embryonic stem-cell research to the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. "It's a great honour and a privilege to receive this award -- I feel very grateful to Monash for helping me to go forward into my career," Professor Savulescu said. IT innovator Alan Ramadan is a consultant and executive mentor for the investment community in the Silicon Valley, US. Professor Susan Davis is a leading women's health researcher. In 2005 she became the inaugural Chair of Women's Health in the Monash Department of Medicine at the Alfred Hospital. "Being a recipient of this award makes me feel incredibly honoured, very humble and, because of what it represents to me, very emotional," Professor Davis said. Dr Fritz Balkau is a leading expert on environmental management policy. From 1999 to 2005 he was Head of Sustainable Production and Consumption with the United Nations Environment Program in Paris. Hugh Evans founded youth-run aid and development organisation The Oaktree Foundation and was one of the leaders of Australia's Make Poverty History campaign. George Pappas is a prominent Monash volunteer, drawing on expertise gained over his career in business and consulting to give advice to senior Monash staff. "To receive this award is an enormous honour, and also a surprise because there are so many alumni that Monash has produced, and so many of them have done amazing things for the University," Mr Pappas said. Previous recipients of the awards include Tim Flannery, Julian Burnside AO QC, Susan Lim and Mick Dodson AM. For more information visit the Monash Alumni website. |
