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Queen’s Birthday honours – 2017
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Congratulations to the 14 Scotch Family members whose names and citations appear below – they are known to have received 2017 Queen’s Birthday
honours. Congratulations also to Philip Roberts OAM (‘62), whose Australia Day honour was accidentally omitted from the list of Scotch Family members receiving
Australia Day awards, published in the April issue of Great Scot.
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
1. Councillor Robert Keith Bennett Doyle AC
(past parent, past staff)
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle received his award
for eminent service to the people of Melbourne
through roles in local government, to the Parliament
of Victoria, particularly in the areas of health and
public administration, and to the community as
a supporter of youth, social welfare and medical
research foundations.
Professor Peter Malcolm Colman AC (past
parent)
Professor Colman received his award for eminent
service to medical research, particularly in the fields
of structural biology and medicinal chemistry, as
a leader in the commercial translation of scientific
discoveries, to professional organisations, and as a
mentor of young scientists.
2. Mr Jacques Nasser AC (past parent)
Mr Nasser received his award for eminent service
to business and international commerce in the
mining and manufacturing sectors through
leadership and executive roles, to the development
of sustainable policy frameworks for industry
and government, and to the community as a
philanthropist and benefactor.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
3. Professor Andrew John Gleadow AO (‘65,
past Scotch College Council member, past
parent )
Professor Gleadow received his award for
distinguished service to the earth sciences, and to
education, as an academic and researcher in the
field of thermochronology and landscape evolution,
and to professional geological and scientific
societies.
4. Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Bruce Fincher
AO (‘63)
Professor Fincher received his award for
distinguished service to science, and to education,
in the area of plant genomics, as an academic,
researcher and administrator, through scientific
advisory roles, and to international professional
societies
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
5. Mr Ian Menzies Carson AM (‘76) and Mrs
Simone Lea Carson AM (current parents)
Mr Carson received his award for significant
service to the community through contributions
and leadership in the food rescue sector, and to
business.
Mrs Carson received her award for significant
service to the community through contributions
and leadership in the food rescue sector.
6. Associate Professor Peter Grahame
Colman AM (‘71, past parent)
Professor Colman received his award for significant
service to medicine in the field of endocrinology,
particularly diabetes research, patient education
and clinical management.
Professor John Nicholas Crofts AM (‘67)
Professor Crofts received his award for significant
service to medicine in the field of epidemiology,
particularly through contributions to the control of
HIV and other infectious diseases.
7. Associate Professor Kenneth John Harvey
AM (‘61)
Professor Harvey received his award for
significant service to community health and
the pharmaceutical industry through roles in
developing guidelines for the ethical use of
antibiotics.
8. Mr John Ernest Lines AM (past parent)
Mr Lines received his award for significant service
to the shipping and transport logistics industries
through leadership and advisory roles, and to
professional organisations.
9. Emeritus Professor Ronald Taft AM (‘36,
past parent)
Professor Taft received his award for significant
service to education and research in the field of
psychology, and to the community.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Dr John William McLaren OAM (‘70)
Dr McLaren received his award for service to the
community of Cowra, and to medicine.
Ian Stuart Sharpe OAM (‘49)
Mr Sharpe received his award for service to youth
through Scouts, and to the community.
Australia Day honour, 2017
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
10. Philip McKenzie Roberts OAM (‘62)
Mr Roberts received his award for service to the
community of Ballarat.
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