This is an incomplete list of La Trobe University people, including alumni and staff.
Alumni
Academia Lindsay Falvey – academic Sze Flett – scientist
Business
Martyn Dunne – CEO of NZ Customs Ahmed Fahour – former CEO of National Australia Bank and Australia Post Jamila Gordon – former CIO of Qantas Stephen Hill – co-founder of Globe International David Morgan – Westpac CEO; former Treasury official; BHP Director Scott Pape – The Barefoot Investor Maureen Wheeler – founder of Lonely Planet
Government Politicians In Australia
Jacinta Allan – state politician and minister David Baden-Powell – hereditary peer and scout leader Helen Buckingham – state politician Phil Cleary – former federal politician; author; social activist; political and sports commentator; former VFL footballer Jacinta Collins – Senator for Victoria Mary Delahunty – state politician; former minister; former ABC TV presenter Martin Dixon – state politician; opposition frontbencher Matthew Guy – state politician Sussan Ley – federal politician Gladys Liu – federal politician Andrew Robb – federal politician; Parliamentary secretary; former Liberal Treasurer Tony Sheehan – state politician and Treasurer; deputy opposition leader Sharman Stone – federal politician; former government minister Theo Theophanous – state politician and minister Christian Zahra – former federal politician
In other countries
Abdirahman Farole – former President of Puntland Maximus Ongkili – Malaysian Cabinet Minister Abdul Ghani Othman – former Chief Minister of Johor, Malaysia Emília Pires – Finance Minister, East Timor Mahinda Samarasinghe – Sri Lankan cabinet minister of disaster management; MP Bisera Turkovic – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu – Member of Parliament in India state of Andhra Pradesh
Civil servants Mary Amiti – senior official at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, formerly IMF and World Bank Stephen Duckett – former Secretary of Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (1994–1996); current President and Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services in Canada Terry Moran – Head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet; Head of the Federal Public Service Geoff Raby – Foreign Affairs secretary; Australia's most senior Trade official; World Trade Organization negotiator; Australian ambassador to China Ian Watt – Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Finance; former Treasury and cabinet official; former diplomat Vinod Kumar Yadav – 1980 batch IRSEE officer and current Chairman of the Indian Railways Board
Humanities Arts
Dailan Evans – comedian (current student) Corinne Grant – TV personality, comedian, actor Pia Miranda – actress Bob Morley – actor, twice receiver of E! Online's Alpha Male Madness, ex-singer, star on The 100 Rachel Peters – model, beauty queen (Miss Universe Philippines 2017)
Journalism and media
Morag Fraser – academic, social commentator, journalist Jane Gazzo – BBC presenter Jennifer Keyte – journalist, TV news presenter Naomi Robson – journalist, presenter Tim Ross – TV and radio personality, comedian Virginia Trioli – ABC presenter, journalist, author, political commentator Geoff Walsh – former Australian Labor Party National Secretary; United Nations official and delegate; adviser to Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating; Consul General to Hong Kong; Age and Australian Financial Review journalist
Literature, writing and poetry Paul Jennings – children's author, speech pathologist and lecturer https://www.qbd.com.au/paul-jennings/2/ John Silvester – crime writer; The Age journalist Don Watson – author, academic, political commentator, former speechwriter for Paul Keating
Medicine and science Elaine Baker – marine science and environment researcher; Director of the University of Sydney Marine Studies Institute Bernadette Black (Bachelor of Nursing) - author and social policy campaigner Richard Di Natale (Master of Health Sciences, 2004; Master of Public Health, 2005) – GP, former leader of the Australian Greens Tim Entwisle (PhD in Botany 1987) – CEO and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Tim Flannery – biologist, author, and commentator on global warming; 2007 Australian of the Year Neil J. Gunther – Australian/American physicist and computer scientist Lynne Kelly – researcher and science educator Jim Thomas (BSc 1995) – zoologist; CEO and co-founder of Tenkile Conservation Alliance Phillip Toyne (1947–2015; Diploma of Education 1973) – expert in environmental law, founder of Landcare Australia
Sport
Catherine Arlove – Olympian, judo Linda Beilharz – adventurer Samuel Beltz – Olympian, rowing Louisa Bisby - Former soccer player, Melbourne Victory/Matildas Andrew Demetriou – former Australian Football League CEO Warwick Draper – Olympic kayak competitor Lachlan Giles – grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor Brad Green – former Melbourne footballer; current Carlton development coach Kelsey Griffin - WNBL Player, Bendigo Spirit Brodie Grundy - AFL Player, Sydney Swans Mack Horton - Olympian, swimming Rachel Imison – Olympian, field hockey Joshua Katz (born 1997) – Olympian, judo Ahmed Kelly – Paralympian (current student) Tamsyn Manou – Olympic athlete, world championhttp://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/2008/mediarelease_2008-61.php Tim Matthews – Paralympian Bree Mellberg – wheelchair basketball player Angus Monfries – AFL player, Essendon (current student) Chris Mullins – Paralympian Bridget Murphy - Paralympian, equestrian Brooke Patterson - Former AFLW Player, Melbourne Mitch Podhajski - AFL Player, Collingwood Kliment Taseski - Former soccer player, Melbourne Heart/Australia U20 Sophie Taylor - Field Hockey Player, Hockeyroos/Victorian Vipers
Other Rebecca Judd- model, television presenter Bill Kelty – former Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary; union official; AFL Commissioner Brian Loughnane – Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia
Administration
Chancellors Order Chancellor Term start Term end Time in office Notes Sir Archibald Glenn 1972 years Reginald Smithers years Richard McGarvie years Nancy Millis years Sylvia Walton Adrienne Clarke Richard Larkins John Brumby incumbent
Vice-Chancellors Order Vice-Chancellor Term start Term end Time in office Notes David Myers years John Scott years Michael Osborne 2005 years Brian Stoddart years Roger Parish years Paul Johnson years John Dewar incumbent
Faculty
Current
Politics Dennis Altman – academic; expert on the politics of gender Nick Bisley – professor of politics and international relations; frequently contributes to the media and public debates Judith Brett – academic in the field of politics; author of several books on Australian politics Joseph Camilleri – academic in the field of international relations and director of the Centre for Dialogue Robert Manne – academic; public intellectuals; author of books on Australian politics and society
Sociology and anthropology Peter Beilharz – public intellectual John Carroll – academic in the field of sociology; public intellectual
Economics and finance Don Brash – former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand; former New Zealand Opposition Leader Joanna Poyago-Theotoky – professor of economics
Philosophy Agnes Heller – philosopher Frank Cameron Jackson – philosopher
English David Tacey – literature academic
History Richard Broome – Aboriginal historian Quinn Eades – historian John Hirst – historian and commentator Katie Holmes – historian Marilyn Lake – social historian Yves Rees – historian
Archaeology David Frankel – archaeologist, known for work on sites in Cyprus Peter Mathews – archaeologist, known for work on Mayan hieroglyphs Tim Murray – archaeologist, Dean of faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Cinema and media studies John Flaus – film academic and actor Terrie Waddell – film academic and actress
Linguistics David Bradley – linguist
Science Michael Clarke – zoologist Erinna Lee – biochemistry researcher Ádám Mechler – materials scientist Bree Mellberg – biochemistry researcher, wheelchair basketball player Roger Parish – botanist Pamela Claire Snow – educational psychologist and speech pathologist
Past Graeme Clark – key figure in the research and development of the cochlear implant Inga Clendinnen Peter Cochrane – historian and author Burkhard Dallwitz – composer, Golden Globe winner Edward Duyker – historian and author Elizabeth Essex-Cohen – physicist Alan Frost – historian Petro Georgiou – Federal Liberal MP Gerard Henderson Daryl E. Hooper – inaugural professor in engineering Rhys Isaac – Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Lovell Reid – professor of agriculture 1968 to 1979 after whom the R L Reid Building is named Andrew Robb – current Federal Liberal MP; former Liberal Party treasurer J. J. C. Smart – philosopher
Administrative Fran Kelly – journalist, ABC presenter
References