Distinguished Alumni Award

2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients

Tirana Hassan

Tirana Hassan is the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch. Now based in New York, she has spent decades defending the human rights of vulnerable people around the world. She received a Distinguished Alumni Award in November 2024.

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Peter Clark

Peter Clark is the Director of Monarto Safari Park and a vocal advocate for conservation of species. His work over a 50-year career in both Australia and Papua New Guinea earned him a UNESCO Achievement Award in 2021. He received a Distinguished Alumni Award in November 2024.

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Emeritus Professor Derek Frewin AO

Emeritus Professor Derek Frewin AO is a medical practitioner, researcher and educator whose clinical excellence and compassion has inspired generations of medical students in South Australia. He received a Distinguished Alumni Award in November 2024.

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• 2023 Recipient Nik Nasha Damia

• 2023 Recipient Dr David Lam

• 2023 Recipient Adam Liaw

• 2023 Recipient John Scanlon AO

• 2022 Recipient Professor Nicola Spurrier PSM

  Professor Nicola Spurrier PSM is a staunch advocate for preventing illness and promoting health across the whole of community. A dual qualified medical specialist, public health physician and paediatrician, Professor Spurrier was instrumental in South Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the state’s Chief Public Health Officer.

• 2022 Recipient David Reynolds PSM

  David Reynolds PSM has dedicated his career to South Australia’s prosperity and wellbeing. For the Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Investment, it is a line of work underpinned by a sense of community.

• 2022 Recipient Professor John McNeil AO

  A tenured public health researcher specialising in epidemiology and clinical pharmacology, Professor John McNeil AO has made contributions to medical research that have changed how we think about chronic disease, preventative health and healthcare quality.

• 2021 Recipient Dr Brian Croser AO

  A trailblazer of modern Australian winemaking, Dr Brian Croser AO has played an integral role in evolving the nation’s small, fortified wine industry into the world’s fifth largest wine exporter.
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• 2021 Recipient Dr Leanna Read FTSE, FAICD

  Esteemed biotechnology expert Dr Leanna Read’s contributions to science span a multitude of commercial, government, social and cross-sectoral ventures. 
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• 2021 Recipient Professor Jane Taylor OAM

  A qualified dentist with specialist training in Forensic Odontology, Professor Jane Taylor OAM uses dentistry to find answers for families following the loss of a loved one.
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• Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards 2019

• Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards 2017

• Previous recipients list

  Previous Distinguished Alumni Award recipients