The University Colleges Australia is proud to acknowledge the members listed below, as Life Members, for their significant efforts in enhancing collegiate values through their activities.
The Most Rev Dr Felix R Arnott 1969-1988
formerly Warden, St Paul’s College
University of Sydney 1846-1963
Sir Archibald Grenfell Price CMG 1969-1977
formerly Foundation Master, St Mark’s College
University of Adelaide 1925-1956
Rev B R Wyllie 1969-1986
formerly Master, Wesley College
University of Sydney 1943-1964
Rev Mother Joan Percy-Dove 1971-1977
formerly Foundation Principal, Duchesne College
University of Queensland
Dr J H Reynolds 1971-1981
formerly Warden, St George’s College
University of Western Australia 1940-1971
Rev A A Dougan 1975-1982
formerly Principal, St Andrew’s College
University of Sydney 1957-1974
Miss Doreen Langley OBE 1975-1998
formerly Principal, Women’s College
University of Sydney 1958-1974
Rev R A Busch 1979-1985
formerly Principal, Emmanuel College
University of Queensland 1962-1978
Rev Dr J Davis McCaughey AC 1979-2005
formerly Master, Ormond College
University of Melbourne 1959-1979
Dr Eva Eden AM 1985-2014
formerly Principal, Janet Clarke Hall
University of Melbourne 1964-1984
Mr Bill P Packard OAM 1985-2009
formerly Warden, Bruce Hall
Australian National University 1961-1987
Rev Fr Brian Fleming SJ 1987-1995
formerly Rector, St Leo’s College
University of Queensland 1967-1977
Rector, Newman College
University of Melbourne 1977-1986
Dr Owen F Parnaby 1987-2007
formerly Master, Queen’s College
University of Melbourne 1966-1986
Rev Dr I H Grimmett AM 1991-1999
formerly Master, Kings College
University of Queensland 1960-1986
Sr Madeleine Ryan OSU 1991-
Formerly Principal, Ursula College
Australian National University 1984-1990
Passed away in 2007, Age 83
Mr Bob Fels 1997-
Formerly Warden, International House
University of Melbourne 1982-1997
Fr Bill Uren SJ AO 2001-
Formerly Rector of St Thomas More College, 1979-1984
Formerly Rector of Newman College, 1987-1990
Formerly Rector of St Leo’s College, 1998-2000
Rector of Newman College, 2006-2019
Dr Michael W Blackmore 2001 –
Formerly Warden, Edwards Hall, University of Newcastle, 1971-1994
formerly Directer, Residential Accommodation, University of Newcastle,
1994-2001
Ms Robyn Wilkes 2005-
Formerly Housing Officer at Macquarie University from 1984 to Feb 1988
Head of Halls University of Wollongong -Campus East, Kooloobong, Gundi, 1988- 1993
from 1994 Graduate House joined the group so was Head of all four until January 2005
Very Revd Fr Peter J. L’Estrange, SJ AO 2008-
formerly Rector of Newman College
The University of Melbourne 1991-2005
Hon. Dr John Bannon, AO 2008-2015
formerly Master of St Mark’s College
The University of Adelaide 2000-2007
Professor Hugh Collins, 2012-
formerly Master of Ormond College
The University of Melbourne 1994-2008
Dr Edwina Ridgway, OAM 2012-
Principal of Duval College, 1975-2000
Principal and Coordinator, Drummond College, 1980-1989
Principal, Duval College and Drummond & Smith College,2000-2009
Principal, Duval College and Drummond & Smith College and Wright Village, 2009-2017
Mrs Yvonne Rate AM, 2014-
Head of St Catherine’s College, University of Western Australia, 1994-2003
Principal of The Women’s College, University of Sydney, 2003-2008
President of AHAUCHI, 2007-2008
Dr Lewis Rushbrook, 2014-
formerly Principal of Burgmann College, 1995-2005
formerly Principal of Dunmore Lang College, Macquarie University, 2005-2012
formerly President of AHAUCHI, 2001-2003
Professor Trevor Cairney OAM, 2016 –
formerly Master and CEO of New College, University of New South Wales, 2002-2016
Dr Philip Dutton, 2016 –
formerly Foundation Principal, Weerona College, University of Wollongong, 1990–2003
formerly Principal, Burgmann College, Australian National University, 2006–2016
Adjunct Professor Iyla Davies OAM, 2019 –
formerly Head of College and CEO, The Women’s College within The University of Queensland, 2009-2016, President of University Colleges Australia 2012-2014
Mrs Barbara Green AM, 2019 –
Principal, St Hilda’s College, The University of Melbourne, 2000–2017
President of University Colleges Australia 2008-2010 and 2018 – 2020
Dr Ian Walker,
Head, Toad Hall, Australian National University, 2010–present
Head, Ursula Hall, Australian National University, 2011–2014
Principal of the Kensington Colleges, 2002-2009
Dean, New College, 1994-2002
Past President and Vice President of University Colleges Australia