Honorary Doctorates - University of Wollongong

The University has been recognising outstanding achievement, exceptional service and significant contribution through the granting of Honorary Doctorates since 1976.

Key to Higher Doctoral Degrees

Abbreviation	Higher Doctoral Degree
Hon DLitt	Honorary Doctor of Letters
Hon LLD	Honorary Doctor of Laws
Hon DBA	Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Hon DSc	Honorary Doctor of Science
Hon EdD	Honorary Doctor of Education
Hon DCA	Honorary Doctor of Creative Arts
Hon PhD	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
Hon MA	Honorary Master of Arts
Hon DUOW	Honorary Doctor of the University of Wollongong

2010 - present recipients
2009 - 2000 recipients
1999 - 1990 recipients
1989 - 1980 recipients
1979 - 1976 recipients

Year	Award	Name
2024	Hon DLitt	Julia Gillard AC
	Hon DSc	William Buttemer
	Hon DSc	Kay Patterson AO
	Hon LLD	Craig Foster AM
	Hon DLitt	Gerard Sutton AO
	Hon DLitt	Alex Zelinksy
2023	Hon DLitt	Tom Henning Johansen
	Hon DLitt	Mary Josephine O'Kane
	Hon DSc	John Hogg OAM (dec'd)
	Hon DSc	Robert Gordon Castle
	Hon DSc	Nicholas Cowdery AM
2022	Hon DLitt	Louise Sauvage OAM
	Hon DLitt	Geoff Morrell
	Hon DSc	Joyce Donovan
	Hon LLD	Bronwyn Fredericks
	Hon DSc	Robert Moses OAM
	Hon DSc	Joe Chicharo OM
	Hon DSc	Judy Agnes Raper AM
	Hon DSc	Michael Cassel
	Hon DLitt	Lisa Havilah
2021	Hon LLD	Kim McKay AO
	Hon DSc	Michael Noonan AO
	Hon DSc	Alan Pettigrew
2019	Hon LLD	Bruce Thom AM
	Hon DLitt	Robin Thompson
	Hon DSc	Lei Jiang
	Hon LLD	Ben Quilty
	Hon DLitt	Jillian Broadbent AC
	Hon LLD	Paul Wellings CBE
	Hon DLitt	Fiona Wood
	Hon DLitt	Elizabeth Proust AO
2018	Hon DSc	Timothy Fischer AC (dec'd)
	Hon DSc	Len Ainsworth AM
	Hon DLitt	Philip Clarke AO
	Hon DSc	Dennis Shanahan
	Hon DLitt	Aunty Gail Wallace
2017	Hon DSc	Ian Watt AC
	Hon DSc	Lisa Wilkinson AM
	Hon DLitt	Stephen Andersen OAM
	Hon DSc	Max Lu AO
2016	Hon DSc	Peter Robson AO
	Hon DSc	Sarah Springman CBE
	Hon LLD	Carla Zampatti AC (dec'd)
	Hon DLitt	Tim Flannery
	Hon DLitt	David Gruen
	Hon DSc	Kathy Lette
2015	Hon LLD	Adi Paterson
	Hon DLitt	Phil Clingan
	Hon DSc	Robert Furbank
	Hon LLD	The Honorable Michael Kirby AC
	Hon DLitt	Hugh Mackay AO
	Hon DSc	John Patterson
	Hon DSc	Ann Wintle
2014	Hon DLitt	Douglas Becker
	Hon DSc	Ita Buttrose AO OBE
	Hon DSc	Carl Chiarelle (dec'd)
	Hon LLD	David Gonski AC
	Hon DLitt	Thomas Keneally AO
2013	Hon DLitt	Kurt Lambeck AO
	Hon LLd	Catherine Livingstone AO
	Hon DBA	John Borghetti
	Hon DLitt	Tim Ellis
	Hon DSc	Jinghai Li
	Hon DSc	Barbara Nicholson
	Hon DSc	Lynne Williams
2012	Hon DLit	Christopher Abbott AM
2011	Hon LLD	Virginia Bell AC
2011	Hon DSc	Mark Cutifani
2010	Hon DSc	General David Hurley

Year	Award	Name
2009	Hon DSc	Roger Summons
2009	Hon DLitt	Michael Henry Codd AC
2008	Hon DSc	Roy Andrew Lawrie
2007	Hon DSc	Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
2007	Hon DLitt	Karina Kelly
2005	Hon DSc	Leonard F Lindoy
2005	Hon DSc	Dame Bridget Ogilvie DBE
2004	Hon EdD	Brian Finn AO (dec'd)
2003	Hon DCA	Peter Carroll
2003	Hon DLitt	Christine Nixon
2002	Hon DUOW	His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (dec'd)
2002	Hon DSc	Graeme Milbourne Clark AO
2001	Hon DSc	Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (dec'd)
2001	Hon DSc	Mary Elizabeth White
2000	Hon LLD	Lindsay James Curtis AM (dec’d)
2000	Hon PhD	Rosemary Allison Stanton

Year	Award	Name
1999	Hon DLitt	Bruce Gordon
	Hon DLitt	Francis Daniel Hayes (dec’d)
	Hon DSc	Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol
	Hon DSc	Alan William Roberts AM
1998	Hon DCA	Guy Wilkie Warren AM (dec'd)
1997	Hon DSc	Richard Merle Lambrecht (dec’d)
1997	Hon DCA	Richard Leo Tognetti
1996	Hon DLitt	Merrion Frances Fox AM
1995	Hon DCA	Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd (dec’d)
	Hon DCA	Herbert Flugelman (dec’d)
	Hon DLitt	The Honourable Barry Owen Jones AO
	Hon DSc	John Wilcox Stocker
	Hon LLD	The Honourable John Halden Wootten AC (dec’d)
1994	Hon DLitt	Dorothy Jones
	Hon DLitt	Ken McKinnon
	Hon LLD	Patricia June O’Shane AM
	Hon DSc	Guy Kendall White (dec'd)
1993	Hon DSc	Raymond John Chambers AO (dec’d)
	Hon DLitt	The Most Reverend Richard Henry Goodhew
	Hon LLD	The Honourable Justice Jane Mathews (dec'd)
1992	Hon DSc	Brian Thorley Loton AC
	Hon DLitt	John Arthur Passmore AC (dec’d)
	Hon DCA	Roger Robert Woodward AC OM (Pol) OBE
1991	Hon DSc	Joseph Mark Gani (dec'd)
	Hon LLD	The Honourable Robert Marsden Hope AC CMG (dec’d)
	Hon LLD	Geoffrey Sawer (dec’d)
1990	Hon DSc	Franco Belgiorno-Nettis CBE AM(dec’d)

Year	Award	Name
1989	Hon DLitt	Brian Somerville Gillett AM
	Hon DLitt	The Rt Honourable Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (dec’d)
	Hon DLitt	The Rt Honourable Michael Thomas Somare CH (dec'd)
	Hon PhD	The Honourable Edward Gough Whitlam AC (dec'd)
	Hon DLitt	Allan Roy Sefton (dec’d)
1988	Hon DSc	Howard Knox Worner CBE (dec’d)
1988	Hon DSc	Daniel Tague (dec’d)
1985	Hon DSc	Thistle Yolette Stead (dec’d)
	Hon DLitt	Sir Roden Cutler VC KCMG KCVO CBE (dec’d)
	Hon DCA	John Henry Antill OBE CMG (dec’d)
	Hon MA	Luigi Strano (dec'd)
1984	Hon DLitt	Sir Richard Kirby (dec'd)
1981	Hon DLitt	Lindsay Michael Birt AO CBE (dec’d)
1980	Hon DLitt	Walter Pike (dec'd)

Year	Award	Name
1979	Hon DSc	Sir Ian Munro McLennan KBE CBE (dec’d)
1977	Hon DLitt	Edgar Beale (dec'd)
1976	Hon DSc	Charles A M Gray (dec’d)
	Hon DSc	Sir Rupert H Myers KBE AO (dec'd)
	Hon DSc	David Edwin Parry (dec’d)
	Hon DSc	Sir Robert Webster CMG CBE (dec’d)