List of Old Scotch Collegians

This is a list of Old Scotch Collegians, who are notable former students of Scotch College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alumni of Scotch College are known as Old Boys or Old Collegians, and automatically become members of the schools alumni association, the Old Scotch Collegians Association (OSCA).

Scotch College has had more alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians) than any other school,Mark Peel and Janet McCalman, Who Went Where in Who's Who 1988: The Schooling of the Australian Elite, Melbourne University History Research Series Number 1, 1992Ian Hansen, Nor Free Nor Secular: Six Independent Schools in Victoria, a First Sample, Oxford University Press, 1971 and its alumni have received more top (Companion) Order of Australia honours than any other school. The hard copy article also published a table of the schools which were ranked in the top ten places: rank#Schools 1 19 Scotch College, Melbourne 2 17 Geelong Grammar School 3 13 Sydney Boys High School=4 10 Fort Street High School, Perth Modern School and St Peter's College, Adelaide=7 9 Melbourne Grammar School, North Sydney Boys High School and The King's School, Parramatta=10 6 Launceston Grammar School, Melbourne High School, Wesley College, Melbourne and Xavier College Although knighthoods are no longer bestowed in Australia, at least 71 Scotch College alumni have been knighted.Fun Scotch Facts - K is for Knights, https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/media/278487/K%20is%20for%20Knights.pdf

Viceroys Sir Zelman Cowen – Governor General of Australia Peter Hollingworth – Governor General of Australia Sir Ninian Stephen – Governor General of Australia and Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Henry Winneke – Governor of Victoria and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Academia and science

Eponyms of universities Sir John Monash – after whom Monash University is named Sir Walter Murdoch – after whom Murdoch University is named

Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors Sir Zelman Cowen – Vice Chancellor of University of New England, Vice-Chancellor of University of Queensland Peter Darvall – Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Sir Arthur Dean – Chancellor of the University of Melbourne Sir David Derham – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne Sir Archibald Glenn – Chancellor of La Trobe University Raymond Martin – Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Sir John Monash – Vice-Chancellor of University of Melbourne, Monash University named after him Sir Walter Murdoch – Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of University of Western Australia, Murdoch University named after him Sir George Paton – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne David Penington – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne Ian Renard – Chancellor of the University of Melbourne Sir Lindsay Ride – Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Sir Kenneth Wheare – Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University

Members of the Royal Society Sir Thomas Cherry Richard Dalitz Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley Alan Head Andrew Holmes John Philip John Spence Great Scot, April 2022, page 76, https://viewer.joomag.com/great-scot-165-april-online/0708233001650590898?short&

Others – academia and science Robert Bartnik – mathematician John Cade – discovered lithium carbonate as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of depression Robert Percival Cook FRSE – nutrition expert and Professor of Biochemistry, University of Dundee Rev. Dr Andrew Harper – Biblical scholar and Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne and St Andrew's College, Sydney Ian Johnston – IVF and reproductive medicine pioneer Hugh Gemmell Lamb-Smith – Australian educator who, as a member of the Second Field Ambulance, landed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 James P. Leary – Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies University of Wisconsin–Madison Noel Lothian – botanist and director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, 1948–1980; oversaw the garden's expansion to three sites in South Australia Stuart Macintyre – Dean of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, voted one of Australia's leading public intellectuals Sir William Colin Mackenzie – anatomist, museum administrator, best known for creating Healesville Sanctuary Robert Marks – editor of the Australian Journal of Management, Emeritus Professor at Australian Graduate School of Management Dr. E. Neil McQueen – second Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Stephen Newton – Principal of Caulfield Grammar School Sydney Patterson – first Director of WEHI, Australia's oldest medical research institute Alan Geoffrey Serle – historian and biographer James Simpson – Douglas P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard UniversityEnglish: Graduate & alumni profiles – Melbourne University Peter Singer – philosopher, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, voted one of Australia's leading public intellectuals Thomas Gibson Sloane – entomologist Hugh Stretton – social scientist, voted one of Australia's leading public intellectuals Sir Sydney Sunderland – scientist and academic in the field of medicine David Vines – Professor of Economics at Oxford University Sir Ian Wark – chemist and science administrator

Business Sir James Balderstone – Chairman of BHP and AMP David Crawford – Chairman Foster's Group and Lendlease Sir Archibald Glenn – Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Australia Charles Goode – Chairman of ANZ Bank and Woodside Energy Sir Lenox Hewitt – Chairman of Qantas Sir Harold Knight – Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Jonathan Ling – CEO of Fletcher Building Sir Ian McLennan – Chairman of BHP and ANZ Bank Sir Laurie Muir – stockbroker and director Lionel Robinson – financier in Australia and England Robert Somervaille – Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Chairman of the Australian Telecommunications Commission and Overseas Telecommunications Commission, which he merged to become Telstra, founding Director of Hill Samuel Hugh Syme – proprietor of The Age newspaper Evan Thornley – founder of Looksmart, Chief Executive of Better Place Australia Sir David Zeidler – Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Australia

Law

Chief justices Will Alstergren – Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Sir John Latham – Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Alastair Nicholson – Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Sir Henry Winneke – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria

High Court Justices Kenneth Hayne – Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir John Latham – Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Sir Hayden Starke – Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Ninian Stephen – Justice of the High Court of Australia and Governor General of Australia

Supreme Court Justices Peter Buchanan – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Sir Arthur Dean – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne Geoff Digby – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Greg Garde – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, President of Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Sir Joseph Hood – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Stephen Kaye – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria William Kaye – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Clifford Menhennitt – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, delivered the landmark 1969 Menhennitt ruling which was the first legal precedent with regard to abortion law in Australia John Phillips – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Richard Refshauge – Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory Sir Henry Winneke – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria John Winneke (son of Sir Henry) – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, President of Victorian Court of Appeal

Media, entertainment, culture and the arts Graeme Bell – jazz musician Ric Birch – designer of Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies Creighton Burns – editor of The Age newspaper 1981–1989 Richard Davies – actor John Ewart – AFI award-winning actor Alexander Frater – writer and chief travel correspondent, The Observer Sir Roy Grounds – architect, works include National Gallery of Victoria and Victorian Arts Centre Russel Howcroft – ABC TV panellist, businessman Alistair Knox – mudbrick house designer, builder and landscape architect Mark Kwong – music producer and DJ known as Maarcos Patrick McCaughey – director of the National Gallery of Victoria Nick McCallum – television and radio journalist Campbell McComas – entertainer, impersonator Will McMahon- radio show host Ian Munro – pianist, composer Ned Napier – actor Peter Nicholson – cartoonist for The Australian Chris Pang – actor Andrew Probyn – journalist Ron Radford – director of the National Gallery of Australia Felix Riebl – lead singer of The Cat Empire Jesse Spencer – actor Walter J. Turner – writer and poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe – poet, Emeritus Professor in The Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne John Williamson – country music singer Woody Whitelaw- radio show host Michael Wipfli – radio presenter and comedian Yelian He – cellist

Military and intelligence

Chiefs / heads of services Sir Julius Bruche – Chief of the General Staff Barry Gration – Chief of the Air Staff Peter Gration – Chief of the Australian Defence Force Sir Alan McNicoll – Chief of the Royal Australian NavyJames Mitchell, A Deepening Roar – Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851–2001, Allen & Unwin, 2001, page 308 Sir John Monash – first Australian overall Commander of the Australian Corps, face on Australian $100 note, Monash University named after him Paul Symon – director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Deputy Chief of Army

Others – military Raymond Brownell – Air Commodore, WWI flying ace Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley – Brigadier, Director of Medicine, Australian Military Forces during WWII Greg Garde – Major General, Deputy Chief Australian Defence Force (Reserves) (Australia's highest ranking reservist) Oliver David Jackson – Commander 1st Australian Task Force in South Vietnam (1966–1967) Robert Little – top scoring Australian fighter pilot in WWI, killed in action May 1918 Sir James McCay – Lieutenant General Rev. Alexander Rowan Macneil - twice awarded the Military Cross in WW1, he was Presbyterian chaplain to the PoWs interred at Changi Prison during WW2 and established Rover Scouting in the Japanese PoW camp system. Sir William Refshauge – Major General Sir Lindsay Ride – Commander, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Field Ambulance (1941); Commander, British Army Aid Group (1942-1945); Commandant, Royal Hong Kong Defence Force (1949-1967) Robert Smith – Brigadier General, WWI, Commander 5th Brigade Sir Clive Steele – Major General Alan Stretton – Major General, Head of National Disaster Organisation, responsible for managing and rebuilding Darwin after Cyclone Tracy Hugh Randall Syme – bomb defuser, grandson of David Syme Ian Upjohn – Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding Officer of 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse, commander of Australian troops in Solomon Islands

Politics and public service

Prime ministers and presidents Sir John Latham – Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Kalkot Mataskelekele – President of Vanuatu Sir George Houston Reid – Prime Minister of Australia, Premier of NSW, member of British House of Commons

Premiers

Jim Bacon – Premier of Tasmania John Cain – Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett – Premier of Victoria Sir Harry Lawson – Premier of Victoria John MacPherson – Premier of Victoria Sir George Houston Reid – Premier of NSW William Shiels – Premier of Victoria Vaiben Louis Solomon – Premier of South Australia

Cabinet ministers Bill Baxter – Victorian Nationals Roads & Ports Minister Sir Gilbert Chandler – Victorian Cabinet Minister