Life Members

Over the years a number of people have made a substantial contribution to University Colleges Australiaand have advanced its work at the local level and on the national stage.  In recognition of this, the Association may elect a person to be an Honorary or Life Member.

As detailed in the Rules of the Association, the process for doing this is as follows:

  1. Nominations shall be made by a local chapter or branch of the Association to the Nominating Committee
  2. The Nominating Committee shall comprise the President, a current Life or Honorary Member elected by Life and Honorary Members, three College Heads elected at the Annual General Meeting.  No elected member shall hold office for more than three years.
  3. The Committee shall meet annually to consider nominations and to make recommendations.  The Committee may choose to make no nominations and no more than three nominations shall be made in any one year
  4. The names shall be forwarded to the Executive which may accept or reject the nominations as it thinks fit on consultation with the Committee
  5. The Executive shall put those names it has accepted before the Annual General Meeting for election
  6. Honorary or Life Members shall be entitled to participate in all activities of the Association save that they shall have no voting power and shall not be eligible for election to office

The following College Head have been appointed as Life Members of Univeristy Colleges Australia:

The Most Rev Dr Felix R Arnott 1969-1988
formerly Warden, St Paul’s College
University of Sydney 1846-1963

Sir Archibald Grenfell Price 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 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 1979-2005
formerly Master, Ormond College
University of Melbourne 1959-1979

Dr Eva Eden AM 1985-
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 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

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-current

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-
formerly Master of St Mark's College
The University of Adelaide 2000-2007

Professor Hugh Collins, 2011-
formerly Master of Ormond College
The University of Melbourne 1994-2008

Dr Edwina Ridgway, OAM 2011-
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-current