List of Monash University people


A list of Monash University people, including a number of notable alumni and staff.

Administration

Vice-Chancellors

Note: After 1990, the Vice-Chancellor was also given the additional title of President.
PortraitVice-ChancellorHeld OfficeNotes
1Louis Matheson1960–1976civil engineer
2William Alexander Gowdie Scott1976–1977English literature
3Raymond Martin1977–1987inorganic chemist
4Mal Logan1987–1996urban planner and academic administrator
5David Robinson1997–2002Controversial figure that was forced to resign in 2002 over alleged cases of plagiarism that he was accused to have committed during the 1970s and 1980s.
6Peter Darvall2002–2003academic, civil engineer
7Richard Larkins2003–2009physician, Order of Australia
8Ed Byrne2009–2014neuroscientist
9Margaret Gardner2014–2023industrial relations specialist, 30th Governor of Victoria
10Sharon Pickering2024–presentsocial scientist

Chancellors

PortraitChancellorHeld OfficeNotes
1Robert Blackwood1958–1968engineer
2Douglas Menzies1968–1974judge
3Richard Moulton Eggleston1975–1983judge
4George Lush1983–1992judge
5David William Rogers1992–1998lawyer
6Jeremy Ellis1999–2007mining entrepreneur
7Alan Finkel2008–20168th Chief Scientist of Australia, neuroscientist
8Simon McKeon2016–presentlawyer