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List of Old Boys of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill

This is a List of notable Old Boys of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, they being notable former students - known as "Old Boys" of the Roman Catholic Church school, St Joseph's College in Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Contents

[Year in brackets] is the last year of school attendance. (Years in parentheses) are years lived or the year of noted sporting or other achievement.

Academia

  • Professor Roger Morris (born 1946), Head of Molecular Neurobiology at King's College London and Head of the Department of Chemistry since 2005.
  • Professor James Franklin [1970], (born 1953), historian and philosopher at UNSW.
  • Professor John Hartigan, Eugene Higgins Emeritus Professor of statistics at Yale University.
  • Professor Barry Quinn, statistician at Macquarie University.

    • Clergy

  • Matthew Joseph Brodie (1864–1943), second Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand (1915–1943), first Catholic bishop who was a New Zealander by birth.
  • Monsignor Cornelius James Duffy (1903–86), D.D., Chancellor of the Sydney Archdiocese and Diocesan archivist.
  • Most Rev Geoffrey James Robinson (born 1937), Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney 1984-2004, Titular Bishop of Rusuca.
  • John Steven Satterthwaite (1928-2016), Bishop of Lismore 1971-2001.
  • Most Rev Philip Edward Wilson (born 1950), D.D. J.C.L., Archbishop of Adelaide.

    • Media, entertainment and the arts

  • Frank Marien (1890–1936), Editor-in-chief of Smith's Weekly.
  • Jimmy Sharman jnr (1912–2006), boxing promoter.
  • John Olsen, AO, OBE (born 1928) artist.
  • Denis Kevans (1939–2005), left-wing poet, songwriter and folk singer.
  • Brian Castro (born 1950), award winning novelist & essayist.
  • Jack Waterford (born 1952), former editor-in-chief of the Canberra Times'.
  • Peter Thompson (born 1952), ABC broadcaster & Adjunct Professor, Macquarie Uni, Dept of International Communication.
  • Paul Field [1978], (born 1961), singer The Cockroaches and manager The Wiggles.
  • John Field [1979], (born 1962), guitarist The Cockroaches and songwriter.
  • Anthony Field [1980], (born 1963), guitarist and singer The Cockroaches and The Wiggles.
  • Tony Henry [1980], (born 1963), drummer of the '80s pop band The Cockroaches.
  • Tom Gleeson [1991], (born 1974), comedian, actor and radio personality.
  • Jackson Mullane, (born 1987), Australian Gladiator character "Outlaw" and State representative rugby winger.
  • Christian McEwan radio presenter c913FM.

    • Military

  • Brigadier Sir Eugene Gorman (1891–1973), KBE, MC, QC military officer and barrister.
  • Air Marshal, Sir John McCauley (1899–1989Kn), KBE, CB, RAAF commander

    • Law

  • Eric Stanislaus Miller (1903–86) Member NSW Bar, QC.
  • Sir William Prentice (1917-2004), Justice Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea 1969-79; Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea 1978-79.
  • Justice Peter Aloysius McInerney (1927-2014), Justice Supreme Court of New South Wales 1985-99.
  • Sir William Deane AC KBE [1947] (born 1931), former Governor-General and former Justice of the High Court of Australia.
  • Hon. Chief Justice Murray Gleeson AC (born 1938), former Chief Justice of Australia - High Court of Australia; former Chief Justice of New South Wales - Supreme Court of New South Wales; former President - NSW Bar Asscn.
  • John Daniel Cummins, Member NSW Bar 1961-2001; QC 1980-2001; disbarred 2001
  • John Marsden (1942–2006), President of the Law Society of NSW.
  • David Freeman, Judge District Court, NSW 1986-2011; Acting Supreme Court Judge and Alternate Chair of State Parole Authority since 2011
  • Kevin Coorey, Judge District Court, NSW since 1999.

    • Politics & public service

  • Sir Jack Keith Murray KBE (1889–1979); Professor of Agriculture Uni of Qld 1927-45; AIF Captain in World War I; AMF Lieut-Colonel in World War II; Administrator of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea 1945–52.
  • Frank Downing (1907–1978), ALP MLA for Ryde, 1953–1968.
  • Norm Ryan (1912–1997), ALP MLA for Marrickville, 1953-73.
  • Harry Jensen (1913–1998), Lord Mayor of Sydney 1956-65, ALP MLA for Wyong & Munmorah, 1965-1981 and NSW Cabinet Minister 1976-81.
  • Jack Doohan OBE (1920–2007), National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1978-91.
  • Laurie McGinty MBE (1921–1991), Mayor of Willoughby 1960-67, Lib MLA for Willoughby 1968-1978 and NSW Cabinet Minister 1973-76.
  • Hon Kevin Cairns (1929–1984), Lib, MHR seat of Lilley in Queensland 1963-80; Federal Cabinet Minister 1971-72.
  • Alan Woods AC (1930–1990), Secretary of the Department of Defence 1986–88
  • Bill Heffernan (born 1943), Lib Senator for New South Wales since 1996.
  • Andrew Penfold AM [1983] - Member of Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council; inaugural NSW Human Rights Ambassador; founder of St Joseph's College Indigenous Fund; Founder of Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.

    • Science & medicine

  • Dr Sylvester Minogue (1900–73) psychiatrist, credited with establishing the first Alcoholics Anonymous group in Australia in 1945.
  • Dr Mark Shanahan (1932-2008), chairman of St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney cardiothoracic unit and pioneer heart transplant surgeon.
  • Dr Robert Frater (born 1937) AO, CSIRO fellow and internationally renowned researcher in radioastronomy instrumentation, optical astronomy and electroacoustics.
  • Dr Victor Warren Fazio (1940-2015) Pioneering colorectal surgeon
  • Dr Chris Clarke (born 1943), Consultant Thoracic Physician, past President of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Dr Tony Bookallil (1941-2013), the Hunter region’s first neurosurgeon from 1975 ; the sole brain & spine specialist practising on the NSW north coast until 1988.
  • Dr David Hughes [1980], Chief Medical Officer Australian Institute of Sport, Australian team Medical Director Rio 2016

    • Business

  • Sir Henry Francis Chow [1953], (1935-2016) OBE Kt, Papua New Guinea business magnate (Toboi Shipbuilding Company; the Lae Biscuit Co).

    • Administration

  • John O'Neill, Chief Executive of Australian Rugby Union and former Head of Football Federation Australia.

    • Athletics

  • Patrick Dwyer, silver medalist 4 × 400 m Relay Athens 2004, competitor Sydney 2000 & 1998 Commonwealth Games.

    • Cricket

  • Stan McCabe, Australian Test Cricketer 39 Tests (1930–38).

    • Paralympics

  • Evan O'Hanlon [2006], (born 1988) OAM, 5 x time gold-medal winning paralympic sprinter.

    • Rowing

  • Bill Dixon [1929] & Clyde Elias [1933] Olympians at Berlin 1936. (Elias Men's VIII; Dixon Men's 2X.)
  • Phil Cayzer gold medalist Men's VIII at Auckland 1950 & bronze medalist at Helsinki 1952.
  • Bob Tinning gold medalist Men's VIII at Auckland 1950 & bronze medalist at Helsinki 1952.
  • Alf Duval, silver medalist 1968 Mexico Olympics, Men's VIII.
  • Joe Fazio [1960], (1942-2011) silver medalist 1968 Mexico Olympics, Men's VIII.
  • Terry O'Hanlon [1972], coxswain 1975 World Championships (M2+) & 1977 World Championships, Men's VIII.
  • Paul Rowe, finalist 1975 World Championships (LW 1X).
  • Michael Crowley, 1975 World Championships (M2+).
  • Francis Hegerty [2000], silver medalist Beijing 2008, Men's 4-.
  • Spencer Turrin, 2013-15 World Championships and representative Rio 2016. Men's 2-.

    • National representatives

  • Harry Caples, Kangaroo five-eighth, (1921–1922).
  • Arch Crippin, Kangaroo winger, (1936).
  • Jack Beaton, Kangaroo versatile back, (1936–1938).
  • Ben Kennedy, Kangaroo lock-forward, (2000–2006).

    • First grade

  • Mick Aldous, Canberra Raiders centre (1984–85) and French Rugby League national coach.
  • Justin Dooley, Wests Magpies & Sydney Roosters (1990-2001).
  • Jarrod Saffy, St George Dragons & Wests Magpies forward (2006–10) and Melbourne Rebels RU lock (2011-2013).
  • Darcy Lussick, Parramatta Eels & Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles forward (2012-).
  • Maurie Murphy, Canterbury-Bankstown winger (1947).

    • Wallabies

    References

    List of Old Boys of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill Wikipedia
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