List of Australian Catholic University people

This is an incomplete list of Australian Catholic University people, including alumni and staff.

Alumni

Notable alumni of the Australian Catholic University and its predecessor colleges include:

• James Ajaka, founder and director, Nudie Juice^[1]
• Matt Burke, Australian rugby union player^[2]
• Martin Dixon, Victorian Minister for Education^[1]
• Pippa Hallas, CEO of Ella Baché^[1]
• Des Hasler, former rugby league player and coach of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs^[1][3]
• Justin Madden, former AFL player; Victorian state minister ^[4][1]
• Peter Maher, CEO of St Vincent de Paul Queensland^[1]
• Melina Marchetta, bestselling author of Looking for Alibrandi^[5]
• Annabel Pike, nurse and winner of the Pride of Australia Care and Compassion Medal (Queensland) for 2013
• Anthony Ryan, CEO of Edmund Rice Foundation (Australia)
• Morris West, writer ^[6]
• Alan Whiticker, published author and rugby league historian

Faculty

• Frank Brennan, SJ, AO, professor of law, Institute of Legal Studies; Living National Treasure
• Shane Clifton, Pentecostal theologian
• Brian Fitzgerald, barrister, academic and legal researcher
• Raimond Gaita, professor of philosophy at ACU National and King's College London; author of Romulus, My Father.

Administration

Chancellors

Order	Chancellor	Academic qualifications	Years	Notes
1
2	Brother Julian McDonald, CFC, AO		November 2000 - 27 November 2005	[7][8]
3	General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC		28 November 2005 - 28 January 2014	[7][9]
4	Ted Exell, AO		acting
5	Hon John Fahey, AC		4 September 2014 – present	[7][8]

Vice-Chancellors

Order	Chancellor	Academic qualifications	Years	Notes
1	Professor Peter Drake		1991 - 1998	[10]
2	Professor Peter Sheehan, AO		1998 - 28 January 2008	[10]
3	Professor Greg Craven	B.A, LL.B., LL.M.	1 February 2008 – present	[10]

References

1. "About ACU Alumni". Australian Catholic University. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
2. "School of Exercise Science NSW". ACU. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
3. "Reflections of Mount St Mary Strathfield". Br Andrew Simpson. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
4. "Parliamentary Handbook". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
5. "The girl most unlikely to...". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 April 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2006.
6. "Mount Royal to Mount Saint Mary". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
7. "General Peter Cosgrove appointed Chancellor of ACU". Australian Catholic University. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
8. "ACU farewells Brother Julian McDonald". ACU Update. ACU. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
9. "General Peter Cosgrove Australia's Next Governor-General". Catholic Communications. Archdiocese of Sydney. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
10. "ACU welcomes new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Greg Craven" (Press release). Australian Catholic University. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2014.