List of Old Boys of St Aloysius' College

This is a list of St Aloysius' College Alumni. Notable former students – known as "Old Boys" – of the Catholic school, St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia.

Academia, medicine and science

• Dr Walter Burfitt CBE – Surgeon and co-founder of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; Founder of the Medical Benevolent Association of New South Wales (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)^[1]
• Professor Jacques Miller AC FRS (1931- ) – a distinguished research scientist; famous for having discovered the function of the thymus and for the identification, in mammalian species of the two major subsets of lymphocytes (T cells and B cells) and their function^[2]
• Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE FRS FAA (1931- ) – a distinguished research scientist; famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance; a former director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1965-1996); and Australian of the Year in 2000^[3]
• Dr Stephen Hicks – Research Fellow in Neuroscience and Visual Prosthetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
• Dr Matthew J. Cleary – Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney
• Mr John E. Cunningham OAM BSc MBBS MClinEpi FRACS FAOrthA – Orthopaedic surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Epworth Richmond

Business

David Murray, pictured as Chairman of the Future Fund.

• David Murray AO – the former Chairman of the Australian Government Future Fund and former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank
• Danny Kennedy – environmentalist, clean-tech entrepreneur and founder of Sungevity, one of the largest rooftop solar companies in the United States ^[4]
• Andrew Low – Corporate adviser, CEO RedBridge Grant Samuel ^[5]

Clergy

• Right Reverend Joseph Dwyer – Bishop of Wagga Wagga 1918-1939 (also attended St Patrick's College, Goulburn)^[6]
• Peter L'Estrange – Rector of Newman College (University of Melbourne) 1991-2006 and Master of Campion Hall, Oxford 2006-
• Archbishop Eris O'Brien – Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney 1948-1951, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn 1953-1966^[7]
• Bishop William Wright – Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle^[8]

Media, entertainment and the arts

Khoa Do

Julian Morrow

• Christopher Brennan – a poet and Scholar (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)^[9]
• Don Burke – a television personality
• Martin Cooke – a baritone with the Bavarian State Opera
• John Bede Dalley – a journalist and writer (also attended St Augustine's Abbey school and Beaumont College)^[10]
• Anh Do – a comedian and actor (Footy Legends, Thank God You're Here, SBS series Kick, Runner up on Dancing with the Stars (Series 7), Dancing with the Deals)
• Khoa Do – the 2005 Young Australian of the Year, screenwriter and director of Footy Legends
• Sir Charles Mackerras – a conductor and brother of Alistair and Malcolm (also attended Sydney Grammar School)
• Julian Morrow – a journalist, comedian and writer, best known for The Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser's War on Everything
• Melvyn Morrow – a playwright whose musical scores included Shout! The Legend of The Wild One and Dusty - The Musical; and an English teacher
• Matthew Reilly – an author whose novels include Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Hover Car Racer, Seven Ancient Wonders and Contest
• Cyril Ritchard – a broadway Actor^[11]
• Mark Simkin – Walkely Award winning ABC journalist ^[12]
• Justin Smith – an actor who starred in Billy Elliot the Musical in Australia
• Adam Spencer – a mathematician, comedian and radio host
• Tom Switzer – editor of the Australian version of The Spectator and research associate at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney^[13]
• Tom Williams – a television presenter (The Great Outdoors); reporter and star of Dancing With the Stars
• Dave McLenaghan  – Class of 2001. Television news reader and sport reporter on WIN Television in Queensland.

Politics, public service and the law

Tony Abbott,
Prime Minister
2013–15.

Joe Hockey,
Treasurer
2013–15.

• Tony Abbott MP – former Australian Prime Minister, a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Warringah for the Liberal Party, and a former minister in the Howard government; (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)^[14]
• Robert Arthur Broinowski – Public servant and poet; Clerk of the Australian Senate (1939–1942)^[15]
• Sir Maurice Byers CBE QC – Solicitor-General of Australia during the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 (1973–1983)^[16]
• John Kearney QC – a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and President of the NSW Bar Association^[17]
• Joseph Farrar Coates MLC – a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and a minister in the Lang and Stevens governments (1921–1943)^[18]
• Francis Joseph Finnan CBE MP – a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Hawkesbury and Darlinghurst for Labor; and later a public servant^[19]
• Nick Greiner AC – Chairman of Infrastructure NSW; the 37th Premier of New South Wales (1988–1992); and a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Ku-ring-gai for the Liberal Party (1980–1992)(Also attended St. Ignatius' College, Riverview).
• Joe Hockey MP – a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing North Sydney for the Liberal Party since 1996; a former minister in the Howard Government, in the Abbott Government Hockey served as Treasurer of Australia^[20]
• Francis Keane – a public servant and magistrate^[21]
• Michael L'Estrange AO – a former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; a former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; a former Secretary to Cabinet; and Rhodes Scholar^[22]
• Malcolm Mackerras AO – a psephologist and creator of the 'Mackerras Electoral Pendulum'; and brother of Charles (also attended Sydney Grammar School)^[23]
• Dick Meagher MP – a former Speaker, and a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Sydney-Phillip, then Tweed and then Phillip, variously for Labor and as an independent representative between 1895 and 1917; and a former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1895–1920) (also attended St Stanislaus' College)^[24]
• Dr Alex Mills – Reader in Public and Private International Law, UCL Faculty of Laws
• Jonathan O'Dea MP – a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party from 2007 to the present (Also attended St. Ignatius' College, Riverview)
• Professor Simon Rice OAM, Professor of Law, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
• Professor Tim Stephens – Professor of International Law, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney

Sport

• Bernard Foley – Waratahs and Wallabies rugby player ^[25]

Cecil Healy, an Olympic swimming champion.

• Cecil Healy – a winner of individual silver and team gold medals in swimming at the 1912 Olympic Games ^[26]
• Ater Majok – a basketball player, selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA Draft^[27]
• Dr Herbert Moran – Wallabies captain (1908) (also attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill)^[28]
• Pat McCabe – Brumbies and Wallabies rugby player ^[29]

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales
• Combined Associated Schools

References

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External links

• St Aloysius' College website