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HONORARY FELLOWS
An Honorary Fellowship is the highest honour of the AIP and only awarded to distinguished persons intimately connected with physics, or a science allied thereto, whom the Australian Institute of Physics especially desires to honour for outstanding services in connection with that science.
Current Honorary Fellows
| Name, Year Became Hon Fellow | State |
|---|---|
| Prof David Booth, 2003 | VIC |
| Prof Robert Delbourgo, 2005 | TAS |
| Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM, 2020 | NSW |
| Prof Bruce McKellar, 2022 | VIC |
| Prof Brian Schmidt AC, 2012 | ACT |
Past Honorary Fellows
| Name | State | Year Became Hon Fellow | YOB-YOD |
| Walter Moritz Boas | VIC | 1979 | 1904–1982 |
| William Stevenson Boundy | SA | 1990 | 1922-1999 |
| George Henry Briggs | NSW | 1964 | 1893-1987 |
| Robert Woodhouse Crompton | ACT | 2001 | 1926-2022 |
| John Robert de Laeter | WA | 1992 | 1933-2010 |
| Arthur Frederick Alan Harper | NSW | 1975 | 1913–1991 |
| Anthony George Klein AM | VIC | 1935-2021 | |
| Herbert Raphael Lang | UK | 1965 | 1904-1965 |
| Keith Campbell Lang | VIC | 1970 | 1908-1996 |
| Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant | 1901-2000 | ||
| Geoffrey Ivan Opat | VIC | 2002 | 1935-2002 |
| Arthur Anthony Page | QLD | 1991 | 1922–2011 |
| John Russell Prescott | SA | 1991 | 1924-2011 |
| Charles Henry Brian (Bill) Priestley | VIC | 1982 | 1915-1998 |
| James Stanley Rogers | VIC | 1964 | 1893-1977 |
| Alexander David Ross | WA | 1964 | 1883–1966 |
| Brian Milton Spicer | VIC | 1988 | 1928-2004 |
| Robert Street | WA | 1992 | 1920-2013 |
| John Lloyd Symonds | NSW | 1924-2017 | |
| Sir Alan Walsh | VIC | 1979 | 1916-1998 |
| Hugh Colin Webster | VIC | 1970 | 1905-1979 |
| Sir Frederick William White | ACT | 1970 | 1905-1994 |
If you are aware of any errors or omissions with this list, please contact the AIP.
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