Patrick Francis Donovan, Nudgee College, 1936–1938
Patrick Francis Donovan applied for the Rhodes Scholarship was serving as an infantry officer in New Guinea. He took up the Scholarship in 1946. After a successful academic career, Donovan joined the diplomatic service, specialising as a trade representative.
Professor Hugh Alexander Dunn AO was a career Australian diplomat known for his knowledge of China; namely Taiwan (1969–1972) and of the People's Republic of China (1980–1984).
Lister George Hopkins, Toowomba Grammar School 1924-1927
Lister George Hopkins was a student at Toowomba Grammar School from 1924-1927. At Oxford he gained First Class Honours in Mathematics and, as an adviser to the United Nations, established and co-ordinated the first census ever conducted in the West Indies.
Henry Malcolm Whyte, Ipswich Grammar School, 1934-37
Was Dux, winner of an Open Scholarship, Lewis Thomas Scholarship and a Rhodes Scholar in 1947. A lifelong campaigner for the integration of patient care, clinical teaching and research, he was appointed Foundation Professor of Clinical Science at the Australian National University.
Graham Bond, Anglican Church Grammar School, 1951-54
Graham Bond is an Australian gymnast who competed at three Olympic Games - 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1961 to attend Balliol College, Oxford.
On 29 September 2000 he was an Australian Sports Medal - AGF Award of Merit recipient.
Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries for his work in genomics. Peter is Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford.
