Past Office Bearers

Presidents
Vice-Presidents
Censors-in-Chief
Treasurers
Executive Officers

Presidents

1927-1929   Sir George Syme
1929-1935   Sir Henry Newland
1935-1937   Robert Blakeway Wade
1937-1939   Sir Louis Barnett
1939-1941   Sir Hugh Devine
1941-1943   Edward Denis Ahern
1943-1945   Sir Alan Newton
1945-1947   Hugh Raymond Guy Poate
1947-1949   Francis Gordon Bell
1949-1951   George Bell
1951-1953   Sir Victor Hurley
1953-1955   Harold Robert Dew
1955-1957   Ivan Bede Jose
1957-1959   Ian Douglas Miller
1959-1961   Leonard Charles Edward Lindon
1961-1962   Stanley Livingstone Wilson
1962-1964   Julian Ormond Smith
1964-1966   Kenneth William Starr
1966-1968   Benjamin Keith Rank
1968-1969   Stanley Francis Reid
1969-1971   Patrick John Kenny
1971-1974   John Lowenthal
1974-1975   John Wellesley Evan Raine
1975-1978   Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes
1978-1979   Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland
1979-1981   Graham Douglas Tracy
1981-1983   John Kevin Clarebrough
1983-1985   Mervyn Keith Smith
1985-1987   Donald Gordon Macleish
1987-1989   Edward Durham Smith
1989-1991   Thomas Smith Reeve
1991-1993   John Chadwick Hanrahan
1993-1995   David Egmont Theile
1995-1996   John Peterson Royle
1996-1998   Colin Ulric McRae
1998-2001   Bruce Henry Barraclough
2001-2003   Kingsley Walton Faulkner
2003-2005   Anne Kolbe
2005-2007   Russell William Stitz
2007-2008   Andrew Darcy Sutherland
2008-2010   Ian Ronald Gough
2010-2012   Ian Donald Shepherd Civil

Vice-Presidents

1927-1960   Two vice-presidents of equal rank
1927-1933   Sir Alexander MacCormick and Sir Louis Barnett
1933-1937   Sir Louis Barnett and Hugh Berchmans Devine
1937-1939   Sir Hugh Devine and Sir Alan Newton
1939-1941   Sir Alan Newton and Sir John McKelvey (succeeded by Edward Denis Ahern)
1941-1943   Sir Alan Newton and Hugh Raymond Guy Poate
1943-1945   Hugh Raymond Guy Poate and Francis Gordon Bell
1945-1947   Francis Gordon Bell and Thomas Edward Victor Hurley
1947-1951   Thomas Edward Victor Hurley and Harold Robert Dew
1951-1954   Harold Robert Dew and Ivan Bede Jose
1954-1955   Ivan Bede Jose and Clifford Henry Coomer Searby
1955-1957   Clifford Henry Coomer Searby and Ian Douglas Miller
1957-1959   Leonard Charles Edward Lindon and Eardley Lorimer Button
1959-1960   Neville Graham Sutton and Stanley Livingstone Wilson

1960-1990   Two vice-presidents, senior and junior
1960-1961   Neville Graham Sutton (Senior) and Stanley Livingstone Wilson (Junior)
1961-1962   Julian Ormond Smith and Kenneth William Starr
1962-1963   Kenneth William Starr and Benjamin Keith Rank
1963-1964   Kenneth William Starr and Alan Harding Lendon
1964-1966   Benjamin Keith Rank and Alan Harding Lendon
1966-1967   Alan Harding Lendon and Stanley Francis Reid
1967-1968   Stanley Francis Reid and Patrick John Kenny
1968-1969   Patrick John Kenny and Bryan Tobin Keon-Cohen
1969-1971   Russell Norfolk Howard and Bryan Tobin Keon-Cohen
1971-1973   Alistair Campbell McEachern and John Wellesley Evan Raine
1973-1974   John Wellesley Evan Raine and Clarence Arthur Campbell Leggett
1974-1975   Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes and Clarence Arthur Campbell Leggett
1975-1977   James Warwick Fraser Macky and Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland
1977-1978   Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland and Peter Braithwaite
1978-1979   Peter Braithwaite and Graham Douglas Tracy
1979-1981   John Ernest Dunlop Goldie and John Kevin Clarebrough
1981-1982   John Ernest Dunlop Goldie and Mervyn Keith Smith
1982-1983   Mervyn Keith Smith and John Ludbrook
1983-1985   Donald Gordon Macleish and Arthur Wynyard Beasley
1985-1987   Edward Durham Smith and Richard Clayton Bennett
1987-1989   Selim Abraham Mellick and Thomas Smith Reeve
1989-1990   Brian Patrick Morgan and Bernard McCarthy O'Brien

One vice-president
1990-1991   Bernard McCarthy O'Brien
1991-1993   David Egmont Theile
1993-1995   John Peterson Royle
1995-1996   Colin Ulric McRae
1996-1998   Rupert Leigh Atkinson
1998-1999   Donald Harley Gray
1999-2000   Alastair Rowland Brown
2000-2001   Kingsley Walton Faulkner
2001-2003   Anne Kolbe
2003-2005   Peter William Harold Woodruff
2005-2007   Stephen Arthur Deane
2007-2008   Ian Ronald Gough
2008-2010   Ian Carnegie Dickinson
2010-2012   Keith Louis Anthony Mutimer

Censors-in-Chief

1927-1931   Director-General
1927-1929   Sir George Syme
1929-1931   Robert Hamilton Russell

1931-           Censor-in-Chief
1931-1933   Robert Hamilton Russell
1933-1943   Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton
1943-1949   William Allan Hailes
1949-1954   Clifford Henry Coomer Searby
1954-1961   Julian Ormond Smith
1961-1962   Benjamin Keith Rank
1962-1966   Stanley Francis Reid
1966-1969   Bryan Tobin Keon-Cohen
1969-1974   Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes
1974-1975   Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland
1975-1979   John Ernest Dunlop Goldie
1979-1983   Donald Gordon Macleish
1983-1986   Selim Abraham Mellick
1986-1989   Brian Patrick Morgan
1989-1991   David Egmont Theile
1991-1995   Brendan John Dooley
1995-1998   Donald Harley Gray
1998-2001   Anne Kolbe
2001-2003   Richard Hugh West
2003-2006   Patricia Margaret Davidson
2006-2007   Ian Ronald Gough
2007-2010   Ian Donald Shepherd Civil
2010-2012   Mark Gordon Edwards

Treasurers

1927-1936   Honorary Secretary and Treasurer
1927-1929   Augustus Leo Kenny
1929-1933   Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton
1933-1936   Julian Ormond Smith

Honorary Treasurer
1936-1937   Julian Ormond Smith
1937-1949   Balcombe Quick
1949-1951   Frederick John Orr Colahan
1951-1958   Edgar Samuel John King
1958-1968   Charles James Officer Brown
1968-1969   Russell Norfolk Howard
1969-1975   Frank Douglas Stephens
1975-1977   Peter Braithwaite
1977-1979   John Kevin Clarebrough
1979-1987   Richard Clayton Bennett
1987-1991   John Chadwick Hanrahan
1991-1993   John Peterson Royle
1993-1995   Colin Ulric McRae
1995-1998   Bruce Henry Barraclough
1998-2000   Kingsley Walton Faulkner
2000-2003   Peter William Harold Woodruff
2003-2007   Andrew Darcy Sutherland
2007-2010   Keith Louis Anthony Mutimer

Treasurer
2010- 2012  Michael John Holland  

Executive Officers

Honorary Secretary and Treasurer
1927-1929   Augustus Leo Kenny
1929-1933   Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton
1933-1936   Julian Ormond Smith

Honorary Secretary
1942-1945   George Robin Adlington Syme
1961-1962   Russell Norfolk Howard

Honorary Assistant Secretary
1932-1933   Julian Ormond Smith
1933-1936   George Robin Adlington Syme

College Secretary
1934-1962   Harold Gordon Wheeler
1962-1989   Raymond Arthur Chapman
1989-1997   Peter Henry Carter

Chief Executive Officer/Executive General Manager
1997-1999   Peter Henry Carter
1999-2003   Vincenzo Massaro
2003 May-Dec David Ferguson Scott (Acting CEO)
2004 -           David John Hillis

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