We are deeply grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their extraordinary generosity. Our Academy Pillars have, over time, contributed an outstanding level of support to the Australian Academy of Science.

Academy Pillars

Donations of or valued at $500,000 +

In perpetuity

• Sir Jack Ellerton Becker FAA

• Estate of Thomas Lewis Davies

• Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

• FJ Fenner AC CMG MBE FAA FRS and Mrs Bobbie Fenner

• Dr Margaret Middleton

• The Royal Society (UK)—Theo Murphy (Australia) Fund

• Estate of Ian Gordon Ross AO FAA

• Estate of Miss JG RussellM

• Professor John Shine AC FAA

• Telstra

• Professor G W Kenneth Cavill Bequest

The Australian Academy of Science acknowledges the support of donors who gave generously over the past 12 months. Their support plays a critical role in helping the Academy achieve its mission.

President's Circle

Donations of or valued at $100,000 – $499,999

• Professor Ian McDougall FAA

• Estate of the Late Professor John Newton FAA and Dr Silva Newton

• Dr Anna Rickards

• Anonymous 1

• Science Circle

Donations of or valued at $20,000 – $99,999

• Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE

• Jon Day

• Doug Hooley PSM

• Dr Margaret R Middleton

• ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Kate-Smith Miles

• Dr Anna Rickards

• Anonymous 1

Academy Supporters

Members of all other donor groups receive acknowledgement in the Academy's annual report and acknowledgement on the website, and receive regular donor updates and quarterly newsletters. The Academy is pleased to welcome donors into our giving programs, enabling us to thank and recognise them for their commitment in their giving.

Donations of or valued at $10,000 – $19,999

• Professor Colin Sullivan FAA

• Anonymous 1

Friends of the Academy

Donations of or valued at $5,000 – $9,999

• Professor Max Crossley FAA FRACI

Academy Associates

Donations of or valued at $1,000 – $4,999

• Dr Alexis Berry

• Dr John Church FAA FTSE

• Professor Andrew Holmes AC FAA FRS FTSE

• Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE

• Professor Kerry Landman FAA

• Professor Fred Mendelsohn AO FAA

• Mr John Ralph AC FAA FTSE

• Dr Richard Richards FAA FTSE

• Professor John Shine AC PresAA

• Sustainable Solutions International Pty Ltd

• Anonymous 2

Donors $500 – $999​

• Emeritus Professor Ian Chubb AC FAA FACE FTSE

• Andrew Donnellan – CompCon Incorporated

• Professor Michael Cowling FAA

• Dr Elizabeth Finnegan FAA

• Ms Isobel Griffin

• Mr Ian Hardy

• Professor Anne Kelso AO FAA

• Professor Jennifer Martin AC FAA

• Professor Xu-Jia Wang FAA

• Professor Sven Ole Warnaar FAA

• Anonymous 1

Donors up to $499

• Professor David Allen FAA

• Mrs Eliza Allen

• Professor Michael Alphers AO FAA FRS

• Professor Benjamin Andrews FAA

• Professor James Angus AO FA

• Dr Cyril Appleby FAA

• Aisling Arnould

• Professor Jenefer Blackwell FAA

• Emeritus Professor David Blair FAA

• Emeritus Professor D V Boger FAA FRS FTSE

• Professor Jennie Brand – Miller AM FAA

• Liz Brown

• Professor Henry Burger AO FAA FRACP

• Professor Maria Byrne FAA

• Malgosia Bytnerowicz

• Coline Constable

• Michelle Cooper

• Jane Coram

• Professor Ian Dawes FAA FRSN

• Professor David Doddrell AM FAA

• Professor David de Kretser AC FAA FRACP FTSE

• Dean Economou

• Professor Simon Foote FAA FTSE

• Professor Karl Glazebrook FAA

• Professor Andrew Gleadow AO FAA FGSAust

• Mona Goldsmith

• Dr Hal Hatch AM FAA FRS

• Mrs Janis Johnson

• Mr Tony Kennedy

• Professor Johannes Lambers FAA

• Professor Peter Lay FAA FRACI

• Ms Heidi Lehtis

• Associate Professor Stephen Leslie

• Professor Max Lu AO FTSE FAA

• Professor Eugenie Lumbers AM FAA FRSN

• Professor Maria Makrides

• Dr Dick Manchester FAA

• Professor Boris Martinac FAA

• Mr Clark McCallum

• Professor Bob McIntosh AO FAA

• Dr John Oakeshott FAA FTSE

• Dame Brigid Ogilvie AC DBE FAA FRS

• Professor Michael Parker FAA

• Professor David Pegg FAA CorrFRSE

• Professor Cheryl Praeger AM FAA

• Professor Bruce Runnegar FAA

• Professor Frances Separovic AO FAA

• Emeritus Professor Ian Sloan AO FAA FRSN

• Professor Andrew Smith FAA

• Professor David Smyth FAA

• Professor Srini Srinivasan AM FAA FRS

• Kate Stanley

• David Swanton

• Professor Patrick Tam FAA FRS

• Lucinda Tyrrell

• Dr John Volkman FAA FRACI

• Professor John Warren AC FAA Nobel Laureate

• Dr Robert Watts FAA FTSE

• Professor Rachel Webster FAA

• Professor Jim Whelan FAA

• Claire White

• Graeme Whiting

• Emeritus Professor Jim Williams AM FAA FAIP FMRS FTSE

• Mr Peter Yates AM FTSE FAICD

• Anonymous 7

NOTE: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. We sincerely apologise if any error or omission has occurred. If you notice an error or omission please notify Academy of Science on 02 6201 9400.

All donations will be acknowledged for a period of twelve months. This list will be updated quarterly. Last updated July 2019.

Academy Pillars

Donations totalling over $500,000

In perpetuity

The Academy is honored to admit its most significant and transformative donors to the Academy Pillars, the Academy’s highest recognition for philanthropy. Academy Pillars’ names are placed on the exclusive Donor Board in the foyer of the Shine Dome at the Academy and receive special invitations to private events with visiting Nobel Laureates and Corresponding Members. They also receive invitations to celebrations, lectures and soirees, private viewings of archives, dinners with Council, award of a plaque to keep and display, acknowledgement in the Annual Report, acknowledgement on the website and receive regular donor updates and quarterly newsletters.

• Sir Jack Ellerton Becker FAA

• Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

• Frank J Fenner AC CMG MBE FAA FRS and Mrs Bobbie Fenner

• Professor John Shine AO FAA

• Ian Gordon Ross AO FAA

• Estate of Thomas Lewis Davies

• Estate of Dr William H Gladstones

• Estate of Miss JG Russell

• Dr Margaret Middleton

• The Royal Society (UK)—Theo Murphy (Australia) Fund

• Telstra

• Professor G W Kenneth Cavill Bequest

President’s Circle

Donations totalling $100,000 – $499,999

In perpetuity

The President’s Circle has been created to recognise generous gifts of or valued at $100,000. Members of the President’s Circle have their name on the Donor Board in the foyer of the Shine Dome, and receive special invitations to private events with visiting Nobel Laureates and Corresponding Members. They also receive invitations to celebrations, lectures and soirees, private viewings of archives, dinners with Council, award of a plaque to keep and display, acknowledgement in the Annual Report, acknowledgement on the website and receive regular donor updates and quarterly newsletters.

• Sir Ian Wark CBE FAA FTSE

• CRA

• Estate of Miss L R M Douglas

• Estate of JC Jaeger FAA

• CG Le Fèvre

• Professor Ian McDougall FAA and Mrs Pam McDougall

• National Council for the Centenary of Federation Cultural and Heritage Projects Program

• Ian Potter Foundation

• Sir Frederick White KBE FAA and Lady Elizabeth White MB BS

• Heyde Family

• Estate of Pauline M Johnston

• Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS Nobel Laureate and Dr Jenny Gordon

• Rio Tinto

• Professor Sir Marc Feldmann AC FAA and Lady Tania Feldmann

• Benn Selby—Selby Scientific Foundation

• The Late Professor Rod Rickards FAA and Dr Anna Rickards

• Professor TP Speed FAA FRS and Ms FE (Sally) Speed

• Dr Maxwell Day AO FAA

• Estate of the Late Professor John Newton FAA and Dr Silva Newton

Science Circle

Donations totalling $20,000 – $99,999

2019

• Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE

• ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Michelle Coote FAA FRSC

• Jon Day

• Doug Hooley PSM

• Dr Margaret R Middleton

• ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Kate-Smith Miles

• Dr Anna Rickards

• Anonymous 1

2018

• Dr Margaret Middleton

• Dr Anna Rickards

• Anonymous 1

2017

• Doug Hooley PSM

• Dr Margaret Middleton

• Dr Anna Rickards

• Anonymous 1

2016

• Estate of the Late Professor Jan Anderson FAA

• Dr Eldon Ball

• Professor Marilyn Ball FAA

• Dr Jennifer Gordon

• Doug Hooley PSM

• Estate of Professor Paul Ivan Korner AO FAA and Mrs Jennifer Korner

• Dr Margaret Middleton

• Professor David Solomon AC FAA FRS FTSE

• Anonymous 1

2015

• Estate of the Late Professor D P Craig AO FAA FRS

• ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Nanda Dasgupta FAA

• Emeritus Professor Neville Fletcher AM FAA FTSE

• Griffith University

• ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Nalini Joshi FAA

• Dr Margaret Middleton

• Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS Nobel Laureate and Dr Jenny Gordon

• Anonymous 1

2014

• Professor Jan Anderson FAA

• Professor James Angus AO FAA

• Professor David Craig AO FAA

• Gwenneth Nancy Head Foundation

• Dr TJ Higgins FAA FTSE and Dr Peggy Higgins

• Estate of Philip Garth Law AC CBE FAA

• Mrs Jean Moran

• Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE FAA and Lady Lyn Nossal

• The University of Queensland—Australia, School of Biological Sciences

• Professor TP Speed FAA and Ms FE (Sally) Speed

• Griffith University

• Anonymous 1

2013

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• Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA and Professor Jerry Adams FAA

2012

• CSL Limited

2011

• Professor Ken Cavill FAA

1956–2009

• Professor John Stuart Anderson FAA

• ANZAAS

• Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, London

• Australian Heritage Commision, National Estate Grant

• Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry

• Australian Science Teachers Association

• Sir Adolph Basser

• BHP Community Trust

• Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd

• Commonwealth Bank Foundation

• CSL Limited

• CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology

• CW Emmens

• Ford Motor Company

• Forestry Commission of NSW

• Foundation de France

• Mr Geoffrey SV Frew

• Professor Joseph Gani AM FAA

• General Motors Holden Ltd

• Estate of Professor A Gottschalk FAA

• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

• Harris Daishowa Australia Ltd

• Kanagawa Prefectural Natural History Museum

• Emertius Professor HO Lancaster AO FAA

• Mrs Hanna Lemberg

• Estate of K Mahler FAA

• Mazda Foundation

• National Council for the Centenary of Federation History and Education Program

• NSW Environmental Education Trust

• Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

• Rhone-Poulenc, Australia

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute

• Sidney Myer Fund

• Estate of VA Irwin Smith

• Wellcome Foundation Australia

• Dr Roy Woodall AO FAA FTSE

• Anonymous 1