2020 Queen's Birthday Honours recipients

Dr Karen George AM
MA '89
For significant service to history preservation and research, and to professional associations.
Mr Leo Hardiman PSM
BComm '89, LLB '91
For outstanding public service through the provision of legal services to the Commonwealth.
Emeritus Professor Ian Harper FASSA FAICD AO
MEc '79, PhD '82
For distinguished service to education in the field of economics, and to public and monetary policy development and reform.
Professor Marcia Langton AM AO FASSA
BA '84, HonLittD '19
For distinguished service to tertiary education, and as an advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Mr Alfred McCarthy OAM
BComm '58
For service to the community of Yass.
Lieutenant Colonel Clare O'Neill CSC
MMil&Def '18
For outstanding achievement in the field of Professional Military Education and strategic engagement.
Lieutenant Colonel Neil Peake CSC
MMilSt '12
For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 10th Force Support Battalion.
Dr Christine Phillips AM
GDipA '99, MA '99, PhD '17
For significant service to medical education, to migrant and refugee health, and to medicine.
Ms Iva Quarisa OAM
BSc '91, GDipSc '93
For service to primary industry, particularly to irrigation management.
Professor Walter Abhayaratna OAM
DrPH '10
For service to medicine in the Australian Capital Territory.
Mr Benjamin Shaw CSM
MMil&Def '16
For meritorious achievement as the Principal Logistics Staff Officer at Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East from September 2018 to July 2019.
Dr Michael Banyard OAM
PhD '80
For service to veterinary science.
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Smith AM
MMilSt '12
For significant service to orthopaedic medicine as a surgeon, and to medical administration.
Ms Frances Cassidy AM
BA '81
For significant service to Australia-United States of America cultural and business relations.
Dr Lisa Strelein PSM
PhD '99
For outstanding public service to improving awareness across the Australian Public Service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, and to the debate on native title.
Professor Bruce Chapman AM AO
BEc '74
For distinguished service to higher education, particularly in the field of economics and public policy, and to professional societies.
Ms Ruth Weir CSC
MMil&Def '14
For outstanding achievement as the Current Plans Operations Officer at Headquarters 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters during the period 2018 to 2019.
Mr Andrew Robert De Fegely AM
BSc(For) '79
For significant service to the forestry industry through business and advisory roles.
Mr Paul Deighton CSC
MMil&Def '13
For outstanding achievement in language training reform, development and delivery as Commanding Officer of the Defence Force School of Languages.
Dr Frances Devlin-Glass OAM
PhD '75
For service to education, and to the Irish community.
Mr Phillip Ellsmore CSC
MMil&Def '17
For outstanding achievement modernising and streamlining Army capabilities in digital communications and career management.
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