Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger AC FAA—Order of Australia: Companion in the General Division
Professor Graham Goodwin AO FAA FRS FTSE—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division
Professor Helene Marsh AO FAA FTSE—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division
Professor Mark Randolph AO FAA FTSE FRS—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division
Professor Roger Reddel AO FAA FAHMS—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division
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Emeritus Professor Hans Bachor AM FAA—Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Professor Martin Green AM FAA FTSE FRS—Japan Prize
Professor Sharad Kumar AM FAA FAHMS—South Australian Scientist of the Year
Dr Ken McCracken AO FAA FTSE—COSPAR Space Science Award
Professor Colin Raston AO FAA—South Australian Scientist of the Year
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop AO FAA—The Optical Society (OSA) C.E.K. Mees Medal
Professor Martina Stenzel FAA—IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
Professor Toby Walsh FAA—Elected a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Professor Ole Warnaar FAA—George Szekeres Medal, Australian Mathematical Society
28 January 1930 to 4 February 2021
Professor Amyand David Buckingham CBE FRS FAA. Photo: Royal Society
Professor David Buckingham was a distinguished physical and theoretical chemist. Born in Sydney, he completed a Bachelor of Science (with the University Medal) and Master of Science under Professor Raymond Le Fèvre at the University of Sydney. He completed his PhD at Cambridge, supervised by Professor John Pople. After many years at Oxford University as a student fellow and then lecturer, he was a professor at the University of Bristol and then Cambridge University.
Professor Buckingham was made a Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science in 2008 for his seminal contributions to our knowledge of optical, electric and magnetic properties of molecules, intermolecular forces and chirality, and was an acknowledged world leader in these areas. He received numerous awards and was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and a Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Professor Buckingham maintained strong connections with Australia through a stream of Australian research students and postdoctoral associates, and made frequent visits.
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