In Principio_S1 2018_WEB

I N P R I N C I P I O | 9 PIONEERS HONOURED Three key personalities in the history of Notre Dame have been recognised for their major contribution to our foundation and development. The 200-seat Professor Con Michael Lecture Theatre at Fremantle’s School of Medicine, recognises the role played by Professor Constantine (Con) Michael AO as a founding member of the School’s Medicine Advisory Board in 2000, and as a governor of Notre Dame since 2001. Named an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service to medicine in 2001, Professor Michael was awarded an Honorary Degree by Notre Dame in December 2011 for his contribution to medical education and the wider profession both nationally and internationally. Mr Stephen Newton was appointed a Governor and to the Board of Directors of the University in 2005, when the proposal to establish a Sydney Campus was under consideration. He went on to assist the University acquire and develop the property assets required to establish a physical campus in Sydney at both Broadway and Darlinghurst. Named in his honour, the 165-seat Stephen Newton Lecture Theatre is located in the School of Education at Pioneer House on Broadway. Terence O’Connor AM QC , one of Western Australia’s most prominent members of the legal profession, and Chancellor of Notre Dame from 1990–2004, was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws at the University’s December 2017 graduation ceremony. “Exemplary leadership and guidance to the University through the very challenging and remarkable foundation period was the hallmark of Terence O’Connor’s contribution, said Professor Celia Hammond. “His strong and unwavering support for the mission of the University provided a firm base on which the Notre Dame community knew it could rely.”