Nobel Award-winning scientist Professor Peter Doherty will be among successful 宅男导航 alumni returning to the University in its year.
Professor Doherty will be the special guest speaker at the Medical Dinner at Customs House on June 4, while 2010 Rhodes Scholar and former Indooroopilly State High School captain Jack Fuller will address the college鈥檚 Convocation Dinner on February 21.
Emmanuel College Principal Stewart Gill said both men promised to be inspirational speakers.
鈥淛ack Fuller has recently been granted a Rhodes Scholarship to study a Master of Philosophy in International Relations at Oxford,鈥� Professor Gill said.
鈥淛ack experienced and made the most of university life at Trinity College in Melbourne so I think he will be an inspiration to our first-year students who are just beginning a new and exciting phase of their lives.鈥�
is one of only 11 Australian Nobel Laureates, and received the award in 1996 for his work discovering how the immune system recognises virus-infected cells.
He was named the 1997 Australian of the Year and in 2007 he was declared a member of Australia's 100 Living National Treasures.
鈥淗aving grown up in Brisbane and attended 宅男导航, Peter Doherty is returning to his roots in what is the University鈥檚 Centenary year,鈥� Professor Gill said.
In an interesting coincidence, both Professor Doherty and Mr Fuller are Indooroopilly State High School alumni.
To purchase tickets to hear Professor Doherty speak, contact Sharon Burridge on (07) 3871 9362.
Emmanuel College is one of 宅男导航鈥檚 two oldest residential colleges, and was established in 1911.
Media: Professor Stewart Gill (07 3871 9390, s.gill@emmanuel.uq.edu.au) or Margaret Chatburn (07 3871 9342, m.chatburn@emmanuel.uq.edu.au)
