Extraordinary members of ANU community named in King’s Birthday Honours list

A leading environmental scientist helping the world navigate climate change and a towering figure in the scholarship of Southeast Asian Islam are among 32 members of the Australian National University (ANU) community to be named on the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours list. 

Emeritus Professor Mark Howden AC FAA FTSE has shaped national and international climate policy through his work on climate adaptation, greenhouse gas inventories development and evidence-based pathways for emissions reduction. 

He has received a Companion of the Order of Australia, having been elected to the Australian Academy of Science just last month. 

Emeritus Professor Tony Johns AM began teaching Arabic at ANU in the late 1960s alongside his wife Yohanni. He has been recognised for significant service to tertiary education particularly to language and culture. 

Johns lectured at ANU for 35 years before retiring. Reflecting on his career he once wrote that his concerns “were, and always have been, language, character and human responses to crises – of pain, joy and hope”. 

Emeritus Professor John Carver OAM FRACI completed a PhD in Biological Chemistry at ANU in 1983. For service to science in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry he has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. 

He was the Director of the Research School of Chemistry from 2013 to 2019 and co-authored more than 200 research publications.  

Many ANU alumni have also been included on the honours list. 

Professor Bronwen Dalton AM is Head of the Department of Management and Director of the Masters of Not-For-Profit and Social Enterprise at the University of Technology, Sydney. 

She is the founder and CEO of the charity Ruff Sleepers, a service that washes the dogs of homeless people while advocating for the value of pet ownerships for mental and physical wellbeing. 

Professor Raymond Lovett AM, a Wongaibon man from far west New South Wales, has been recognised for significant service to Indigenous health and research as an epidemiologist. 

He was the first Indigenous PhD recipient from the National Centre for Epidemiology at ANU and is now Associate Co-Director of the Centre. Lovett has extensive experience in health services research, large scale data analysis for public health policy development and evaluation. 

Other notable ANU alumni to receive awards include Christine Faulks AM for significant service to education to business and to the community.  

Adjunct Professor Richard Malik AM FACVSc has been recognised significant service to veterinary science particularly in the field of medicine and infectious diseases. Neville Tomkins AM JP has been honoured for significant service to youth through leadership roles in the Scouting movement and to the community. 

ANU Vice-Chancellor and President, Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, congratulated the recipients. 

“I am so pleased the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours list recognises more than 30 staff and alumni from across the ANU community for their extraordinary leadership and service to our country,” she said.  

“The recipients have made a difference across our society, from improving our health, responding to climate change and shaping tomorrow’s leaders.  

“Congratulations to each and every one of the recipients on behalf of The Australian National University.”  

The Governor-General of Australia, the Hon Samantha Mostyn AC, said she sees the values of care, kindness and respect in many Australians honoured today. 

“Every day, and all across the country, Australians are doing extraordinary things with passion, generosity, energy, and resolve.  

“To all who are being recognised in The King’s Birthday 2025 Honours list, I want to offer my congratulations and gratitude for all that you have given to Australia.”  

For a comprehensive list of recipients from the ANU community, visit: https://www.anu.edu.au/alumni/awards/2025-kings-birthday-honours. 

Any Australian can be nominated for an award in the Order of Australia. If you know someone worthy, nominate them at www.gg.gov.au.