This is a list of University of Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff. Alumni Academia Dennis A. Ahlburg – former President of Trinity University; dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder and professor of human resources at Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota Elizabeth Bannan – educationist awarded the Walter Beavis prize and the Jones medal Brian L. Byrne – social scientist known for research in psycholinguistics; Emeritus professor at the University of New England Jill Ker Conway – former Vice-President of the University of Toronto and President of Smith College; Visiting Professor in MIT's program in Science, Technology, and Society; director of Nike, Merrill Lynch, and Colgate-Palmolive; chairman of Lend Lease Corporation Beverly Derewianka – Emeritus Professor of linguistics at University of Wollongong Margaret Gardner – Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Michael Halliday – creator of the systemic functional grammar, an internationally influential grammar model Frank Lancaster Jones – sociologist known for research on social inequality, social stratification, social mobility, and national identity Sir Robert Madgwick – first Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England; two-term Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission; Director of the Australian Army Education Service during World War II Ken Robinson – former head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of New South Wales Nicholas Saunders – former Vice-Chancellor of University of Newcastle and former Dean of Medicine of Monash University and Flinders University Michael Spence – President and Provost of University College London and former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of University of Sydney Sir Brian Windeyer – former dean of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School at the University of London and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of London Nicki Packer - Distinguished Professor of Glycoproteomics, Macquarie University Architecture John Andrews – designer of CN Tower, Toronto, Canada, the tallest concrete structure in the world and often listed as one of the seven wonders of the modern world Philip Cox – founder and principal of COX Architecture Eleanor Cullis-Hill László Peter Kollar – Hungarian-born former Australian architect and academic (Architecture) Andrea Nield – first president of Emergency Architects Australia Business Matt Barrie – CEO of Freelancer.com David S. Clarke – Chairman of Macquarie Bank (1985–2007) Cameron Clyne – CEO of National Australia Bank (2009–2014) Matt Comyn – CEO of Commonwealth Bank Robyn Denholm – Chairwoman of Tesla, Inc. John Grill – Chairman of