18 Facts About Donald Markwell

Donald John Markwell was born on 19 April 1959 and is an Australian social scientist, who has been described as a "renowned Australian educational reformer".

Donald Markwell was appointed Head of St Mark's College, Adelaide, from November 2019.

Donald Markwell was Senior Adviser to the Leader of the Government in the Australian Senate from October 2015 to December 2017, and was previously Senior Adviser on Higher Education to the Australian Minister for Education.

Donald Markwell served as a reforming Warden of Trinity College from 1997 to 2007; Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia from 2007 to 2009; and Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, from 2009 to 2012.

From 2007 to 2009, Donald Markwell led a curriculum review at the University of Western Australia.

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Donald Markwell was the first Rhodes Scholar and the second Australian to serve as Warden of Rhodes House.

Donald Markwell initiated discussion on increasing the number of countries in which Rhodes Scholarships are offered, leading to the later creation of Rhodes Scholarships for China and other countries.

Donald Markwell is credited with helping to initiate the review of undergraduate women's leadership at Princeton University, chaired by Nannerl O Keohane, and of helping to make scholarships in South Africa open to women.

In 2012, Donald Markwell stepped down as Warden of Rhodes House to return to Australia, where his family lives, and to become the Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre.

The Chairman of the Rhodes Trust, John Hood, paid tribute to "the extraordinary energy and commitment Donald Markwell has brought to the advancement of the Rhodes Trust's affairs", and to the "many notable accomplishments under his leadership".

In October 2013, following the Australian federal election of September 2013, Donald Markwell was appointed as Senior Adviser on Higher Education to the new Australian Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne, MP.

Donald Markwell gave constitutional advice to the Prime Minister and Attorney-General during the prorogation, recall, and double dissolution of the Australian Parliament in 2016.

In November 2017, it was announced that Donald Markwell would become head of St Paul's College at the University of Sydney in early 2018.

Portraits of Donald Markwell hang at Trinity College, University of Melbourne, and Rhodes House, Oxford.

Donald Markwell uncovered the extensive history of consultations of judges of the High Court by Governor-Generals of Australia.

Donald Markwell worked closely with the former Governor-General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen, in the writing of A public life: the memoirs of Zelman Cowen, including through an oral history project with Sir Zelman Cowen.

Donald Markwell spoke at the state memorial service or funeral of two Governors-General of Australia, and has written on "the office of Governor-General".

Donald Markwell's book Constitutional Conventions and the Headship of State: Australian Experience, published in 2016, is a selection of papers focused on constitutional conventions and the role of the Governor-General in Australia.