Past Committee Members

(Compiled by Andrew Tanner)

Some dates might be out by a single year, depending on exactly when individuals took office following their election. Most details were gleaned from AGM minutes published in ALS newsletters, as well as official listings of current office bearers in newsletters and front material of the Australian Journal of Linguistics. This list has been put together from ALS newsletters and other sources. If you have more information, please contact the ALS secretary at secretary@als.asn.au. Thank you!

President

2017-2022	Ilana Mushin (UQ)
2011-2017	Lesley Stirling (Melbourne)
2009-2011	Alan Dench (UWA)
2007-2009	Randy LaPolla (La Trobe)
2005-2007	Rachel Nordlinger (Melbourne)
2001-2005	Michael Walsh (Sydney)
1999-2001	Mary Laughren (UQ)
1997-1999	Peter Austin (Melbourne)
1995-1997	Harold Koch (ANU)
1993-1995	Andrew Pawley (ANU)
1992-1993	Bill Foley (Sydney)
1990-1991	Bruce Rigsby (UQ)
1989-1990	Barbara Horvath (Sydney)
1987-1988	Michael Clyne (Monash)
1985-1986	Michael Halliday (Sydney)
1983-1984	Roland Sussex (Melbourne)
1981-1982	R.M.W. Dixon (ANU)
1978-1981	Ray Cattell (Newcastle)
1976-1978	Stephen Wurm (ANU)
1974-1976	Arthur Delbridge (Macquarie)
1973-1974	John Platt (Monash)
1971-1973	Ray Cattell (Newcastle)
1970-1971	John Platt (Monash)
1967-1970?	Stephen Wurm (ANU)

Vice-President

2019-2023	Celeste Rodriguez Louro (UWA)
2018-2023	Alice Gaby (Monash)
2017-2019	Lauren Gawne (La Trobe)
2015-2017	Jean Mulder (Melbourne)
2014-2016	Felicity Cox (Macquarie)
2013-2022	Bill Palmer (Newcastle)
2012-2014	Trevor Johnston (Macquarie)
2011-2016	Caroline Jones (Western Sydney)
2011-2013	John Henderson (UWA)
2011-2013	Brett Baker (Melbourne)
2010-2012	Mark Harvey (Newcastle)
2009-2011	Lesley Stirling (Melbourne)
2007-2011	Nick Evans (Melbourne)
2007-2009	Rachel Nordlinger (Melbourne)
2006-2010	Ilana Mushin (UQ)
2005-2009	Randy LaPolla (La Trobe)
2005-2007	Nick Reid (UNE)
2004-2006	Heather Bowe (Monash)
2003-2005	Ingrid Piller
2001-2005	Rachel Nordlinger (Melbourne)
2001-2003	Peter Peterson (Newcastle)
2000-2004	Verna Rieschild (Macquarie)
1999-2001	Malcolm Ross (ANU)
1999-2001	Robert Hoogenraad
1998-2000	Jane Simpson
1997-1999	Hilary Chappell (La Trobe)
1997-1999	Ian Malcolm (Edith Cowan)
1996-1999	John Ingram (UQ)
1995-1997	Juliette Blevins (UWA)
1995-1997	Anne Pauwels (UNE)
1994-1996	Nicholas Evans (Melbourne)
1993-1995	Tom Dutton (ANU)
1993-1995	Mary Laughren (UQ)
1993-1994	Bill Foley (Sydney)
1992-1993	Bruce Rigsby (UQ)
1990-1994	Diana Eades (UNE)
1990-1992	Barbara Horvath (Sydney)
1989-1992	Patrick McConvell (UNT)
1989-1990	David Bradley (La Trobe)
1989-1990	Michael Clyne (Monash)
1988-1989	Margaret Sharpe (Armidale)
1986-1987<	David Bradley (Melbourne)
1986-1987	Rodney Huddleston (UQ)
1986-1987	Don Laycock (ANU)
1985-1986	Bruce Rigsby (UQ)
1985-1986	Roland Sussex (Melbourne)
1983-1985	Ruqaiya Hasan (Macquarie)
1982-1984	Barbara Horvath (Sydney)
1982-1984	John Penhallurick (Canberra College of Adv. Edu.)
1981-1982	Peter Austin (La Trobe)
1981-1983	Barry Blake (Monash)
1981-1983	Roland Sussex (Melbourne)
1979-1981	Anna Wierzbicka (ANU)
1979-1980	David Walsh (?)
1977-1980	R.M.W. Dixon (ANU)
1976-1978	Mark Halliday (Sydney)
1976-1978	Arthur Delbridge (Macquarie)
1974-1976	Michael Clyne (Monash)
1974-1976	John Platt (Monash)
1973-1977	Susan Kandor (UWA)
1973-1974	Charles Taylor (Sydney)
1973-1974	Bruce Sommer (AIAS)
1972-1973	Stephen Wurm (ANU)
1971-1973<	Robert Eagleson (Sydney)
1971-1973	Jiří Neustupný (Monash)
1971-1972	Don Laycock (ANU)
1970-1971	Heather Stock (Adelaide)
1967-1971	Richard Zatorski (Melbourne)
1967-1971	Susan Kaldor (UWA)
1967-1971?	Bob Cochrane

Secretary

2023	Celeste Rodriguez Louro (UWA)
2020-2023	John Mansfield (Melbourne)
2017-2019	Caroline Jones (Western Sydney)
2010-2016	Nick Thieberger (Melbourne)
2000-2010	John Henderson (UWA)
1990-1999	Michael Walsh (Sydney)
1987-1989	Steve Johnson (UNE)
1981-1986	Michael Walsh (Sydney)
1977-1980	David Bradley (ANU)
1974-1977	Charles Taylor (Sydney)
1973-1974	Collin Yallop (Macquarie)
1971-1973	Lance Ridley (Sydney)
1970-1971	Michael Clyne (Monash)
1967-1970	Björn Jernudd (Monash)

Treasurer

2011-2019	Mark Harvey (Newcastle)
2008-2011	Brett Baker (Melbourne)
1977-2008	Doug Absalom (Newcastle)
1974-1977	Douglas Huxley (Newcastle)
1967-1974	Elwyn Flint (UQ)

Associate Secretary (Newsletter/Website Editor)

2016-2023	Joe Blythe (Macquarie)
2010-2016	Andrea Schalley (Griffith, Karlstad)
2000-2010	Tim Curnow (UniSA/UQ)
1996-2000	Helen Fraser (UNE)
1988-1996	Peter Paul (Monash)
1986-1987	David Blair (Macquarie)
1984-1985	Edith Bavin (La Trobe)
1981-1983	Peter Collins (UNSW)
1979-1981	Maya Bradley (ANU?)
1976-1979	Bruce Sommer (UQ?)
1974-1976	Patricia Denham (Canberra College of Adv. Ed.)
1973-1974	Heide Platt (Monash) & Bruce Sommer (AIAS)
[Prior to 1973 newsletters appear to have been part of the Secretary’s duties]

Postgraduate Student Representatives

2017-2019	Daniel Krauße (Newcastle)
2015-2017	Katie Jepson (Melbourne)
2013-2015	Lochlan Morrissey (Griffith)
2012-2013	Jonathan Moodie
2010-2012	Piers Kelly
2009-2010	David Yoong (La Trobe)
2008-2009	Tom Honeyman
2007-2008	Sophie Nicholls (UNE)
2006-2007	Jessica Denniss (UQ)
2004-2006	Alice Gaby (Monash)
2001-2004	Nick Thieberger

Editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics

2006-2019	Keith Allan (Monash)
2006-2010	Kate Burridge (Monash)
2001-2006	Toni Borowsky (Sydney)
2001-2006	Mark Harvey (Newcastle)
1997-2001	Peter Collins (UNSW)
1997-2001	Doug Absalom (Newcastle)
1997-1998	Peter Peterson (Newcastle)
1991-1996	Cynthia Allen (ANU)
1991-1996	Barbara Horvath (Sydney)
1987-1991	Roland Sussex (UQ)
1987-1991	David Bradley (La Trobe)
1986	Ray Cattell (Newcastle)
1979-1985	Rodney Huddleston (UQ)

Editor of Talanya

1976-1979	John Platt (Monash)
1976-1978	Michael Clyne (Monash)
1971-1975	Göran Hammaström (Monash)

Reviews Editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics

2002-2019	Alan Libert (Newcastle)
1998-2001	Peter Peterson (Newcastle)
1997-1998	Barbara Horvath (Sydney)
1996-1997	Peter Peterson (Newcastle)
1994-1995	Barbara Horvath (Sydney)
1986-1993<	Peter Peterson (Newcastle)
1981-1986	[Apparently chief editor’s role]

Reviews Editor of Talanya

1978-1979	Roland Sussex (Melbourne)
1972-1978	[Apparently chief editor’s role]

Business Manager of the Australian Journal of Linguistics

1996-1997?	Tom Dutton
1989-1996	Graham Scott