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R.G. Menzies Scholarship to Harvard

Where Menzies Scholars Went.

Short profiles of the Menzies Scholars named elsewhere on this site, drawn from their official university, court and organisation pages. Where a role can change, we give it as at October 2026. Each profile links to its sources.

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  1. Lionel Glendenning

    1968 Menzies Scholar · MArch, Harvard Graduate School of Design

    He was the first Menzies Scholar. As Principal Architect within the Office of the NSW Government Architect, he was architect of record for the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. In 1978 he and Lindsay Sharp prepared the feasibility study for adapting the Ultimo Power House as a museum. The museum’s design won the President’s Award for Recycled Buildings, the Belle Interiors Award and the Sir Zelman Cowen Award in the RAIA National Architecture Awards, and was co-recipient of the RAIA NSW Chapter’s Sulman Award for 1988.

    Source: City of Sydney: Powerhouse Museum heritage inventory sheet (draft) (opens in a new tab)

    Lionel Glendenning on the Honour Roll

  2. Esther Charlesworth

    1993 Menzies Scholar · Master in Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

    As at October 2026 she is the founding and Managing Director of Architects without Frontiers. The organisation reports more than 82 health, education and social infrastructure projects in 17 countries for vulnerable communities since 2004. She was a Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University from 2008 to 2025, where she founded the Master of Disaster, Design and Development and the Humanitarian Architecture Research Bureau. She has published eight books on social justice and architecture, including Divided Cities (2011) and Humanitarian Architecture (2014).

    Source: Architects without Frontiers: Esther Charlesworth (opens in a new tab)

    Esther Charlesworth on the Honour Roll

More Scholars

These are 9 of the 103 Menzies Scholars since 1968. The Honour Roll lists every one, and scholars who have joined the scholar network can add a public profile. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.