Richard Graeme Larkins AC (born 17 May 1943) is the former Chancellor of La Trobe University.
[2] During his career, he has also served as a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council from 1977 to 2000, chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia from 1997 to 2000 and President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians from 2000 to 2002.
Larkins was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) in 2015.
Additionally, Larkins has argued that a national internships program should be established to create closer links between universities and industry.
More controversially, Larkins has expressed his personal view that the student contribution to HECS payments should be deregulated, noting that all evidence suggests that HECS repayment amounts do not act as a disincentive for students to study and that only this will enable Australia's top universities to continue to compete globally.