Richard Boyd graduated from Frankston High School in 1968. He is a Professor of Monash University, Director of Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) at Monash University, Clayton, and Head of the Immune Regeneration Laboratory. 

Richard is also a Director of Pro-Stem, which is leading the world in cryopreservation banking of a broad range of newborn stem cells including the placenta, amnion umbilical cord and breast milk.

Richard came back to school to address an assembly in 2012.