APPS Honour Board

Prof Neville H White (1906-1991) 1982
Dr Dorothy Shaw MBE (1920-2007) 1987
Dr John Simmonds MBE (1901-1992) 1992
Dr Gretna Weste AM (1917-2006) 1994
Dr Robert Dodman 1995
Dr Graham Stirling 1999
Dr Helen Ogle 2003
Dr Ron Close (1920-2018) 2003
Dr Ric Cother 2005
Dr Ian Harvey 2011
Dr Gordon Purss (passed 2022)
2011

*Note: Honorary Members prior to 2011 were elected according to the original constitution as per below:                              ‘Council may elect as an Honorary Member a person who in its opinion has rendered distinguished service to the science of plant pathology”
The Honorary Member award was renamed the Distinguished Service Award in 2013 and again retitled the Peter Williamson Award for Distinguished Service in 2023.

Dr Robert Magarey 2013
Dr Peter Williamson 2013
Dr Philip O'Brien 2015
Ms Jennifer Cobon 2021
Dr Lucy Tran-Nguyen 2021

Dr Monica Kehoe 2023

Louise Morin 1995
Greg Hafner 1997
Amanda Able 1999
Diane Webster 2001
Jillian Smith-White 2003
Susan Sprague 2005
No nominations 2007
Jennifer Whan 2009
Alistair McTaggart 2011
Andrew Miles 2011
Dr Sunil Kumar Singh 2013
Dr Rachel Mann 2013
Dr Sharon van Brunschot 2015
Dr Matthew Laurence 2017
Dr Rebecca Roach 2019
Dr Nga Thi Tran 2019
Dr Andrew Urquhart 2021
Dr Kandeeparoopan Prasannath 2023
Dr Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu 2023

Prof John Irwin Fellow APS 1995
Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. Fellow APS 1996
Prof Alan Chris Hayward (1932-2014) Fellow APS 1997
Prof Robert McIntosh Fellow APS 2000
Prof Mike Wingfield Fellow APS 2008
Prof Lester Burgess Fellow APS 2017
Dr Brett Summerell Fellow APS 2018

Prof Brian Deverall (1935-2014) Fellow ISPP 2008
Prof Richard Falloon Fellow ISPP 2013
Dr Peter Williamson Fellow ISPP 2018
Dr Greg Johnson Fellow ISPP 2023

Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. Fellow Royal Society 1986

Dr Gretna Weste Order of Australia 1989
Prof Allen Kerr Order of Australia 1992
Dr Ruth Kerruish Order of Australia 2008
Dr Ken Pegg Order of Australia 2008
Prof Robert McIntosh Order of Australia 2009
Dr Glen Kile Order of Australia 2012
Prof Lester Burgess Order of Australia 2019
Prof David Guest Order of Australia 2019
Dr Brett Summerell Order of Australia 2024

Prof Alison Stewart Order of New Zealand 2009

Dr John Simmonds MBE (1901-1992) Order of the British Empire 1945
Dr Dorothy Shaw MBE (1920-2007) Order of the British Empire 1970

Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) Farrer Medal 1938
Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) Farrer Medal 1949
Prof Robert McIntosh Farrer Medal 1976
Prof John Irwin Farrer Medal 2006
Dr Collin Wellings Farrer Medal 2011

Prof Robert McIntosh Centenary Medal 2001
Dr Glen Kile Centenary Medal 2001
Prof John Irwin Centenary Medal 2001

Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. Ruth Allen Award 1982

Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. Fellow American Academy of Microbiology 2001
Prof Barbara Howlett Fellow American Academy of Microbiology 2012

Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) Australian Academy of Science 1954
Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. Australian Academy of Science 1978
Prof Robert McIntosh Australian Academy of Science 1993
Prof Barbara Howlett Australian Academy of Science 2014

Prof John Irwin Fellow Australian Academy of Tech and Eng 1998
Prof Robert Park Fellow Australian Academy of Tech and Eng 2015
Prof Wallace Cowling Fellow Australian Academy of Tech and Eng 2018

Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. Inaugural Australia Prize 1990

Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS Foreign Assoc US National Academy of Sciences 1991

Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS Walter Buffitt Prize Royal Society of NSW 1977

Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) Medal Royal Society of New South Wales 1948

Mr WM Carne Royal Society of Western Australia Medal 1933

Prof Robert McIntosh Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1988

Dr Ethel Irene MacLennan (1891-1983) David Syme Research Prize 1927

Prof Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam Erskine fellow U. Canterbury, New Zealand 1997

Olga May Goss (1916-1994) Nurseryman of the Year 1978

Olga May Goss (1916-1994) Woman's Day Hall of Fame 2017

Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) Clarke Medal 1943
Dr Lilian Fraser (1908-1987) Clarke Medal 1976
Prof Robert Park Clarke Medal 2014

Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) James Cook Medal 1952

Prof Richard Falloon New Zealand Plant Protection Medal 2019
Dr Robert Beresford New Zealand Plant Protection Medal 2016
Dr Margaret Dick New Zealand Plant Protection Medal 2012

Dr Peter Merriman (1942 - 2023) Public Service Medal 2003

Prof Alison Stewart Fellow of the NZ Institute for Agric and Hort Science

Prof John Irwin Australian Medal Agric Sc 1992
Prof Lester Burgess Australian Medal Agric Sc 2019
Prof Walter Lawry Waterhouse (1887-1969) Australian Medal Agric Sc 1949

Prof John Irwin Aust Inst Agric Sc 1995

Prof John Irwin Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Award 2002

Prof Robert Park Poggendorf Lectureship Prize, 2018

Prof Robert Park NSW Science and Engineering Award 2013

Prof Robert Park Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Gene Stewardship 2013

Prof Robert Park Friendship Award of China 2009

Prof Robert Park Yellow River Friendship Award 2009

Mrs Lois Ransom Australia Day Honours PSM 2019

Dr Robert Magarey Farmer of the Year Award 2023