Australasian Plant Pathology Society
APPS Honour Board
Honorary Member*
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.
Distinguished Service Award
Peter Williamson Award
for Distinguished Service
Dr Monica Kehoe 2023
Fellow of APPS
Prof Allen Kerr AO, FAA, FRS. (1926-2024) 1995
Dr Ken Pegg AM 1995
Prof Lester Burgess AM 1999
Prof John Irwin 1999
Dr John F Brown 1999
Dr Graham Stirling 2003
Dr Roger Jones 2003
Prof John Randles 2005
Dr Joe Kochman 2007
Prof Robert McIntosh AM 2009
Prof Chris Hayward (1932-2014) 2009
Prof Brian Deverall (1935-2014) 2009
Prof Richard Falloon 2009
Dr Ross Beever (1946-2010) 2009
Prof David Guest AM 2011
Prof Eileen Scott 2011
Prof Alison Stewart NZM 2011
Prof Mark Sutherland 2013
Assoc Prof Philip Keane 2013
Assoc Prof Michael Pearson 2013
Prof John Thompson 2015
Prof Giles Hardy 2015
Dr Colin Wellings 2015
Prof Barbara Howlett 2015
Dr John Alcorn 2017
Prof Rosie Bradshaw 2017
Assoc Prof Treena Burgess 2017
Dr Ian Hood 2017
Prof Roger Shivas 2017
Dr Malcolm Ryley 2017
Prof Brett Summerell 2017
Prof Elizabeth Aitken 2019
Dr Angus Carnegie 2019
Prof Andre Drenth 2019
Prof Robert Park 2019
Prof Terry Price 2019
Assoc Prof John Thomas 2019
Mr John Walker (1930-2022) 2019
Dr Jacqueline Edwards 2021
Prof Celeste Linde 2021
Prof Rebecca Ford 2021
Assoc Prof Kim Plummer 2021
Dr Percy Wong 2021
Prof Barry Scott 2023
Lester Burgess Award
for Diagnostics and Extension
or Research Communication
Allen Kerr
Postgraduate Prize
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
Other Awards
held by members
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