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ADS Honorary Life Members

ADS Honorary Life Members

The National Council has bestowed the following long-standing members of the Australian Diabetes Society with Honorary Life Membership for their outstanding contribution to the society, leadership, mentorship and distinguished service to diabetes mellitus in Australia and overseas. 
 

Frank
Alford

Paul
Bartley

Lesley
Campbell

John
Carter AO

Don
Chisholm AO

Alex
Cohen AO

Stephen
Colagiuri AO

Peter
Colman AM

Jeff
Flack AM

Len
Harrison

George
Jerums AM

Edward (Ted)
Kraegen

Margaret
McGill AM

Robert
Moses OAM

Patrick
Phillips AM

Joseph
Proietto AM

Alan E
Stocks AM

Michael
Suthers

Glenn
Ward

Timothy A
Welborn AO

Ranji
Wikramanayake

Paul
Williams

Dennis
Yue AM

Paul
Zimmet AO

Nominating Honorary Life Members

The Council of the Australian Diabetes Society wish to remind the members that Specialist- Clinician, Specialist-Scientist, Professional or Corresponding members of the Society may be nominated for admission as an Honorary Life Member of the ADS.

The following is an extract from the ADS Constitution on the process under Items 16 & 20.

16. Grant of Honorary Life Membership

16.1 Any individual may be granted honorary life membership pursuant to rule 20 below.16.2 An Honorary Life Member: (1) has the right to receive notices of and to attend and be heard at any general meeting; and (2) has the right to vote on any motion at any general meeting. 16.3 Honorary Life Members may vote on special resolutions  

20. Honorary Life Membership

20.1 A Specialist Member, Professional Member or Corresponding Member may be nominated by a proposer and seconder (both of whom must be Specialist Members) for admission as an Honorary Life Member of the Society. Nominations must be delivered to the Society at its registered office for consideration by the National Council and must be supported by a curriculum vitae which evidences the member’s pre-eminence in professional, scientific or societal aspects of diabetes.

20.2 The nomination will be considered by the National Council and if, in the opinion of the National Council (directors of the National Council having an interest in the nomination having declared that interest and abstained from voting) the nominee is distinguished by their contribution to the knowledge of diabetes or to the welfare of people with diabetes and worthy of the distinction, the member will be conferred with Honorary Life Membership.

Order of members receiving Life Membership to the Australian Diabetes Society:

  • Joe Bornstein (Deceased)
  • Harald Breidahl (Deceased)
  • Kempson Maddox (Deceased)
  • Pincus Taft (Deceased)
  • Robin Burston (Deceased)
  • F I R (Skip) Martin (Deceased)
  • Alan Stocks
  • Brian Hirschfeld
  • Paul Moffitt
  • Barry Young (Deceased)
  • John R. Turtle
  • Don Chisholm
  • Paul Zimmet
  • George Jerums
  • Edward Kraegen
  • Frank Alford
  • Tim Welborn
  • Len Harrison
  • Martin Silink
  • Paul Bartley (Deceased)
  • John Carter
  • Alex Cohen
  • Michael Suthers
  • Paul Williams
  • Joseph Proietto
  • Pat Phillips
  • Stephen Colagiuri – 2011
  • Robert Moses – 2011
  • Dennis Yue – 2012
  • Lesley Campbell – 2013
  • Margaret McGill – 2013
  • Jeff Flack – 2014
  • Peter Colman – 2015
  • Ranji Wikramanayake – 2016
  • Glenn Ward – 2019