Honours & Awards - Australian Dental Association NSW

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ADA NSW acknowledges the exceptional contributions of its members to the profession, oral health, and the community. Additionally, the Association recognises the valuable input of non-dentists who have significantly contributed to the Branch and the profession. To honour these efforts, the Council has established a system of awards for both members and non-members who have provided distinguished service to the Association. The Council may also seek advice and nominations from members or any committee formed to review potential award recipients.

The Council will determine the method and time frame for award nominations on an annual basis. However, these awards are not required to be given every year. A maximum of two members per category may receive the award each year, which will take the form of a certificate or medallion, as appropriate. The awards will be presented at the President’s Reception or at another occasion decided by the Council.

Award Types

Honorary Life Membership

The Association may on the recommendation of the Council at an Annual General Meeting elect as an Honorary Life Member of the Association any dentist, who is a financial member of the Association, and who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the dental profession, (in addition to any service to the Association) or to the art and science of dentistry.

Honorary Membership

The Association may on the recommendation of the Council at an Annual General Meeting elect as an Honorary Member:

Any person who has rendered distinguished service to the Association; and,
Has advanced the interests of the profession; or
Is a person distinguished in dental or allied sciences and not a member of the profession.
Honorary members will not have voting rights in any of the business of the Association.

Award of Merit (established 1988)

The Council may decide to award the Award of Merit to a member who has

Maintained fifteen years of membership and;
Made an outstanding contribution to the Association, or
Made a distinguished professional contribution to oral health, or
Made an outstanding contribution to the profession as a clinician, or an academic or an administrator.

Branch Service Medallion

The Council may decide to award the Branch Service Medallion to any member of the ADA NSW who has during their time of membership given distinguished service to the Association and

Is not a sitting member of the Council or the Board,
Is not at the time of the award a full-time employee of the Association;
Is not an Honorary Life Member or an Honorary Member of the Branch.

Recent Graduate Award

The Council may recommend that a dentist who has graduated with an original degree in dentistry within the previous 7 years to be awarded the Recent Graduate Award. The recent graduate award would be awarded to;

Recent graduates who have fulfilled service to the Branch and the profession and have demonstrated leadership in Branch, academic or professional activities, including dental research and leadership in activities involving dentistry and the community.
Who is a member of ADA for at least 3 years at the date of nomination.
Who is registered to practise in Australia and be resident and practise in NSW.

Kendal Binns’ Memorial Prize

The Council may recommend that a dentist who has shown exemplary achievement, conduct and service to the community through non-dental activities be recognised by the Association.

This award is to be called the Kendal Binns’ Memorial Award.

Dentists must be a current ADA NSW member and is open to all members.

Nomination Guidelines

Any member of ADA NSW can be nominated to an appropriate category of award.
A nomination for Honorary Membership need not be for a member of the Association.
All nominations are confidential and will be lodged with the CEO of ADA NSW.
All nominations will be referred by the CEO to the Association’s Honours and Awards Committee for consideration.
The nomination to be by a proposer, and supported by two referees and including a current CV of the nominee and nominators.
The nominee should not be informed of the nomination.
The nominators must be members of the ADA of at least five years standing.
The award would be determined by the Honours and Awards Committee, based upon the references provided by the nominators and any other information that the Committee determines as relevant.
The Honours and Awards Committee will make recommendations for the award of Honorary Life member and Honorary Member to the Council, who may make the recommendation to the Association at an Annual General Meeting or any other meeting of the Association as determined by the Council.
The Honours and Awards Committee will make recommendations to the Council for the awarding of the Award of Merit, Branch Service Medallion, Recent Graduate Award and Kendal Binns’ Memorial Prize to a member.

Honorary Life Member

Awarded on 9th August 2024

Dr Peter Hugo Sachs
Dr Mark Sinclair

Award of Merit

Awarded on 9th August 2024

Dr Lyn Mayne
Dr Brett Dorney

Recent Graduate Award

Awarded on 9th August 2024

Dr Cathleen Dong

Honorary Life Member

1969 A.G. Rowell
1972 R.Y. Norton
1975 E.H. Bastian
1978 W.D. Heffron
1978 D.D. Freeman
1986 R. Harris
1987 T.H. Boshier
1988 R.W. Hession
1988 N.A. Hill
1991 P.J. Dalton
1991 J.H. Southwick
1992 B.B. Burns
1993 A.R. Carter
1993 Sir Emmett McDermott
1994 J.H. Kinross
1996 J.W. Dale
1999 J. Lockwood
2001 P.H.W. Crozier

2001 F.S. Fryer
2003 S.Levine
2004 W.J.A. O’Reilly
2005 E.J. Wilkinson
2006 W.J. Winspear
2010 J.K. Hawkins
2011 C. Bonanno
2011 R.W. Bryant
2012 K.O. Binns
2016 C.S. Wilson
2020 A.J. Burges
2021 R. Dennett
2022 S. Manickam
2023 H. Sachs
2023 M. Sinclair
2024 N. Peppitt

Award of Merit

1988 K.O. Binns
1991 K.Y.C. Grey
1992 T.T. Corbett
1993 K.C. Hicks
1995 P.E. Smith
1995 J.E. Noble
1998 E.J. Wilkinson
1998 P.H. Makinson
2006 H.K. Lewis
2007 A.A. Mills
2007 G.C. Craig
2007 E.G. Altmann

2008 A. Selby
2010 W.R. MacKay
2013 P.S. Sapir
2013 M.G. Payne
2015 R.J. Dennett
2022 J Cooney
2022 R. Watson
2023 Lyn Mayne
2023 Brett Dorney

Branch Service Medallion

2006 Brett Taylor
2006 Thomas Tseng
2006 David Sheen
2011 Peter Hill
2013 Sarah Raphael
2013 Tony Dawson

2013 Clive Wright
2015 Peter King
2016 Murray Thomas
2022 Chris Bourke
2022 Tim McAnulty

Recent Graduate Award

2016 Mel Patney
2021 R. Krisnan
2022 M. Tolani
2023 C. Dong

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