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R6.72 - Commemorative Scholarships and Awards

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Recital-

Since 1873 The University has been accepting donations for the purpose of endowing scholarships or prizes subject to the conditions set out in each case listed in the schedule.

It is provided as follows-

Subject to any direction to the contrary by the donor each of the amounts donated and any additions and accumulations to the amounts must be paid into an investment pool and remain there until the Council directs otherwise.
The income from each amount must be applied for the purpose of the gift as set out in the schedule, subject to the deduction of necessary expenses.
If in any year no candidate is judged worthy of award no award is to be made and the amount available for the award in that year must be added to the amount of the appropriate endowment.
Subject to any direction to the contrary by the donor and to the conditions in the Schedule, the Academic Board has power where necessary to-
1. prescribe dates for entry of candidates;
2. appoint examiners; and
3. decide questions of eligibility in respect of any award listed in the schedule.
The provisions of Statute 10.2 apply to this Regulation.

THE SCHEDULE*

1	(1873)BOWEN PRIZE Original Amount of fund: £100 Amount of fund at 7 September 2005 Capital: $14,763.45 Accumulated Income: $5,908.39	Donor: Sir George F. Bowen. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts (“the dean”) to the student who has submitted the best essay on a subject in the field of British History or British literature. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the heads of the departments of History and English. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund.
2	(1884) PROFESSOR WILSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £150	Donor: Friends and pupils of Professor W. P. Wilson, first professor of Mathematics, Pure and Mixed, in the University. The prize was awarded in 1981 and thereafter annually for the best original memoir on some subject in Pure or Applied Mathematics and consists in 1981 of the net income of the fund for the two preceding years and thereafter of the net annual income of the fund. It is open to graduates who are on 1 January in the year of award of not more than seven years' standing from first enrolment. The prize is not to be awarded to the same person more than once.
3	(1892) DUBLIN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £260	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to celebrate the tercentenary of the University of Dublin. The prize was awarded in 1967 and is thereafter awarded quinquennially by the Academic Board on the recommendations of a committee of five appointed by it. The prize is open for award to students and graduates of the University for an outstanding contribution to Art, Music, Literature or Science and consists of the net income of the fund for the preceding five years
4	(1902) ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £105	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide for a memorial to Alexander Sutherland, Registrar of the University. The prize consists of books to the value of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the student who stands highest at the assessment in English literature in the third year of the Arts course. The books must be submitted to the President of the Academic Board for approval and be stamped with the name of Alexander Sutherland.
5	(1908) THE JAMIESON PRIZE Original amount of Fund: £134 14s 3d (an additional sum of £300 was donated in 1960) Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $3,788.78	Donor: Dr James Jamieson MD, ChM (Glasgow), for a prize in Clinical Medicine. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the student with the highest mark in the subject ‘Integrated Clinical Practice’ . Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Medicine. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 31 October 2006, if the subject ‘Integrated Clinical Practice’ ceases to be taught, the prize is to be awarded for the subject closest to the original subject at that time.
6	(1911) PROFESSOR MORRIS PRIZE Original Amount of Fund:	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial of Professor E.E. Morris, professor of English, French and German Languages and Literature in the University. The Prize consists of books not exceeding in value the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually for an essay on any subject approved by the professor of English Language and Literature, whether as a dissertation for the final assessment or otherwise. It is open for competition to all enrolled students of not more than six years' standing. The books must be submitted to the President of the Academic Board for approval. Unapplied or surplus income may be devoted by the Council to the purposes of the English section of the University library or to such other purposes relating to the school of English as the Council may determine and failing such application must be added to the fund.
7	(1916) LAURIE PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: £192	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial to the services of Professor Henry Laurie, professor of Logic and Philosophy in the University. There are two prizes. The major prize is of the value of 35% of the net income of the fund or such other percentage as may be determined by the Council from time to time and is open for award annually to the candidate who has been placed second in the first class honours list in the final year of the pure honours course in Philosophy for the degree of bachelor of Arts and who ranks in the class list next to the winner of the Hastie Scholarship. The minor prize is of the value of 25% of the net income or such other percentage as may be determined by the Council from time to time and is open for award annually to the candidate who has been placed first of those taking a combined honours course in the first class honours list.
8	(1920) WILLIAM SUTHERLAND PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £60	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial of William Sutherland. The prize consists of books, bound and stamped with the name of the late William Sutherland, not exceeding in value the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the student who stands highest at the honours assessment in Physics part II and who is proceeding to the further study of the subject. The books must be submitted to the professor of Physics for approval.
9	(1921) BALDWIN SPENCER PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: £293 Amount of fund at 31 January 2007 Capital: $ 3,304.95 Accumulated Income: $ 439.12	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to commemorate the invaluable service to the University and the community of Professor Sir Baldwin Spencer, first professor of Biology in the University. One prize is to be awarded annually to the student who receives the highest mark in the practical component in the second year subject 'Invertebrate Structure and Function' and a second prize is to be awarded annually to the student who receives the highest mark in the second year subject 'Vertebrate Structure and Function', each such prize to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science ('the dean'). The value of each prize is to be one half of the net annual income of the fund. If either of the subjects 'Invertebrate Structure and Function' or 'Vertebrate Structure and Function' ceases to be taught, the prize or prizes are to be awarded for the subject or subjects determined by Council to be closest to the original subject or subjects proposed to the University on behalf of the donors.
10	(1921) BERTRAM ARMYTAGE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £500	Donor: Mrs F.W. Armytage. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually for research in Medical Science to any graduate in Medicine or Surgery of the University other than heads of departments or institutes, research scholarship or bursary holders, persons to whom scholarships or prizes other than degrees have already been awarded in respect of such research, and previous Bertram Armytage prizewinners.
11	(1921) ALBAN C. MORLEY PRIZE IN COMMERCE Original Amount of Fund: £100	Donor: Mr A.C. Morley. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the candidate who completes the First Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Commerce and whose performance is adjudged the most meritorious by examiners appointed on the recommendation of the faculty of Economics and Commerce.
12	(1924) GYLES TURNER PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £50	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to commemorate the services of Henry Gyles Turner. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to undergraduates of not more than three years' standing after their first enrolment, for an essay on some branch of Australasian History approved by the professor of History. The prize is not to be awarded to the same person more than once.
13	(1924) HUGH CHILDERS MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £100	Donor: Charles E.E. Childers and Mrs Stephen L. Simeon in memory of the Rt.Hon. H.C.E. Childers, Vice-Chancellor of the University. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the candidate who, at the assessment, in the course for the diploma in Education, ranks next to the winner of the Dwight's prize.
14	(1924) PROFESSOR NANSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £150	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial of Professor E. J. Nanson, professor of Mathematics, Pure and Mixed, in the University from 1875 to 1923. In 1981 and thereafter the prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually for the best original memoir on some subject in Pure or Applied Mathematics. It is open to graduates of not more than seven years' standing after their first enrolment, but not to one who has already been awarded the prize.
15	(1925) KERNOT MEMORIAL MEDAL Original Amount of Fund: £334/12/1	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial of Professor William Charles Kernot, professor of Engineering in the University. The prize consists of a medal and is open for award for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. The award is made by the faculty of Engineering (‘the faculty’) upon the recommendation of a selection committee consisting of the heads of departments within the faculty, and two members of the faculty, appointed by the faculty, who do not hold teaching or research appointments in the University. It is open to persons resident in Australia for at least five out of the last seven years before the award. Any surplus income after meeting the cost of the medal and the expenses associated with its award and presentation are to be expended on books or equipment for the Engineering departments.
16	(1930) LIET MEMORIAL PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: £500	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to perpetuate the memory of Monsieur Augustin Liet and Madame Augustine Marie Liet. The prizes consist of the net annual income of the fund in the proportions of three-fifths for the first prize and two-fifths for the second prize, and are open for award annually on the results of the assessment for French Part 1A at the University. Such prizes are awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the faculty of Arts. No candidate who is over the age of 20 years or who has any exceptional advantage by reason of foreign nationality or prolonged residence abroad may be awarded either prize. If two or more candidates are of equal merit the total value of both prizes must be divided equally among them.
17	(1932) LADY TURNER PRIZES IN MUSIC Original Amount of Fund: £200	Donor: Mary Turner and Grace Turner to perpetuate the memory of Lady Turner, widow of Sir George Turner. There are two prizes each of the value of half the net annual income of the fund and each consists at least in part of a book suitably bound and inscribed. The prizes are open for award annually at the assessments for the First Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Music or bachelor of Music Education to the two students who in the opinion of the faculty of Music show the most outstanding musical promise.
18	(1935) JOHN GRICE RESEARCH PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £250	Donor: Sir John Grice, Vice-Chancellor of the University. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for competition annually to candidates who are undertaking post-graduate research in Architecture. The prize is awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.
19	(1937) JOHN MASEFIELD PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £76/5/6	Donor: John Masefield, Poet Laureate of England. The prize consists of the net income of the fund for the two years preceding each award and is open for competition in 1949 and thereafter biennially to enrolled students. Candidates must submit an original poem in English, of not more than fifty lines, on a subject prescribed by the Academic Board.
20	(1939) THE ORMSBY HAMILTON RADIO PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £200 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $20,338.85	Donor: John William Hamilton of 25 Drayton Gardens, South Kensington, London in memory of his father, for a prize for the encouragement of the study of Radio Science. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of Melbourne School of Engineering to the student who achieves the highest mark in either the subjects ‘Digital Signal Processing’ or ‘Digital Control’. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 31 October 2006, if either or both the subjects ‘Digital Signal Processing’ or ‘Digital Control’ cease to be taught, the prize is to be awarded for the subject or subjects closest to the original subject at that time.
21	(1940) D.J.M. RANKIN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £100	Donor: Donald Hamilton Rankin, to provide a memorial of his son, Donald Joseph Malcolm Rankin. The prize consists of books to the value of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the candidate who stands highest in the Industrial Management in Engineering. In 1975 Miss Kathleen Rankin, the sister of Donald Joseph Malcolm Rankin, gave $1,000 to augment the fund.
22	(1943) ENID DERHAM PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £140	Donor: By subscription to perpetuate the memory of Enid Derham, senior lecturer and sometime acting professor of English Language and Literature in the University. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to candidates who complete in the year of award their Fourth Year of the study of English whether as candidates for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours) in the school of English Language and Literature or in a combined honours course of which English Language and Literature forms a part. The prize is open for award annually to the candidate who in the opinion of the professor of English Language and Literature shows the greatest appreciation of poetry.
23	(1943) A.G.M. MICHELL PRIZE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Original Amount of Fund: £165	Donor: Institution of Engineers, Australia to perpetuate the name of Anthony George Maldon Michell. The prize consists of books chosen by the prizewinner and approved by the professor of Mechanical Engineering (‘the professor’) to the value of the net annual income of the fund, and is open for competition annually among students pursuing the Fourth Year of an Engineering course in the University. The prize may be awarded annually to the author of the best essay, thesis, report or design presented in the year of award on a subject relating to mechanical engineering and approved by the professor, preference being given to a work having a theoretical basis.
24	(1944) ROSEMARIE KENNY PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £373	Donor: Miss Rosemarie Kenny. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to competition annually among students taking the Final Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Music in the faculty of Music. The prize may be awarded annually to the candidate who in the opinion of the examiners shows most promise in solo pianoforte playing.
25	(1945) THE T.F. RYAN PRIZE FOR ANATOMY Original Amount of Fund: £350 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $5,305.69	Donor: Dr Thomas Francis Ryan of 33 Collins Street, Melbourne in Victoria (‘the donor’), for a prize and gold medal to be known as the ‘T.F. Ryan Prize for Anatomy’. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science to the student in the faculty of Science awarded the highest aggregate mark in the subjects ‘Anatomy 1’ and ‘Anatomy 2’. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund which remains after providing to the winner a bronze medal engraved with the arms and motto of the University on one side and the title of the medal and the name of the winner on the other . Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 31 October 2006, if either of the subjects ‘Anatomy 1’ or ‘Anatomy 2’ ceases to be taught the prize be awarded for the subject or subjects closest to the original subject at that time. Pursuant to a declaration of the donor in a letter dated 1 December 1945, ‘… the Governing Body shall have power from time to time to make further regulations as to the awarding of the Prize and Gold Medal or to the repeal or alteration of the conditions attached thereto, provided always that any such new regulations or repeal or alteration of any condition shall be promulgated with due regard to my object and design as hereinbefore set out and to be calculated to carry such object and desire into effect.’
26	(1945) THE T.F. RYAN ROENTGEN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £350 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $10,185.73	Donor: Dr Thomas Francis Ryan of 33 Collins Street, Melbourne in Victoria (‘the donor’), for a prize and gold medal to be known as the ‘T.F. Ryan Roentgen Prize’. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science to the student in the faculty of Science who receives the highest aggregate mark in the second year subjects ‘Physics for Biomedical Science A’ and ‘Physics for Biomedical Science B’. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Physics. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund which remains after providing to the winner a bronze medal engraved with the arms and motto of the University on one side and the title of the medal and the name of the winner on the other . Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 31 October 2006, if either of the subjects ‘Physics for Biomedical Science A’ or ‘Physics for Biomedical Science B’ ceases to be taught the prize be awarded for the subject or subjects closest to the original subject at that time. Pursuant to a declaration of the donor in a letter dated 1 December 1945, ‘The Governing Body of the University to have power from time to time to make further regulations as to the awarding of the Prize and the Medal or to repeal or alter the conditions attached thereto, provided that any new regulation, repeal or alteration of any condition shall be promulgated with due regard to my object and design as above and be calculated to carry such object into effect. '
27	(1946) WILLIAM J. TUCKFIELD PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £500	Donor: Commonwealth Dental Supply Co. Pty. Ltd., to mark the contributions made to dental prosthesis by Dr W.J. Tuckfield, sometime acting professor of Dental Science in the University. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and a medal (engraved with the arms and motto of the University on one side and the title of the prize and the name of the winner on the other) and of books or instruments, or books and instruments, which are considered by the Examination Board to be suitable for post-graduate study. The prize is open for award annually after the assessment of the Fifth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Dental Science to the student qualifying in that assessment to graduate who, in the opinion of the Examination Board for Dental Prosthetics part IV respectively, has the best record in Dental Prosthetics throughout his or her course.
28	(1946) HAROLD COHEN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £500	Donor: Brigadier H. E. Cohen. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the candidate or candidates placed first by the examiners among those completing the course for the postgraduate diploma of Education.
29	(1947) CROMARTY PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £200	Donor: Former teachers and pupils of Cromarty School, Elsternwick, Victoria. The School opened in 1897 and closed in 1923. The prize consists of books not exceeding in value the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the student who submits the best essay during the year in any first year English subject. The books are chosen by the student and approved by the professor of English Language and Literature. (Note : The University has power if it should become impracticable to administer the benefaction for the original purpose to apply it to some similar purpose.)
30	(1947) THE MURRAY SUTHERLAND PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: £500 Amount of Fund at 10 August 2005 Capital: $8,231.94 Accumulated Income: $2,860.37	Donor: Family of the late Murray Sutherland, to commemorate his dramatic work during his University career. There are two prizes, each of the value of half the net annual income of the fund. Each prize is to be open for award annually by a committee appointed by the vice-chancellor. The first prize is open for award to the undergraduate who in the opinion of the committee gives in the year concerned the most outstanding performance in a dramatic production of the Queen's College Music and Drama Society. The second prize is open for award to the person who in the opinion of the committee gives in the year concerned the most outstanding performance in any other dramatic production in the University. The committee may at its discretion award either prize to any person connected with the appropriate dramatic activities otherwise than as a performer. Neither prize is to be awarded to the same person more than twice. In any year in which the committee considers it impracticable to award either or both of the prizes, it may with the approval of Council apply to an appropriate and similar purpose the amount available for award after providing for any prize which may be awarded.
31	(1948) HERMAN LAWRENCE PRIZE IN CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY Original Amount of Fund: £130	Donor: Victorian Branch of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology (since 1952 known as the British Association of Dermatology) to perpetuate the memory of Dr Herman Lawrence. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund, and is open for award annually to the medical student who stands highest in a clinical and written assessment in Dermatology conducted by examiners appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Victorian Faculty of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. The prize may be awarded to a candidate who has competed for, but not been awarded it, in a previous year.
32	(1946) GEORGINA SWEET BURSARY IN SOCIAL STUDIES Original Amount of Fund: £500	Donor: Dr Georgina Sweet, associate professor of Zoology in the University. The bursary is open for award annually to students of sufficient academic merit who in the opinion of the faculty of Arts are in special need of financial assistance in meeting the expenses of their continuous period of field work in the course for the degree of bachelor of Social Work. The bursary is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the faculty. The value of the bursary is the net annual income of the fund.
33	(1942) THE GUY BRADSHAW SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: £400 Amount of Fund at 9 June 2004 Capital: $2,955 Accumulated Income: $295	Donor: Mrs Mary Jane Bradshaw, to perpetuate the memory of her son, Joseph Guy Bradshaw. The scholarship is of the value of the net annual income of the fund, consists of books or instruments approved by the dean of the faculty of Engineering, and is open to competition annually among students pursuing a course for the degree of bachelor of Engineering. The award is made by the student’s loan fund and bursaries committee of Council, which shall take into account the applicant’s ability, means and character. A scholar is eligible for re-award until the completion of his or her course.
34	(1948) BRUNNING PRIZE FOR PLANT COLLECTION IN AGRICULTURE Original Amount of Fund: £200	Donor: F. H. Brunning Pty. Ltd. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the student, in the Third Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Agricultural Science, who, in the opinion of the dean of the Institute of Land and Food Resources submits the best collection of plants.
35	(1908) MAUDE HARRINGTON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £50	Donor: Miss Maude Harrington. The prize consists of books not exceeding in value the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to a student who shows proficiency in the art of accompanying a singer on the pianoforte and who is taking a full course for a degree or diploma in Music in a course conducted by the faculty of Music. The assessment is held in December and consists of- (a) prepared rehearsal accompaniments of various schools and styles; (b) unrehearsed work comprising reading at sight and transposing.
36	(1929) SCHUBERT BURSARY Original Amount of Fund: £172/15/-	Donor: Committee conducting Schubert Centenary Concert and other donors. The income of the fund is applied to the provision of a bursary for the assistance of needy students in the faculty of Music (‘the faculty’) in accordance with rules prescribed from time to time by the faculty.
37	(1949) JOHN AND ANN GIBSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £300	Donor: Eric J. L. Gibson, Esther Law, Aubrey H. L. Gibson, in memory of John Gibson and Ellen Ann Gibson. The prize consists of books selected by the prizewinner and approved by the head of the department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering, which must not exceed in value the net annual income of the fund. The prize is open to award annually to a student who, in the head's opinion, has made good progress in his or her course, and has shown in the appropriate subjects ability in dealing with problems associated with the manufacture of portland cement and with concrete. The prize is not to be awarded to a student who has been awarded any other exhibition or prize in the year concerned.
38	(1950) THE FRANCES GRAY PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £500 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $25,193.95	Donor: Mrs Frances Innes BDS (née Gray), of London, to found an annual prize in Conservative Dental Surgery. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the top student in the subject ‘Dental Practice 4’. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Dental Science. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund after providing a bronze medal. Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 31 October 2006, if the subject ‘Dental Practice 4’ ceases to be taught, the prize is to be awarded for the subject closest to the original at that time.
39	(1949) ARTHUR SIMS SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: £500	Donor: Sir Arthur Sims. The scholarship consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually at the honours assessment in Animal Production B in the Fourth Year of the Agricultural Science course to candidates who, during the year in which the assessment is held, pass the Fourth Year as prescribed in Regulation R3.27.3.
40	(1954) JOHN ADEY PRIZE IN PSYCHIATRY Original Amount of Fund: £374/3/- Amount of Fund at 10 March 2004: Capital: $1,702.53. Accumulated Income: $186.43	Donor: By public subscription at the instance of the State Psychiatrists' Association of Victoria to mark the long service of Dr John Kellerman Adey in the teaching of Psychiatry. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is awarded to the candidate placed first in the class list in Specialty Health Rotations (Psychiatry Stream) in the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery.
41	(1954) RENNIE MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £453/17/6	Donor: By public subscription to perpetuate the memory of E.J.C. Rennie, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering in the University. The prize consists of books selected by the prizewinner and approved by the professor of Mechanical Engineering, and which must not exceed in value the net annual income of the fund. The prize is open to award annually to the student who stands highest at the final honours assessment in Mechanical Engineering.
42	(1954) ROSEMARY MERLO PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: £400	Donor: Mrs J. G. Lloyd. There are two prizes each of the value of half the net annual income of the fund open for award annually to candidates under the age of 21 on December 31 of the year for which the award is made. The prizes are awarded on the recommendation of the head of the department of History. One prize is open for competition among candidates in the First Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts and is awarded for the best essay submitted as part of the prescribed work for a history subject. The other prize is open for competition among candidates in the second year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts and is awarded for the best essay submitted as part of the prescribed work for a history subject. A proportion of each prize as determined by the professor of History must be awarded in the form of books bearing a book-plate commemorating Rosemary Frances Merlo.
43	(1954) CHARLES SINDREY PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £177	Donor: Lecturers and Tutors in the Department of Accounting. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually at the honours assessment in Accounting B but shall not be awarded to the recipient of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Exhibition.
44	(1956) STEPHEN BELL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £335	Donor: The Barkly Brick Co. Pty. Ltd. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to competition annually at the assessment in Mathematics for Engineers part iv.
45	(1958) GORDON HUNT MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £111/2/-	Donor: By public subscription to perpetuate the memory of Gordon Thomas Hunt (B.C.E., 1953). The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to competition annually among candidates who are enrolled in a course for the degree of bachelor of Engineering at the assessment in Engineering Mathematics part II
46	(1959) RONALD RISEBOROUGH PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £200/23/6	Donors: By subscription from his fellow students of Chemistry and by gift of Mrs F. Riseborough to perpetuate the memory of her son, Ronald Riseborough. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is to be open to competition annually among students enrolled in the school of Chemistry for either the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours, Master of Science Preliminary Course or Postgraduate Diploma who submits the best research report in applied chemistry. The prize is awarded by Council on the recommendation of the head of the school of Chemistry.
47	(1959) W. H. FERGUSON MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £210	Donor: Mrs N. Haughton to perpetuate the memory of her uncle, W. H. Ferguson, Government Geologist. The prize is open for competition at the annual assessments of the First Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Agricultural Science and may be awarded to the candidate who stands highest in Geology (Agriculture Course). The prize was first open for competition at the annual assessment in 1959 and was then $20 paid from the capital of the fund. Thereafter the prize consists of the net income of the fund.
48	(1960) KATHARINE WOODRUFF MEMORIAL EXHIBITION Original Amount of fund : £331/6/5 Amount of fund at 31 March 2007: Capital: $24,445.45 Accumulated Income: $3,631.59	Donor: This fund was subscribed by friends in Australia and overseas to perpetuate the memory of the late wife of Professor W. Woodruff, formerly Professor of Economic History. The Exhibition is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Economics and Commerce to the student awarded the top mark in the subject 316-214 Australian Economic History. The Exhibition has the value of the net annual income of the fund.
49	(1962) THE WILLIAM LESLIE ELVINS PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £500 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $10,355.22	Donor: Mrs Hilda Coldham Elvins of 111 Nicholson Street, East Coburg in Victoria, following the suggestion of the University, for a prize in Oral Surgery (including Exodontics). The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the top student in the subject ‘Dental Practice 4’. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Dental Science. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund after providing a bronze medal. Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 31 October 2006, if the subject ‘Dental Practice 4’ ceases to be taught, the prize is to be awarded for the subject closest to the original subject at that time.
50	(1960) W. JULIAN KING PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £381/13/6	Donor: The prize has been established by P. L. Henderson, professor of Mechanical Engineering, through the generosity of W. Julian King, a professor of the University of California. The prize consists of an amount which is equal to two-thirds of the net annual income of the fund for the preceding year. The remaining one-third of the net annual income in any year must be added to and form part of the capital of the fund. The prize is open for competition annually among students enrolled in the Fourth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Engineering. The prize is awarded for an essay or thesis on a subject to be approved by the professor in charge of the degree course in the Manufacturing stream of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering who recommends the award. The closing date for receipt of entries for the prize is 31 August each year.
51	(1961) THE DR KATE CAMPBELL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £500 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $4,690.03	Donor: Executive medical staff of the Royal Women’s Hospital and the staff of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, for a prize in Neonatal Paediatrics. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the top student in the neonatal paediatrics component of the subject ‘Women’s and Children’s Health (Women’s Health Stream)’. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Medicine. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 12 July 2007, if the subject ‘Women’s and Children’s Health (Women’s Health Stream)’ ceases to be taught, the prize is to be awarded for the subject closest to the original subject at that time.
52	(1963) KATHLEEN FITZPATRICK EXHIBITION Original Amount of Fund: £400	Donor: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor of History in the University. The exhibition consists of the net annual income of the fund. The exhibition is open for competition annually in the combined honours course in English and History at the final assessment in the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours). The exhibition is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the heads for the time being of the departments of English and History.
53	(1963) THEMARGARET KIDDLE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £400 Amount of Fund at 9 August 2005 Capital: $11,356.15 Accumulated Income: $2,520.47	Donor: By her will Margaret Kiddle bequeathed royalties to the University. The fund is constituted from part of the money received by the University from this bequest. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. The prize is to be open for competition annually among candidates in the school of History or in a combined honours course in which History is combined with another subject. The prize is to be awarded to the candidate who, in the opinion of the professor in charge of the department of History (‘the professor’), submits the best final honours essay and who otherwise completes the work appropriate to the final Year of the honours course for which he or she is enrolled: Provided that an essay submitted by a candidate taking a combined honours course must, in the opinion of the professor, be primarily an historical essay: Provided further that the prize is not to be awarded to a candidate who already holds a degree or diploma of the University or some other university recognised for this purpose by the Board.
54	(1964) W.S. ROBINSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £300	Donor: Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd. and New Broken Hill Consolidated Ltd. The prize is the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the candidate who heads the class list in the subject or subjects in the field of economic, social and technological development within the context of technological training as the faculty of Engineering from time to time determines, provided he or she has obtained at least second class honours.
55	(1964) THE MAURICE H. BELZ PRIZES IN STATISTICS Original Amount of Fund: £848 Amount of fund at 27 April 2005: Capital: $14,373.95 Accumulated income: $280.54	Donor: By public subscription in honour of Maurice Henry Belz, first Professor of Statistics in the University. Two prizes are awarded annually. The first and second prizes are to be awarded to students with the highest and second highest aggregate marks in the major second year subjects Probability and Statistics. The value of the first and second prize is to be two thirds and one third of the net annual income respectively.
56	(1964) FELIX RAAB PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £224	Donor: Friends of Dr Felix Raab, Lecturer in History, who was killed in a mountaineering accident in Italy in 1962. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to award annually. It is awarded for an essay written as part of the prescribed work in European History C and is open to competition among candidates, not already graduates of this or any other university, who are enrolled in this subject for the first time. A proportion of each prize as determined by the professors of History must be awarded in the form of books bearing a book-plate commemorating Dr Felix Raab.
57	( )EDWARD BROOKE NICHOLLS PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: £100	Donor: Dr E. D. B. Nicholls. Two prizes are awarded annually, each consisting of half of the net annual income of the fund. One prize is awarded to the student placed first in that year by the examiners in Comparative Dental Anatomy. The other prize is awarded to the student placed first in that year by the examiners in Dental Anatomy.
58	(1966) THE LOUISE HOMFREY PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: $200 Amount of Fund at 18 March 2004: Capital: $1,043.95. Accumulated Income: $489.58.	Donor: Miss Louise Homfrey. There are two special commendation prizes each of the value of half the net annual income of the fund and each consisting of books. The awards are made by the Murray Sutherland Prizes Selection Committee. The prizes are to be awarded to students performing in University dramatic productions
59	(1966)THE IAN PURVES MACNEIL MEMORIAL EXHIBITION Original Amount of Fund: $928 Amount of Fund at 5 February 2005: Capital: $14,420.83 Accumulated Income: $3,207.99	Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial to Ian Purves Macneil, student and tutor in the faculty of Economics and Commerce 1955-61. The exhibition is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean to the student in the second year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Commerce who is awarded the highest mark in the subject Strategic Management. The value of the exhibition is to be the net annual income of the fund.
60	(1967)MEMORIAL PRIZE IN VETERINARY SURGERY Original Amount of Fund: $500	Donor: In memory of those veterinary graduates and students who gave their lives in the two world wars. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually. The prize is awarded to the candidate in the final Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Veterinary Science who in the opinion of the examiners has demonstrated the greatest proficiency in veterinary surgery.
61	(1970) WALTER MASSY-GREENE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,011	Donor: Lady Lula Massy-Greene. The prize is awarded annually and consists of the net annual income of the fund. The prize is awarded in each year to the student who, in that year, has satisfied the examiners in each subject of the Third Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Forest Science and who is, in the opinion of the examiners, the best student in that year.
62	(1968) H.C. FORSTER PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,299	Donor: By subscription from friends and associates of Professor H. C. Forster. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open to award annually. The prize is awarded to the candidate in the second Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Agricultural Science who gains the highest aggregate marks in the subjects of the course for that year.
63	(1969) JAMES MONAHAN LEWIS PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $400	Donor: James Monahan Lewis. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners in Fourth Division Conservative Dentistry to the student with the best performance in Periodontics throughout the course.
64	(1970) A.J. FRANCIS PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: $3,158	Donor: By subscription from friends and associates of Professor A. J. Francis. Not more than three prizes of equal amounts, in total not exceeding the net annual income, are awarded annually on the recommendation of the Executive Committee of the faculty of Engineering to students enrolled in the First Year Engineering course, who submit work in accordance with the conditions determined from time to time by the Executive Committee.
65	(1969) CLARICE MALYON MIDDLETON SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $1,000	Donor: Thomas Leslie Middleton. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music (‘the faculty’) to any female student studying singing whether she is enrolled in the the course for a degree in the faculty or not.
66	(1971) TUCKFIELD AND SHEPHERD PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,200	Donor: William John Tuckfield. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually. The prize is awarded to the candidate in the final Year of the course for the degree of B.D.Sc., who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Dental Prosthetics B, gains the highest number of points in that subject.
67	(1970) HEDLEY F. SUMMONS PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,300	Donor: 2/9th Australian Field Ambulance Unit Association to commemorate the services of the late Col Hedley F. Summons to Australia in peace and war, his services to the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and his services in the Military Forces and also in honour and recognition of him as Commanding Officer of the 2/19 Field Ambulance Unit and as first President of the Association. The prize consists of the annual income of the fund. The prize is to be awarded annually by the Council to the candidate who received his or her training in Otolaryngology at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and who is in the opinion of the William Gibson Professor of Otolaryngology the best candidate in Otolaryngology in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years of the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery. The prize may be awarded to a candidate who has competed for, but not been awarded, the prize in a previous year.
68	(1974) SIR WILLIAM UPJOHN MEDAL Original Amount of Fund: $2,850	Donor: By subscription from friends and associates of Sir William Upjohn. The prize consists of a gold medal and is open for award every five years for distinguished services to medicine in Australia by a graduate in any faculty of any university who has been resident in Australia for at least three out of the five years preceding the award. It is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the dean of the faculty, Dentistry and Health Sciences (‘the faculty’) (or nominee) and such other persons as may be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the faculty. Nominations may be received from time to time by the dean of the faculty from members of the medical profession in Australia. The dean must refer all nominations received by him or her to the committee appointed for the consideration of each award at a time specified by the committee. The medal is presented on each occasion of its award at an appropriate ceremony arranged by the University. The Council may direct that both the capital and income be expended for the provision of the award.
69	(1974) THOMAS EWING SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $2,000	Donor: Thomas Ewing of Tylden, Victoria, BEng (1890) MCE (1893) Melb. civil engineer and surveyor, who died on 28 August 1940, bequeathed to the University subject to life interests, the sum of £1,000 ‘to found a Scholarship in Civil Engineering to be called “The Thomas Ewing Scholarship” to be awarded when and on such conditions as the Faculty of Engineering may from time to time decide.’ The University received the fund in 1972. The scholarship is open for award to a graduate student in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The scholarship is awarded from time to time and has the value of the income of the fund since last awarded.
70	Revoked.
71	(1974) JOHN AND ELIZABETH ROBERTSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,000.00 Amount of Fund at 31 October 1999: $17,000.50	Donors: Mrs Harriet Hall McIndoe. The prize is awarded annually on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Education to the student enrolled for the degree of master of Education who submits the best research essay in Education. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and it must not be awarded to any person more than once. On her death in 1987 Mrs McIndoe bequeathed to the University the sum of $5,000 to augment the fund .
72	Revoked.
73	Revoked.
74	( ) THE WESLEY MICHEL WRIGHT PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $3,577	Donor: Wesley Michel Wright. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund as at 30 June in the year of the award and is open for award annually to an author or composer of original English verse or English poetry who is an Australian citizen. Each candidate must submit for assessment an appropriate poetic work. The prize is awarded by the Council, on the recommendation of a selection committee appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the faculty of Arts, to the candidate who, in the opinion of the committee, submits the best work. If in any year the committee considers that no work submitted is of a sufficiently high standard the prize is not to be awarded in that year
75	Not allocated.
76	(1977) THE EDGAR ROUSE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $4,000 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $52,127.77	Donor: The late Edgar John Rouse formerly of Stonehaven Court, Toorak in Victoria, company director, who died on 24 December 1974, by his will dated 22 June 1973 (‘the will’), for the ‘Edgar Rouse Prize for a Paper on Occupational Medicine’. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the student with the highest aggregate mark in the subject ‘Specialty Health Rotations’.Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Medicine. The value of the prize is not to exceed two thirds of the net annual income of the fund, and the balance of such income is to be added to the capital of the fund. Pursuant to the sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 21 November 2006, if at any time it becomes impossible or impracticable to award the prize for ‘Specialty Health Rotations’, the prize is to be awarded for the closest subject at that time. Pursuant to the will, if Council at any time decides to discontinue the prize, the whole of the fund is to be used for research in radiology as directed by the professor of the Edgar Rouse Chair of Radiology.
77	(1957) ELIZABETH STAINKAMPH MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $500	Donor: Eileen Morris. The prize is the net annual income of the fund or such lesser amount as the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music may recommend and is open for award annually to the candidate who is placed highest in the public assessments in 8th grade piano and 5th grade theory conducted by the Australian Music Examinations Board in that year. Should the Australian Music Examinations Board discontinue the holding of public assessments in the State of Victoria, the prize is to be awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the faculty of Music (‘the faculty’) to a student who shows outstanding promise in the study of piano and theory in any of the courses conducted or supervised by the faculty.
78	(1977) PROXIME ACCESSIT PRIZE IN SURGERY Original Amount of Fund: $2,500	Donor: Neil Johnson. The prize is open for award annually at the final assessment for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery. The prize is awarded to the candidate who in the opinion of the examiners secures the second highest aggregate marks in Surgery. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. The donor has directed that should in any year the net annual income of the fund be less than $250 the capital of the fund may be resorted to for the purpose
79	(1970) BERTHA JORGENSEN EXHIBITION Original Amount of Fund: $1,069	Donor: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Subscribers, to honours the long and distinguished service of Miss Bertha Jorgensen to the musical life of Melbourne. The exhibition consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually. The exhibition is awarded by the Council, on the recommendation of the Ormond professor of Music, to the student who is, in the opinion of the Ormond professor after the annual assessments, the most outstanding student of the violin in the Third or Fourth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Music or bachelor of Music Education. If in any year the Ormond professor considers that no student is of a sufficiently high standard the exhibition is not awarded in that year. The exhibition is not to be awarded to the same person more than once
80	(1980) JEAN POLGLAZE MEMORIAL PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: $3,877	Donor: By subscription from friends and associates of the late Associate Professor Jean Polglaze. There are four prizes. One of $400, is open for award annually for the best essay submitted for assessment in the subject Economics Research Essay by a student in the course for the degree (with honours) of either bachelor of Commerce or bachelor of Arts. The other three prizes, of $250, are open for award annually to the students who, in the assessments in the Third Year of either of those courses, in the subjects Econometrics, Applied Econometric Modelling and Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, achieves, in the respective opinions of the examiners, the best overall results. Any surplus income must added to the capital of the fund
81	(1956) OMERO SCHIASSI PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £125	Donor: Mr V. N. T. Karagheusian, to perpetuate the name of Dr Omero Schiassi. The prize is awarded to any student who is awarded the Mollison Scholarship in Italian and consists of the net income of the fund for the year in which it is awarded. The income of the fund in any year in which no award is made must be added to and form part of the capital of the fund .
82	(1982) THE ROY AND IRIS SIMMONS AWARD – IN GRATITUDE Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 2 July 2002 Capital: $21,300 Accumulated Income: $2,723	Donors: Bequest of Dr Roy Simmons ($2,000) of 51 Banksia Street, Heidelberg in the State of Victoria who died in 1982 and the gift of his daughters ($3,000) Mrs Ann Torode, Mrs Margot Bergstrom and Mrs Pat Stuart. Dr Simmons, DSc (Honoris Causa Melb.) FRACRS FRCPA(Hon) FISH FACMT FACBS was Principal Scientific Officer, CSL and made outstanding contributions to the understanding of blood groupings, to the achievement of safety in blood transfusion and to the field of bacteriology. In 1984 the department of Microbiology donated $2,000 to augment the fund. The annual award is for outstanding work in some aspect of Microbiology by a graduate or undergraduate student enrolled in the department of Microbiology and Immunology (‘the department’). The award is made by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences who before making any recommendation must consult the head of the department. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund .
83	(1983) THE S.A.F. POND-M.U.R. SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $5,000	Donor: Samuel Austin Frank Pond. The scholarship is open for award annually by the Council to an undergraduate student who is an active member of the Melbourne University Regiment being one of a number of eligible students who apply for the award and are nominated by the Commanding Officer of the Regiment who in making nominations must take into account the academic attainments of the student, and his or her financial needs. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. The donor died on 26 January 1986 and bequeathed to the University the sum of $5,000 to augment the fund which sum the University received on the expiry of a life interest on 14 February 1990. In 2003 a further sum of $430 was contributed to the fund by donors associated with Melbourne University Regiment
84	(1983) PROFESSOR A.R. CHISHOLM MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,000	Donor: Anonymous - To perpetuate the name of Professor Alan Rowland Chisholm. The prize is open for award annually to a student undertaking studies in the department of French in the Fourth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts with honours and is awarded on the recommendation of the examiners on the basis of excellence judged by the attainment of a grade which is the equivalent of first class honours for the thesis required to be submitted for assessment in that Year. The value of the prize consists of the net annual income of the fund for the year preceding its award. In any year in which the prize is not awarded the net annual income for the preceding year must be added to and form part of the capital of the fund
85	(1975) R.G. & A.U. MEADE SCHOLARSHIP IN SURGERY Original Amount of Fund: $1,500	Donor: Frampton Garnsey Meade. The Scholarship consists of $200 or such sum as the Council may from time to time determine and may be awarded on the advice of the Medical Research Committee to a medical graduate for the purpose set out in Regulations R6.104 governing the Sir Thomas Naghten Fitzgerald Scholarship and may be held concurrently with that scholarship.
86	(1984) EDWARD AND PENELOPE BILLSON PRIZE IN ARCHITECTURE Original Amount of Fund: $2,000	Donor: Professor F. A. Billson, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Sydney. To perpetuate the name of Edward Fielder Billson, one of the first graduates in Architecture from the University, and his wife, Penelope. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund and of a medal to be known as the Edward Fielder Billson medal for architectural design. The prize is open for award annually for the time being to a student who has completed the subject Architectural Design 5 in the course for the degree of bachelor of Architecture, and whose work, in the opinion of the head of the department of Architecture and Building, displays the most promise in architectural design, particularly in regard to aesthetic content.
87	(1984) PEG OLDFIELD PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $5,000	Donor: Wing Commander Brian Armiger, O.B.E., R.A.F. (retd.). To perpetuate the name of his late wife Peg Oldfield. The prize consists of four-fifths of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to the student who, in the assessments of the Final Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Music or bachelor of Music with honours in the faculty of Music, obtains, in the opinion of the examiners, the best results for performance with a stringed instrument. If in any year there is no candidate eligible for the award of the prize, the amount of the award may be added to the endowment fund or made available at the discretion of the Council for award to the student who gains the best results for performance in the Final Year of the course for either degree. One-fifth of the net annual income must be added to the fund
88	(1984) DAME MARGARET BLACKWOOD PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $5,000	Donor: By subscriptions from friends and associates of Dame Margaret Blackwood, sometime Deputy Chancellor of the University. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund or such proportion of the net annual income as is approved by the Council from time to time and is open for award annually to a student who achieves the highest mark in a subject in Genetics nominated by the department of Genetics and classified by it as a Second-Year subject and being undertaken by a student undertaking studies within that department or the highest aggregate mark of subjects in Genetics so nominated and classified by the department of Genetics and being undertaken by a student undertaking studies within that department .
89	(1977) THE ELLIS STONES MEMORIAL AWARDS Original Amount of Fund: $20,000 Amount as at 8 June 2001: Capital $86,000 Accumulated Income: $43,468.06	Donor: By subscription from friends, colleagues and associates of the late Ellis Stones, an eminent and respected Australian landscape architect. There are two awards for excellence in landscape architecture to be known as the First and Second Ellis Stones Memorial Awards; the First Award is the sum of $4,000 or such sum as the Council may from time to time determine and a bronze plaque; the Second Award is the sum of $2,000 or such sum as the Council may from time to time determine and a bronze plaque. The awards are made by the Council on the recommendation of a committee comprising the head of Landscape Architecture who is chairperson and four other members recommended by the chairperson and appointed annually by the Council. The awards are open for competition annually to students enrolled in a higher degree by research either in landscape architecture or relevant to the practice of landscape architecture. The committee evaluates (i) the research submitted for the awards, which includes a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy or Master of Landscape Architecture by thesis, a professionally reviewed publication such as an article published in a refereed journal, a conference paper and the like, and (ii) an oral presentation by each candidate of his or her research. Having regard to the quality of the research submitted, the committee may in any year recommend that only one of the awards, or no award, be made.
90	(1984) HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING GRADUATES PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,357	Donor: By subscription from graduates of the department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering of the faculty of Engineering. The prize is open for award annually by the Council on the recommendation of the faculty of Engineering to an undergraduate student who demonstrates the best overall performance in all aspects of the subject of Hydraulic Engineering in the Final Year of the course of bachelor of Engineering. The prize is $60 or two-thirds of the net annual income of the fund for the year preceding the award, whichever is the greater.
91	(1986) DORIS F. CHANDLER MEMORIAL BURSARY Original Amount of Fund: $20,000	Donor: The late Edward Valentine Rupert Chandler by his will. A bursary which may be awarded to one or more students in any year consists of the net annual income of the fund and is open for award annually to students of the piano in the faculty of Music. The award of the bursary is made by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Registrar for the time being of the University being the persons appointed as special Trustees under the will. In accordance with the provisions of the will the special Trustees have absolute discretion in the selection of students eligible for a bursary and in the formation of rules applicable to its award. If more than one bursary is awarded in any year the special Trustees must determine how the net income of the fund is to be shared between recipients of the bursaries. If in any year the special Trustees consider that no award should be made they direct the University as to whether any surplus income from the fund is to be added to the capital of the fund or whether it is to remain available to be used as income in any subsequent year
92	(1985) THE GRACE FUNSTON SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $69,207	Donor: Miss Grace Teresa Funston by her will. The scholarship is open for award annually by the Council to a graduate or undergraduate student aged 25 or under who is undertaking studies in pianoforte in the faculty of Music ("the faculty"). The award is made on the recommendation of a committee comprising the dean of the faculty, the Ormond professor of Music, if he or she is not the dean or deputy dean, and a senior member of the staff who teaches pianoforte. In making its recommendation the committee must take into account the academic attainments and financial needs of the student. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund.
93	(1987) H.J. HEINZ SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $67,608	Donor: The Trustees of the H. J. Heinz Foundation. A scholarship which may be awarded in any year to one or more students enrolled in the Second Year of the course for the degree of Master of Business Administration consists of the net annual income of the fund. The award of the scholarship is made on the recommendation of the Director of the Melbourne Business School and the President of H. J. Heinz Company Australia Ltd. who determine how many scholarships are awarded in any year and how the net income of the fund is to be shared between recipients of the scholarships. The criteria applicable to the award of the scholarship are academic performance and potential, financial need, and success in work experience programmes. Any surplus income from the fund in any year must added to the capital of the fund but remains available to be used as income in any subsequent year.
94	(1987) THE R.D. WRIGHT FUND Original Amount of fund : $24,000 Amount of fund at 31 January 2007 Capital: $219,653.39 Accumulated Income: $20,812.38	Donors: The heads of the department of Physiology, the department of Surgery in the Austin and Repatriation General Hospitals, The Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine and the Royal Children's Hospital. One prize is to be awarded annually to the student enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Science or bachelor of Biomedical Science with the highest aggregate mark in second and third year physiology subjects. One or more research studentships may be awarded annually to undergraduates to enable them to undertake research in the University's department of Physiology during the long vacation. One or more additional prizes may be awarded annually to the best student or students in undergraduate Physiology subjects for other courses for degrees of the University. The prizes and research studentships are to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences ('the dean') who, before making any such recommendation including the value of each, must consult the head of the department of Physiology. The dean must determine each year how much, if any, of the net income of the fund is to be added to the capital of the fund. If at any time Council determines that it is impossible or impracticable to award the prizes as prescribed, they may be awarded for the subject considered by Council at the time of such determination to be closest to the subject originally specified.
95	(1988) G.I. FEUTRILL AWARDS Original Amount of Fund $5,000	Donor: Smith Kline & French Laboratories of Swedeland, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. to perpetuate the name of the late Dr Geoffrey Ian Feutrill, a senior lecturer in the University's department of Organic Chemistry who was on study leave and working with the company at the time of his death in 1987. The awards, which are derived from two-thirds of the net annual income of the fund, are made, on the recommendation of the head of the department of Organic Chemistry, to one or more full-time Ph.D. candidates in the department of Organic Chemistry to assist them to travel to conferences in organic chemistry which are held outside the State of Victoria. One-third of the net annual income must be added to the fund.
96	(1987) THE CARL DE GRUCHY AWARD Original Amount of fund: $20,000 Amount of fund at 31 January 2007 Capital: $122,290.73 Accumulated Income: $14,169.41	Donor: Miss Denise de Gruchy of 17 Mary St, Kew to commemorate her brother Professor Carl de Gruchy, Professor at St Vincent's Hospital from 1962 to 1969. 'The Carl de Gruchy Prize' is to be awarded annually to the student who provides the best project report in medical history. 'The Carl de Gruchy Scholarship' is to be open for award annually to a student enrolled in the course for a higher degree in the field of medical history. The value of each such prize and scholarship is to be decided by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences who before making any such recommendation must consult the director of the Johnstone-Need Medical History Unit. The total of the prize and scholarship in any year must not exceed the net annual income of the fund but if in any year the scholarship is not awarded, the balance of the income after awarding the prize must be added to the capital of the fund. If at any time Council determines that it is impossible or impracticable to award the prize or scholarship on these terms, the prize or scholarship may be awarded on the terms considered by Council at the time of such determination to be closest to the terms originally specified by the donor.
97	(1991) E.S. HILLS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $24,000	Donors: The Adult Education Association Geology Group and friends and colleagues of the late Professor Emeritus Edwin Sherbon Hills, distinguished scientist and internationally renowned geologist. The scholarship, which may be awarded by the Council in any year, is open to postgraduate students in Geology who display academic ability and demonstrate financial need. The amount available for award must be determined by the Council on each occasion of the award of the scholarship and recommendations to the Council with respect to both the amount available for award and the successful scholar must be made by a committee to be appointed by the Council from time to time.
98	(1992) KENNETH MYERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $28,994	Donor: By subscription from family, friends and associates of the late Mr Kenneth Myers. The scholarship, which is awarded from time to time by the Council, is open for award to students who are graduates in Engineering of the University who are undertaking postgraduate study in that discipline. The scholarship, which has a tenure of two years, is to be used to assist the scholar to travel overseas to pursue postgraduate study and research. A committee comprising the dean of the faculty of Engineering, the head of the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or its successor department, and a senior member of the academic staff of the department nominated by the dean, must recommend to the Council from time to time the frequency of award of the scholarship, the amount of net income payable to the scholar and the percentage of the net annual income which is to be added to the capital of the fund.
99	(1992) MAUD ISABELLA AIRD SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $27,833	Donor: Maud Isabella Aird late of Sandringham in the State of Victoria by her will. Mrs Aird's bequest of her residuary estate to the Victorian Ministry of Education has been transferred by the Ministry to the University which has become the trustee of the residuary estate. The scholarship is available to female undergraduates enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Veterinary Science. The scholarship is awarded by the Council from time to time on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Veterinary Science who, in making recommendations for the award of the scholarship, must take into account both the academic ability and financial need of each applicant. The tenure of the scholarship and its value must be determined by the Council on each occasion of its award. The scholar is not precluded from holding any other scholarship or award during the tenure of this scholarship and more than one Aird scholarship may be awarded at any time.
100	(1992) J.S. ANDERSON PRIZE	Previously transferred to R6.72A, subsequently re-incorporated in this Regulation. See s. 146 (below)
101	(1993) THE COLIN McCORMICK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $25,000	Donors: The contributors to an appeal set up to establish a scholarship in memory of Colin Angus McCormick, foundation professor of Italian Language and Literature at the University. A scholarship is to be awarded to the first applicant ranked on a final list who has received the average of "B" grade or higher in the VCE Italian assessment and who has accepted a place to pursue Italian studies as part of a degree course. A committee, to be established by the Council from time to time, must determine, each year, the value of the scholarship to be awarded in the subsequent year.
102	(1995) MATTHEW LENNARD FUND Original Amount of Fund: $20,518	Donor: Under the Will of George Julius Lennard late of Leeds in the United Kingdom - "... to establish a fund to be known as the ‘MATTHEW LENNARD FUND’ in memory of my late father the income from which is to be applied in or towards the furtherance and encouragement of public performances of musical works by Graduates of the Faculty of Music of the University ... and I FURTHER DIRECT that the Council may in its absolute discretion direct that the capital of the fund be resorted to for the purposes of giving effect to this bequest." Before approving expenditure from the bequest the Council must seek the advice of the dean of the faculty of Music.
103	(1995) R.L. SIMPSON MEMORIAL FUND Original Amount of Fund: $25,000	Donors: Friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Robert Lyndon Simpson who subscribed to a limited appeal approved by the University. The Council is to approve expenditure from the fund from time to time, on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, to support the education of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, particularly in the field of public health.
104	(1995) LEO STACH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund $10,000	Donor: Mr Leo W Stach of Middle Park, in the State of Victoria, to establish a scholarship to assist a student of Geology at the University. Mr Stach, who holds a M.Sc. of the University, has spent his working life in the petroleum and mineral sector, often in remote parts of the world, and provided advisory services to the United Nations as well as to many government agencies. Subject to Statute 10.2 the scholarship is to be awarded by the Council every second year to a student of Geology who, at the end of the first Year of a course, shows academic ability and also demonstrates financial need. The scholarship has an annual value of $600 or such greater sum as the Council may from time to time determine and a tenure of two years, provided the student continues the study of Geology in the second and third years of his or her course, and is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Geology or its successor department. The donor has directed that, if at any time, and for whatever reason, it becomes impracticable or impossible to continue to award the scholarship on the above terms and conditions, or for the above purposes, then the Council may apply the income from the fund and, where necessary, the capital, for such purposes as in the Councils’ opinion would accord with the intentions of the donor.
105	(1996) MANUEL GELMAN AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE Original amount of Fund: $30,000	Donor: Sylvia Gelman, in honour of her late husband Manuel Gelman, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1992), Commandeur des Palmes Académiques (1980), Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale du Mérite (1968), MA DipEd (Melb), who was the former head of the department of Languages, in the former Melbourne College of Advanced Education and President of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations. He lectured regularly in the faculties of Education and Music in the University and his contributions as teacher and teacher-educator won acclaim in Australia and from the Government of France. For decades he stood at the forefront of promoting teaching excellence and innovation, especially in languages. The award is made by the Council, on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Education ("the dean") to students enrolled in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Teaching to assist them in their teaching careers. In recommending a candidate or candidates for the award, the dean must take into account not only the attainments of the candidate as a teacher, but also the academic attainments and potential of the candidate and the candidate's financial need. The number of recipients of the award and the amount to be awarded to each recipient must be determined by the Council on each occasion of its award. A recipient of the award in any academic year is not precluded from being eligible for selection for a similar award in the same or another academic year. A recipient of the award must include a reference to it in any presentation or publication arising from study, research or travel undertaken by the recipient.
106	THE SIR WILLIAM McKIE SCHOLARSHIP Original amount of Fund: $11,500 Amount of fund at 8 June 2001: Capital: $11,500 Accumulated Income: $3,444.24	Donor: Sir William McKie Memorial Trust in memory of the late Sir William McKie who was City Organist, Melbourne, and Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, before taking up the position of Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey in 1941. He occupied the post with distinction until 1963 and was knighted for his services to music in 1953, the year in which he was Director of Music for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Sir William McKie Memorial Trust was established for the advancement of education and learning in music or in the playing of the organ in Victoria and activities related thereto. The trustees, Professor Margaret Cameron, Mr Alan Hamer, Bishop John McKie and Sir Robert Southey, have undistributed funds on hand, the income of which they wish to be applied towards a travelling scholarship for students of the faculty of Music ('the faculty'). The trustees have directed that the net annual income from the fund be used to provide a scholarship called 'The Sir William McKie Travelling Scholarship' to enable a student to study at a school of music in London approved by the dean of the faculty. The council, on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty, must determine the frequency of award of the scholarship and the value of the scholarship on each occasion of its award
107	HELEN McKAY MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $21,56	Donors: Family, friends and colleagues of the late Helen McKay, a fourth year Commerce and Arts student at the time of her tragic death in a car accident in July 1994. Because Helen had won the Katherine Woodruff Memorial Exhibition in 1993, in what would have been the penultimate year of her undergraduate studies, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A J. McKay of Keilor East have requested that this prize should also be awarded in the penultimate year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Commerce. The prize is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Economics and Commerce to the student with the most meritorious academic performance who is intending to specialise in Economics or Economic History in the final year of the course. The amount to be awarded in any year is to be determined by the Council.
108	(Revoked.)
109	(1998) THE MONICA ELIZABETH REUM MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $4,500	Donors: Family, friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Monica Elizabeth Reum. The prize is to be awarded by the Council from time to time, on the recommendation of the head of the school of Chemistry after he or she has consulted with colleagues, to the person who submits for assessment an outstanding PhD thesis in an area of Organic Chemistry. The prize will consist of a substantial monograph on some aspect of Organic Chemistry, with a suitably inscribed book-plate, and the remainder of the available income in cash.
110	(1998) ROBERTSON SCHOLARSHIP Amount of Fund: $60,000	Donor: Diana Pringle Robertson, who died on 13 May, 1992 by her Will. The scholarship may be awarded annually by the Council from the income of the fund to a physically handicapped student enrolled or enrolling at the University unless, in the opinion of the Council, there is no student qualified to receive it. Recommendations regarding the award of the scholarship are to be made by the Students Loan Fund and Bursaries Committee on the basis of academic merit and need. In any year where no scholarship is awarded or where the scholarship does not fully expend the income the unexpended income of the fund is to be added to the corpus of the fund
111	(1999) MADGE O'SHANASSY BEQUEST Amount of Fund: $94,326.56	Donor: Mrs. Madge O'Shanassy, late of 1 Eton Court, Frankston in the State of Victoria, who died on 10 August 1998. The net income of the fund is to be applied by the Council, on the recommendation of the Students Loan Fund and Bursaries Committee, ("the committee") to assist a student or students in necessitous circumstances. On the recommendation of the committee, the Council may authorise expenditure from the capital of the fund for the purpose stated above.
112	(2000) ROBERT AND JOHANNA EXINER SCHOLARSHIP Original amount of Fund: $25,000	Donor: Robert and Johanna Exiner, of Windella Avenue, Kew, in the State of Victoria to acknowledge the great pleasure Robert derived from studying German at the University between 1976 and 1998 given that his affinity with German language and culture as a young person was adversely affected by the historical circumstances prevailing earlier in his life. The scholarship is to be awarded every second year by the Council and is to have the value of the total net annual income of the two preceding years. It is to be awarded to an undergraduate student, who is to be selected by the head of the department which has the responsibility for teaching German, to defray the costs of undertaking a course of study approved by the department, in Germany.
113	(1993) LAURIE R. GARDINER PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $5,290 Amount of Fund at 31 October, 1999: $5,628	Donors: Family, friends and colleagues of Laurie Gardiner a lecturer in the department of History ("the department") who died in 1991. The prize is awarded annually to the undergraduate student enrolled in the department who submits the best essay on early modern British History (1400-1700) on the recommendation of the head of the department of history after consultation with staff in the department who teach in the relevant field. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund.
114	(1998) THE PETER BROWNELL PhD SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $54,200 Amount of Fund at 13 February 2004: $58,180.97	Donor: The fund was established by friends and associates of the late Peter Brownell, professor of Accounting from 1991 until 1997 and by contributions from the faculty of Economics and Commerce and the department of Accounting. On 3 November 2003 the Supreme Court made an Order varying the terms of the scholarship that were contemplated by the appeal letter. The Scholarship is now awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce to the student enrolling in the second year of the degree PhD in Accounting who was awarded the highest mark in the first year coursework program. The value of the scholarship is to be the net annual income of the fund.
115	(1992) FREDERICK JOHN GLADMAN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,400 Amount of Fund at 31 October 1999: $1,400	Donor: Public subscription moneys were raised from the pupils, colleagues and friends of the late Frederick John Gladman. The money was gifted to the predecessor in office of the retiring trustee, the Ministry for School Education, as a trust UPON TRUST for the purpose (inter alia) of founding and maintaining the awarding of prizes at Melbourne Teacher's College (now amalgamated with the University and called the faculty of Education). The University has received the sum of $1,400 from the previous trustee of the fund to form the basis of a capital sum from which prizes may be awarded.Frederick John Gladman, BA BSc, formerly Principal of the Central Training Institution of Victoria, died in 1884 after making an important contribution to the improvement of teacher education in Victoria by promoting the 'new scientific approach to education' - child development and learning - as essential to education AND by his insistence that emphasis be placed on the development of intellectual and teaching abilities in teacher training programs.A prize of $100 per annum, or such other sum as the Council decides the capital can support, may be awarded on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Education. Applicants for award of the prize must be enrolled in the final Year of the primary teaching course.
116	(1966) SALTAU-PRICE SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $4,100 Amount of Fund at 31 October 1999: $6,500	Donor: Mrs. Sylvia Adeline Rolfe late of 28 Bryson Street, Canterbury, in the State of Victoria, by her will. Mrs. Rolfe who died on 5 June 1966, bequeathed £1,500 to the University to establish a scholarship in memory of her grandparents, pioneers in the Warrnambool district. The Scholarship is open to students in any year of a University course and is awarded annually on the recommendation of the director, Student Financial Aid. Both the academic ability and financial circumstances of candidates are considered. A preference may be given to a descendant of the donor or of Henry and Anne Saltau of Warrnambool and to students of Warrnambool High School.
117	(pre-1978) W.L. WEICKHARDT SCHOLARSHIPS Original Amount of Fund: $55,000 Amount of Fund at 31 October 1999: $75,000	Donors: The Council of International House donated the sum of $55,000, to which sum Dr. W.L. Weickhardt, some time deputy vice-chancellor of the University, added a further $5,000, to establish two scholarships to be known as the W.L. W

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