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-
- prescribe dates for entry of candidates;
- appoint examiners; and
- 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 PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £293 |
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. The prize is to be awarded annually to the student who receives the highest mark in the practical component in the subject 'Animal Structure and Function' such prize to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. If the subject 'Animal Structure and Function' ceases to be taught, the prize is to be awarded for the subject determined by Council to be closest to the original subject 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 Hugh Culling Eardley 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, receives the second highest aggregate mark in the course for the degree of master of Teaching (Secondary). |
| 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 |
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 (‘the dean’) to the student in the faculty of Science awarded the highest mark in a subject in the discipline of Anatomy, such subject to be determined from time to time by the dean. Before making any such determination or 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 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 Harold Edward Cohen, CMG CBE DSO VD. The prize consists of the net annual income of the fund. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne Graduate School of Education to award the prize annually on behalf of the University to the candidate who receives the highest aggregate mark in the final 100 points of the course for the degree of master of Teaching (Secondary). |
| 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. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment to award the prize to the student who submits the best collection of agricultural 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 to be awarded annually. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment (‘dean’) to award each scholarship on behalf of the University to the student in their final year with the highest average marks in animal science subjects, such subjects to be determined from time to time by the dean. |
| 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 in any one of the following:
The prize is awarded to the student who submits the best research report in applied chemistry. Council hereby authorises the dean of the faculty of Science to award the prize on behalf of the University, on the recommendation of the head of the school of Chemistry. |
| 47 | (1959) W. H. FERGUSON MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £210 |
Donor: Joan and Neville Haughton to perpetuate the memory of Mrs Haughton’s uncle, William Hamilton Ferguson, Government Geologist. The prize is to be awarded annually. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment (‘dean’) to award each prize on behalf of the University to the student with the highest mark in a subject in the field of agricultural geology, such subject to be determined from time to time by the dean. The prize consists of the net annual 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. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment to award each prize annually on behalf of the University to the student with the highest aggregate marks in the final year of the master of Forest Ecosystem Science. |
| 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 Melbourne Graduate School of Education to students enrolled in the course for the degree of master of Teaching (Secondary) 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. Weickhardt scholarships. These are awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the warden of International House, ('the warden'), the first to the student resident in International House and enrolled in the first Year of a course in the University who has achieved the best year 12 results. The second scholarship is to be awarded to the student who, as a resident of International House in the previous year, received the best University results of all the students who have returned to International House the following year. The value of each scholarship is such sum as the warden may recommend to the Council. The scholarships, each together with a medal, are awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the warden. |
| 118 | (1991) OSCAR ADOLF OESER BEQUEST Original Amount of Fund: $8,625 Amount of Fund at 30 September 2000: $16,418 |
Donor: Professor Oeser, late of 14 Darling Street, East Melbourne, a former professor of Psychology in the University, by his will. The net income of the fund is to be applied by the Council on the recommendation of the Students Loan Fund and Bursaries Committee 'for the support of needy and deserving Final Honours or Postgraduate students of Psychology.' |
| 119 | (1999) THE MONA McCAUGHEY SCHOLARSHIP THE ELISE WEIDERMAN SCHOLARSHIP THE UNA BOURNE SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $9,532 Amount of Fund as at 27 February 2001: Capital $9,532 Accumulated Income: $430 |
Donor: Miss Mona Malvina McCaughey of 44 Walsh Street South Yarra, Victoria who died on 13 December 1962 by her will bequeathed six thousand pounds to establish three scholarships for necessitous students in the Conservatorium of Music to be known as The Mona McCaughey Scholarship, The Elise Weiderman Scholarship and The Una Bourne Scholarship. The Conservatorium of Music is now the faculty of Music ('the faculty') and the scholarships are awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty. The Mona McCaughey Scholarship and The Elise Weiderman Scholarship are awarded to students of vocal music and The Una Bourne Scholarship is awarded to a student of the piano. The value of each Scholarship is one third of the net annual income of the fund. In 1999 the University became trustee when it received the fund from the Union Company of Australia Limited. |
| 120 | (2000) THE FRANK BARZYK BRASS AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $14,822 |
Donor: The award was established with the proceeds of a concert in memory of the late Frank Barzyk, a former student of the faculty of Music ('the faculty'). It is awarded annually on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty ('the dean') to the student who achieves an outstanding performance on a brass instrument at the faculty's annual examinations provided that the award will not be made if it is considered that there is no candidate of sufficient standard. The award is of such value as the dean from time to time may recommend. |
| 121 | (1974) I.J. MARKS AND T.C. ADAMSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $400 |
Donor: Dr Isidore Jacob Marks, dental surgeon of 6 Chilcote Avenue, Malvern, Victoria who died in 1962 bequeathed the sum of two hundred pounds to the Australian College of Dentistry to establish an annual prize for the advancement of dental education at the College to be known as the I.J. Marks and T.C. Adamson Prize. The bequest was received by the University as successor to the Australian College of Dentistry, on the extinction of a life interest in 1973. The prize is open to both students and staff of the School of Dental Science ('the school') and is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the school for the most significant contribution to the advancement of dental education in the University. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 122 | (1998) THE DORIAN LE GALLIENNE COMPOSITION AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $9,044 Amount as at 16 March 2001: Capital: 9,044 Income: $600 |
Donor: The Dorian le Gallienne Composition Trust. The award was established in 1964 by subscribers in memory of Dorian le Gallienne, a Melbourne composer who taught composition in the Conservatorium between 1954 and 1960 and who died in 1963. The University became trustee of the fund in 1998. The award is made biennially in June by the Council on the recommendation of the Dorian le Gallienne Award Committee (the committee) to a composer resident in Victoria whom the committee considers merits recognition and encouragement. The committee commissions the winner to compose a chamber composition to be completed and performed within such period as the committee determines. The score (or other material in an appropriate format) of the commissioned composition must be lodged with the Centre for Studies in Australian Music within the faculty of Music (the faculty). The committee is appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty (the dean) and comprises the dean, two composition staff of the faculty and two composers outside the University. The value of the award is such as the Council on the recommendation of the committee may decide but must not exceed the income of the fund during the preceding two years. |
| 123 | (2001) THE LOIS WOODWARD SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS Original Amount of Fund: $30, 000 Amount of fund at 31 October 2007: $55,029.52 |
Donor: Sir Edward Woodward AC, OBE, QC, LLB, LLM, LLD and Lady Woodward BA donated $5,000, and the University of Melbourne through the Office of Vice-Chancellor provided $25,000, in recognition of Lady Woodward’s services to the University. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the Indigenous Scholarships and Awards Committee (or such other University committee or body as may be determined by the University from time to time) to enable a mature–age (non-school leaver) indigenous Australian woman, who is also an Australian citizen or permanent resident, to pursue any undergraduate course at the University. The scholarship may be awarded for up to three years at a time to any one person, but may be awarded for the normal duration of the awardee’s course if such course exceeds three years. The value of the scholarship in each year is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 124 | (2001) THE RICHARD GUNTER PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: $3,821.39 Amount of Fund at 31 May 2004 Capital: $9,223 Accumulated Income: $259,53 |
Donor: Mr Richard Gunter BA(1948), MA (1949)(Melb), 8 More Close, St Paul’s Court, London UK, through the Friends of the University of Melbourne UK Trust, in 2001 donated the sum of £1,450.00 ($3,821.39) to establish a prize in French and in 2002 similarly donated a further sum of £2,000.00 ($5,407.36) to establish a prize in English. The prizes are to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts. The prize in French is to be awarded to the student who obtains the highest overall marks in third year French and who enrols in fourth year French (Honours). The prize in English is to be awarded to the student who obtains the highest overall marks in third year English and who enrols in fourth year English (Honours). The value of each prize is $200 or such sum as may be determined by the dean of the faculty of Arts from time to time. Council, on the recommendation of the dean, may direct that any sum remaining from the net annual income of the fund, after awarding the prizes, be added to the capital of the fund. |
| 125 | (1969) THE NORMAN WESTMORE MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $2,117 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: Capital: $7,000 Accumulated Income: $324.53 |
Donors: The St Barbara's Brown Coal Mining Fraternity, friends and colleagues contributed the sum of $1,117 to establish a prize to commemorate Norman Westmore who died on 31 October 1968 and who for over 40 years made a distinguished contribution to the brown coal mining industry of Victoria. In 1983 Mrs AM Westmore, widow of Norman Westmore contributed a further sum of $1,000. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering to the student enrolled in the second year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Engineering who submits the best essay on mining within the subject Materials Engineering. The value of the prize is seventy- five per cent of the net annual income of the fund. The remaining twenty-five per cent of the net annual income is added to the capital of the fund. |
| 126 | (1927) THE JOHN SMYTH AWARD Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $6,111.01 |
Donor: Subscription fund to commemorate John Smyth, Principal of Melbourne Teacher Training College from 1902 to 1927 and first Professor of Education in the University from 1919 until his death in 1927 in which dual role he in 1923 initiated the first degree in education in Australia. John Smyth was a respected figure in education in Victoria who valued scholarship and who recognised the benefits to both the individual and the community of the advanced study of education. The Award is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Education to the student who submits the most meritorious thesis for the degree Doctor of Education. The value of the Award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 127 | (1974) THE SIR RUPERT HAMER PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,000 Further donation in 1977 of $500. |
Donor: Maurice Cohen, solicitor, Melbourne, Victoria. In 1973 Mr Cohen gave $1000 to establish the prize to commemorate Sir Rupert Hamer, Premier of Victoria. In 1977 Mr Cohen gave a further sum of $500 towards the endowment. From 2008, the faculty of Law became a graduate school established as a faculty known as Melbourne Law School (‘MLS’). The prize is awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of MLS to the student awarded the highest mark in a subject, to be determined from time to time by the dean of MLS in the field of administrative law. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 128 | (1974) EDGAR AND MABEL COLES PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $3,000.00 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $22,082.17 |
Donors: Sir Edgar and Dame Mabel Coles of ‘Hendra’, Williams Road, Mount Eliza in Victoria, for a prize in Obstetrics. 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 ‘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 31 October 2006, 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. |
| 129 | (1975) JOAN ROSANOVE Q.C. MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $22,301 |
Donor: Dr Edward Rosanove of Melbourne. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Law to the female student in the final year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws with Honours who is placed highest in the class list. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund |
| 130 | (1981) THE WILLIAM BARDSLEY AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $8,850 |
Donor: Bequest of Mrs Jessie Dorcas Taylor of Barkly Street, Mornington, Victoria. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music to assist a deserving and needy student enrolled in a course in violin performance by the provision of music, strings and other equipment. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 131 | (1984)THE A.D. HALLAM MEMORIAL PRIZES Original Amount of Fund $7,111 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $12,586 |
Donors: Family, friends and colleagues of the late A.D. Hallam, Honorary Fellow of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and for many years lecturer in the department of Middle Eastern Studies, who died in 1983. There are three prizes awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts who before making any recommendation must consult with the Co-ordinator of Hebrew Studies 'the Co-ordinator'). The prizes which must not in total exceed the net annual income of the fund are-
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| 132 | (1984)THE STANLEY HARVEY PRIZE THE J.H. HARVEY PRIZE Original Amount of each Fund: $300 Amount of each Fund at 8 June 2001: The Stanley Harvey Prize: $531 The J. H. Harvey Prize: $531 |
Donor: Bequest of John Henry Harvey of 128 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, Victoria. The University received the bequest in 1984 on the expiry of a life interest. The prizes are awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science ('the dean'). The Stanley Harvey Prize is awarded to the student awarded the Professor Kernot Scholarship in Chemistry and The J.H. Harvey Prize is awarded to the student awarded the Professor Kernot Scholarship in Geology in the same year. Each prize has the value of the net annual income of the respective fund. |
| 133 | (1986) CLARE LESLIE MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $7,000 |
Donors: : Family, friends and colleagues of Clare Leslie. Ms Leslie died tragically while a final-year student in Agricultural Science. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment to award each prize annually on behalf of the University to the student enrolled in the final year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Agriculture ('degree') who is voted the best all-round student by the final-year students for the degree. The prize consists of the Clare Leslie Medal and the remainder of the net annual income of the fund after meeting the cost of the medal. |
| 134 | (1986)THE BRENDA JUDGE PRIZES IN PHILOSOPHY Original Amount of Fund: $5, 262 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $9,313 |
Donors: Family, friends and colleagues of Dr Brenda Judge, a member of the Department of Philosophy, who died in October 1985. There are two prizes awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of a selection committee ('the committee') to the two students who submit for assessment the best piece of written work in a Second or Third Year Philosophy subject. Candidates for the prizes are nominated by the examiners to the committee which comprises the Boyce Gibson professor of Philosophy ('the professor'), and the head and deputy head of the department of Philosophy ('the department') or their respective nominees or when the professor is also head or deputy head of the department, then the dean of the faculty of Arts or his or her nominee will be substituted. The value of each prize will be half the net annual income of the fund. |
| 135 | (1989) WILLIAM CULICAN MEMORIAL AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $7,121 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $12,604 |
Donors: Friends and colleagues of the late William Culican. The award is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the school of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology to either an undergraduate or postgraduate student who shows outstanding ability in the field of Archaeology or Ancient History. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 136 | (1989) IAIN CHARLES MEDGETT POSTGRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $15,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $18,000 |
Donor: Mrs Catherine Medgett of 6 Birks Hill, Irvine, Scotland in memory of her son, Dr Iain Medgett, who died in February 1989 from injuries sustained in an accident in the United States while undertaking postdoctoral studies. Dr Medgett graduated from the University with the degrees of bachelor of Science with honours in 1977 and doctor of Philosophy in 1979. An award is made by the Council on the recommendation of a committee appointed by the Council, which must comprise the head of the department of Pharmacology ('the department') and not less than two members of the department. More than one award may be made in any year. The Awards are to assist postgraduate students in Pharmacology to attend scientific meetings concerning Pharmacology or to undertake short courses of study in Pharmacology in Australia or overseas. The value of each award is determined by the Council on the recommendation of the committee having regard to the travel expenses of each recipient. In recommending candidates for an award the committee must take into account both the personal qualities and scholastic abilities of each candidate and must also be satisfied that the proposed meeting or course of study is appropriate for the purpose of the award. Recipients of an award must provide the department with a report of the meeting attended or course of study undertaken as soon as practicable after their return. |
| 137 | (1989) THE HAROLD ATTWOOD PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $7,000.00 Amount of Fund at 30 July 2008: $13,393.83 |
Donor: Town and Country Pathologists’ Club. 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 Studies’. 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 dated 21 November 2006, if the subject ‘Integrated Clinical Studies’ ceases to be taught the prize is to be awarded for the subject closest to the original subject at that time. |
| 138 | (1990) HANSEN YUNCKEN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $8,115 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $9,738 |
Donor: Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd, Builders, East Melbourne, Victoria and staff and students of the department of Architecture and Building in memory of Michael Hansen a student in the department until his death in 1987. The prize is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning to a student entering the Fourth Year of a Building course who has achieved excellent results in the previous years of the course and performed with distinction in the practical year or its equivalent both of which criteria must be given equal weight in recommending a recipient for the award. Assessment of a student's practical year performance is based on the reports of the student's supervisors. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 139 | (1990)THE ERNEST FOOKS MEMORIAL AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $12,000 |
Donor: Mrs Naomi Fooks in memory of her late husband, Dr Ernest Fooks, architect, artist and influential member of the modern town planning movement and part time lecturer in the faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning ('the faculty') between 1952 and 1954. The award is made annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty to an outstanding student in architectural design. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 140 | (1993) GLADYS AND GEORGE CAMPBELL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $9,900 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $10,800 |
Donor: Mrs Gladys McLeod Campbell formerly of 16 George Street, Alexandra Headland, Queensland, on the death of her husband George Johnstone McMillan Campbell, dental surgeon who died on 7 July 1983, gave to the University the sum of $4,950 to carry out the wish of her husband to establish a scholarship ('the scholarship') in the School of Dental Science. Mrs Campbell, who died on 15 October 1989, bequeathed to the University the further sum of $4,950 to augment the scholarship fund. The scholarship is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the student placed first in the class list in the subject Dental Practice 2. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 141 | (1990) GWEN PROCKTER VIOLONCELLO PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $11,152 |
Donor: Miss Gwen Prockter of Chatswood, Sydney to encourage a high standard of performance of the violincello. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music ('the dean') to the student who, after successfully completing the final year of a course for a bachelor's degree, whether at pass or honours level, in the faculty of Music is judged by the dean to be the most outstanding violincello performer. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 142 | (1992) MARGARET SEFTON DELMER PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001 $11,121 |
Donor: Bequest of Miss Margaret Sefton Delmer of Sydney who died on 30 July 1990. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts to the student who achieves the best result in the subject German Part 2 in the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund |
| 143 | (1992) GEORGIANA ELIZABETH MOORE HESKETH SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund $19,595 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $21,792 |
Donor: Bequest of Miss Georgiana Elizabeth Moore Hesketh of 53 View road, Ararat, Victoria who died on 27 July 1980. A scholarship is awarded in any year to one or more undergraduate or postgraduate students enrolled in a course in the School of Medicine. The criteria for awarding a scholarship are academic merit and financial need. The value and term of a scholarship are determined by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences on each occasion a scholarship is awarded. |
| 144 | (1992) DAVID VICTOR ISAACS PRIZE Original amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $10,127 |
Donor: Mrs Rebecca Isaacs of Cremorne, New South Wales, in memory of her husband, David Victor Isaacs who graduated with a degree in Engineering with honours and was winner of a University medal. He became one of Australia's most distinguished civil engineers with his pioneering work on electric welding, consulting work on several major bridges, his contribution to the recovery of gold bullion from the sunken RMS Niagara during the Second World War and his role as Director of the Commonwealth Experimental Building Station from its inception in 1949 until his retirement in 1969. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering to the student enrolled in the Final Year of the bachelor of Engineering course in Civil Engineering who produces the most innovative and practical design. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund |
| 145 | (1992) THE PERCY JONES AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $10,638 |
Donor: Bequest of the Reverend Dr Percy Jones, Catholic Priest, of Eastern View, Geelong, Victoria who died on 17 November 1992. Percy Jones is a former member of the Committee of Convocation and a former member of the teaching staff of the faculty of Music. The award is made in alternate years, or such other intervals as the Council may decide, by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music who must consult the head of Musicology to a postgraduate student studying Musicology in the faculty of Music. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 146 | (1992) THE J.S. ANDERSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $10,200 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: Capital: $11,000 Accumulated Income: $2,058.54 |
Donors: Gift of Mrs Janet Groves, Mrs Elizabeth Smith, Miss Ursula Anderson and Mr Malcolm Anderson in memory of their father, Professor John Stuart Anderson, Senior Lecturer in the department of Chemistry ('the department') from 1939 to 1947 and professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1954 to 1959. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of a committee appointed by the Council in the department of Chemistry to the student enrolled in the Honours Year of a Science degree who is majoring in chemistry and who displays the greatest aptitude and potential for research. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 147 | (1981) THE DONALD MACKAY HISTORY PRIZES Original Amount of Fund: $4,000 Capital of the Donald Mackay Prize in British History as at 8 June 2001: $6,378 Capital of Donald Mackay Prize in History at 8 June 2001: $4,252 |
Donor: Friends and colleagues of Dr Donald Mackay, lecturer in the department of history who drowned in 1979. There are two prizes awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts; one prize is awarded to the student awarded the highest mark in the Second Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts in British History, the other prize is awarded to the student receiving the highest mark in any other History subject in the Second Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts. The capital for each prize is held in separate accounts. Each prize has the value of one half the net annual income of the fund. |
| 148 | (2000) The SHIRLEY McLAREN PRIZE FOR MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: Capital: $10,000 Accumulated Income: $209.28 |
Donors: Professor John McLaren of North Carlton, Victoria in memory of his wife, formerly a student in the department of English ('the department'). The prize is awarded biennially by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department ('the head') to the student who during the preceding two years has submitted the best honours or postgraduate thesis in the field of Middle English Literature which includes Medieval Scots, for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with honours. The head must determine the procedure for judging the prize, which will take into account originality, imagination and scholarly excellence. The prize has the value of half the net income during the preceding two years, the other half of which is added to the capital of the fund. If in any year in which the prize is due to be awarded no entry of sufficient standard is submitted, the total net income of the fund for the preceding two years is to be added to the capital. |
| 149 | (1983)THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ENDODONTOLOGY (VICTORIAN BRANCH) PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $3,000 Amount of Fund at 19 June 2001: Capital $9,541.76 Accumulated Income: $276.85 |
Donors: The Australian Society of Endodontology (Victorian Branch). The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the student in the Final Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Dental Science who achieves the best performance in Endodontics throughout the course. The prize has the value of two thirds the net annual income of the fund, the other one third of which is added to the capital of the fund. |
| 150 | (1993)THE DINNY O'HEARN SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $14,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: Capital: $17,000 Accumulated Income $7,549.52 |
Donors: Friends and colleagues of J.D. (Dinny) O'Hearn, sub-dean of the faculty of Arts, first executive officer of the Australian Centre in the faculty of Arts and nationally renowned man of letters. The fellowship is awarded not less frequently than once every three years by the Council on the recommendation of the director of the Australian Centre to enable an Australian writer not exceeding twenty five years of age at the commencement of the fellowship to work on his or her own writing at the Centre. Each fellowship is to be of such period and value as Council on the recommendation of the director of the Australian Centre determines. On 31 October 2002 the Attorney General of Victoria made an Order that- 'This Fellowship be awarded not less frequently than every three years. Each Fellowship to be of such period and value as the Council determines.' |
| 151 | (1995) THE AAII PRIZE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Original Amount of Fund: $20,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $20,253 |
Donor: The Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Computer Science to the student who achieves the highest mark in the Third Year subject Artificial Intelligence. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 152 | (1992) THE W. MCMAHON BALL PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Original Amount of Fund: $7,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $7,785 |
Donor: Mrs Katrine Ball in memory of her late husband, William McMahon Ball, Foundation Professor of Political Science and prominent scholar and teacher in international relations. The prize is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Political Science ('the department') to the student enrolled in a postgraduate course in the department who submits the best essay in international studies. Before making any recommendation the head of the department must consult the academic staff who teach international studies. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 153 | (1993) THE LESLIE BARKLAMB FLUTE AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $3,528 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $3,573 |
Donors: Subscription appeal by the Council of the Australian Music Examiners Board (Victoria) Ltd ('the AMEB'), a University owned company, to commemorate Leslie Barklamb, for many years an AMEB Examiner and a former lecturer in the faculty of Music. The award is made annually by the Council of the AMEB to the candidate who achieves the best mark for flute performance in the AMEB Examinations. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 154 | (1992) THE CONCETTA BENN SOCIAL JUSTICE BURSARY Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,455 |
Donors: Colleagues and friends to commemorate Professor Concetta Benn's term as a professor in the department of Social Work ('the department'). The bursary normally is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department to a student enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Social Work and who, as an adult, migrated to Australia from a non English speaking country and who is experiencing difficulty in buying the required text books. The value of the bursary is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 155 | (1996) THE COMPUTER GRAPHICS MERIT AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $7,343 Amount of Fund at: 8 June 2001 $8,011 |
Donor: The Australian Computer Graphics Association Inc on being wound up. The award is made annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Computer Science to the student who has the second top mark in the subject Computer Graphics. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 156 | (1990) THE HAROLD CHARLES CHATFIELD MEDAL Original Amount of Fund: $1,400 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,455 |
Donors: Mrs Thelma Chatfield and Messrs Daryl, Merrick and Bralen Chatfield, the wife and sons of Harold Charles Chatfield, organist, composer, choirmaster and teacher. The Medal is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music to a student enrolled in any year of a course in the faculty for excellence in Grand Organ Playing. The capital of the original donation was resorted to in order to fund the Medal. In 1991 Mrs Chatfield donated the further sum of $5,000, the net annual income of which is awarded as a prize together with the Medal. |
| 157 | (1989) THE DESMOND J. CLEARY MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $2,655 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $4,699 |
Donors: Colleagues and friends of Desmond J. Cleary, a graduate of the University who had a distinguished career in the Reserve Bank and who died in 1996. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Economics and Commerce to the student enrolled in the Fourth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Economics who is awarded the highest mark in the subject Financial Economics. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 158 | (1987) THE SIR ALBERT COATES PRIZE IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES Original amount of Fund: $2,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $3,540 |
Donors: Dr A. A. Coates of Shepparton donated the sum of $1,000, and friends and colleagues of Sir Albert a further sum of $1,000 to establish a prize to commemorate Sir Albert Coates OBE MS Hon LLD FRCS FRACS, lecturer in Anatomy from 1925 to 1946, lecturer in Surgery from 1949 to 1956 and Chairman of the Board of Management of Fairfield Hospital from 1956 to 1974. The Prize is awarded annually on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the student who achieves the highest performance in the written questions on infectious diseases in the Fifth Year of the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery and an oral examination. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 159 | (1999) THE JOHN AND ELSIE JAGO PRIZE IN COMMUNITY DENTISTRY Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,000 |
Donor: Visiting Professor John Jago of Sale, Victoria to endow a prize in memory of his parents John and Elsie Jago. Professor Jago had provided a prize in Community Dental Health each year since 1989. The prize is awarded annually on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to the outstanding student in Community Dental Health in the Third or Fourth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Dental Science. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund and is to be used by the recipient for books, travel or research into aspects of Dental Science relating to Community Dental Health. |
| 160 | (1981) THE MAX KOHANE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,000 Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $3,047.45 Accumulated Income: $259.74 |
Donor: Bequest of Maximilian Kohane for the general purposes of the Faculty of Medicine. The prize is awarded annually on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences to the student from the Austin Health Clinical School enrolled in the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery who is ranked the top student in the final class list in the subject Women’s and Children’s Health (Women’s Health Stream). The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 161 | (1977) THE E. R. LOVE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $457 Amount of fund at 8 June 2001: $2,038 |
Donors: Friends and colleagues on the retirement of Professor E.R. Love, professor of Mathematics from 1940 to 1977, to establish a prize to be known as the E.R. Love Prize. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Mathematics and Statistics to the undergraduate placed first in the subject considered to have the largest content of analysis. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 162 | (1985) THE NORMA McARTHUR PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,220 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,160 |
Donor: The Applied Probability Trust in memory of Norma McArthur, distinguished Australian demographer, founder and a trustee of the Applied Probability Trust. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Mathematics and Statistics to the student placed first in the subject Statistics in the third year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Science. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 163 | (1976) THE GEORGE BRYCE McINDOE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,000 |
Donor: Mrs Harriet Hall McIndoe of Armadale in memory of her husband to provide a prize in the field of comparative education. The prize is awarded biennially on the recommendation of the dean of Melbourne Graduate School of Education (‘MGSE’) to the student who in the preceding two years has obtained the highest mark in a subject in the field of comparative studies in education in the degree of master of Teaching (Primary). The subject in the field of comparative studies in education for which the prize is to be awarded is to be determined from time to time by the dean of MGSE. Mrs McIndoe, who died in 1987, made a number of bequests to the University including the sum of $5,000 to augment this fund. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 164 | (1993) THE KEN McKAY PRIZE FOR BEGINNERS GREEK Original Amount of Fund: $2,575 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $2,739 |
Donor: Friends and colleagues of Associate Professor Ken McKay, a member of the Classics Department from 1952 to 1992. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts to the student enrolled for the degree bachelor of Arts who achieves the best overall results in the subject Beginners Ancient Greek, provided that the student was a genuine beginner of the subject. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 165 | (1993) THE HEPHZIBAH MENUHIN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRATION FUND Original Amount of Fund: $6,054 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $6,604 |
Donor: Friends and former students to establish a scholarship to commemorate Miss Hephzibah Menuhin, renowned concert pianist who died in 1981. The appeal closed in 1983. The scholarship is awarded annually to an Australian pianist between the 18 and 25 years of age who gives the most outstanding performance at a national competition usually held alternately in Sydney and Melbourne. The scholarship is organised by the Hephzibah Menuhin Scholarship National Council which has representatives from the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne ('the University'). The scholarship fund is administered by the University of Sydney and the income applied to providing the scholarship. In 1993 the donors gave to the University of Melbourne the sum of $6,054, the net annual income to be applied by the University towards the costs of administering the scholarship competition in the years that it is held in Melbourne. |
| 166 | (1992) THE TAKAMITSU MURAOKA PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,738 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $1,933 |
Donor: Friends and colleagues of Professor Takamitsu Muraoka, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies from 1980 to 1991, when he was appointed to the chair of Hebrew Studies at the University of Leiden, Holland. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts to the student who achieves the best overall result in the subject Advanced Hebrew. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 167 | (1999) THE MARY O'DONOGHUE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $3,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $3,000 |
Donor: The Melbourne St Patrick's Day Ball Committee to commemorate the contribution of the late Mary O'Donoghue to Irish culture in Melbourne. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of History for the best piece of work (which should not exceed 3,000 words excluding bibliographies and appendices) submitted by an undergraduate student of the University in the field of Irish Studies, provided that the prize will not be awarded if it is considered that there is no entry of sufficient merit. The University will have the right to publish the prize winning piece of work, either in whole or abridged but the copyright will remain the property of the author. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 168 | (1996) THE DR JOHN PATTERSON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $12,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $12,000 |
Donor: Mrs Mary Patterson of Whitstable, Kent, England in memory of her husband, Dr John Patterson, later Professor Patterson, a member of the faculty of Engineering between 1960 and 1973. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering ('the department') to the student in the department who submits the best thesis in the general field of thermo-fluids. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 169 | (1975) THE D.H. RANKIN ESSAY PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $4,460 |
Donor: Miss Kathleen Rankin of Valentine Grove, Armadale to establish a prize in memory of her father, Donald Hamilton Rankin. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts to the student enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts with honours in the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology who submits the best thesis in classics. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 170 | (1994) THE IAN ROBERTSON TRAVEL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,000 |
Donors: Family and friends to commemorate the outstanding contribution to the research culture of the department of History ('the department') of Ian Robertson, senior lecturer in the department from 1961 to 1997. The prize is awarded annually in October by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department to a student enrolled in the course for a higher degree in the department to enable the recipient to travel overseas to pursue his or her research. The prize will not be awarded if there is no candidate considered worthy of the prize. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 171 | (1991) THE ANITA RODGERS SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,576 |
Donor: Dr Anita Rodgers, senior lecturer in the department of Science Languages. The scholarship is awarded not less than every three years by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of German and Swedish Studies ('the department') to assist a student of German to further his or her studies by studying in Germany. Before making any recommendation the head of the department must consult the academic staff of the department who teach German. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 172 | (1980) THE RICHARD SAMUEL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $6,550 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $17,409 |
Donors: Friends and colleagues to commemorate the 80th birthday of Professor Richard Samuel, who retired as head of the department of Germanic Studies ('the department') in 1967. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department to the most outstanding student enrolled in the Fourth Year of an undergraduate course or in a postgraduate course in the department. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 173 | (1983) THE DAVID SILVER PRIZE Original Amount of Fund $1,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $2,658 |
Donors: Mr and Mrs G. Silver of Kew, Victoria in memory of their son who graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1979 and completed his Masters degree shortly before his death in 1982. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering to the student awarded the highest mark in a first year electrical subject in the course for the degree of bachelor of Engineering. In 1984 the donors gave a further sum of $1,000 to be added to the fund. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 174 | (1995) THE ALICE TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund $4,050.00 |
Donor: Miss Claire Taylor (BAgSc 1938) of Brighton, Victoria in memory of her mother Alice Taylor (DipEd 1914). The scholarship is to be awarded triennially by Council on the recommendation of the dean of Melbourne Graduate School of Education (‘MGSE’) to the top student in the final year of the course for the degree of master of Teaching in the year in which the scholarship is to be awarded. The value of the scholarship is to be the net income in the preceding years. Miss Taylor, who died on 6 May 2003, bequeathed the sum of $8,000 to augment the fund and prescribed in her will that the award, formerly the Alice Brokenshire Taylor Scholarship be named the Alice Taylor Scholarship. |
| 175 | (1997) THE CHARLES ANTHONY TAYLOR PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $8,000 Amount of Fund at 13 September 2004: $15,452.98 Accumulated Income: $386.68 |
Donor: Miss Claire Taylor (BAgSc 1938) of Brighton, Victoria in memory of her father, Charles Anthony Taylor (BSc 1914) who had an outstanding career as a chemical analyst with the Victorian Police Force. Both were graduates of the University. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Chemistry to the student enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Science who is awarded the top mark in Second Year Chemistry and who is intending to major in Chemistry. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. Miss Taylor who died on 6 May 2003 bequeathed the sum of $8,000 to augment the fund and prescribed in her will that the award, formerly a scholarship, be named the Charles Anthony Taylor Prize. |
| 176 | (1996) THE IAN CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE Original Amount of Fund $4,100 Amount of Fund at 13 September 2004: $11,868.10 Accumulated Income: $720.17 |
Donor: Miss Claire Taylor (BAgSc 1938) of Brighton, Victoria in memory of her brother, Charles Taylor, a civil engineer. The prize is to be awarded biennially by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering to the student awarded the top mark in Geomatics in his or her final year of undergraduate studies in the department of Geomatics. The value of the prize is to be the net income of the preceding two years. Miss Taylor, who died on 6 May 2003, bequeathed the sum of $8,000 to augment the fund and prescribed in her will that the award, formerly a scholarship, be named the Ian Charles Taylor Prize. |
| 177 | (1997) THE THORNTON-SMITH PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $17,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $17,000 |
Donors: The department of Geomatics to commemorate James Thornton-Smith, who began his career in the University in 1952, between 1951 and 1965 was foundation head of the department of Surveying, and was instrumental in the development and introduction of the course for the degree of bachelor of Surveying. The award is made annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Geomatics ('the department') to the graduate of the department who is considered to have made the most outstanding contribution to the engineering profession in the field of geomatics. Preference will be given to graduates who have made such a contribution early in their career. Before making any recommendation the head of the department must consult the senior academic staff of the department. The prize comprises a medal and the net annual income of the fund after meeting the cost of the medal. |
| 178 | (1993) THE R.S. FOX FORESTRY BURSARIES Original Amount of Fund: $20,000 |
Donor: Bequest of Rhys Stapleton Fox of 49 Kenny Street, North Balwyn who died on 5 May 1993 to be used 'in furtherance of the interests of forestry generally.' The net annual income of the fund is to be used to award one or more bursaries annually, on the recommendation of the head of the department of Forest and Ecosystem Science (‘head of department’), to a postgraduate student enrolled or enrolling in forestry and who is in financial need. The head of department is to determine each year the number of bursaries and the value of each bursary. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment to award each bursary on behalf of the University. |
| 179 | (1994) THE DAVID TRESIZE ROBERTSON SCHOLAR Original Amount of Fund: $5,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $5,319 |
Donors: the family of the late David Tresize Robertson. The award is made annually by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to the student placed top in the Fourth Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Engineering in either Civil or Environmental Engineering. The scholar receives the net annual income of the fund. |
| 180 | (1986) THE NELLIE MELBA PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $1,679 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $2,972 |
Donor: Madame Nellie Melba in 1902 gave the sum of fifty pounds for the assistance of Music students. It was originally applied to loans to students. Since there were no obligations imposed on the University by the terms of the gift, in 1983 the University on the recommendation of the faculty of Music ('the faculty') renamed the fund the Madame Nellie Melba Prize. The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty to the student enrolled in the Second Year of a course in the faculty who achieves the top examination marks, preferably in singing. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund |
| 181 | (1997) THE JULIET FLESCH CAMBRIDGE STUDIES PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $2,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $2,000 |
Donor: Pierre Gorman of Findon Avenue, Caulfield North to commemorate Juliet Flesch a special collections librarian in the Baillieu Library until her retirement. The prize is awarded annually in December by the Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of History to the student who submits the best essay using the collection known as 'the Cambridge in Books' in the Baillieu Library. The essay should not exceed 3000 words excluding bibliographies and appendices. A copy of the prize winning essay is deposited in the CAM collection in the Baillieu Library and the University has the right to publish the essay, either as a whole or abridged, provided that the copyright remains the property of the author. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. The prize will not be awarded if no entry of a sufficient standard is submitted. |
| 182 | (1987) THE SIR IAN CLUNIES- ROSS PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $7,000 Amount of Fund at 8 June 2001: $12,389 |
Donors: Lady Clunies-Ross who died on 27 September 1986 bequeathed to the University the sum of $2,000 to establish an award and the CSIRO (Institute of Animal Production and Processing) donated the sum of $5,000 from the Clunies-Ross Fund established by friends of Sir Ian Clunies-Ross for the benefit of his widow and which became the responsibility of CSIRO on the death of Lady Clunies-Ross. The terms of the Clunies-Ross Fund require that it be applied towards research in connection with wool. The prize is awarded from time to time by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Veterinary Science for veterinary research, carried out in Australia, which will benefit the Australian sheep and wool industry. In awarding the prize preference must be given, whenever possible, to research in the field of veterinary parasitology. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 183 | (2001) THE WOODWARD MEDAL IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE WOODWARD MEDAL IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Original Amount of Fund: $40,000 |
Donors: Sir Edward Woodward, a former Chancellor of the University, and Lady Woodward ($20,000) and the office of the vice-chancellor ($20,000). The Woodward Medal in Science and Technology is awarded annually to a member of staff for research published in the preceding three years which is considered to have made the most significant contribution by a member of staff to knowledge in a field of science and technology. The Woodward Medal in The Humanities and Social Sciences is awarded annually to a member of staff for research published in the preceding three years which is considered to have made the most significant contribution by a member of staff to knowledge in the field of humanities. Each medal is awarded by the Council on the recommendation of a separate committee appointed by the Council. Each committee comprises the deputy vice-chancellor (research) who is chair and two members of the academic staff appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the deputy vice-chancellor (research) after the closing of applications for the relevant medal. Candidates must submit the published research with a statement of its significance. Members of staff may nominate candidates. A member of staff may be awarded a medal for his or her contribution to published research by a research team. If in any year it is decided that the research submitted is not of an appropriate standard only one or neither medal may be awarded whereupon such part of the annual net income remaining unexpended may be added to the capital. The value of each medal must not exceed half the net annual income of the fund. Any unexpended income after meeting the costs of medals may be added to the capital. |
| 184 | (1972) THE ADA MARY A'BECKETT AWARD Amount of Fund at 16 August 2001: Capital: $6,100.00 Accumulated Income: $846.98 |
Donors: Friends and colleagues of Ada Mary A'Beckett to commemorate the outstanding contribution to the Institute of Early Childhood Development of Mrs A'Beckett, president of the Free Kindergarten Union when in 1921 it purchased the site on which the department of Learning and Education Development, faculty of Education ('the department') subsequently stood. The department moved to the Parkville campus in 1997. The award is open to students enrolled in the degree of bachelor of Early Childhood Education and is awarded annually to a student who has achieved distinction in some aspect of the course such as overall performance in theoretical and practical elements, performance in a particular component or aspect of study activity provided that preference will be given to a student whose performance is considered likely to enhance his or her teaching capabilities and the quality of his or her work with young children. The award is made by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Education. The value of the award is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 185 | (1987) THE CLELIA VITTORIA MEDEN SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of Fund at 15 November 2007: $22,019.68 |
Donor: Dr. Clelia Vittoria Meden to commemorate her long and happy association with the University’s department of Italian. Pursuant to the Sanction of the Attorney-General for Victoria dated 17 July 2006, the scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts (‘the dean’) to assist the student who receives the highest mark in the honours course in Italian and who intends to enrol in a higher degree in Italian. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Languages and Linguistics. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. If at any time it becomes impossible or impracticable to award the scholarship on the above terms the scholarship be awarded on the terms closest to the original at that time. |
| 186 | (1919) THE ROBERT BAGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: £1,000 Amount of Fund at 14 November 2001: $54,284 |
Donor: Mrs Edward Bage of 'Cranford' East St Kilda Victoria gave the sum of £1,000 in 1919 to establish a scholarship in memory of her son Edward Frederick Robert Bage, BCE, Lt Royal Australian Engineers, Captain, 3rd Field Company Engineers First Division AIF, killed at Gallipoli on 7 May 1915. Mrs Bage gave a further £50 to the fund in 1920 and Anne Frederica Bage, OBE MSc HonLLD Qld. FLS Lond. who died in 1971 bequeathed to the University the sum of $2,000 of which $1,000 was to augment the fund. The Scholarship is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering and is open to students enrolled in the course for a higher degree by research. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 187 | (1951) THE ROBERT CRAIG EXHIBITIONS Original amount of fund: (approx) £1,300 |
Donor: Sophie Godfrey Craig of Grove Street, Vermont in the State of Victoria who died on 7 September 1951, bequeathed to the University one third of her residuary Estate with the request that it 'establish a prize or scholarship in the Law School' in memory of her father. Robert Craig graduated BA in 1863, in 1865 was the first graduate to be admitted by the University direct to the degree LLB and was later Assistant Inspector-General of the Education Department and Principal of the Teachers' Training College. From 2008, the faculty of Law became a graduate school established as a faculty known as Melbourne Law School (‘MLS’). There are two exhibitions in the fields of Asian law and international economic law. One exhibition is to be awarded to the student awarded the highest mark in a subject in the field of Asian law, and one exhibition is to be awarded to the student awarded the highest mark in a subject in the field of international economic law. The subjects are to be determined from time to time by the dean of MLS. The exhibitions are to be awarded annually. Council hereby authorises the dean of MLS to award each exhibition on behalf of the University. The value of each exhibition is half the net annual income of the fund. |
| 188 | (2002) THE P.W. CROHN SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $30,000 |
Donor: Mrs Valerie Crohn of 1 Durham Road, Surrey Hills in the State of Victoria in memory of her husband Peter Wolfgang Crohn, BSc MSc Melb. who died on 22 November 2000. His career as a geologist included being a member of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition at Mawson and later Director of Mines in the Northern Territory. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science who before making any such recommendation must consult with the head of the school of Earth Sciences ('the school'). The scholarship is open to students enrolling in the bachelor of Science honours program in the school and preference may be given to a student intending to pursue study in the honours year in the field of Antarctic geology or glaciology or in regional mapping in Australia. The scholarship is to be awarded on academic merit but financial need may also be considered in determining the recipient. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund provided that the scholarship may be divided between more than one student. If in any particular year no candidate is considered worthy of the scholarship, the net annual income in that year must be added to the capital. |
| 189 | (2002) MICHAEL KIERCE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $4,981 |
Donors: Family, friends and colleagues of Michael Kierce, BHealthSc VictoriaUT GDipCritCareNurs RN, who died on 1 June 2001 aged 34. Michael Kierce was a lecturer in the school of Postgraduate Nursing and an inspired teacher and academic who encouraged his students to take a leadership role through combining clinical excellence with research. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to a student who during the fourth year of a nursing course has demonstrated research excellence, clinical excellence and the potential for leadership in clinical practice research. All three criteria must be accorded equal weight; a student's clinical excellence and leadership in clinical practice is to be assessed on reports of the student's supervisors and research excellence is to be assessed on a research subject undertaken as part of the course. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. No prize is to be awarded if there is no candidate considered of sufficient merit and in any such year the income will be added to the capital. |
| 190 | (1970) THE HAROLD CLARKE ENGLISH AND ELIZABETH ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $2,000 Amount of fund at 13 February 2003 Capital: $19,126 Accumulated interest: $2,367 |
Donor: Mrs Elizabeth English of Armadale Victoria by her will established the Harold Clarke English and Elizabeth English Scholarship. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music to the student who submits the best essay on a musical subject. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. On 31 October 2002 the Attorney General of Victoria made an Order that- 'The Scholarship be open to students without any religious limitation' concerning the conditions of the scholarship to remove a limitation stipulated in the original bequest that the scholarship be awarded only to protestant students.' |
| 191 | (1980) THE MARGARET ANNE LINDGREN FUND Original Amount of Fund: $7,000 Amount of fund at 13 February 2003 Capital: $10,268 Accumulated interest: $6,542 |
Donor: Mrs Maude Laidlaw Lindgren of 64 Elwood Street, Elwood, Victoria to improve the library in the Russian Department in memory of her daughter who graduated with a BA(Hons) at the University in 1960 and a MA in 1962. The net annual income of the fund is to be used to buy books and periodicals relating to Eastern European Studies on the recommendation of the head of the school of Languages. On 31 October 2002 the Attorney General of Victoria made an Order that- 'The Fund be applied to purchasing books and periodicals relating to Eastern European studies.', as the original bequest stipulated that the fund was to be used to improve the Library in the Russian Department and the University no longer has a Russian Department.' |
| 192 | (2000) THE MARY O'DONOGHUE POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $2,500 Amount of fund at 13 February 2003 Capital: $2,976 Accumulated interest: $338 |
Donor: The Melbourne St Patrick's Day Ball Committee to commemorate the contribution of the late Mary O'Donoghue to Irish culture in Melbourne. The award is to be made annually by Council on the recommendation of the head of the department of History to a student enrolled in the course for a higher degree in Irish Studies in the faculty of Arts. The award is to be used to assist the recipient to travel to Ireland and has the value of the net annual income of the fund. |
| 193 | (1993) THE E.J. KING PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $4,000 Amount of fund at 13 February 2003 Capital: $15,349 Accumulated interest: $3,106 |
Donor: Mrs Jean Gittins of 193 Domain Road, South Yarra, Victoria to establish a prize to commemorate Edgar Samual John King, Professor of Pathology 1951-66. The prize is to be awarded annually to the top student in the third year subject Defence Mechanisms and Their Failure. The prize has the value of the net annual income of the fund. |
| 194 | (2001) THE AILEEN SINCLAIR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $50,000 |
Donors: Mr and Mrs Trevor Sinclair of Patricia Street, Keilor East, Victoria to establish a scholarship in memory of their daughter and to continue the support she gave to students while for eight years a member of staff, at first in the faculty of Engineering office and later in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Aileen Sinclair was killed in a car crash in December 2000. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering ('the faculty') to a student who is an Australian citizen or permanent resident enrolled in the second or third year of a degree course in the faculty and who is in financial need or experiencing some other disadvantage. The scholarship is to consist of the net annual income of the fund and is tenable for one year. A student must not be awarded the scholarship more than twice. If in any year there is no candidate considered worthy of the scholarship two scholarships may be awarded the following year. |
| 195 | (1985) THE SELMA BERGSTRAND PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $500 Amount of Fund at 12 March 2003: $505 |
Donor: Mr J.L. Davis 12 Palmerston Street Wheelers Hill Victoria, the executor of the estate of Selma Inez Bergstrand, donated $500 to establish a prize to endow an annual prize in her memory. Miss Bergstrand who died on 15 December 1983 graduated BMus with First Class Honours from the University in 1932. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music to a fourth year student of music who is awarded the highest aggregate mark in music education subjects. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund augmented by the University to the sum of $100. |
| 196 | (2001) THE A.E. PERRY MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $11,000 |
Donor: The fund was subscribed by friends and colleagues of Professor Anthony Perry to establish the A.E. Perry Memorial Prize and given by his wife Mrs Lorna Perry of 29 Leonard Street, Burwood, Victoria to the University. Professor Perry, who died in 2001, joined the department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in 1963 and was head of the department from 1990 to 1991. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering to the student who achieves the most outstanding performance in fluid mechanics in the final year of undergraduate study, whether for a single or a combined degree. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 197 | (2003) THE FREDERICK HARLOCK SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $40,000 |
Donor: Mrs Grace Adeline Oddy Craig of 99 Lucan Street, Bendigo in the State of Victoria who died on 4 March 2002 bequeathed to the University the sum of $40,000 to establish 'an annual scholarship for a promising young pianist to be known as the Frederick Harlock Scholarship' in memory of her brother who was a pianist. The scholarship is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music to a promising young pianist. The value of the Scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 198 | (1990) SIDNEY CLIFTON PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $8,727 Amount of fund at 17 April 2003 Capital: $8,809 Accumulated Income: $485 |
Donor: Bequest of Sidney John Clifton of 3 Wynstay Crescent, Ivanhoe, Victoria who died on 11 November 1990, retired lecturer in the faculty of Engineering ('the faculty'). The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty to the student enrolled in the third year of the bachelor of Engineering degree who achieves the highest aggregate result in the subjects Mechanics 2 and Mechanics 3 or, if either or both of those subjects ceases to be offered by the faculty, in the subject or subjects that most closely resemble it or them, as determined by the dean. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. On 22 July 2003 the Attorney-General of Victoria approved a variation to the terms of the trust. |
| 199 | (1990) THE S.F. POND PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $2,000 |
Donor: Samuel Austin Frank Pond, OBE ED BA (1927) LLD (1929) MA (1931) DipCom (1936) of 7 Willis Street, North Balwyn, Victoria was a resident of both Ormond and Trinity Colleges and was awarded a University Blue. He died on 26 January 1986 and bequeathed to the University, subject to a life interest which expired on 14 February 1990, the sum of $2,000 to provide prizes in the faculty of Law in memory of his father. From 2008, the faculty of Law became a graduate school established as a faculty known as Melbourne Law School (‘MLS’). The prize is awarded by MLS to the student with the highest mark in a subject, to be determined from time to time by the dean of MLS, in the field of feminist legal theory or in the field of legal theory. The value of the prize will be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 200 | (1953) THE EDWARD WALTER OUTHWAITE PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: £1,000 |
Donor: : Mrs Margaret Outhwaite, 789 Malvern Road, Toorak in memory of her husband Edward Walter Outhwaite BA(1890) MA(1892)(Melb) a student at Trinity College who was awarded the Supreme Court Prize in 1890. From 2008, the faculty of Law became a graduate school established as a faculty known as Melbourne Law School (‘MLS’). The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of MLS to the student placed first in a subject in the field of Human Rights, such subject to be determined from time to time by the dean of MLS. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 201 | (2004) THE ALASTAIR NICHOLSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $18,259.50 |
Donor: Judicial officers past and present and staff of the Family Court of Australia to establish a scholarship to honour Chief Justice Alastair Nicholson and to commemorate his retirement as Chief Justice of the Family Law Court of Australia. From 2008 the faculty of Law became a graduate school established as a faculty known as Melbourne Law School (‘MLS’). The scholarship, which is to mark His Honour’s distinguished career and his commitment to social justice, including advancing the interests of indigenous Australians, is awarded for significant academic achievement by an indigenous student. Until such time as the fund is exhausted, the scholarship is to be awarded annually to an indigenous student enrolled in MLS who has demonstrated significant academic achievement. The scholarship is to have a value of $2,000 and is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of MLS and a Judge of the Family Court after consultation with academic staff of MLS. |
| 202 | (2002) THE HANNAH BARRY BURSARY Original Amount of Fund at 18 June 2004: Capital: $9,358.60 Accumulated Income: $1,706.30 |
Donors: Family and friends of Hannah Barry, a talented actress and artist and a student in the School of Creative Arts, who was killed in a motor car accident on 18 June 2002 while enrolled in the third year of the course for the degree of Bachelor of Creative Arts. In 2004 the degree was awarded posthumously. The fund provides the Hannah Barry Bursary to assist a student enrolled in the school of Creative Arts. The bursary is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the head of the School of Creative Arts. The value of the bursary is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 203 | (2003) THE RONALD WILLIAM CAPORN PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $8,000 |
Donor: Ms Claire Rosalie Henrietta Taylor (BAgSc Melb.1938) of Brighton in the State of Victoria who died on 6 May 2003 . By her will she established a prize to commemorate Ronald William Caporn who was killed in a motorcycle accident aged 21 years. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music (‘the faculty’) to a student enrolled for a degree in the faculty for an outstanding performance in playing an instrument selected by the dean of the faculty |
| 204 | 1999) THE SIR LOUIS MATHESON PRIZE Amount of Fund at 27 July 2004: Capital: $23,275 Accumulated Income: $6,750.39 |
Donors: Graduates in Civil Engineering in the University between 1947 and 1952, to establish a prize to honour Sir Louis Matheson who, during that period, was the first professor of Civil Engineering in the University and later first Vice-Chancellor of Monash University. The prize, which is to be awarded to the best student enrolled in a higher degree by research in Civil Engineering, is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Engineering, who, before making any such recommendation, must consult the head of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 205 | (2004) THE EDWARD J DARBYSHIRE TRUST Original Amount of fund : $52,000 Amount of fund at 31 January 2007 Capital: $55,654.23 Accumulated Income: $5,489.84 |
Donor: The late Edward James Darbyshire formerly of 46 Fraser Street, Richmond, Victoria, who died on 3 March 2000, bequeathed the sum of $45,000 ‘to be applied to set up a trust for the purpose of an Australian Aboriginal Scholarship in such manner as Jonathan Nathan of 5a Cairnes Crescent, Brighton, in the said State shall in his absolute discretion direct.’ On 18 August 2004 Mr Nathan gave a cheque for $52,000 to the University to provide The Edward J. Darbyshire Scholarship for an indigenous student enrolled in the University. The scholarship is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the Indigenous Scholarships and Awards Committee, or such other Committee as is appointed by Council from time to time to award scholarships to indigenous students. The scholarship is to be awarded to an indigenous Australian who is enrolled as a full time student in an undergraduate course at the University. Selection of the recipient will be on the basis of financial need and academic performance. The value of the scholarship in each year is to be the net annual income of the fund. The term of the scholarship is to be the normal period prescribed for the degree for which the recipient is enrolled, conditional on the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress in the course. |
| 206 | (2004) THE SIDNEY MYER FUND GEOFFREY COHEN SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $50,000 Income: $272.64; |
Donor: The Sidney Myer Fund on behalf of Geoffrey Cohen. The net annual income of the fund will be applied to providing disadvantaged school students with a Melbourne Theatre Company (“MTC”) main stage production or an Explorations event each to be known as a Sidney Myer Fund Geoffrey Cohen Scholarship. The scholarships are to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the director of MTC. After a period of ten years from the 16 January 2004 Council, after consulting the trustees of the The Sidney Myer Fund and Mr Cohen, will review the value of the capital and decide whether it is to continue to be invested or the capital expended in full for the MTC Education Program. |
| 207 | (2003) THE CALLUNA PRIZE Original Amount of Fund: $13,000 |
Donor: Ms Claire Rosalie Henriette Taylor (BAgSc 1938) of Brighton Victoria who died on 6 May 2003 by her will established The Calluna Prize. Council hereby authorises the dean of Melbourne School of Land and Environment (‘MSLE’) to award a prize on behalf of the University. The prize is to be awarded annually by the dean, alternating between the student with the highest aggregate marks in the first year of a postgraduate degree in agriculture offered by MSLE and the student with the highest aggregate marks in the first year of a postgraduate degree in forest science offered by MSLE. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 208 | (2003) THE PETER HONE RUGBY SCHOLARSHIPS FUND Original Amount of Fund at 19 July 2004 $12,730 |
Donor: Subscription fund to provide Peter Hone Rugby Football Scholarships to commemorate Peter Hone, a player, coach and president of the Melbourne University Rugby Football Club (‘the Club’). The scholarships are to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of a committee comprising the director of the University Sport Association, the coach of the Club, one past member of the Club held in high regard by the Club, one current member of the Club who is a player held in high regard by the Club and one other member appointed by the annual general meeting of the Club. Members other than ex officio members are to hold office for a term of one year and may be reappointed. The scholarships are to be awarded for a term of one year to members of the Club who are players enrolled in a course at the University or other tertiary institution. In any year the scholarships are to be of such number and value as Council on the recommendation of the committee may determine. Council, on the recommendation of the committee, may have recourse to the capital of the fund for the purpose provided in this paragraph. |
| 209 | (2004) THE KATHARINE WOODRUFF PRIZE IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE Original Amount of Fund: $10,741.82 |
Donor: Professor William Woodruff MCom(Hon)(Melb 1957), MA(Oxon), DPhil(Notts) of Gainesville, Florida, USA through the Melbourne University USA Foundation. Professor Woodruff who was professor of Economic History in the University from 1956 to 1966 established the prize on behalf of the family to commemorate his late wife Katharine Woodruff. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences after a viva examination in Palliative Care of the six students with the highest aggregate mark in the written exam and the Observed Structured Clinical Examination of Specialty Health Rotation of the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. If at any time it becomes impossible or impractical to award the prize Council may apply the income for a prize for the subject closest to the original at that time. |
| 210 | (2004) THE ESTHER ROFE AWARD Original Amount of Fund: $7,000 |
Donor: Miss Lillian Rangecroft Rofe of 18 Frank Street, Newtown in the State of Victoria donated $7,000 to establish an award in memory of her late friend, Miss Esther Rofe. The award is to be awarded annually by Council, on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music, to a student who is an Australian citizen enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Music who shows promise in the field of music composition. A preference is to be given to female students and the value of the award is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 211 | (2004) THE SHELLEY PHILLIPS SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $50,000 |
Donor: Dr Shelley Phillips BA(1949)(Melb) PhD(1949)(Syd) of 64A Tramway Road, Beach Haven, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand to establish a scholarship to encourage female students from rural Australia enrolled as full time students for an undergraduate degree. The scholarship is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the manager, Undergraduate Programs, Melbourne Scholarships Office, to a female student who has completed her secondary education in rural Australia and who is enrolled as a full-time student in a course for an undergraduate degree. The term of the scholarship is to be the normal period of the degree for which the student is enrolled. The value of the scholarship is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 212 | (1989) THE JOHN INGLIS LOTHIAN MEMORIAL PRIZE Amount of Fund: $3,265 Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $4,583.30 Accumulated income: $1,620.53 |
Donor: Mr Noel Lothian of Crafters, South Australia, in memory of his grandfather, John I. Lothian, a successful orchardist in the Ringwood area. The prize is to be awarded annually to the student enrolled in the final year of a degree course who is the most improved student in practical horticulture. The prize is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Land and Food Resources who, before making any such recommendation, must consult the head of Burnley Campus. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 213 | (1993) THE MAURICE AND HELEN WOOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital $26,427.43 Accumulated income: $9,280.37 |
Donor: The family of Maurice and Helen Wood, founders of Woodlyn Nurseries, Five Ways, Victoria. The scholarship is to be open to graduates of the Burnley campus who, while enrolled in a course at the Burnley campus, demonstrated excellence in nursery studies to assist him or her to undertake further work or study. Applicants must be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status. Preference is to be given to applicants who demonstrate the potential to benefit from the scholarship and to make a major commercial contribution to the nursery industry. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Land and Food Resources who, before making any recommendation, must consult the head of Burnley campus. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 214 | (1989) THE THOMAS AND EFFIE LOTHIAN MEMORIAL PRIZE Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $5,526.18 Accumulated income: $1,953.90 |
Donor: Mr Noel Lothian of Crafers, South Australia in memory of his parents Thomas and Effie Lothian. The prize is to be awarded annually to the student enrolled in the final year of the course for either the advanced diploma in Horticulture or the bachelor of Horticulture at the Burnley campus who most demonstrates all round excellence in ornamental horticulture. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. The prize is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Land and Food Resources who before making any such recommendation must consult the head of Burnley Campus. In the event of these courses ceasing to be offered, the prize is to be awarded to a student enrolled in a higher education program in Horticulture. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 215 | (1970) THE E.T. HEARD SCHOLARSHIP Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $42,588.67 Accumulated income: $15,058.18 |
Donor: Camperdown Glenormiston Dairying Company of Princes Highway, Camperdown, Victoria in memory of its manager, Mr E. T. Heard. The scholarship is to be awarded annually to a student commencing a course at Glenormiston campus and preference may be given to students with an interest in the dairy industry. The scholarship is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Land and Food Resources who, before making any such recommendation, must consult the head of Glenormiston campus. The value of the scholarship is to be the net annual income of the fund. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 216 | (1989) THE LESTER MITCHELL AWARD Amount of fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $32,956.12 Accumulated income:$11,652.38 |
Donor: Mrs Heather Mitchell of Ranelagh, 18 Menadue Street, Horsham in the State of Victoria and family and friends in memory of Lester Clarence Mitchell PhC, MBE, who made a significant contribution to farming in the Mallee region of Victoria by providing professional services through the Mallee Pharmacy and Agricultural Services at Hopetoun. The award is to be made to a young person preferably under thirty years of age to further his or her knowledge and understanding of agriculture through either travelling to gain practical work experience, undertaking formal education and training, gaining enterprise work experience within a formal course of study or by undertaking farm based experimental trials. The award is to be made annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Land and Food Resources who before making any such recommendation must consult the head of Longerenong campus. The value of the award is to be the net annual income of the fund. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 217 | (About 1980) THE GLENORMISTON SCHOLARSHIP Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $52,668.77 Accumulated income: $18,622.23 |
Donors: An appeal by Glenormiston College to commemorate its Centenary. The scholarship is to be awarded annually to a student enrolled in a course at Glenormiston campus to participate in an exchange or study abroad program or to undertake other travel related to the student’s course of study. In awarding the scholarship preference may be given to a student from the Western District of Victoria. The value of the scholarship is to be the net annual income of the fund. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 218 | (About 1980) THE R.C. WEBB SCHOLARSHIP Amount of Fund at 31 December 2004: Capital: $52,668.55 Accumulated income: $18,622.23 |
Donor: Mrs R.C. Webb of Habbies Howe, Seymour, Victoria in memory of her husband Richard Scott Caper Webb, a distinguished member of the Grazier’s Association of Victoria, its President from 1960 to 1964 and trainer of more than sixty jackaroos. The scholarship is to be open for award annually to students commencing a course at Glenormiston Campus. The scholarship is awarded by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Land and Food Resources who before making any recommendation must consult the head of Glenormiston campus. The value of the scholarship is to be the net annual income of the fund. In 1997 the trust was transferred to the University when it amalgamated with the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. |
| 219 | (2005) The Klemperer- Ducker Scholarship Original Amount of Fund: $50,000 |
Donor: : Dr Sophie Charlotte Ducker of 36 Percy Street, Balwyn, Victoria who died on 20 May 2004 bequeathed to the University the sum of $50,000 to establish the Klemperer-Ducker Scholarship for research in indigenous Australian flora. Dr Ducker, BSc MSc DSc HonLLD Melb. had a lifelong association with the School of Botany and was a member of staff from her appointment as Research Assistant in 1945 until her retirement as reader in 1974 and thereafter until her death was an honorary Senior Research Associate. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of a committee comprising the dean of the faculty of Science who is the chair, or his or her nominee, and the professors of Botany, to a student who is an Australian citizen and who is studying indigenous Australian native flora and who is enrolled in the honours year of the degree of bachelor of Science, the first year of a research training program in the degree of master of Science or a postgraduate diploma in Science. If in any year there is no appropriate candidate, the income in that year is to be added to the capital of the fund. The scholarship is to have the net annual value of $3,000 provided that if in any year the fund has capital growth and income exceeding $6,000 the committee may recommend that two such scholarships be awarded. |
| 220 | (1928) THE HARRY EMMERTON LAW SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: £2,000 Amount of Fund at 19 September 2005 Capital: $52,199.41 Accumulated Income: $17,564.33 |
Donor: The gift of Alice Mabel Maud Emmerton of Raveloe, Domain Road, South Yarra to establish a scholarship in memory of her late husband Harry Emmerton, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1872 until his death in 1927. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Law to the student placed second in the subject Criminal Law and Procedure. The value of the scholarship is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 221 | (1946)THE J.R. MAGUIRE EXHIBITION Original Amount of Fund: £1,433 Amount of fund at 20 September 2005 Capital: $8,572.05 Accumulated Income: $540.92 |
Donor: Bequest of Mrs Elizabeth Maguire of 15A Alma Road, East St Kilda, Victoria who died on 31 May 1952 to establish a fund to provide J.R. Maguire prizes or exhibitions. The exhibition is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Law to the student placed first in the subject Criminal Law and Procedure. The value of the exhibition is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 222 | (1977) THE TOM BENSON BURSARY Original Amount of Fund: $10,000 Amount of fund at 25 October 2005 Capital: $67,329.28 Accumulated Income: $7,033.47 |
Donor: The gift of Dr Michael Benson and Dr Ida Benson who each gave $5,000 to establish a bursary in memory of their son Thomas David Benson, known as Tom Benson, who died on 14 November 1977 after bearing increasing physical handicaps to complete the final year of the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. The net income is to provide The Tom Benson Bursary to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the Student Loans and Bursary Committee (‘the committee’) to assist physically handicapped students enrolled in the course for a degree or diploma who are deserving of help by the award of bursaries. The committee is to recommend the value and term of the bursary. A candidate may be nominated by the dean of a faculty in which the candidate is pursuing a course of study or the head of an affiliated college. Should it become impractical to apply the income to providing the bursary, Council may apply the fund in whole or in part towards adapting existing facilities or providing additional facilities designed to meet the particular needs of physically handicapped students provided that the name of Tom Benson must be associated with such application or commemorated in such other manner as Council deems fit. |
| 223 | (1921) THE FRANCIS J. WRIGHT EXHIBITIONS Original Amount of Fund: £500 Amount of fund at 20 January 2006 Capital: $37,914.69 Accumulated Income: $2,031.35 |
Donor: Henry Berry and Company Proprietary Limited to establish The Francis J Wright Exhibitions in the School of Commerce. The school of Commerce is now the faculty of Economics and Commerce (“the faculty”). There are three exhibitions in the subjects Globalisation and the World Economy, Agricultural Economics, and Quantitative Methods 1. The exhibitions are awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty and each exhibition has the value of one third of the net annual income of the fund. |
| 224 | (1944) THE RENTON FUND Original Amount of fund £2,702 Amount of fund at 23 September 2005 Capital: $23,991.81 Accumulated Income: $4,592.72 |
Donor: Rupert Gordon Renton, Leading Aircraftsman RAAF, of 172 Munro Street, West Coburg, who died on 30 September 1944, bequeathed to the University his residuary estate “for the purpose of rendering assistance to needy students”. The net annual income of the fund is to be applied by Council on the recommendation of the Student Loans Fund and Bursary Committee to assist students in need. |
| 225 | (2003) THE OSCAR STEINBERG BURSARY Original Amount of Fund: $20,000 |
Donors: Mrs Phyllis Peshke Steinberg of 26 Hughenden Road, East St Kilda who died on 28 September 1994 bequeathed to the University the sum of $10,000 to establish an award in memory of her late son Dr Oscar Osher Steinberg MBBS (Melb)(1958). In 2003, Mrs Alice Miller and Mrs Joan Held, daughters and executrices of the testatrix, donated a further sum of $10,000 to augment the fund with the wish that the income provide an award in surgery with consideration given to financial need. The Oscar Steinberg Bursary is to be awarded annually by Council, on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, to a student commencing surgical studies in semester 8 of the medical course, with consideration given to financial need. If at any time it becomes impossible or impractical to award the bursary Council may apply the income towards some other award that is as close as possible to the donors’ intentions and continues to commemorate the name of Oscar Steinberg. The value of the bursary is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 226 | (2005) THE DESMA WOOLCOCK SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of Fund: $8,000 |
Donor: Ms Desma Woolcock of 138A Edward Street, Brunswick, Victoria to establish a scholarship to be awarded to a student enrolled in the course for the degree Bachelor of Music based on results in the final examinations in the previous year. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music and is to have the value of the net annual income of the fund. |
| 227 | (1995) THE Irene Mitchell Award Original amount of fund: $25,000. Amount of fund at 31 December 2006 (the date immediately prior to the date on which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $34,267.75 |
Donor: The late Irene Gladys Henderson (also known as Irene Gladys Mitchell), a prominent theatre practitioner in Melbourne. The donation was a bequest under her will to the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the College’). The College determined to use the bequest to provide for an award for Acting students. The award is to be made annually by Council on the recommendation of the head of the discipline of Drama (‘the head of Drama’) of the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’), to reward an outstanding Acting student who has successfully completed second year. Before making any such recommendation the head of Drama is to consult the second year teaching staff in the discipline of Drama at the faculty. The value of the award is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the head of Drama. If recommended by the head of Drama, Council may make one or more minor awards as well as or in place of the award. If the head of Drama recommends that the award is no longer appropriate, Council may in its absolute discretion direct that the capital and income of the fund be applied in some other way for the benefit of Acting students of the discipline of Drama within the faculty |
| 228 | (2006) THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION CENTENNIAL PRIZE Original Amount of fund: $10,500.00 Amount of fund at 31 January 2007 Capital: $ 11,293.54 Accumulated Income: $ 479.97 |
Donors: Members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to commemorate 100 years of federal conciliation and arbitration and to record their appreciation of the work of Professor Joe Isaac and Professor Stuart Macintyre as honorary editors of 'A New Province for Law and Order' (Cambridge 2004). The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the deans of the faculties of Arts and Economics and Commerce (‘the deans’) to the undergraduate or postgraduate student in either of those faculties, who completes the best research work, assessed by thesis or essay, in industrial relations or labour history. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. The value of the prize is to be the net annual income of the fund. |
| 229 | (1992)THE NORMA DE GRUCHY AWARDS This fund is derived from two donations totalling $6,000 made in 1992 and 1996 to the Victorian College of the Arts Foundation. Amount of fund at 10 May 2007 (the date upon which the fund was received by the University on the winding up of the Victorian College of the Arts Foundation): $17,165.99. |
Donor: The de Gruchy family represented by Denise de Gruchy. The income of the fund is to be applied by Council to award two annual awards to recognise talent and commitment in the study of classical dance at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’). The prizes are to be awarded in or around September to students enrolled in second year of full-time study in the discipline of Dance at the faculty (‘Dance’). The prizes are to be awarded, on the recommendation of the head of Dance after consulting the relevant academic staff, to students who have demonstrated the most talent (‘the talent prize’) and the most improvement (‘the improvement prize’) respectively in classical dance. The value of each prize is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the director and dean of the faculty (‘the dean’), provided the value of the talent prize is generally greater than that of the improvement prize, and the total amount awarded does not exceed the sum of net annual income and any other unexpended income in the fund. |
| 230 | (1994) THE BRUNNER PRIZES FOR VIOLIN OR VIOLA This fund is derived from a donation of $20,000 in October 1994 to the Victorian College of the Arts Foundation. Amount of fund at 10 May 2007 (the date upon which the fund was received by the University on the winding up of the Victorian College of the Arts Foundation): $36,654.42 |
Donors: The Brunner family. The income of the fund is to be applied by Council to award two annual prizes to recognise excellence and commitment in the study of the violin or viola at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’). The prizes are to be awarded in February to students enrolled, for the first time, in second year of full-time study in violin or viola in the discipline of Music at the faculty (‘Music’). The prizes are to be awarded on the recommendation of the majority of members of a selection panel made up of the head of Music and at least two others appointed by the head of Music, including two other members of staff in Music who between them have proficiency in violin and viola. In the case of a tie, the head of Music is to have the casting vote. The prizes are to be awarded to students demonstrating the greatest natural ability (‘the excellence prize’) and the greatest improvement (‘the improvement prize’) respectively. The value of each prize is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the director and dean of the faculty (‘the dean’), provided the value of the excellence prize is approximately double that of the improvement prize and the total amount awarded does not exceed the sum of the net annual income and any other unexpended income in the fund. Each prize is to be paid in two equal instalments, payable in February and June. Should a prize winner discontinue their study prior to receiving the June instalment, their June instalment is to be paid into the SAF Provident Fund or any other fund held by the University to support students in Music. The faculty must notify the donor’s represen |
| 231 | (1999) THE ROB RAMAGE SCUPLTURE PRIZE |
Donors: Family and friends of the late Rob Ramage, a former student of the Victorian College of the Arts, including Susan Sanderson and Margaret Burdett, to establish a fund to provide for a prize in his memory. The capital and income in the fund is to be applied by Council to award an annual prize on the recommendation of the head of Sculpture (‘the head of Sculpture’) in the discipline of Art at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’) to a third year Sculpture student in the discipline of Art at the faculty who demonstrates quality work and a spirit of helpfulness to others studying at the faculty. Before making any such recommendation the head of Sculpture must consult the relevant academic staff in the discipline of Art at the faculty. The value of the prize is to be $200. If at any time the University determines that it is impossible or impracticable to carry out the purpose for which the fund was established, then it may apply the fund for such purpose as most closely accords with the original purpose after consulting with Susan Manderson, a donor, and sister of the late Rob Ramage, for as long as she remains willing and able to so participate. |
| 232 | (1989)THE IVAN OLIVER LISTENING MUSICIAN AWARD Original amount of fund in 1989: $5,500. Amount of fund at 31 December 2007 (the date immediately before the date upon which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $11,300 |
Donor: Ms P W Tynan. The income of the fund is to be applied by Council to make an annual award to students in the discipline of Music (‘Music’) at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’) who specialise in jazz or improvised music. The purpose of the award is to encourage promising students who otherwise for any reason would be unable, or would struggle, to complete their studies. The award is to be made on the recommendation of the head of Music, after consulting with relevant members of staff, to a student who has completed at least six months study at the faculty, usually taking into account their examination results or other academic assessments. It may be awarded to a student more than once. The value of the award is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the director and dean of the faculty (‘the dean’), provided the value does not exceed the sum of the net annual income and any other unexpended income in the fund. If recommended by the head of Music, Council may decline to make the award in any year. Any unexpended income in the fund may be added to the capital of the fund or be retained as income to be available in any subsequent year for the specified purpose |
| 233 | (1981)THE WILLEM VAN OTTERLOO MEMORIAL AWARD The fund was established as a result of a number of donations made between 1981 and 1996. Amount of fund at 31 December 2006 (the date immediately before the date on which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $48,079.85 |
Donor: A number of donors including the Erasmus Foundation, the Netherlands Consulate in Australia and Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. The award was established to perpetuate the memory of Willem Van Otterloo, Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from 1967 to 1973, who died in a car accident on 27 July 1978. The award is to be made by Council every two years on the recommendation of the head of the discipline of Music (‘Music’) at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’) to a final year graduate or postgraduate repertoire stream student in Music at the faculty. The purpose of the award is to assist awardees to travel to Europe, and preferably the Netherlands, to further their studies in music. Before making any such recommendation, the head of Music must consult the relevant academic staff in Music at the faculty. The value of the prize is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the head of Music provided that it is no more than the net annual income and any other unexpended income in the fund. If recommended by the head of Music, Council may decline to make the award in any year. Any unexpended income in the fund is to be retained as income to be available in any subsequent year for the award |
| 234 | (2003) THE ANTHONY GANIM POSTGRADUATE AWARD This fund was established through a number of donations made to the Victorian College of the Arts from 2003. Amount of fund at 31 December 2006 (the date immediately prior to the date on which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $11,094.94 |
Donors: Family and friends of the late Anthony Ganim (a noted designer and passionate supporter of the arts) to establish a fund to provide for an award in his memory. The capital and income of the fund is to be applied by Council to make one or more annual awards to postgraduate students at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’) to enable them to pursue significant projects in the visual or performing arts. Eligible projects are to be course related or approved by the faculty and made possible only with financial assistance. Each award is to be made by Council on the recommendation of a selection committee appointed by the director and dean of the faculty, in consultation with Rae Ganim and Marcia Roberts, the widow and sister of Anthony Ganim respectively. The number and value of awards is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the selection committee. If recommended by the selection committee, Council may decline to make any award in any year. Any unexpended income remaining in the fund is to be retained as income and be available in any subsequent year for the award. If at any time the University determines that it is impossible or impractical to carry out the purpose for which the fund was established, then it may apply the fund for such other purpose as most closely accords with the original purpose. The University must consult with Rae Ganim and Marcia Roberts, for so long as they remain willing and able to so participate, before determining any such other purpose. |
| 235 | (1992) THE DARYL WILKINSON SCHOLARSHIP Original Amount of fund: $9,341.54 Amount of fund at 31 December 2006 (the date immediately prior to the date on which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $11,203.98 |
Donor: Daryl Wilkinson to establish a fund to support an encouragement award for second year students specialising in stage management. When establishing the fund, Daryl Wilkinson was a sessional staff member in the discipline of Production at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’). The income and capital of the fund are to be applied by Council each year to award a scholarship to the most promising second year bachelor of Production student at the faculty who is specialising in stage management. The scholarship is to be awarded by Council on the recommendation of the head of Production or equivalent position, after consulting the teaching staff in stage management, at the faculty. The value of the scholarship is to be $1,000, or, in the event of a shortfall in the fund, the balance of the fund |
| 236 | (1988) THE ERWIN RADO MEMORIAL AWARD A number of donations were made to this fund which was established by the Swinburne Institute of Technology (the predecessor of the discipline of Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts) from 1988 Amount of fund at 31 December 2006, (the date immediately prior to the date on which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $18,658.39 |
Donors: Mrs A Rado (the widow of Erwin Rado) and others to establish a fund to support an award in memory of the late Erwin Rado, the founder of the Melbourne Film Festival, to foster excellence in the production of short film. The income of the fund is to be applied by Council each year to make an award to a student graduating with a bachelor of Film and Television, a graduate diploma in Film and Television or a master of Film and Television (by coursework) at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’) for a short film produced by them in connection with their course. The award is to be made by Council on the recommendation of the head of Film and Television at the faculty or equivalent position (‘the head of Film’). The value of the award is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the director and dean of the faculty provided it is no more than the net annual income and any other unexpended income in the fund. If recommended by the head of Film, Council may decline to make the award in any year. Any unexpended income is to be retained as income and be available to be applied for the award in any subsequent year |
| 237 | (1992) THE FILM VICTORIA BRIAN ROBINSON MEMORIAL SCRIPT AWARD Original Amount of fund: $5,000 Further donations were made to the fund from 1992 Amount of fund at 31 December 2006 (the date immediately prior to the date on which the Victorian College of the Arts became a faculty of the University): $14,768.47 |
Donors: Film Victoria and others to establish a fund to support a script writing award in memory of the late Brian Robinson who died in 1991. Brian Robinson was the founding head of the Swinburne Film and Television School and a board member of Film Victoria for eight years. The income of the fund is to be applied by Council to make an annual award to a student undertaking a graduate diploma in Film and Television at the faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (‘the faculty’) to assist them to produce a film based on their winning script. The award is to be made by Council on the recommendation of a selection committee appointed by the head of Film and Television or equivalent position at the faculty. The value of the award is to be determined by Council on the recommendation of the director and dean of the faculty provided it is no more than the net annual income and any other unexpended income in the fund. If recommended by the selection committee, Council may decline to make the award in any year. Any unexpended income is to be retained as income and be available to be applied for the award in any subsequent year |
| 238 | (2005 -2006) THE HERBERT BOWER MEMORIAL PRIZE IN PSYCHIATRY OF OLD AGE Original Amount of fund: $5,900.00 Amount of fund at 30 September 2007: $5,858.67 |
Donors: Various donors, including the Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age and Professor David Ames, following an appeal to fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, current and former staff and alumni of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. The appeal was to establish a fund for an annual prize in memory of Dr Herbert Bower (formerly Bauer). Dr Bower, who died on 29 August 2004 aged 90, studied medicine at the University from 1943-1947 and was an Australasian pioneer in the psychiatry of old age. The prize of $200 is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (‘the dean’) to the student enrolled in the degree of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery who receives the top mark for his or her answer to the Psychiatry of Old Age question at the annual oral examination conducted by the faculty. The six students with the highest marks in the aggregate of the written exam and the Observed Structured Clinical Examination of the subject 510-621 Specialty Health Rotations (or any successor subject) are eligible to attend the oral examination and compete for the prize. Before making his recommendation the dean must consult the professor of Psychiatry of Old Age or if that professorial post is vacant then the Cato Professor of Psychiatry or his or her nominated representative. Any unexpended income in the fund in any year may be added to the capital of the fund. |
| 239 | (2007) THE GENETICS RESEARCH AWARD Original Amount of fund: $25,000 Amount of fund at 12 September 2007:$25,193.32 |
Donors: Two anonymous donors, who wish to encourage others to contribute to the fund. One or more of The Genetics Research Awards are to be awarded by Council each year on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science to students in or to be enrolled in the first year of a research higher degree in the department of Genetics and who are undertaking their research in a laboratory of the department. Each award is to be made on the basis of previous academic excellence and demonstrated research potential. Before making each recommendation the dean must consult with the head of the department of Genetics. The total value of the awards in each year is to equal the net annual income of the fund. However, if in any year the head determines, after receiving advice, that there is no suitable applicant, the income available for award in that year is to be added to the capital of the fund. |
| 240 | (2006-2007) THE KARL DAVID YEOMANS PRIZE Original Amount of fund : $14,450.00 Amount of fund at 30 September 2007: $14,649.59 |
Donors: The Yeomans and Buxton families, their friends and associates, to establish an annual prize in memory of the late Karl David Yeomans. The late Karl David Yeomans, who died on 28 April 2006 from brain cancer at age 33, was the son of professor Neville Yeomans, formerly associate dean (Academic Programs) in the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and also formerly head of the department of Medicine at The Western Hospital. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (‘the dean’) to the student who submits the best 3000 word essay on brain cancer. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult a panel of three members, those members being appointed by him from year to year, for the purpose of selecting the best essay from those submitted. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 241 | (2005) THE KLEIN PRIZE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS Original Amount of fund : $13,000 Amount of fund at 31 October 2007: $20,032.84. |
Donors:
Professor Anthony Klein AM, BEE, PhD, DSc, FAIP, FAA and his family donated $13,000 to establish The Klein Prize in Experimental Physics. Professor Klein held a personal Chair in Physics at the University from 1983 to 1998 was Head of the School of Physics from 1987 to 1996 and was a member of the University Council from 1995 to 1997.
Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. If in any year no student is considered of sufficient merit the prize is not to be awarded and the income for the relevant year is to be added to the capital of the fund. |
| 242 | (2007) THE WOMEN IN PHYSICS AWARD Original Amount of fund: $30,000.00. Amount of fund at 31 October 2007: $30,570.38. |
Donor: Edna Valerie Crohn (née Sheriff), MSc (Melb.) (1948) to encourage female students to pursue higher studies in physics. The award is to be made annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science (‘the dean’) to one or more female students enrolled in the first year of a research higher degree in Physics. Awardees are to be selected on the basis of academic excellence and demonstrated research potential. Financial need may also be considered in determining the awardee. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Physics. The combined value of the awards in any year may not exceed the net annual income of the fund. If in any year the head determines, after receiving advice, that there is no suitable applicant, the net annual income thereby unexpended is to be added to the capital of the fund. |
| 243 | (2007) THE VICTORIAN BAR–JUSTICE KENNETH HAYNE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Original Amount of fund: $41,320.00 Amount of fund at 18 February 2008: $40,878.00 |
Donor: Members of the Victorian Bar to celebrate the career of Justice Kenneth Hayne AC BA LLB (Melb.) BCL (Oxon.). Justice Hayne was elected a Rhodes Scholar for Victoria in 1969, joined the Victorian Bar in 1971 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel for Victoria in 1984. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1992, and appointed to the High Court in 1997. One or more scholarships, each to be called ‘The Victorian Bar – Justice Kenneth Hayne Scholarship’ are to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the Melbourne Law School (or its successor) (‘the dean’) to students studying law who in the opinion of the dean are both academically able and in need of financial assistance. The value of the scholarships in each year may not exceed the net annual income of the fund. Each scholarship is tenable for one year. Unexpended income in any year may be added to the capital of the fund or be retained as income to be applied in any subsequent year for the purpose of the fund. |
| 244 | (2007) THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP FUND Original Amount of fund: $25,000.00 Amount of fund at 31 March 2008: $25,418.15. |
Donor: Professor Frank Larkins AM, BSc (Hons) (Melb.), MSc (Hons) (Melb.), BEd (Melb.), DSc (Melb.), DPhil (Oxon.), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) and Mrs Valerie Larkins (‘the donors’) in memory of Frank and Cecilia Larkins, the parents of Professor Larkins. The capital and net annual income of the fund may be applied from time to time by Council, on the recommendation of the head of International House (‘the head’) and a committee appointed by the head, for scholarships each to be called ‘The International House Global Citizenship Award’, to enable students resident at International House to spend time contributing to a humanitarian aid project, preferably for the benefit of citizens of an underdeveloped region. The scholarships are to be based on both financial need and academic merit. Any unspent income in any year may be retained as income and be available in any subsequent year for the purpose of the fund, or may be added to the capital of the fund for the purpose of the fund. If at any time the University determines that it is impossible or impracticable to carry out the purpose or purposes for which the fund is established, it may apply the income, and where necessary the capital, of the fund for such purpose or purposes as it determines most closely accords with the purpose originally specified by the donors. |
| 245 | (2008) THE BEBBINGTON PRIZE Original Amount of fund: $10,000.00 Amount of fund at 5 June 2008: $10,039.54 |
Donor: Professor Warren Bebbington MA, MMus, MPhil, PhD, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) of The University of Melbourne, Victoria who was formerly a tutor from 1974 to 1977, a lecturer from 1979 to 1985, professor of Music from 1985 to 1991, and dean of the faculty of Music from 1991 to 2005. The prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Music to a student who demonstrates excellence in a wind instrument, based on examination results. The value of each prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 246 | (2007) THE BRUCE C HARTNETT BURSARIES Original Amount of fund: $20,500.00 Amount of fund at 28 May 2008: $21,398.62 |
Donor: Bruce Hartnett BE, MEngSc (Melb.), and Louise Einfield and friends. The net annual income of the fund is to be applied by Council from time to time on the recommendation of the Indigenous Scholarships and Awards Committee (or its successor) for bursaries for indigenous Australian students who are in financial need. Unspent income in any year may be added to the capital of the fund, or be retained as income to be applied in any subsequent year for the purpose of the fund. |
| 247 | (2006-2007) THE DANNY SANDOR PRIZE IN CHILDREN’S RIGHTS Original Amount of fund: $18,930.00 Amount of fund at 5 June 2008: $18,768.52 |
Donors: Friends and colleagues of the late Danny Sandor, who graduated LLB in 1995, and died of cancer on 21 February 2006, aged 45. Until the further determination of the University, the prize is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of Melbourne Law School (‘the dean’) to either-
The prize is of such value as the University on the recommendation of the dean determines. Any unspent income in the fund in any year is to be retained as income and be available in any year to award scholarships to law students on equity grounds. |
| 248 | (2006) THE BJ SHAW LAW PRIZE Original Amount of fund: $19,000.00 Amount of fund at 6 June 2008: $19,811.75 |
Donors: Various donors to a limited appeal who expressed the wish that their donation be applied by the University to establishing an annual prize in honour of Brian J Shaw QC. Until the further determination of the University the prize, established by the University in 2007, is to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the Melbourne Law School to the student with the highest academic score gained in either of the graduate subjects Corporate Taxation (Companies and Consolidation) or Corporate Taxation (Shareholder, Debts and Equity). The value of each prize is the net annual income of the fund. |
| 249 | (2008) THE SHERIDAN FAMILY STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUND Original Amount of fund: US$33,975.00 Amount of fund at 5 June 2008: A$36,777.58 |
Grantor: The University of Melbourne USA Foundation, with a request to establish ‘The Sheridan Family Student Assistance Fund’, such fund to assist students with demonstrated financial need. This followed a request made to the Foundation by the Sheridan family, whose gifts to the Foundation made the grant by it to the University possible. Dr William Sheridan graduated MBBS from the University in 1977 and is a director of the Foundation. The net annual income of the fund is to be applied by the University from time to time to assist students with demonstrated financial need. Until the further determination of the University, such application is to be on the recommendation of the Student Loans Fund and Bursaries Committee. Unspent income in any year may be added to the capital of the fund, or be retained as income to be applied in any subsequent year for the purpose of the fund. |
| 250 | (2005) THE M.L. URQUHART PRIZES Original Amount of fund: $29,390.48 Amount of fund at 10 June 2008: $29,267.87 |
Donor: Professor Rupert Thomas Leslie BSc (Melb.), BA (Hons) (Melb), MA (Melb), PhD (Melb) and Mrs Roberta Leslie of Glasgow, Scotland (‘the donors’) ‘…To commemorate M.L.URQUHART.’ In June 2006 the department of Mathematics and Statistics decided to use the donation to establish two prizes in his memory. Until the further determination of the University, twenty per cent of the net annual income of the fund is to be used to provide ‘The M. L. Urquhart 3rd Year Prize’ (‘the 3rd year prize’) to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Science (‘the dean’) to the student enrolled in the faculty of Science who has the best overall performance in 3rd year ‘Operations Research’. Until the further determination of the University, eighty per cent of the net annual income of the fund is to be used to provide ‘The M. L. Urquhart Honours Prize’ (‘the honours prize’) to be awarded annually by Council on the recommendation of the dean to the student who is enrolled in the faculty of Science and who has the best overall performance in mathematics in their honours year (or master of Science in a program of research in the department of Mathematics and Statistics) but who has not been awarded the Wyselaskie Scholarship pursuant to regulation R6.7 in that year. If recommended by the dean, Council may decline to award either or both of the prizes in any year. Unspent income in any year may be added to the capital of the fund, or be retained as income to be applied in any subsequent year for the purpose of the fund. If at any time the University determines that the fund should be used for activities in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics which commemorate Malcolm Livingstone Urquhart, other than providing the 3rd year prize and the honours prize, it may apply the income of the fund for such other activities in the department of Mathematics and Statistics as it determines. |
| 251 | (2008) THE E.W.P. KERNOT MEMORIAL BURSARIES Original Amount of fund: $15,367.17 Amount of fund at 21 July 2008: $15,526.22 |
Donor: The late Ian Crosbie Kernot formerly of Pymble, in New South Wales, Commonwealth public servant, who died on 3 December 1966, by his will dated 30 April 1964 (‘the will’). The net annual income of the fund is to be used annually or at such other periods as the University shall think fit to provide such bursary or bursaries as in the opinion of the University from time to time are appropriate. Each bursary is to be awarded by the University on the recommendation of the dean of Melbourne School of Engineering to students of outstanding ability in Melbourne School of Engineering. As stipulated in the will, each bursary is to be called the ‘E.W.P Kernot Memorial Bursary’. Any unspent income in the fund in any year is to be retained as income to be applied in any subsequent year for the purpose of the fund. |
| 252 | (2006) THE PRUE TORNEY MEMORIAL PRIZE Original Amount of fund: $10,000.00 Amount of fund at 18 July 2008: $23,103.16 |
Donor: Professor Susan Magarey AM, FASSA to establish a postgraduate travelling scholarship or prize in Asian Studies, in the name of the late Prue Torney who was a staff member in the school of Historical Studies before her death on 28 April 2006. The prize is to be awarded annually by the University on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Arts (‘the dean’) to a postgraduate female research student enrolled in the school of Historical Studies, to be used for travel to Asia to further her historical research studies. Before making any such recommendation the dean must consult the head of the school of Historical Studies. The value of the prize is the net annual income of the fund. If for any reason there are no suitable candidates in any year, the income available for application in that year is to be added to the capital of the fund |
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