Life Members
The Council of the Australian Diabetes Society wish to remind the members that Ordinary or Corresponding members of the Society may be nominated for admission as an Honorary Life Member of the ADS. The following is an extract from the ADS Constitution on the process under Item 17.
17. Honorary life membership
17.1 An ordinary member or corresponding member may be nominated by a proposer and seconder (both of whom must be members) for admission as an honorary life member of the Society. Nominations must be delivered to the Society at its registered office for consideration by the National Council and must be supported by a curriculum vitae which evidences the member’s pre-eminence in professional, scientific or societal aspects of diabetes.
17.2 The nomination will be considered by the National Council and if, in the opinion of the National Council (directors of the National Council having an interest in the nomination having declared that interest and abstained from voting) the nominee is distinguished by their contribution to the knowledge of diabetes or to the welfare of people with diabetes and worthy of the distinction, the member will be conferred with honorary life membership.
17.3 Honorary life members have the right to receive notices of and to attend and be heard at any general meeting and to vote at any general meeting.
The following members of the Australian Diabetes Society have been bestowed with Honorary Life Membership:
Joe Bornstein
Harold Breidahl
Kempson Maddox (Deceased)
Pincus Taft (Deceased)
Robin Burston (Deceased)
F I R (Skip) Martin (Deceased)
Alan Stocks
Brian Hirschfeld
Paul Moffitt
Barry Young (Deceased)
John Turtle
Don Chisholm
Paul Zimmet
George Jerums
Edward Kraegen
Frank Alford
Tim Welborn
Len Harrison
Martin Silink
Paul Bartley
John Carter
Alex Cohen
Michael Suthers
Paul Williams
Pat Phillips
Joseph Prioetto
