Call for nominations for the Donald Medal

The Australian Society of Agronomy invites nominations of eminent Australian agriculturalists with long and distinguished careers for the 2008 Donald Medal. The medal, the premium award of the society, will be presented at the 14th Australian Agronomy Conference in Adelaide in September 2008.

The constitution of the Society provided the following guidelines for nomination:

  1. At the time of each national conference, the Society shall award a medal known as the C.M. Donald Medal.
  2. The Medal shall be awarded to en eminent Australian agriculturalist for a long and distinguished career. The award should be considered for contributions in all areas of agronomy, including scientific and field research, development and extension. The awardee shall be invited to present a review to the National Conference on a topic for which the person is known.
  3. An Awarding Committee of three members, one of whom shall be designated Chairman, shall be appointed by the Management Committee of the Society to judge nominations for each award.  No member of the Awarding Committee shall be a nominator, seconder or supporter of a candidate for the Medal nor be eligible for the award during their term of office.
  4. The Management Committee shall call for nominations for the award soon after taking office.
  5. Nominations, accompanied by a case in support, shall be prepared by a nominator and a seconder and be supported by the signatures of two financial members of the Society.  Nominations shall be submitted in triplicate in a sealed envelope to the Honorary Secretary. The deadline for submissions shall be three (3) months after the call for nominations. The Honorary Secretary shall forward such nominations unopened to the Chairman of the Awarding Committee.
  6. The decision of the Awarding Committee shall be final and the nomination and supporting case of the successful candidate shall be forwarded to the Honorary Secretary not later than six (6) months after the call for nominations.

Nominations must be received by 31 July 2008.  The Awarding Committee will consider the applications and make their decision by 15 August 2008, when the successful candidate will be advised and asked to prepare their review for presentation at  the 14th Australian Agronomy Conference.

Key dates

Call for nominations:                  15th May 2008
Nominations close:                     1st August 2008
Successful Medalist notified:      15th August 2008
Donald Oration:                         24th September 2008

Membership of Awarding Committee:

President, Dr Bill Bellotti
Immediate Past President, Professor Len Wade
President Elect, Dr John Angus

Address for nominations:

Dr Bill Bellotti
Chairman of the Awarding Committee
School of Agriculture, Food & Wine
University of Adelaide
Roseworthy Campus
Roseworthy SA 5371.