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Past Officers

Past Presidents

S Field ARCS 1925-1929
R S Hutton DSc, MA 1929-1932
D J MacNaughton F Inst P 1932-1935
E A Ollard ARCS, FRIC, FIM 1935-1937
A W Hothersall MSc(Tech), FIM 1937-1939
H J T Ellingham BSc, PhD, ARCS, MIChemE, FIM 1939-1943
J R I Hepburn PhD, DSc, FRIC, MIChemE, FIM 1943-1945
S Wernick OBE, PhD, MSc, FRIC, FIM, FIMF 1945-1947
G E Gardam PhD, ARCS, FRIC, FIM 1947-1949
A W Wallbank BSc, FRIC 1949-1951
H Silman BSc, FRIC, MIChemE, FIMF 1951-1953
J W Cuthbertson DSc, FIM, AMIEE, FIMF 1953-1955
R A F Hammond OBE, BSc, ARCS, FRIC 1955-1957
T P Hoar MA, BSc, ScD, PhD(Cantab), FRIC, FIM 1957-1959
A A B Harvey MSc, FRIC, Barrister-at-Law 1959-1961
G L Bailey PhD, DIC, FinstP 1961-1963
J E Garside MSc(Tech), PhD, FRIC, FIM, FInstF 1963-1965
E L Masek FIMF 1965-1967
J N T Adcock BSc, FIMF 1967-1969
G Isserlis BSc(Eng), FICorr, FIMF 1969-1971
F C Porter MA, FIM, FICorr, FIMF 1971-1973
T L Houghton BSc, FRIC, AIM 1973-1975
J Edwards PhD, BSc, FIM, FIMF 1975-1977
R H Pinner BSc, FIMF 1977-1979
P G L Vivian FIMF 1979-1981
S Wernick OBE, PhD, MSc, FRIC, FIM, FIMF 1981-1982
L D Brown FICorr, FIMF 1982-1984
J D C Hemsley PhD, MA, CChem, CEng, FRSC, FIChemE, FIMF 1984-1986
M Clarke BSc, PhD, DSc(Eng), CEng, CChem, FRSC, FIM, FICorr, FIMF 1986-1988
D N Layton PhD, MSc, ARCS, DIC, MInstP, CPhys, FBIM,FIMF 1988-1990
I R Christie MSc, CChem, FRSC, FIMF 1990-1992
L V Lewis FIMF 1992-1994
R R Read LRSC, FICorr, FIMF 1994-1995
D R Gabe BSc, PhD, FIM, FIMF, FICorr, CEng 1995-1997
D R Eastham PhD, FIMF 1997-1999
J P G Farr BSc, PhD, FIMF 1999-2001
J K Dennis BSc, PhD, DSc, FIMF 2001-2004

Gold Medallists

S Field ARCS 1947
A W Hothersall MSc(Tech), FIM 1950
S Wernick OBE, PhD, MSc, FRIC, FIM, FIMF 1951
G E Gardam PhD, ARCS, FRIC, FIM 1956
U R Evans DSc, FRS 1961
A A B Harvey MSc, FRIC, Barrister-at-Law 1969
D J Arrowsmith FIMF 1989
P G L Vivian FIMF 1991
J Edwards PhD, BSc, FIM, FIMF 1993
T E Such FIMF 1995
I R Christie MSc, CChem, FRSC, FIMF 2000
D R Gabe BSc, PhD, FIM, FIMF, FICorr, CEng 2002

Hothersall Memorial Medal

G E Gardam PhD, ARCS, FRIC, FIM 1952
W Blum BSc, PhD, DSc 1954
W A Wesley MSc, PhD 1956
U R Evans DSc, FRS 1957
R S Hutton DSc, MA 1959
J W Cuthbertson DSc, FIM, AMIEE, FIMF 1960
A Brenner FIMF 1961
T P Hoar MA, BSc, ScD, PhD(Cantab), FRIC, FIM 1962
S Wernick OBE, PhD, MSc, FRIC, FIM, FIMF 1966
C L Faust 1967
H Silman BSc, FRIC, MIChemE, FIMF 1969
G Isserlis BSc(Eng), FICorr, FIMF 1973
R H Pinner BSc, FIMF 1975
G Dubpernell FIMF 1977
J Edwards PhD, BSc, FIM, FIMF 1983
D J Arrowsmith FIMF 1985
T E Such FIMF 1987
G C Wood FIMF 1989
C H J Raub FIMF 1993
A W Brace FIMF 1995
S A Watson FIMF 1997
J K Dennis BSc, PhD, DSc, FIMF 1999
C Bishop FIMF 2002
J P G Farr BSc, PhD, FIMF 2004
I Onate PhD, FIMF 2006

Johnson Matthey Silver Medal

G E Gardam FIM and N E Tidswell 1955
F H Reid FIMF 1957
R H Atkinson 1960
F H Reid FIMF and J C Blake 1962
H C Angus 1963
C J Tyrrel 1966
J Hill and N H Hopkin 1967
J M Stevens 1969
G S Reddy and P Taimsalu 1970
J D Underwood 1971
R A Lynn 1972
G C Wilson FIMF 1973
M Clarke FIMF 1975
G P Ray MIMF 1978
J R House FIMF and W A FAirweather FIMF 1980
R H Hill FIMF 1981
D J Arrowsmith FIMF and G Brown 1983
K J Whitlaw MIMF 1985
R DeDoncker and J Vanhumbeeck 1986
D J Arrowsmith FIMF and K J Lodge 1987
C C Bocking FIMF 1988
C C Bocking FIMF and C Dineen 1994
Fang-Zu Yang, Shu-Kai Xu, Ling Hang, Xue-Ying Zhang and Shao-Min Zhou 1998
J A Abys, E J Kudrak and C Fan 1999
B Bozzini and P L Cavallotti 2000
G Koziaol and J Bielinski 2003
M Gladstein and H Guterman 2005

Canning Bi-centenary Medal

G A Wells 1985
S Hamilton 1986
S A Harris 1987
P G Sheasby FIMF 1988
J S Moore 1989
R T Hitchcock MIMF 1990
J Biggin 1991
R Mountford 1994
M Baumgartner, Ch J Raub FIMF and D R Gabe FIMF 1997
I Burke, N Davies (Joint) 1999
J D Fisk and J D Boyle 2000
D R Gabe FIMF 2001
S Grimsley MIMF 2002
S Menard and J Wurm 2003
P A W Lansdell FIMF 2004

Connie Sieff Memorial Prize

R Allen MIMF 1979
D P Andrews MIMF 1980
R N Gibbons 1981
J P Biddolph MIMF 1983
D I Haynes MIMF 1984
D I Haynes MIMF 1985
T Quinn MIMF 1986
D I Haynes MIMF 1987
R Allen MIMF 1988
E D Williams MIMF 1989
J S Oliver MIMF 1991
C C Bocking FIMF 1992
J S Oliver MIMF 1993
V Watkins and K Cosslett FIMF 1995
C Addison 1997
J K Dennis FIMF 1998
R R Read FIMF 1999
R R Read FIMF 2000
C Larson MIMF 2001
R R Read FIMF 2002
J D C Hemsley FIMF 2003
A C Hart FIMF 2005

Westinghouse Prize (Sponsored by Riley Industries Ltd)

W A Marshall 1952
A E Davies, R M Angles FIMF and J W Cuthbertson FIMF 1953
H Leidheiser Jr 1954
H Fry 1955
F H Reid FIMF 1957
J Edwards FIMF and S A Watson FIMF 1958
H J Pick FIMF and J Wilcock FIMF 1959
S C Britton FIMF and M Clarke FIMF 1960
G N Flint FIMF and S H Melbourne 1961
S A Watson FIMF 1962
J Edwards FIMF 1963
A E Jackson 1964
J K Prall and L L Shreir OBE FIMF 1965
G T Rogers and K J Taylor 1966
J M West FIMF and W M Cleghorn 1967
P Bayens FIMF and G Krijl 1968
T Broughton 1969
H Brown 1970
A Rantell MIMF 1971
J B Ward MIMF and I R Christie FIMF 1972
E Survila FIMF 1972
W H Safranek and C H Layer 1973
R W Thomas MIMF 1975
R W Thomas MIMF 1977
C White and J Foster MIMF 1978
E Survila FIMF and D P Andrews MIMF 1979
P G Sheasby FIMF, J Patrie, M Badia and G Cheetham MIMF 1980
C Barnes FIMF, J J B Ward MIMF and V E Carter FIMF 1981
G C Wood FIMF and R C Furneaux MIMF 1983
M Sadeghi, P D Longfield and C F Beer FIMF 1984
J A Muaddi, J K Dennis FIMF, J F Bell and M Izzard MIMF 1985
J M Kape 1986
J J Mason and Y Zaka 1987
M McCormick and S J Dobson 1988
C U Chisholm, M R el-Sharif, A Watson MIMF 1989
D M Turley and B A Wilson FIMF 1990
C C Bocking FIMF 1991
D J Gawne FIMF and I R Christie FIMF 1992
K E Watkins, P J Carpenter and P G Hatherley FIMF 1993
K R Baldwin, M J Robinson and C J E Smith 1994
M El-Sharif, S Ma and C U Chisholm 1995
A F Averill FIMF 1996
M Baumgartner, C H J Raub FIMF and D R Gabe FIMF 1997
G W Reade, C Kerr MIMF, B D Barker and F C Walsh FIMF 1998
A F Averill FIMF, J M Ingram and P F Nolan 1999
P W Haberecht and R W Hinton 2000
A P Abbott, G Capper, D L Davies, R K Rasheed, V Tambyrajah 2001
C C Bocking FIMF, D M Jacobson, A E W Rennie, G Bennett 2002
L Huang, F Z Yang, S K Xu and S M Zhou 2003
D R Gabe FIMF, G D Wilcox FIMF amd M E Bahrololoom 2004
E Gomez, E Pellicer and E Valles 2005

J M Kape Memorial Medal

E P Short MIMF and A Morita 1988
D R Cowieson MIMF, N C Davies MIMF, R C Furneaux MIMF and W R Rigby 1989
R T Hitchcock MIMF 1990
M R Kalantary MIMF, D H Ross MIMF, D R Gabe FIMF 1991
M R Kalantary MIMF, D H Ross MIMF, D R Gabe FIMF 1992
A J Dowell MIMF, J Barker, K P Eng, D R Gabe FIMF, D H Ross MIMF 1994
D R Ellard and D R Cowieson MIMF 1995
P Laevers, A Nubin, H Terryn and J Verreecken 1996
G Bokmark, G Holmborn, L Gianlund, D Persson and J Siden 1997
F Sertcelik, A F Cakir, M Urgen, D H Ross MIMF and D R Gabe FIMF 1998
A W Brace FIMF 1999
J Pires, L Quintino, C M Rangel, G E Thompson, P Skeldon and X Zhou 2000
S J M Pinson, J Collins, G E Thompson, M R Alexander 2001
A Jagminas and J Reklaitis 2003
I S Molchan, N V Gaponenko, G E Thompson FIMF, P Skeldon, D A Tsyrkunov, G K Malyarevich and A P Stupak 2005

Eddie Marlow Memorial Medal

M Cowley FIMF 2002
G R Davies FIMF 2003
J Sturch 2004
R R Read FIMF 2005
K Roe 2006