This award was established in 1969 following a suggestion and donation by Dr Mary Burnell, a Past President of the ASA. It perpetuates the name of the first President of the ASA. Professor Douglas Joseph and Dr Judith Nicholas were the first recipients of the award. They were both awarded the Gilbert Brown Medal in 1969 and were presented with it at the annual dinner in 1970.
The award is made to an individual who has made outstanding and particuarly meritorious service to the ASA and to anaesthesia in Australia. This service is normally in one particular area.
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Life Membership was recommended as a membership category for distinguished Australian members in 1963. A postal referendum was held to include this category in the ASA Constitution. The first Life Member elected was Dr Harry Daly.
Life Membership is given to an individual for having given long and distringuised service to the ASA. It is the highest award of the ASA.
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