Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, is the Patron of The Australian Association of Gerontology.
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Award Descriptions
The AAG has several special categories of membership.
Inaugural Foundation Fellows
| Dr Arthur Everitt | Dr Geoff Hughes | Dr Sidney Sax |
| Dr Bruce Ford | Miss Shirley Ramsay | Dr Andrew Ungar |
| Miss Alma Hartshorn | Dr Colin Robjohns | Sir Wiliam Upjohn |
Presidential Life Members
| Dr Keith Hirschfeld | Sep 1972 - Oct 1976 |
| Dr Glenda Powell | Dec 1980 - Oct 1985 |
| Mrs Bess McRae | Oct 1985 - Sep 1988 |
| Dr Kevin Grant | Sep 1988 - Oct 1991 |
| Dr Richard B Lefroy | Oct 1991 - Oct 1995 |
| Dr Anna Howe | Aug 1997 - Oct 2000 |
| Ms Barbara Squires | Oct 2000 - Nov 2003 |
| Prof G A (Tony) Broe | Nov 2003 - Nov 2006 |
| Prof Laurie Buys | Nov 2006 - Nov 2009 |
| Prof Gill Lewin | Nov 2009 - Oct 2011 |
Life Member
This award may be bestowed by Council for outstanding service to the Association, to visiting dignitaries for an outstanding contribution to the Association, or to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to gerontology, whether in Australia or abroad. This category of members should not exceed one percent of the total membership at any time.
Life Members
| Prof Arthur V Everitt | Mrs Ruth Inall OAM | Dr Glenda Powell |
| Dr Keith Hirschfeld | Dr Richard Lefroy | Mrs Marion Shaw |
| Prof G A (Tony) Broe |
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Former Life Members
| Mr Howard Flahety | Dr H Collin Robjohns | Dr Sidney Sax |
| Dr Elsie Harwood | Dr Eric Cunningham Dax | Miss Alma Hartshorne |
Fellows
The AAG Fellowship award is intended to recognise high professional standing of members in any field of gerontology. Applicants must have been a member for five years and meet four of the following criteria (including item 3 or 4):
1. Service on an AAG State Executive or National Council
2. Higher qualifications in a relevant field
3. Presentation at AAG National Conference
4. Scholarship evidenced by publication
5. Current membership of other relevant professional associations
6. Service in the field of gerontology
Applications are endorsed by Divisional Committees and approved by National Council.
Click here for 2012 Fellow Application form
The following AAG Members have been awarded AAG Fellowship:
| Prof David Ames | Dr Jo Harrison | Dr Glenda Powell |
| Dr Kaarin Anstey | Dr Edward Helmes | Jill Pretty |
| Felicity Barr | Prof Keith Hill | Susan Quine |
| Arthur Baxter | Dr Anna Howe | Dr Robert Ranzijn |
| Dr Douglas Blake | A/Prof Rosalie Hudson | Dr Tuly Rosenfeld |
| Prof Duncan Boldy | A/Prof Mark Hughes | Prof Linda Rosenman |
| Malcolm Bond | Prof Richard Hugman | Dr Roger Rumble |
| Allan Borowski | Ruth Inall OAM | Mr Paul Sadler |
| Dr Ruth Bright | Yun-Hee Jeon | Anne Sammut |
| Prof Henry Brodaty | Pamela Johnson | Chris Shanley |
| Prof GA (Tony) Broe | Prof Anthony Jorm | Jane Sims |
| Dr Janet Bryan | Prof Hal Kendig | Brig Robert Slater |
| Patricia Bulbeck | Dr Susan Koch | Prof John Snowdon |
| Dr Laurie Buys | Jennifer le Miere | Barbara Squires |
| Prof Julie Byles | Prof Gill Lewin | George Stathers |
| Dr Michael Clark | Prof Mary Luszcz | Dr Christine Toye |
| Margaret Crowe | Prof Irena Madjar | Sharon Wall |
| Dr Michael Dorevitch | Prof John McCallum | Dr Roger Warne |
| Dr Briony Dow | Dr Penelope McCartney | Dr Yvonne Wells |
| Prof Frederick Ehrlich | Dr John McCormack | Dr Sid Williams |
| Dr Julie Ellis | Sarah Mott | Sandra Woodbridge |
| Prof Arthur Everitt | Dr Michael Murray | Dr Michael Woodward |
| Dr Susan Feldman | Prof Rhonda Nay | Bridget Yalden |
| Dr Michael Fine | Ronald Edwin Okely | Charles Young |
| Prof Leonard Gray | Lynn Parkinson | Dr Malgosia Zlobicki |
| Prof Elery Hamilton-Smith AM | Prof Alan Pearson | |
| Betty Haralambous | Dr Robert Penhall | |
| Stephen Harding | Dr Walter Petralia |
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This award is to recognise members who have given outstanding service to the Association over many years, through serving on Divisional and National Executives, contributing to a range of activities of the Association, and promoting the achievement of the Association's objectives. Nomination is based solely on recognition by, and recommendation of, State and Territory Divisions.
2012 Distinguished Member Nomination Form
The following AAG members have been recognised with a Distinguished Member award:
| Jenny Achurch | Ken Evans | Phillus Montgomery |
| Viv Allanson | Bev Fethers | Dr Michael Murray |
| A/Prof Kaarin Anstey | Michael Fine | Rhonda Nay |
| Mary Baker | Prof Leon Flicker | Beth Neyland |
| Elaine Barclay-Abbott | Helen Flux | Ron Okely |
| Ann Atkinson | Sally Garratt | Jennifer Page |
| Felicity Barr | Reg Goddard | Dr David Palmer |
| Arthur Baxter | Dr Kevin Grant | Graeme Parry |
| Pam Bongers | Anne-Marie Grasso | Helen Pook |
| Adelaide Bornmann | Carina Green | Heather Prentice |
| Prof GA (Tony) Broe | Christina Hagger | Jill Pretty |
| Pauline Brooks OAM | Anne Henderson | Colin Pudney |
| Rod Brown | C Hill | Vivienne Pusey |
| Christine Burbak | Prof Keith Hill | A/Prof Sue Quine |
| Dr Laurie Buys | Ms Margaret Hodge | Patricia Reeve |
| Colleen Cartwright | Lorna Hoey | Margaret Robb |
| Joy Chapman | Joyce Hossack | Don Rowland |
| Pat Charlton | Anna Howe | Anne Sammut |
| Merv Cheong | Margaret Hubery | Marion Shaw |
| Mila Cichello | Dr John Hurley OAM | Dr Christopher Shanley |
| Jessica Clark | Lloyd Jago | John Shepherd |
| Jennie Cox | Pamela Johnson | David Simmons |
| Joanne Cranitch | Hal Kendig | Barbara Squires |
| John Crisp | Marjory Kobold | Dr Alan Steward |
| Maggie Crow | Sadhana Mahajani | Bridget Sutherland |
| Dr Eric Cunningham Dax | Penny McCartney | Sharon Wall |
| Marie Curlis | John McCormack | Winsome Ward |
| Margaret Davey | Kerry McDougall | Elaine White |
| Michael Davis | Bess McRae | Sandra Woodbridge |
| Dr Gerry de Gabrielle | Dr Evonne Miller | A/Prof Michael Woodward |
| Paul Eckert | Dr Catherine Yelland | |
| Fred Ehrlich |
