The Appita L R Benjamin Medal is Appita’s highest award, given for outstanding contribution to the scientific and/or technological development of the Australia and New Zealand pulp and paper industry. The contribution must be largely personal, and could be in research, development, engineering or management.
This award was Instituted in 1971 and the nominee need not be an Appita member to be eligible for this award.
LR Benjamin Medal honours the late Louis Reginald Benjamin, CBE, a pioneer and leader in the development of the pulp and paper industry based on Australian eucalypts. It is an award designed to encourage technical excellence, innovation and achievement.
The Medal is a solid silver medallion of about 50 mm diameter, mounted on polished wood, with the winners name on an engraved silver plate attached.
Nomination form for LR Benjamin Medal can be downloaded here
David Vercoe, Appita President (right) presenting the
LR Benjamin Medal to Tony Johnson, Wood Beca
Mr A.P. Johnson - L R Benjamin Medal (2022)
The award was presented at the Appita FVCCON22 Conference 2nd Dec, New Zealand
The Appita L R Benjamin Medal honours the late Louis Reginald Benjamin, CBE, a pioneer and leader in the development of the pulp and paper industry based on Australian eucalypts.
It is an award designed to encourage technical excellence, innovation and achievement.
The medal is available annually to be awarded to persons who have contributed in an outstanding way to the technical progress of the pulp and paper industry in Australia and New Zealand. The contribution should have been largely personal, and could be in research, development, engineering or management (provided the work managed was technical in nature).
The nominee need not be a member of Appita. The Award is in the form of a mounted silver medallion.
Past Winners of the Appita L R Benjamin Medal:
1971
R B Jeffries and J L Somerville
1972
A W Mackney
1973
J M Gilbert
1974
A J Watson
1975
C M Saul
1976
A J Pearson
1977
H G Higgins
1978
W H Algar
1979
No award
1980
R W Henry
1981
P F Nelson
1982
G G Duffy
1983
No award
1984
G H Covey
1985
R P Kibblewhite
1986
No award
1987
No award
1988
A D Trufit
1989
A R Sloman
1990
B S Ashwin
1991
A J Kerr
1992
S R Corson
1993
K Moller
1994
L B Johnson
1995
P G Bennett
1996
No award
1997
R Evans
1998
R E Johnston
1999
A F A Wallis
2000
R W Allison
2001
M J Uprichard
2002
K N Maddern
2003
No award
2004
J Briggs
2005
No award
2006
A Farrington
2007
I H Parker
2008
D E Richardson
2009
No Award
2010
R J Allan
2011
No Award
2012
No Award
2013
No Award
2014
No Award
2015
J Lloyd
2016
J Selway
2017
G Garnier
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