School of Medicine Pharmacy Awards — Curtin University

AWARDS

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Curtin University Awards —

The Webster Memorial Gold Medal
Awarded for exceptional academic performance in Third and Fourth Year

The Webster Gold Medal is the highest honour awarded by the Society available to a graduating student and is awarded only for exceptional academic performance in both the third and fourth years of study by a student who achieves 75% or greater in all subjects, except one, which can be no lower than 70%

This award recognising excellence is named in honour of Alfred Edwin Webster, who was one of the ten foundation members of the PSWA. This group of pharmacists saw the need, formed the Society, guided the drafting of legislation and steered that legislation through Parliament. After serving as a Councillor, Alfred Webster later served as Registrar for nine years and died at a young age while still in office. He was a person who gave much to and achieved much for his profession. This award commemorates his achievements.

List of previous Webster Gold Medal Winners to 2023

The Alan McWhinney Memorial Prize
Recognising the student achieving the highest aggregate mark for the Curtin University – Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) degree

The Alan McWhinney Memorial Prize is presented by the PSWA with and through the support of his family. The Prize honours and commemorates Alan Charles Kendrick McWhinney who was a member of the PSWA for 73 years and a Councillor for 24 years. He was made a fellow of the Society in 1971 and a Life Member in 1973. .

His broad experience - his rural and suburban pharmacies, overseas war service, and Assistant Directorship of the Commonwealth Health Department in WA - was greatly valued as the profession of pharmacy underwent major changes. His collection of historical items was donated to the WA Museum and he wrote “A History of Pharmacy in Western Australia”, published in 1975.

HM Lyons Memorial Award
Awarded for Second Year Pharmacokinetics

In 1914, Honoria Mary Lyons started her career in pharmacy by winning the highest award available to a graduating student – PSWA’s Webster Memorial Gold Medal. She was also the first woman to qualify as a pharmacist in Western Australia. She continued to distinguish herself in the practice of pharmacy for the next 50 years and was accorded Life Membership of the PSWA in 1960.

Margaret Humphreys Memorial Award
Awarded for Fourth Year Pharmaceutical Practice

Margaret Humphreys was an untiring worker for the Society, the WA Women Pharmacists’ Association and for the profession of pharmacy. She was, among other things, a Councillor for 6 years, Honorary Treasurer for 5 years, a member of the Pharmaceutical Defence Limited Committee and a member of numerous other committees over many years. Life Membership of the PSWA was conferred on her in 1988 shortly before her untimely death in 1989.