Fulton-Downer Gold Medal - The President's Award
The concept of a special award for outstanding achievement was developed during 1989 and the founding of the new award, to be known as the President's Award, was announced at the 1990 Conference. The award is made, when appropriate, to acknowledge the effort and achievement of a member, or group of members, particularly when that achievement has demonstrated the strengths of the engineering profession in its role of public service. The award comes directly and personally from the President, and is one of the highest accolades the Institution can bestow. The award consists of a gold medal.
In 2005 the President’s Award was renamed the Fulton-Downer Gold Medal honouring our historic past and the people that had a large part to play in the Institution.
The President’s Award recognises outstanding achievement within the profession and is conferred directly by the President. The Fulton-Downer Gold Medal was established in 1929 by a bequest from JE Fulton to which were added donations by AF Downer. It was awarded for the best paper of a technical engineering nature presented at Conference. Fulton-Downer Gold Medal 1931-1999
The medal is presented annually to a Member or group of Members acknowledging their effort and achievement particularly where they have demonstrated the strengths of the engineering profession in its role of public service. Rarely is more than one award made per year.
Citations for the Presidents Award (dating back to 2001) can be found in the public area of the website in the April issues of engineering dimension.
Award Winners
| 2008 | S Reindler in recognition of his role as a true ambassador for the engineering profession. |
| 2007 | B J Wakelin in recognition of his outstanding contribution to tertiary education quality assurance systems. |
| 2006 | J R Fitzmaurice was awarded the Fulton-Downer Gold Medal for public service, in recognition of his commitment to immigrant engineers. |
| 2005 | Competency Assessment Board 2002-2004. This board worked tirelessly to develop fair and robust operating procedures for evaluating candidate registration. Members during this period of time to be recognised are: P J Wilson, G I Lowe, A J Sutherland, A Collow, B J Wakelin, R M Hill, S J Westlake and R G Haverkamp. |
| 2004 | N B Beach in recognition to his long and distinguished
service to civil engineering in the service of others, and
to the engineering profession. |
| 2003 | N Smith for his stewardship of the Chartered Engineers Act through New Zealand Parliament. |
| 2002 | W S Wakelin for long and distinguished service to the engineering profession and to technology in the service of others. |
| 2001 | A F Small |
| 2000 | D A Thom |
| 1999 | J T Boys for his service to the community, the University and IPENZ |
| 1998 | J Arrillaga for his contribution to the profession |
| 1997 | G Pallo for his outstanding service to IPENZ, the community and the profession |
| 1995 | G L Coates in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession of engineering and the community and of his personal and voluntary commitment to the use of engineering and technology in the service of others |
| 1994 | J C La Roche for exceptional commitment to environmental issues and overseas aid (particularly Water for Survival); and to developing the interface between the community and the profession |
| 1992 | C J McFarlane, Community Engineer of the year, for outstanding service to the community and the engineering profession |
| 1990 | Members of the East Coast Branch of IPENZ |
