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Jenny and I had were wonderfully descriptive and I Dentists now has a total membership of 794. This is
now see how we manage so well when Ron is there. comprised of:
I think Jenny and I managed to hold our own, but we • 660 Active Fellows
missed Ron’s guiding hand. • 113 Retired Fellows
• 11 Honorary Life Fellows (including 2 Masters)
My particular thanks go to Jenny Ball for her
organisation and stewardship of the occasion, ably • 10 Honorary Fellows
supported on the night by John Owen. Kang Kim was 686 Fellows are in Australia and 91 in New
a huge help with IT support and correcting the mis- Zealand. Fellows of our Section have spread to
steps of the President’s fingers on the computer. My many parts of the globe with Fellows now living in
wife Bec’s help was also greatly appreciated. All in Belgium, Cambodia, Eritrea, Fiji, Hong Kong, Papua
all, our team rose to the challenge in the absence of New Guinea, Timor L’Este, Tonga, and the USA.
the other Board members.
78% of Section VIII Fellows are male and 22% are
It was a very special evening for all those fortunate female.
enough to be in attendance.
2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours
In closing, thank you all again for the opportunity to 2021 produced a bumper crop of ICD Fellows who
serve you as your President. I look forward to seeing were recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours
many of you at the ICD events in New Zealand in List. Six Fellows received well-deserved recognition
2022 and in Sydney in 2023. for their outstanding contributions to dentistry
and to the community – Ramesh Balasubramaniam
Rick Sawers AM OAM (WA), Mark Bartold AO (SA), John Coolican
President, Section VIII AM (NSW), Geoff Knight AM (VIC), Jan Owen AM
(WA) and Kaye Roberts-Thomson OAM (SA). Please
Registrar’s Report join the Board in congratulating these Fellows
November 2021 for the honours they have been duly awarded.
• Assoc. Prof. Ramesh BALASUBRAMANIAMOAM,
for service to dentistry.
• Professor Peter Mark BARTOLD AO, for
distinguished service to dentistry, to periodontal
research and education and to professional
dental organisations.
• Dr John Edward COOLICAN AM, for significant
service to dentistry in the field of orthodontics
and to rugby union.
• Dr Geoffrey Macdonald KNIGHT AM, for
significant service to professional dental
associations and to the community.
Registrar Petrina Bowden • Mrs Janette Mary OWEN AM, for significant
service to the Indigenous community through
Congratulations to the 30 new Fellows inducted at dental health initiatives.
the centenary induction ceremony in Perth at the end • Dr Kaye Frances ROBERTS-THOMSON OAM, for
of October. Like the other Board members, I regret service to dentistry and to the community.
that border restrictions precluded my attendance at
this special ICD event. Vale Fellows
Since the previous Registrar’s report in the May
Membership Statistics newsletter, the Board has been notified of the
Including the new Fellows inducted in Perth, the passing of five Section VIII Fellows: Peter Barnard
Australasia Section of the International College of OAM (NSW), Rob Butler (VIC), David Keys (QLD),
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