Rotary Melbourne Lunch 9 Aug

Rotary Melbourne Weekly Club Meeting - 9 August 2023

2023 Monash Medal Presentation and Address 

Guest Speaker 2023 Monash Medal recipient Richard Elkington OAM

Details 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm at No35 Sofitel Melbourne & by ZOOM  

The Monash Medal is awarded by Rotary Club of Melbourne to an outstanding Australian who has made a significant contribution to the Australian community (and beyond).  

The criteria are Leadership, Integrity and Service - values high on General Sir John Monash's (our second President) agenda and key values of Rotary.

Previous recipients are esteemed Australians:

2010 Sir Gustav Nossal AC                      2011 Professor Patrick McGorry AO

2012 Professor Jeffrey V Rosenfeld AM   2013 Professor Fiona Wood AM

2014 Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG             2015 Reverend Tim E Costello AO

2016 Mr John E Bertrand AO                   2017 Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC

2018 Hon Tim Fischer AC                        2019 Maj Gen Jim Barry AM MBE RFD ED (Rtd)

2020 Jillian Segal AO                              2021 Professor The Hon. Barry Jones AC

2022 Emeritus Professor Peter Darvall AO

Richard Elkington OAM has a high profile of leadership in the La Trobe Valley, in the same industry as John Monash. He has been Grand Master of Freemasons Victoria.  He has been honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and cited “for service to the community through a range of roles” and community activity, particularly in the promotion of the Latrobe Valley, as a former chair of Regional Development Gippsland, and as a former board member of Gippsland Development Limited. Richard Elkington will receive the 2023 Monash Medal and address the meeting.