In 1980 the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy instituted a prestigious award to commemorate Brigadier Stokes for his outstanding and unique contribution to the South African Mining Industry over a period of many years.
This award consists of a Platinum medal.
The award is made to an individual for the very highest achievement in the South African mining and metallurgical industry, and is not necessarily based on technical considerations.
As can be seen by the long list of illustrious recipients below, the nomination of an individual for this award is taken after much deliberation and input from the SAIMM Council. We therefore urge Corporate Members to take cognisance of the gravitas of this award when submitting their nominations.
Previous recipients have been:
| 1980 Mr H F Oppenheimer 1981 Dr William Bleloch 1982 Dr F G Hill 1983 Dr Austin Whillier (posthumous) 1984 Prof D G Krige 1985 Dr R E Robinson 1986 Prof M D G Salamon 1987 Dr T F Muller 1988 Dr W J de Villiers 1989 Dr R A Plumbridge 1990 Mr W G Boustred 1991 Mr P du P Kruger 1992 Mr E Pavitt 1993 Prof D A Pretorius 1994 Dr H Wagner 1995 Dr O K H Steffen 1996 Mr B E Hersov |
1997 Prof D W Horsfall (posthumous) 1998 Mr B P Gilbertson 1999 Mr L Boyd 2000 Mr A H Mokken 2001 Mr T L Gibbs 2002 J Ogilvie Thompson 2003 Mr P V Cox 2004 Mr H J Smith 2005 Mr P Motsepe 2006 Prof G T van Rooyen 2007 Dr D H Laubscher 2008 Prof T R Stacey 2009 Dr C J Fauconnier 2010 Prof C T O'Connor 2011 B C Alberts 2012 R P Mohring 2013 Prof H R Phillips |
Should you be aware of anyone who would be deserving of this award in 2014, would you please let me have your nomination, together with a short motivation supporting this nomination by not later than Wednesday, 21 May 2014.
All previously nominated individuals will automatically be included for consideration for the 2014 award.
For any further information:
Sam Moolla at sam@saimm.co.za