Fellows and Life members
Congratulations to ACORN Fellow Phyllis Davis who received a Queen's Birthday Honour, Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for significant service to nursing through clinical, administrative and international advisory roles, and to nurse education.
Fellows
ACORN Fellows are special members who have made a significant contribution to the goals of the College and perioperative nursing or demonstrated professional excellence.
The 2002–2004 board were admitted as foundation Fellows to form a cohort to support initial applications.
The Fellowship application form is available to download here.
Honorary Fellowship
Honorary Fellowship of the College is a prestigious category of membership that is reserved for persons of eminence who have given exceptional service to perioperative nursing on a national and/or international level, made a noteworthy contribution to the goals of the College at the highest level as well as to the profession of perioperative nursing and/or the wider nursing profession. It is anticipated that conferring Honorary Fellowship will be an exceptional event.
Fellows and members of the College and local associations may nominate persons for consideration for Honorary Fellowship. The Honorary Fellowship nomination form is available to download here.
ACORN 2018 Fellows (from left): Sonya Osborne, Diana Hutt, Rebecca East and Michelle Reardon
Fellows can be contacted through the ACORN office.
Telephone: 1300 781 924
Fax: 1300 781 934
Email: administrator@acorn.org.au
Foundation Fellows
Di Binns (Tasmania)
Rose Blackford (Northern Territory)
Rae Gyder (Queensland)
Lois Hamlin (New South Wales)
James Harrison (Tasmania)
Kim Hepper (South Australia)
Veronica Hill (Western Australia)
Marilyn Schroeder (Victoria)
Honorary Fellows
Elsie June Allen AM (Victoria)
Mary Barry OAM (Victoria) (Deceased)
Judith Cornell AM (New South Wales) (Deceased)
Menna Davies (New South Wales)
Pat Solomon (New South Wales) (Deceased)
Sr Mary Felix Thorburn AM (Victoria) (Deceased)
Pauline Walker (New South Wales)
FellowsHelen Barallon (Victoria) Dr Judith Berry (South Australia) Sarah Bird (Tasmania) Stephen Born (Queensland) Jenny Cubitt (New South Wales) Phyllis Davis AM (New South Wales) Dr Jed Duff (New South Wales) Rebecca East (Victoria) Dr Paula Foran (Victoria) Lesley Gilbert (Victoria) Dr Brigid Gillespie (Queensland) Sharon Harding (Northern Territory) Allanah Hazelgrove (New South Wales) Lynette Hill (Queensland) Diana Hutt (South Australia) |
Joy Jensen (Queensland) Tracy Kerle (New South Wales) Robyn Lawson (Western Australia) Ruth Melville (Queensland) Dr Patricia Nicholson (Victoria) Dr Sonya Osborne (Queensland) Michelle Reardon (Queensland) Marilyn Richardson-Tench (Victoria) Wendy Rogers (Northern Territory) Dr Zaneta Smith (Western Australia) Catherine Steel (Queensland) Lesley Stewart (Northern Territory) Sally Sutherland Fraser (New South Wales) Vicky Warwick (Western Australia) Libby Webb (Northern Territory) Carollyn Williams (Victoria) |
Life members
Members who have made an outstanding contribution to the perioperative nursing profession and their local association are awarded life membership. The following are life members.
New South Wales Operating Theatre Association Inc (NSW OTA)
Val Corcoran
Karin Croghan
Jenny Cubitt
Menna Davies
Phyllis Davis AM
Barbara Edwards
Susan Golland
Dr Lois Hamlin
Narelle Hines (dec.)
Judith Meppem
Terri Pinkis
Jenny Pirie
Lynne Redknap
Judy Rouse
Mary Sams
Patricia Solomon
Gillian Walker
Northern Territory Perioperative Nurses Association (NTPNA)
June DeClifford (dec.)
Sharon Harding
Terry Sleigh
Libby Webb
Cheryl Winter
ACORN Queensland (formerly Perioperative Nurses Association of Queensland, PNAQ)
Linley Bates
Brigid Gillespie
Judith Hewett
Lynette Hill
Eleanor Irwin
Joy Jensen
Jo-Ann McNaughton
Ruth Melville
Heather Moon
Cheryl O'Brien
Narelle Sommerfeld
Wenda Young
South Australia Perioperative Nurses Association Inc. (SAPNA)
Judith Berry
Lyell Brougham
Veronica Cummings
Fiona Davies
Catherine Hashemi
Kim Hepper
Jill Hilbig
Susan Hopkins
Jill Hughes-Jones
Liz Mazzei AM
Sandy McAdam
Margaret Rainbow
Helen Richardson
Carmel Rodgers
Caroline Saniotis
Marg Wheeler
Chris Whellum
Di Wickett
ACORN Tasmania (formerly Tasmanian Operating Room Nurses, TORN)
Di Binns
Jenny Bloomfield
Jane Brain
Jean Colles
Patricia Eizele
Judith Eldridge
Margaret Ewington
Tim Haas
Betty Hickman
Shirley Hyland
Cheryl Robinson
Anne Swifte
Pamela Tait
Bev Vinson
Petronella Wilcox
Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group (VPNG)
Jorge Acevedo-Rodriguez
June Allen
Jean Badenhop
Helen Barallon
Mary Barry (dec.)
Pauline Bennett
Bernadette Brennan
Judith Bridges (dec.)
Dorothea Burnett (dec.)
Julie Campbell
Claire Collins
Marilyn Cornish
Jan Coverdale
Michele Cullen
Jackie Dalzell (dec.)
Angela Docherty (dec.)
Mary Fallon
Marea Fennell (dec.)
Lesley Gilbert
Christine Gillmartin
Leonie Lorenz
Nicky Nixon
Gwenda Peters
Marilyn Schroeder
Betty Thompson
Sister Mary Felix Thorburn (dec.)
Pamela Waite
Betty Weir
Patricia Wilding
Carollyn Williams
Operating Room Nurses Association Western Australia (ORNA WA)
Joy Earnshaw
Robyn Lawson
Ruth Mackey
Jan Miller
June Raxter
Carolyn Saunders
Jacqui Smith
