This Award, established by the Rotary Club of Essendon to recognise their member and our Honorary member and Past RI President Royce Abbey, was adopted by the Board of the RCM in 2004.
The Award is made to a member who is relatively new to the Club, has not been awarded a Paul Harris Fellow recognition, is well accepted by Club members, has a good attendance record, who has demonstrated a strong commitment to the Club and who also complies with the Object of Rotary.
Each Rotary Club adopting the award program contributes $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation (in the Royce and Jean Abbey Endowment Fund) for each award it makes. This financial contribution to the Foundation is used for humanitarian Projects to enhance capabilities of food processors, foresters and other agricultural environment researchers and University teachers from developing countries.
Recipients of the Royce Abbey Award:
2005 P C (Peter) Jones
2006 C A (Cheryl) Lacey
2007 J D (John) Tozer
2008 H (Harald) Schmidt
2009 K G (Garry) Fowler
2010 H D (Hugh) Bucknall
2011 B K (Bas) Hamo
2012 E V (Nina) Hunter
2013 M S (Marion) Macleod
2014 T W (Tom) Crampton
2015 K W (Keith) Callinan
2016 M Y (Maureen Mangion
2017 S B (Stephanie) Woollard
2018 D (Dorothy) Gilmour
2019 A (Ari) Talantis
2020 M (Mikaela) Stafrace
2021 C (Chanthida) Bou
2022 Y (Yidan) Xi
2023 S M (Sue) Smith
