N.Z. ROYAL SOCIETY

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31680, 16 May 1968, Page 14

N.Z. ROYAL SOCIETY

Five Fellows Elected (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 15. Five new fellows were elected to the Royal Society of New Zealand at the society’s annual meeting in Wellington today. Those elected are Professor E. R. Collings, of Auckland University, Professor J. F. Duncan and Professor F. F. Evison, both of Victoria University of Wellington, Professor L. F. Phillips, of Canterbury University, and Mr G. W. Grindley, of the Geological Survey. Officers elected to the council of the society are:— President, Professor J. A. R. Miles (University of Otago); home secretary, Dr R. W. Willett (D.5.1.R.); international secretary, Dr E. I. Robertson (D.5.1.R.); treasurer, Dr J. F. Gabites (Weather Office); fellow councillors, Dr R. K. Dell (Dominion Museum), Dr R. R. Forster (Otago Museum), Professor M. Gage (Canterbury University), Dr E. G. Godley (D.5.1.R.), Mr J. T. Holloway (Forest Service), Dr A. T. Johns (Department of Agriculture), Professor R. E. K. Mathews (Auckland University), Dr N. H. Taylor (for Director, Soil Bureau); member bodies' councillors, Professor I. J. Cunningham (Massey University), Dr J. A. Gibb (D.5.1.R.); retiring councillors, Dr M. C. Probine, Dr F. B. Shorland, Professor G. T. S. Baylis.