Williams

Neil Williams, of the University of Queensland, was presented to his wife Sheila (later also a recipient in her own right), on his behalf, at the Annual Dinner at the Australian Mathematical Society Conference in Perth in 1992.

In his citation speech Peter O'Halloran noted that Neil had been the Queensland State Director of AMOC for 12 years. He also directed the local Queensland Maths Teachers Contest for a similar period of time, proposed many questions for the various AMOC contests and moderator for these contests over 7 years. He was also noted as co-editor with Ash Plank of the recently published AMOC's top selling Olympiad syllabus book Mathematical Toolchest. Peter noted that this will be an outstanding contribution to mathematics learning for talented students, not only in Australia, but throughout the world. Peter believed that this book will become the unofficial mathematics curriculum for talented school students.

Neil went on to complete 21 years' service over the years 1980 to 2000 and is shown here in 2001 in Brisbane with Professor Anne Street, Chair of AMOC, celebrating his long service.