Foster Memorial Plaque
Instituted in 1926 by the British Iris Society in recognition of
Sir Michael Foster's "achievements and assiduous efforts in collecting and hybridizing irises," the Plaque is reserved for special personal awards to those contributing to the advance of the genus.
Recipients include;
1927
George Yeld,
VMH;
John Wister &
Seraphin Mottet
1928 No Award
1929
G.L. Pilkington,
VMH
1930
Arthur J. Bliss
1931
R.W. Wallace,
VMH
1932
George Percival Baker.
VMH
1933
Ferdinand Denis
1934
Amos Perry
1935
Ferdinand Cayeux
1935
Mrs. Olive D. N. Murrell
1936
William Caparne
1937
George Dillistone, FILA & Capt. George Norman Bunyard
1938
Grace Sturtevant
1939 E. Wynn Hellings
1940 C. W. Christie Miller
1941 Col. Dir Frederick Stern, OBE. MC, FLS, VMH & R.E.S. Spender
1942 Miss L. F. Pesel
1943 Professor
Sidney B. Mitchell
1944 No Award
1945 Rev. Cannon Rollo Meter
1946 H. Chadburn
1947 Mrs. Gwendolyn Anley, VMH
1948
Carl Salbach
1949 David Hall & Cedric Morris
1950
Dr. Rudolph Kleinsorge
1951 H. J. Randall, CBE
1953
Jean Stevens
1954 A. C. Herrick
1955 N. Leslie Cave & Professor L. Fitz Randolph
1956 H. Senior Fothergill
1957 Paul Cook
1958 G. H. Pinckney
1959 Contessa Mary Senni &
Orville Fay
1960
Fred DeForest
1961 Jesse Wills
1962 Leonard W. Brummitt
1963 Robert Schreiner
1964 Walter Welch
1965 Rear Admiral Paul Furse, VMH
1966 George H. Preston
1967 Mrs Barbara Walther & Mrs Flaminia Specht
1968 Dr. G. I. Rodionenko
1969 Dr. Lee Lenz
1970 Dr. Peter Werckmeister
1971 Earnest Lubscombe
1972 Harold Fletcher
1973 Mrs Marjorie Brummitt
1974 John D. Taylor
1975 Mrs. F.W. Warburton
1976 Dr. Laura Wildt
1977
Maurice Boussard
1978 Dr. Currier McEwen
1979 No Award
1980 Melba Hamblen
1981
Ben Hager
1982 Brian Mathew
1983 Leslie J. Donnell
1984 Professor Franz Kurzmann
1985 Dr. Jack Ellis
1986 Mrs. Karen Glasgow
1987 Dr. Suichi Hirao
1988 Bryan Dodsworth
1989 Sidney Linegar
1990 Mrs Margaret Lee
1991 Mrs Francis Love
1992
Miss Nora Scopes
1993
Keith Keppel
1994 Dr. Tomas Tamberg
1995
Bennett Jones
1996
Milan Blazek
1997
Mrs. Anne Blanco White
1998 Tony Hall
1999
Graeme Grosvenor
2000
O. David Niswonger
2001 No Award
2002
C. E. C. Bartlett
2003 John Taylor
2004
Mrs. Jennifer Hewitt
2005 Michael Avishai
2006
Professor Maretta Colasante
2007
Clarence Mahan
2008
Terry Aitken
2009
Valeria Romoli
2010
Alan McMurtrie
2011
Dr. Robert M. Hollingworth
2012
Richard Cayeux
2013
2014
James Waddick
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