Life & Honorary Members
Criteria for Life Membership:
Life membership may be awarded by the executive committee to a Full Member in recognition of conspicuous contribution to, and eminence in, the field of Stomal Therapy Nursing.
Procedure for nominating Life Members: Nominations to be sent to the National Executive using the usual membership form accompanied by a submission detailing the reasons for nomination. Life Members retain all rights and responsibilities of a Full Member as stated in 16.5 of the Constitution.
N.B. Although this honour is sometimes received as a surprise, the Executive recommends that the member be approached to see if they want to accept this honour.
Life Members

Meryl Barrett, VIC
Accepted 1985

Elinor (Elle) Kyte, VIC
Accepted 1985

Mary Jo Kroeber A.M. 2004, WA
Accepted 1988

Lena Stillman, QLD
Accepted 1993

Heather Hill A.M., NSW
Accepted 1996

Sr Mary Kelly O.A.M. 2011, WA
Accepted 1997

Patricia Blackley, SA
Accepted 1998

Helen Simcock, WA
Accepted 1999

Zoe Johns, TAS
Accepted 2000

Cynthia Smyth, QLD
Accepted 2006

Dr Julia Thompson, NSW
Accepted 2007

Susan Dunne, NSW
Accepted 2011

Lorrie Gray, WA
Accepted 2012

Brenda Sando, QLD
Accepted 2012

Merle Boeree, SA
Accepted 2013

Elizabeth English, SA
Accepted 2015

Dr Keryln Carville, WA
Accepted 2015

Pat Walls, QLD
Accepted 2015

Rosalind Probert, QLD
Accepted 2017

Lesley Everingham, NSW
Accepted 2017

Elaine Lambie, QLD
Accepted 2017

William (Bill) Tyrrell, NSW
Accepted 2019

Carol Stott, NSW
Accepted 2019

Sue Delanty, TAS
Accepted 2021

Helen Nodrum, VIC
Accepted 2021

Wendy Sansom, VIC
Accepted 2022
Honorary Members
Criteria for Honorary Membership:
Honorary Membership may be awarded by the AASTN Executive Committee to a person who has rendered valuable services to the Association or in recognition of conspicuous contribution to Stomal Therapy Nursing.
Procedure for nominating an Honorary Member: Nominations to be sent to the AASTN National Executive using usual membership form accompanied by a submission detailing the reasons for nomination. Honorary Members do not pay annual subscriptions. The AASTN does not have any limit on how many Honorary Members there are in the Association.
Current Honorary Members
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- Prof. Lesley Bokey NSW Accepted 1996
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Robyn Simcock WA
Accepted 2022
Previous Honorary Members
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- Dr. Fred Leditsche (resigned 1999) QLD Accepted 1990
- Prof. Sir E S R Hughes (deceased 1998) VIC Accepted 1977
- Mr. David Failes (deceased 2014) NSW Accepted 1989
- Dr. Neville Davies QLD Accepted 1981
- Mr. Mark Killingback NSW Accepted 1989

Dr John Herron (AO) QLD
Accepted 1990

Dr Russell Stitz QLD
Accepted 1999
Dr Denis Campbell QLD
Accepted 1993