The Murray Medal

The Murray Medal is the most prestigious award with which ASSA can honour its members. Funded from the investment of a donation made by Tom Murray, founding member and former member of ASSA, this solid silver medal represents the profession’s recognition of outstanding work. It is not necessarily made annually. If the award recognises excellence in a paper, at least 75% of Council must agree to it being made. Where excellence of service is to be recognised, 100% support by Council is required.

Recipients:

• Tom Murray, for outstanding service to the profession (in particular, actuarial education) (1972).
• Anthony Hart, for Non-cancellable Disability Insurance in South Africa: Some Further Observations on Disability Income and Disability Acceleration Benefits (1973).
  Cassie Jochelson., for outstanding service to the profession (first university chair in Actuarial Science) (1974).
• Peter Milburn-Pyle and John van der Linde, for The Actuarial Assessment of Compensation for Loss of Financial Support (1978).
• Dick Lloyd, for outstanding service to the profession (first set of mortality tables based on South African experience) (1979).
• Jan Pijper, for outstanding service to the profession (rewriting the Constitution) (1982).
  Peter Bieber, for outstanding service to the profession (development of JSE-Actuaries indices) (1989).
• Peter Doyle, for outstanding service to the profession (implications of Aids pandemic) (1992).
• Theo Hartwig, for outstanding service to the profession (involvement in and development of various projects, including taxation of insurers) (1999).
• Reg Munro, for outstanding service to the profession (various papers, ASSA Strategic Plan, involvement in various Government initiatives) (2000).
• Anthony Asher, for outstanding service to the profession (various papers, involvement in various Government initiatives, guiance to and influence on younger members) (2002).
• Rob Dorrington, for outstanding service to the profession (various papers, guidance to and influence on younger members, role in actuarial education in South Africa, Aids modelling, involvement in various Government and other initiatives) (2003).
• Steve Handler, for outstanding service to the profession (guidance to and influence on younger members, service on committees and Council, liaison with other professions, involvement in IAA) (2005).