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Below: PDG John Greenwood receiving a Leo Tyquin Award for his contribution to the VLF, by Chairman PDG John Beale.

Veeda Oakley receiving the Leo Tyquin Award and also one for the Late David Oakley in absentia.

Veeda is a member of the Council.

If you wish to honour a member of your club who has dedicated their time to sight related projects, present them with a Leo Tyquin Award.

Past International Director Leo Tyquin Leo Francis Tyquin was born in Werribee on 9th June 1924 and passed away 10th September 2001. He joined Lions as a member of Mordialloc-Mentone in 1968 and held the offices of Club President, Zone Chairman and District Governor. He served as Multiple District Council Chairman and International Director in 1984-86. 

Leo attended 20 International Conventions and was presenter at the Council Chairman’s Workshop at the Montreal and Chicago Conventions. 

He was a keynote speaker at the 10th and 15th Charter Anniversary of Lionism in Indonesia and at Conventions in England, Wales, India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Leo received many awards including the International Leadership Award, the Association’s Ambassador of Goodwill Award, the highest honour given by the Association to a member. He was a Life Member, a Melvin Jones Fellow, a Life Member of the Lloyd Morgan Trust in New Zealand and No 1 Governor of the Victorian Lions Foundation. 

Leo was passionate about the Lion’s Village at Licola as he was one of the early pioneers of the conversion to a children’s and general purpose camp. Leo’s pride was the Lion’s Eye Bank, an integral part of Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital’s facilities. 

He reminded people constantly that the Eye Bank was an initiative of his own Mordialloc-Mentone Club-being personally instrumental in its establishment in 1983. 

Leo Tyquin was a man who only saw good in people, and who tried to do good for people. Leo will always be remembered for being a truly fine person and also for the excellent and tireless work he did for so many. 

Past International Director Leo was a conscientious Lions member giving unlimited support to the VICTORIAN LIONS FOUNDATION.

Recipients

1. Wyn Tyquin  - V3 - Nov 2001

2. Alan Roberts – V3

3. PDG David Welsh –V3

4. PDG George Barnard –V3

5. PDG Pauline Harris – V1 - 2005

6. PDG Bill Duncanson – V2 - 2005

7. Kath Gough – V2 - 2005

8. Frank Hahn – V5 - 2005

9. Graham Head – V5 - 2005

10. Anna Maria Agar – V1 - 2005

11. PDG Graham Bourchier – V4 - 2005

12. PCC Eric Black – V2 2005

13. Ian de Bruyne - V3 - June 2005

14. Associate Professor Jill Keeffe - July 2007

15. John Simpson - N5 - July 2007

16. Ron Tregear July - V5 - 2007

17. Roger Budd - V5 -July 2007

18. Barry Harling - V6 - August 2007

19. Kathy O’Connell - V3 - Feb 2008

20. Roger Budd - V5 - Feb 2008         

21. Bill Addinsall - V2 - Feb 2008

22. PDG Norma Barnard – V3 - May 2009

23. PDG Graeme Arnold – V6 - May 2009

24. Wendy Hellebrand – May 2009 

25. Norm Cooper – V3 - April 2010

26. Geoff Neal – V3 - April 2010

27   Bernie Slagtman – V5 - June 2010

28.  PDG Phil Sheriff – V1-4 - Aug 2010

29.  Rod Jackson – V3- June 2011

30.  Neil Campbell – V6 -June 2011

31.  Bill Hughes – V2 - Aug 2011

32.  Carol Smith – V5 -May 2012

33.  Harvey Price – V2 - May 2012

34.  PDG Margaret Sheriff – V1-4 - May 2012

35.  PDG Eric Gittins – V1-4 - May 2012

36.  David McCormack – V6 - May 2012

37.  David Koschade – V3 - May 2012

38.  Ron Smith – V5 - May 2013

39.  Mark Sage – March 2014

40.  Colin Dyason – V3 - May 2014

41.  Elizabeth Wee l- V2 - May 2014

42.  Veeda Oakley – V5 - May 2014

43.  Daryl Williams – May 2014 

44.  PDG Bernard Clifford – V1-4 - May 2014

45.  Monica Jones – May 2014 –V5

46.  Brian O’Connell April 2015 –V3

47.  Janine Darker March 2015 V5 

48.  PDG Doug Lyons - V2 - Aug2015

49.  Pat Mills - V5- June 2015

50.  Neville Gillett - V2 - June 2015

51.  Malcolm Qualtrough - V1-4 - 2015

52.  David and Beverley Lewis - V3 - Nov 2015

53. Elizabeth (Biddy) Weel - V2 - Feb 2016

54. PDG Shirley Higman - V3 - Feb 2016

55. PDG Barry Davis - V1-4 - Feb 2016

56. Nancy Barnett - V5 - Feb 2016

----William Charles Dickinson - N2 - May 2016 (not numbered)

57. Helen Maunsel - V5 - May 2016

58. Gillian Lelah - V5 - May 2016

59. Cerise de Gelder - V5 - Aug 2016

60. Lex Richardson - V5 - Aug 2016

61. PDG Glenda McLeod - V5 - Aug 2016

62. Peter Blamey - V3 - Feb 2017 

63. Rudy Ewers - V5 - May 2017

64. Steve and Sheryl Tullet - V3 - May 2017

65. Lorraine J Riches - V3 - May 2017

66. Clive Fenn - V5 - June 2017

67. Ken Chamberlain - V6 - June 2017

68. Carmel Mitchell (in honour of) - C2 - Jan 2018          

69. PDG Alfred Norman Hawken - V1-4 - April 2018                 

70. Dennis Wattie - V5 - May 2018                        

71. Roger Darker  - V5 - May 2018

72. Colin Dyason - V3 - April 2019

73. Lions Lady Jan Jones - V2 - April 2019

74. Ray Goodwin  - V2 - April 2019

75. Steve Cantrell - V5 - May 2019

76. Brian and Janet Summers - V3 - July 2019

77. Veeda Oakley - V5 - Aug 2019

78. PDG David Oakley - V5 - Aug 2019

79. Susan Eyton - V2 - April 2020

80. Ivan Kayne OAM - V5 - May 2020

81. Stan Fear - V3 - Oct 2020

82. Geoffrey Ferguson - V5 - July 2021

83. PDG Ian Gration - V3 - May 2022

84. Anthony Singarasa - V5 - May 2022

85. PDG John Greenwood - V2 May 2022

86. Dr Graeme Pollack OAM - VLF Feb 2023

87. Clare Linane - V1-4 May 2023