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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 19, No. 2. March 10, 1955

[Introduction]

Professor C. A. Cotton, D.Sc, HON. LL.D., A.O.S.M., F.G.S, F.R.S.N.Z., Victoria Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, Hector and Hutton Medallist; Correspondent of the Geological Society of America and Corresponding Member of the Geological Society, of Belgium. Professor Emeritus of Victoria University College, was recently awarded the Andre Dumont Medal of the Geological Society of [unclear: Belgium]. The Belgiam Minister, M. Armand Nihotte, presented the award during an impressive ceremony.

The award, instituted in 1949 to mark the 100th anniversary of Dumont's completion of his geographical map of Belgium, had previously been awarded to an Italian, a British, a Polish, a Dutch and an American scientist.

Dr. Cetton who has been called "New Zealand's most distinguished living scientist," was born in Dunedin to 1885, where he studied at the Dunedin School or Mines. Later he became director at the Coramandel School of Mines, and in 1909 was appointed lecturer la Geology at Victoria University College. He took up the professorship in 1921. After 45 years to that Department, Dr. Cotton resigned from the professorship early teat year.