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Life Members and Presidents |
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Written by Site Admin
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Saturday, 13 May 2006 |
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We don't give these bastards out!
Life means life around here. So to date we have 5 life members. Guys who have given years and years and bloody years of service are the only ones we would consider bestowing this treasured award on
MURFC Life Members CURRENT LIFE MEMBERS
| 1981
Mr Dave Patterson |  | | 1957 - 1963
Massey Agricultural College Staff Member
1964 - 1982
Massey University Staff Member
1957 - 1982
Member of Massey University RFC during this time as a committee member, coach and manager of many club teams.
1968 onwards
Established and coached/managed Massey Rams as a Senior I team
1975 - 1981
Member of Manawatu RFU
1981
Third Life member of Massey University RFC
Lives in Palmerston North
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| 1998
Associate Professor Ian Steffert |  | | 1954 - 1955
Member of Varsity A
1955
Massey University RFC Club Captain
1953 - 1955
Student of Massey Agricultural College
1965 to 1997
Massey University Staff Member
Dept of Veterinary Clinical Studies
1960's & 1970's
Coached and managed junior teams
1968 - 1998
Committee member of Massey University RFC
1977 - 1984
President of Massey University RFC
1986 - 1998
Member of Manawatu RFU
1998
Fifth life member of Massey University RFC
1999 - 2002
President of the Manawatu RFU
2002
Made life member of Manawatu RFU
Lives in Palmerston North
| | | PAST LIFE MEMBERS |
| 1978
Sir Alan Stewart K.B.E. |  | | 1938 - 1940, 1945
Member of Varsity A
1939 - 1940
Manawatu Rep
North Island Universities Rep
1940
NZ Universities
1946 - 1948
Oxford University
1948
Scotland selected to play for Scotland
(but was injured before game was played)
1946 - 1954
Coach of Varsity Senior team
1963
President of Manawatu RFU
1958 - 2004
Patron of Massey University RFC
1978
First life member of Massey University RFC
1937 - 1941
Massey Agricultural College Student
1945, 1949 - 1954
Massey Agricultural College Staff Member
Dept of Dairy Husbandry
1959 - 1963
Massey Agricultural College Principal
1964 - 1981
Massey University Vice Chancellor
1981
Received Knighthood
Passed away 1st September 2004 in Whakatane (N.Z.)
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| 1981
Associate Professor Dr. John Skipworth |  | | 1960 to 1963
Massey Agricultural College Staff Member
1964 - 1988
Massey University Staff Member
Dept of Botany and Zoology
1960 - 1988
Member of MURFC Club committee
1970 - 1977
Chairman of Club
1981
Second life member of Massey University RFC
1983
Chairman of Manawatu RFU
2000
Passed Away
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| 1987
Mr Jim H. Henson |  | | 1939
Student of Massey Agricultural College
1946 - 1987
Massey University Staff Member
Dept of Food Technology
1950's
Coach of Massey University RFC teams
1955 - 1969
Member of Manawatu RFU
1973
President of Manawatu RFU
1987
Fourth Life Member of Massey University RFC
1992
Passed Away
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 13 May 2006 )
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