Award for Tony Covington
02/04/2009
The Executive Committee of the IULTCS has announced that the winner of the 2009 IULTCS Merit Award for Excellence in the Leather Industry is Professor Tony Covington, Emeritus Professor of Leather Science at the British School of Leather Technology (BSLT) of the University of Northampton in the UK.
On making the announcement, the organisation said: “Through his more than 30 years of dedicated research, teaching, visiting lectures, and numerous presentations at leather industry events and publications in leading journals, Professor Covington has had a lasting impact on our basic understanding of the leather-making process. He is especially well known and respected by leading leather scientists around the world for his insights and contributions towards a better understanding of the basic mechanisms of tannage. Professor Covington has also given of his time and talents to various professional leather organisations and is noted for serving as president of the IULTCS from 1995–7, as well as his valuable contributions to the SLTC and serving on other leather industry committees and commissions.”
The IULTCS Merit Award for Excellence in the Leather Industry will be awarded to Professor Covington at the 30th IULTCS Congress in Beijing, to be held on the October 11–14.
Professor Covington follows Dr Robert Sykes, who was the first winner of this biannual award. The award was established in 2004 and is the highest recognition of excellence made by the IULTCS. IULTCS Secretary, Dr Campbell Page, commented that four exceptional nominees were put forward for consideration in 2009 and said it was unfortunate that the committee could only select one. He said further that he hopes to see the names of some of this year’s candidates who did not win the award put forward by their associations for consideration again in 2011.
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