W. E. G. Salter Memorial Prize in Economics * [F1721]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this prize is governed by conditions. See also general conditions.

The statutory entity, the Faculty of Business, is known as the UWA Business School.

1. The W. E. G. Salter Memorial Prize in Economics consists of the annual income after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, on the sum of $3000 donated by Mr and Mrs H. P. Salter in memory of their son, Dr Wilfred Edward Graham Salter, who was an outstanding undergraduate student in Economics, gained first class honours and subsequently completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge under a Hackett Studentship. Dr Salter died in 1963, aged 34 years, while working for the Government of Pakistan to which he had been seconded from the Prime Minister's Department to assist it in its economic planning.

2. The prize is awarded annually by the Board of Examiners in the UWA Business School to the student enrolled for the degree of Bachelor of Economics who obtains the highest average mark in the units comprising the final 48 points of the course.