sentences:  In September 1956 Madgwick visited communities along the Clarence River which were experiencing difficulties with agricultural economic downturns, damaging floods, and population erosion, and promised, "the full force of the University" to assist in the region's community development.In 1961, Madgwick was elected first president of the Australian Association of Adult Education.That same year, he received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sydney and Queensland.