IABSE recognises the dedicated service of long-standing members by granting them the status of Honorary Members. This list appears together with the list of Past Presidents.
Honorary Members
2009: Bo L.O. Edlund, Sweden
2009: Bernard Raspaud, France
2008: Manfred A. Hirt, Switzerland
2007: Sudhangsu.S. Chakraborty, India
2007: Loring A. Wyllie, Jr, USA
2006: Paul Grundy, Australia
2005: Alain Golay, Switzerland
2002: Klaus H. Ostenfeld, Denmark
2002: Joerg Schneider, Switzerland
2000: Anton F. Steffen, Switzerland
2000: John C. Badoux, Switzerland
1998: Manabu Ito, Japan
1997: John M. Hanson, USA
1996: Niels J. Gimsing, Denmark
1996: Aksel G. Frandsen, Denmark
1993: Hans von Gunten, Switzerland
1992: T.N. Subbarao, India
1992: Ninan Koshi, India
1991: Yukio Maeda, Japan
1990: Bernard P. Wex, UK
1989: Julio Ferry Borges, Portugal
1988: Gerard F. Fox, USA
1985: Pierre Dubas, Switzerland
1985: Leo Finzi, Italy
1985: Bruno Thürlimann, Switzerland
1984: Roger A. Dorton, Canada
1984: Peter F. Adams, Canada
1980: Josef Aichhorn, Austria
1979: Friedrich Reinitzhuber, Germany
1979: Guido Oberti, Italy
1979: Charles Massonnet, Belgium
1979: Fritz Leonhardt, Germany
1977: William Henderson, UK
1977: Maurice Cosandey, Switzerland
1977: Lynn S. Beedle, USA
1976: Atsushi Hirai, Japan
1975: F. Faltus, Czechoslovakia
1972: C.J. Low, The Netherlands
1969: Elmer K. Timby; USA
1969: Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith, UK
1965: Sergio Marques de Souza, Brazil
1965: Jose B. Da Fonseca, Portugal
1963: J.I. Parcel, USA
1963: K.J. Hjort, Sweden
1963: C.S. Chettoe, UK
1963: L. Cambournac, France
1957: F. Campus, Belgium
1949: G. Pigeaud, France
Past Presidents (term of office)
Hirt M.A., Switzerland 2004 - 2007
Ito M., Japan 2001 - 2004
Ostenfeld K.H., Denmark 1997 – 2001
Hanson J.M., USA 1993 - 1997
von Gunten H., Switzerland 1985 - 1993
Thürlimann B., Switzerland 1977 - 1985
Cosandey M. Switzerland 1966 - 1977
Stüssi F., Switzerland 1951 – 1966
Andrae Ch., Switzerland 1938 - 1951
Rohn A., Switzerland 1929 - 1938
