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THE PRESIDENTS OF IPRA
1955-57 † Sir Tom FIFE CLARK, United Kingdom
1957-58 † Odd MEDBOE, Norway
1958-59 † Ed LIPSCOMB, USA
1959-60 † Jean CHOPPIN DE JANVRY, France
1960-61 † Rein VOGELS, Netherlands
1961-63 † Pierre JANSEN, Belgium
1963-65 † John A KEYSER, United Kingdom
1965-68 † Robert L BLISS, USA
1968-69 † Albert OECKL, Germany
1969-73 Tim TRAVERSE-HEALY, United Kingdom
1969 † Hans LUDEKER, South Africa
1973-76 † Manos B PAVLIDIS, Greece
1976-77 † Ivy LEE Jr, USA
1978 † Dennis BUCKLE, United Kingdom
1979 † Sanat LAHIRI, India
1980 † J Carroll BATEMAN, USA
1981 † Jacques COUP DE FREJAC, France
1982 † Sam BLACK, United Kingdom
1983 Göran SJÖBERG, Sweden
1984 † Arturo JESURUN, Netherlands Antilles
1985 † Jon I ROYCE, Australia
1986 † Amelia LOBSENZ, USA
1987 † Paul KOOP, Netherlands
1988 Alain MODOUX, Switzerland
1989 Anand AKERKAR, India
1990 William J CORBETT, USA
1991 Charles VAN DER STRATEN WAILLET, Belgium
1992 James C C PRITCHITT, Australia
1993 Kaarina ALANKO, Finland
1994 Pierre André HERVO, France
1995 Betûl MARDIN, Turkey
1996 Colin CHURCH, Kenya
1997 Roger HAYES, United Kingdom
1998 Zelma LAZARUS, India
1999 † Roy SANADA, Japan
2000 Carolyn FAZIO, USA
2001 Alasdair SUTHERLAND, United Kingdom
2002 Jacques DINAN, Mauritius
2003 Ceyda AYDEDE, Turkey
2004 Donald WRIGHT, United States
2005 Charles VAN DER STRATEN WAILLET, Belgium
2006 Loula ZAKLAMA, Egypt
2007 Philip SHEPPARD, Belgium
2008 Robert GRUPP, USA
2009 Maria GERGOVA, Bulgaria
2010 Elizabeth ANANTO, Indonesis
2011 Richard Linning United Kingdom
2012 Johanna McDowell South Africa
2013 Christophe Ginisty France
2014 Zehra Gungor Turkey
HONORARY SECRETARIES
AND (HONORARY) SECRETARIES GENERAL OF IPRA
1955-61 Tim TRAVERSE-HEALY
1961-64 Guido DE ROSSI DEL LION NERO
1964-70 † Manos B PAVLIDIS
1970-76 † Jean-Jacques WYLER
1977-80 † Sam BLACK
1981-83 † Dennis BUCKLE
1984-88 Anthony J MURDOCH
1989-92 Roger HAYES
1998-2001 † Frans VOORHOEVE
HONORARY TREASURERS OF IPRA
1961-64 Fabrizio LA TORRE
1964-70 Marcel M YOEL
1970-76 Keith KENTOPP
1977-80 † Sam BLACK
1981-83 † Dennis BUCKLE
1984-87 Anthony J MURDOCH
1988-92 Thomas M BROCKETT
1993 Betûl MARDIN
1994-96 Ray ARGYLE
1996-97 Volker STOLTZ
1997-00 Colin THOMPSON
2001- Nigel CHISM
MEMBERS EMERITUS
Membership Emeritus status is granted to Members who have played a distinguished part in the affairs of IPRA, and made a substantial contribution to the advancement of the public relations profession.
Anand AKERKAR (India)
Kaarina ALANKO (Finland)
† Michael BARZILAY (Israel)
† Dr Edward L BERNAYS (USA)
† Prof Sam BLACK (United Kingdom)
† Robert L BLISS (USA)
† Dennis BUCKLE (United Kingdom)
Harold BURSON (United States)
† Sir Tom FIFE CLARK (United Kingdom)
† Claude CHAPEAU (France)
† Jacques COUP DE FREJAC (France)
† Prof Mahmoud EL GOHARY (Egypt)
Jacques DINAN (Mauritius)
Carolyn FAZIO (USA)
John W FELTON (USA)
† Denny GRISWOLD (USA)
Roger HAYES (United Kingdom)
† Arturo JESURUN (Netherlands Antilles)
Zelma LAZARUS (India)
† Roy J LEFFINGWELL (USA)
Betûl MARDIN (Turkey)
† Lucien MATRAT (France)
† Gene G MCCOY (USA)
† Odd H MEDBOE (Norway)
Alain MODOUX (Switzerland)
† Prof Albert OECKL (Germany)
† Manos B PAVLIDIS (Greece)
† Roy SANADA (Japan)
† John E SATTLER (USA)
Göran SJÖBERG (Sweden)
Alasdair SUTHERLAND (United Kingdom)
Prof Tim TRAVERSE-HEALY (United Kingdom)
Prof Anne VAN DER MEIDEN (Netherlands)
Charles VAN DER STRATEN WAILLET (Belgium)
† Rein J VOGELS (Netherlands)
Donald K. WRIGHT (USA)
† Jean-Jacques WYLER (Switzerland)
Marcel YOËL (Greece)
THE IPRA PRESIDENT’S AWARD
The award was founded in 1977 and is presented annually at the discretion of the President, and with the approval of the Board of Directors, to an organisation or an individual to recognise ‘outstanding contribution to better world understanding’. Recipients to date have been:
1977 The Nobel Foundation
1978 The International Red Cross
1979 Edward L Bernays
1980 The Foundation for Public Relations Education & Research
1981 Sean McBride
1982 Yehudi Menuhin
1983 The United Nations University for Peace
1984 KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines
1985 Band Aid
1986 Rosalynn Carter
1987 WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly the World Wildlife Fund)
1988 PR News and its Founder and Editor Denny Griswold
1989 The National Geographic Society
1990 Cable News Network (CNN)
1991 Amnesty International
1992 Archbishop Desmond Tutu
1993 The World Scout Movement
1994 Lucien Matrat, author of the Code of Athens
1995 The editors and staff of the Sarajevo newspaper ‘Oslobodjenje’
1996 Al Gore, Vice President, United States of America
1997 The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
1998 Aung San Suu Kyi
1999 Rotary International for Polio Plus Programme
2001 J.K. Rowling
2002 The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Committee
2003 United Nations, Dept. of Public Information
2004 Harold Burson
2005 The Founding Members of IPRA
2006 Transparency International
2007 The Economist
2008 John Graham
2009 Unesco