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Honorary Member Recipients

1941 Vernon O. Bailey
1942 Roy J. Holden
1943 Ralph W. Stone
1944 Allyn Coats Swinnerton
1945 Alexander Wetmore
1946 Robert DeJoly
1947 Don Bloch
1948 William J. Stephenson
1949 Robert Broom
1950 Mark R. Harrington
1951 Emil W. Haury
1952 Rene G. Jeannel
1953 Charles E. Mohr
1954 J Harlen Bretz
1955 Henri Breuil
1956 Norbert Casteret
1957 Carl F. Miller
1958 Donald R. Griffin
1959 John S. Petrie
1960 William E. Davies

The apparent gap simply reflects a change in the schedule of announcing awards.

1962 Julia L. Staniland Day
1963 Thomas C. Barr, Jr.
1964 Albert Vandel
1965 William R. Halliday
1966 E. Aubrey Glennie
1967 Russell H. Gurnee
1968 G. Nicholas Sullivan
1969 Walter B. Jones
1970 Donald N. Cournoyer
1971 John A. Stellmack
1972 Jack Herschend
1973 Roger Brucker
1974 Don Sawyer
1975 Derek C. Ford
1976 Marjorie H. Sweeting
1977 Herb & Jan Conn
1978 Rane L. Curl
1979 George W. Moore
1980 John R. Holsinger
1981 Eugenio de Bellard Pietre
1982 Art & Peggy Palmer
1983 Joseph Jennings
1984 Stewart Peck
1985 Merlin Tuttle
1986 Jerry D. Vineyard
1987 Gregory "Tex" Yokum
1988 Richard A. Watson
1989 Patty Jo Watson
1990 Ronal C. Kerbo
1991 Alexander B. Klimchouk
1992 Donald Davis
1993 Antonio Nuñez-Jiménez
1994 Nicholas C. Crawford
1995 David C. Culver
1996 Arrigo A. Cigna
1997 Stein-Erik Lauritzen
1998 William H. Russell
1999 Horton Hobbs III
2000 Ronald Greeley
2001 Paul Williams
2002 Trevor Shaw
2003 James R. Goodbar
2004 Barry F. Beck
2005 Yuan Daoxian
2006 John Gunn
2007 William Elliott
2008 John Mylroie
2009 Andrew Eavis
2010 Jim Martin
2011 Petar T. Milanovic
2012 Pavel Bosak
2013 Charles A. Lundquist
2014 Andrej Mihevc
2015 Eleonora Trajano
2016 Tim Atkinson
2017 Carol Hill
2018 Dr. Oscar F. Francke
2019 Dr. Ralph Ewers
2020 Dr. Andrej Kranjc
2021 Dr. Steve Worthington
2022 Dr. Mladen Garasic

 
 
This page was last updated on October 18, 2022
Contact Award Committee webmaster Tony Canike for comments or suggestions.
 


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