FIG Honorary Members

Honorary Members

Since the lll Congress 1926 in Paris, FIG has been honouring those who have made a special contribution to FIG:

• since 1926, by appointing Honorary Founding Members
• since 1938, by appointing Honorary Members
• since 1954, by appointing Honorary Presidents
• since 1974, by awarding certificates to Honorary Members and Honorary Presidents
• Guidelines (adopted by FIG Council 25 May 2007): Criteria for FIG Honorary Presidents and Honorary Members

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	Mr. G. K. (Ken) Allred, ALS, CLS, MLA CANADA
	Mr. Michael Barry CANADA
	Prof. Pedro Cavero SPAIN
	Mr. John Curdie AUSTRALIA
	Mr. Jan de Graeve BELGIUM
	Mr Stephen Djaba GHANA
	Prof. Dr. Yerach Doytsher ISRAEL
	Prof. Stig Enemark DENMARK
	Geometre-Expert Jacques Gastaldi FRANCE
	Mr. Iain Greenway UNITED KINGDOM
	Mr. Matt Higgins AUSTRALIA
	Mr. John Hohol UNITED STATES
	Mr. Jerome C. (Jerry) Ives UNITED STATES
	Mr. Brent Jones UNITED STATES
	Mr. Jürg Kaufmann SWITZERLAND
	Dr. Tom Kennie UNITED KINGDOM
	Dr. Ir. Christiaan Lemmen NETHERLANDS
	Mr. Grahame Lindsay, now retired AUSTRALIA
	Mr. Tom McCulloch CANADA
	Mr. Robin McLaren UNITED KINGDOM
	Prof. Dr. Eng. Georgi Milev BULGARIA
	Mr. Helge Onsrud NORWAY
	Prof. Taichi Oshima JAPAN
	Mr. Pekka Raitanen FINLAND
	Mr Enrico Rispoli ITALY
	Prof. Dr. Volker Schwieger GERMANY
	Mr. Daniel Steudler SWITZERLAND
	Mr. Jacques Tassou, Honorary Member FRANCE
	Prof. Ir. Paul van der Molen NETHERLANDS
	Mr. Markku Villikka, Retired FIG Director FINLAND
	Prof. Ian P. Williamson AUSTRALIA
	Miss Jane Woolley UNITED KINGDOM
Deceased Honorary Members
	Dipl.-Ing Herbert H. Ahrens (decd.) GERMANY
	Prof. Arthur Allan (15 march 2025) UNITED KINGDOM
	Prof. Willem Baarda (decd. 2005) NETHERLANDS
	Prof. Dr Walter Bachmann (decd.) SWITZERLAND
	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alois Barvir (decd. 1981) AUSTRIA
	Prof. Jean-Marie Becker (decd. 2007) SWEDEN
	Boyd. T. Bernard (decd.) UNITED STATES
	George Bestor (decd.) UNITED STATES
	Mr. Alain Bourcy (decd.) FRANCE
	On. Dott. geom. Domenico Chiaramello (decd. 1986) ITALY
	Herbert C. Cole (decd.1959) UNITED KINGDOM
	Prof. Kazimierz Czarnecki († 23.8.2006) POLAND
	René Danger, Honorary Founding Member († 1959) FRANCE
	Mr. Clifford Dann (decd. 2017) UNITED KINGDOM
	Edouard de Steiger (decd. 1962) SWITZERLAND
	Mr. Robert Delbard (decd.) FRANCE
	H. R. Dütschler (decd. 2009) SWITZERLAND
	Univ. Prof. Dr-Ing. Gerhard Eichhorn (decd.) GERMANY
	Prof. Dr-Ing. Georg Ewald (decd. 1987) GERMANY
	On. Geom. Comm. Ezio Fanti (decd. 1977) ITALY
	Dr. Geom. Odoardo Fantini (decd. 1985) ITALY
	Harry Feldman (decd.) UNITED STATES
	Mr. Seppo Härmälä (decd. 2013) FINLAND
	Dr. Louis Hegg (decd. 1971) SWITZERLAND
	Mr. Ir. J.L.G.(Jo) Henssen (decd 2015) NETHERLANDS
	Dipl.-Ing. Gustav Hoellhuber (decd. 1973) AUSTRIA
	Mr. Ernst Höflinger (decd. 2001) AUSTRIA
	Prof. Dr. Andrzej J. Hopfer (15 december 2023) POLAND
	Mr. Ivan Katzarsky (22 november 2024) BULGARIA
	Sir Alexander H. Killick (decd. 1975) UNITED KINGDOM
	Mr. Milan Klimes (decd. 2012) CZECH REPUBLIC
	Mr. Léon Marstboom (decd.) BELGIUM
	Dipl.-Ing. Richard Meyer (decd. 2007) GERMANY
	Mr. René Perrin (decd.) FRANCE
	Rosemary J. Rowles (decd. 2006) UNITED KINGDOM
	Miss Edna M. Rutland (decd.) UNITED KINGDOM
	Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schmitt (decd.) GERMANY
	Ken Simpson (decd.) SOUTH AFRICA
	Mr. Jim Smith (decd. 12 august 2021) UNITED KINGDOM
	Dr. Robert Steel (decd.) UNITED KINGDOM
	Mr. John van den Berg (decd.) FINLAND
	Geometre-Expert André Wantz (decd.) FRANCE
	Mr. C. W. (Wally) Youngs (decd. 12 june 2021) CANADA

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