FIG Honorary Presidents

Honorary Presidents

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
Prof. Peter Dale
UNITED KINGDOM
Prof. Stig Enemark
DENMARK
Mr. Robert Foster, Retired Civil Engineer
UNITED STATES
Mr. Earl James
AUSTRALIA
Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel
GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Chryssy Potsiou
GREECE
Prof. Rudolf Staiger
GERMANY
Dr. Juha Talvitie
FINLAND
Mr. CheeHai Teo
MALAYSIA

 

Deceased Honorary Presidents
Colonel Marcel Baudet (24 march 1986)
SWITZERLAND
Prof. Dr.-Ing.E.h. Simon Bertschmann (1989)
SWITZERLAND
Bernard John Collins (deceased)
UNITED KINGDOM
Honorary Founding Vice-President René Danger (deceased)
FRANCE
Prof. Dr. Ing. Heinz Draheim (decd. 2012)
GERMANY
Dr. Herbert Matthias (decd. 2001)
SWITZERLAND
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Karl Neumaier (deceased)
AUSTRIA
Prof. Dipl. Ing. dr h.c Vassil Peevsky (decd. 1992)
BULGARIA
Gémètre-Expert Henri Peltier (1962)
FRANCE
Mr. William A Radlinski (decd. 2013)
UNITED STATES
Prof.ir. Dr. Roelof Roelofs (deceased)
NETHERLANDS
Honorary Founding President Jaques S. Roupcinski (decedased)
BELGIUM
Mr. Karl-Olof Ternryd (decd. 2013)
SWEDEN
Mr. C. H. (Charlie) Weir (decd. 2012)
CANADA