People

THE PRESIDENTS OF IPRA

† = Deceased

1955-57 † Sir Tom FIFE CLARK, United Kingdom

1957-58 † Odd MEDBOE, Norway

1958-59 † Ed LIPSCOMB, United States

1959-60 † Jean CHOPPIN DE JANVRY, France

1960-61 † Rein VOGELS, Netherlands

1961-63 † Pierre JANSEN, Belgium

1963-65 † John KEYSER, United Kingdom

1965-68 † Robert BLISS, United States

1968-69 † Albert OECKL, Germany

1969 † Hans LUDEKER, South Africa

1969-73 Tim TRAVERSE-HEALY, United Kingdom

1973-76 † Manos PAVLIDIS, Greece

1976-77 † Ivy LEE Jr, United States

1978 † Dennis BUCKLE, United Kingdom

1979 † Sanat LAHIRI, India

1980 † J Carroll BATEMAN, United States

1981 † Jacques COUP DE FREJAC, France

1982 † Sam BLACK, United Kingdom

1983 Göran SJÖBERG, Sweden

1984 † Arturo JESURUN, Netherlands Antilles

1985 † Jon ROYCE, Australia

1986 † Amelia LOBSENZ, United States

1987 † Paul KOOP, Netherlands

1988 Alain MODOUX, Switzerland

1989 † Anand AKERKAR, India

1990 † William CORBETT, United States

1991 Charles VAN DER STRATEN WAILLET, Belgium

1992 James 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, United States

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, United States

2009 Maria GERGOVA, Bulgaria

2010 Elizabeth ANANTO, Indonesia

2011 Richard LINNING, United Kingdom

2012 Johanna MCDOWELL, South Africa

2013 Christophe GINISTY, France

2014 Zehra GUNGOR, Turkey

2015 Amybel SÁNCHEZ, Peru

2016-18 Bart DE VRIES, Netherlands

2019-20 Svetlana STAVREVA, Bulgaria

2021 Philippe BORREMANS, Belgium

2022 Etsuko TSUGIHARA, Japan

2023 Anne-Gret ITURRIAGA ABARZUA, Austria

2024 Nataša PAVLOVIC BUJAS, Serbia

HONORARY SECRETARIES AND SECRETARIES GENERAL

1955-61 Tim TRAVERSE-HEALY

1961-64 Guido DE ROSSI DEL LION NERO

1964-70 † Manos PAVLIDIS

1970-76 † Jean-Jacques WYLER

1977-80 † Sam BLACK

1981-83 † Dennis BUCKLE

1984-88 Anthony MURDOCH

1989-92 † Roger HAYES

1992-95 Dennis CLAGETT

1996-97 Rosemary GRAHAM

1998-2001 † Frans VOORHOEVE

2001-15 Jim HOLT

2015 - Philip SHEPPARD

HONORARY TREASURERS

1961-64 Fabrizio LA TORRE

1964-70 † Marcel YOEL

1970-76 † Keith KENTOPP

1977-80 † Sam BLACK

1981-83 † Dennis BUCKLE

1984-87 Anthony MURDOCH

1988-92 Thomas 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 BERNAYS (United States)

† Prof Sam BLACK (United Kingdom)

† Robert BLISS (United States)

† Dennis BUCKLE (United Kingdom)

† Barbara BURNS (United States)

† 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 (United States)

† John FELTON (United States)

† Denny GRISWOLD (United States)

† Jane HAMMOND (United Kingdom)

† Roger HAYES (United Kingdom)

† Arturo JESURUN (Netherlands Antilles)

† Zelma LAZARUS (India)

† Roy LEFFINGWELL (United States)

Richard LINNING (Australia)

Betûl MARDIN (Turkey)

† Lucien MATRAT (France)

† Gene MCCOY (United States)

Johanna MCDOWELL (South Africa)

† Odd MEDBOE (Norway)

Alain MODOUX (Switzerland)

† Prof Albert OECKL (Germany)

† Manos PAVLIDIS (Greece)

† Roy SANADA (Japan)

† John SATTLER (United States)

Göran SJÖBERG (Sweden)

† Alasdair SUTHERLAND (United Kingdom)

Prof Tim TRAVERSE-HEALY (United Kingdom)

Eeva-Liisa VALLIN (Finland)

† Prof Anne VAN DER MEIDEN (Netherlands)

Charles VAN DER STRATEN WAILLET (Belgium)

† Rein VOGELS (Netherlands)

Donald WRIGHT (United States)

† Jean-Jacques WYLER (Switzerland)

† Marcel YOËL (Greece)

Loula ZAKLAMA (Egypt)

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 Nobel Foundation

1978 International Red Cross

1979 Edward Bernays

1980 Foundation for Public Relations Education & Research

1981 Sean McBride

1982 Yehudi Menuhin

1983 United Nations University for Peace

1984 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

1985 Band Aid

1986 Rosalynn Carter

1987 WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

1988 PR News and its founder and editor Denny Griswold