IST Officebearers

The IST has only a small executive to coordinate its activities. These officebearers for the Society are elected by members at the World Congress of the IST, held every 3 years. Elections at this meeting are not for the following 3 years, but for the next 3 year term, commencing at the following World Congress.

The current Officebearers are listed in the right hand column.

Past Presidents of the IST:
Findlay E.Russell (USA) 1962-1966
Sherman A.Minton (USA) 1966-1968
André de Vries (South Africa) 1968-1970
Hugh Alistair Reid (UK) 1970-1972
Heribert Michl 1972-1974
Y.Sawai (Japan) 1974-1976
C.R.Diniz (Brazil) 1976-1979
Borje Uvnäs (Sweden) 1979-1982
Gerhard Habermehl (Germany) 1982-1985
Chen-Yuan Lee (Taiwan) 1985-1988
Philip Rosenberg (USA) 1988-1991
Gerhard Habermehl (Germany) 1991-1994
Charlotte L.Ownby (USA) 1994-1997
Franc Gubensek (Slovenia) 1997-2000
Hervé Rochat (France) 2000- 2003
John Harris (UK) 2003-2006
André Ménez (France) 2006-2008

Past Secretary Treasurers of the IST:
Paul R.Saunders (USA) 1962-1966
Joseph F.Gennaro (USA) 1966-1968
Erich Kaiser 1968-1975
Akira Ohsaka (Japan) 1975-1982
Dietrich Mebs (Germany) 1982- 2009

Current IST Officebearers

President (2006-2009): Prof. André Ménez (France) (deceased). Prof. P. Gopalakrishnakone (Singapore) has assumed the Presidency early, following Prof. Ménez' untimely death early in 2008.

Secretary Treasurer (2006-2009): Prof. Dietrich Mebs (Germany)

Council Members (2006-2009)
J Fox (USA)
R Norton (Australia)
JM Gutierrez (Costa Rica)
M Kini (Singapore)
C Montecucco (Italy)

Dr. Jan Tytgat (Belgium - President, European Section of IST)
Dr. Igor Krizaj (Slovenia - Secretary, European Section of IST)

President Elect (2009-2012): Prof. Gopalakrishnakone (Singapore)

Secretary Treasurer Elect (2009-2012): Prof. Julian White (Australia)