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
1989 National Geographic Society
1990 CNN Cable News Network
1991 Amnesty International
1992 Archbishop Desmond Tutu
1993 World Scout Movement
1994 Lucien Matrat : author of the Code of Athens
1995 Editors and staff of the Sarajevo newspaper Oslobodjenje
1996 Al Gore: former US Vice President
1997 Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
1998 Aung San Suu Kyi
1999 Rotary International: Polio Plus Programme
2000 J.K. Rowling
2001 The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Committee
2003 United Nations Department of Public Information
2004 Harold Burson
2005 The Founding Members of IPRA
2006 Transparency International
2007 The Economist
2008 John Graham
2009 Unesco
2010 James & Larissa Grunig
2012 Universidad de San Martín de Porres
2013 Hisham Zaazou: Egypt's Tourism Minister
2014 Muhtar Kent: The Coca Cola Company chairman & CEO
2015 Johan Leuridan Huys: dean Universidad de San Martin de Porres
2016 FEMEN
2017 World Press Photo Foundation
2018 Barca Foundation
2019 Zeit Online
2020 FT Live
2022 30% Club
2023 Dr. Nicole LePera: SelfHealers Circle
2024 Vital Voices
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