WMA History













Chairs of Council


Name of Chair

 Years as Chairs

 Country
NMA Membership
Louis H. Bauer 1947 (organizing meeting) USA
T. Clarence Routley 1947-1951 CANADA
Pierre Glorieux 1951-1952 BELGIUM
Dag Knutson 1952-1955 SWEDEN
L. Garcia Tornel 1955-1958 SPAIN
L. R. Mallen 1958-1960 AUSTRALIA
Gunnar Gundersen 1960-1962 USA
Felix Worre 1962-1964 LUXEMBOURG
Gerald D. Dorman 1964-1965 USA
Leonard W. Larson 1965-1966 USA
Gerald D. Dorman 1966-1968 USA
A. H. Tonkin 1968-1969 SOUTH AFRICA
D. P. Stevenson 1969-1972 UNITED KINGDOM
Burt L. Davis 1972-1973 USA
R. R. Winton

 1973
(filled Davis' resignation)		 AUSTRALIA
André Wynen 1973-1975 BELGIUM
J. Imfeld 1975-1976 SWITZERLAND
A. G. Boohene

 1976
(filled Imfeld's resignation)		 GHANA
A. Moniz de Aragao 1976-1977 BRAZIL
Walpole Lewin 1977-1980 UNITED KINGDOM
L. H. Steen 1980-1982 USA
L. L. Wilson 1983-1984 AUSTRALIA
J. J. Coury 1985-1987 USA
S. Mishima 1987-1991 JAPAN
H. Sacher

 1992
(filled Mishima's illness) 		AUSTRIA
J. Painter 1993-1994 USA
A. Milton 1995-2000 SWEDEN
R. D. Smoak 2001-2002 USA
Y. Blachar 2003-2006 ISRAEL


General Assemblies and Council Sessions of the WMA
Venues of the assemblies
Vice-chairs of council
Eminent persons who graced the Assemblies with their presence


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