Honorary

Updated September 2026

HONORARY FOUNDING AND HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT

Don Farquharson (CAN) – Founding President
Cesare Beccalli (ITA)
Torsten Carlius (SWE)
Stanley Perkins (AUS)

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

Dr. Hans Axmann (GER)
Serge Beckers (BEL)
Ron Bell (GB/NI)
Jim Blair (NZL)
Hannes Booysen (RSA)
Hari Chandra (SIN)
Bridget Cushen (GB/NI)
José Figueras (URU)
Bob Fine (USA)
Peppo Galfetti (SUI)
Clem Green Q.S.M. (NZL)
Monty Hacker (RSA)
Rex Harvey (USA)
Marina Hoernecke-Gil (ESP)
Ronald Jerneryd (SWE)
Thomas Jordan (USA)
Brian Keaveney (CAN)
Kiyoshi Konoike (JPN)
Wilhelm Köster (GER)
Alistair Lynn (GB/NI)
Dieter Massin (GER)
Cesar Moreno Bravo (MEX)
Lynne Schickert (AUS)
Al Sheahen (USA)
Jacques Serruys (BEL)
Jean Thomas (FRA)

RECIPIENTS OF WMA SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

David Pain (USA) Jul 2011
Al Sheahen (USA) Jul 2011
Rex Harvey (USA) Aug 2015
Cesar Moreno Bravo (MEX) Aug 2015
Pierre Weiss (FRA) Aug 2015
Bob Schickert (Australia) 2022

RECIPIENTS OF WMA HONORARY BRONZE PIN

Hector R. Acosta (URU)
Enno Akkel (EST)
Ian Anderson (NFI)
Albano Ariza (COL)
Kannan Arumugam (SGP)
Bob Banens (AUS)
Leo Benning (RSA)
Colleena Blair (NZL)
Richard Blurton (AUS)
Abdul Razak, Bongsu (BRU)
Jerry Bookin-Weiner (USA)
Dace Brakanska (LAT)
Colin Brown (AUS)
Helena Carvalho (POR)
Chi Cheng (TPE)
Vern Christensen (CAN)
Norm Coop (NZL)
Manuel Cortés (ESP)
Bill Courtney (GBR)
Mauro DeCarly (ITA)
Odette Domingos (BRA)
Barbara Dunsford (GBR)
Inge Faldager (DEN)
Fernando Ferreira (POR)
Carole Filer (GBR)
Karl-Heinz Flucke (GER)
Hossein Gholami (IRI)
Kalle Glomsaker (NOR)
Anne Gormley (IRL)
Jean Gracia (FRA)
Arthur Grayburn (NZL)
Phil Greenwald (USA)
Hannelore Gushmann (BEL)
Prince Hariomataram (INA)
Frederico Hochstatter (BRA)
Rudi Hochreiter (AUS)
Knud Hoyer (DEN)
K. Jacob (MAS)
Brian King (NZL)
Valentyna Krepkina (UKR)
Franz Kropik (AUT)
Juan H. Kulzer (ARG)
Jorge Luis Manrique (PER)
Edia Mardones (CHL)
Vadim Marshev (RUS)
Karel Matzner (CZE)
Marilyn Mitchell (USA)
Takuro Miura (JPN)
Pete Mundle (USA)
Bill Murray (USA)
Fred O’Connor (AUS)
Brian Oxley (CAN)
David Pain (USA)
Knud Erik Pedersen (DEN)
Joseph Yan Kok Peng (SIN)
Wilma Perkins (AUS)
Steve Peters (GBR)
Mary.V. Rosada (USA)
Colette Ruineau (FRA)
Bob Schickert (AUS)
Karin Schön (SWE),
Friedel Schunk (GER)
Michael Serralta (PUR)
Djoko Slamet (INA)
Doug Smith (CAN)
Ivar Soderlind (SWE)
Gordon Staines (GBR)
Ariel Standen (CHL)
Kerry Thew (AUS)
Helen Tobin (NZL)
Jim Tobin (NZL)
Mushin Turkkai (TUR)
Michel van Osch (NED)
Jorge E. Vanegas (COL)
Wivat Vigrantanoros (THA)
Keith Whitaker (GBR)
Karri Wichmann (FIN)

RECIPIENTS OF WMA PIN FOR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICES

Bronze Pin

Claude Hemmer (LUX)
Alex Rotas (GBR)

Silver Pin

Maria Alfaro (MEX)
Leonie Etong (CMR)
Lynne Schickert (AUS)
Sivapragasam Sivasambo (MAS)
Jean Thomas (FRA)