IARC DIRECTORS AND COUNCIL CHAIRS

IARC DIRECTORS

John Higginson (1966–1981)

Lorenzo Tomatis (1982–1993)

Paul Kleihues (1994–2003)

Peter Boyle (2004–2008)

Christopher Wild (2009–present)

GOVERNING COUNCIL CHAIRS

E.J. Aujaleu, France (1965–1967)

R.J.H. Kruisinga, Netherlands (1968–1970)

J.A.B. Gray, United Kingdom (1971–1973)

N.N. Blokhin, Soviet Union (1974–1975)

S. Halter, Belgium (1976–1977)

H. Voigtländer, Federal Republic of Germany (1978–1979)

R. Vannugli, Italy (1980–1981)

G.T. O’Conor, USA (1981–1983)

B.P. Kean, Australia (1984–1985)

E. Somers, Canada (1986–1988)

H. Danielsson, Sweden (1989–1990)

J.K. Huttunen, Finland (1991–1992)

H. Voigtländer, Germany (1993–1994)

B. Mørland, Norway (1995–1996)

A. Adams, Australia (1997–1998)

T. Zeltner, Switzerland (1999–2000)

D. Dunstan, United Kingdom (2001–2002)

J. Larivière, Canada (2003–2004)

J.W. Hartgerink, Netherlands (2004–2006)

L.E. Hanssen, Norway (2007–2010)

P. Puska, Finland (2011–2013)

M. Palmer, United Kingdom (2014–present)

SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL CHAIRS

O. Mühlbock, Netherlands (1965)a

W.R.S. Doll, United Kingdom (1966–1967)

H. Hamperl, Federal Republic of Germany (1967)

I. Berenblum, Israel (1968)

P.F. Denoix, France (1969)

N.N. Blokhin, Soviet Union (1970)

C.G. Schmidt, Federal Republic of Germany (1971)b

R. Latarjet, France (1972)

D.W. Van Bekkum, Netherlands (1973)

B.E. Gustafsson, Sweden (1974–1975)

G.L. Ada, Australia (1976)

A.C. Upton, USA (1977)

S. Eckhardt, Hungary (1978)

K. Munk, Federal Republic of Germany (1979)

J. Miller, Australia (1980)

M. Tubiana, France (1981)

J. Cairns, United Kingdom (1982)

N.E. Gray, Australia (1983–1984)

A.B. Miller, Canada (1985)

H.J. Evans, United Kingdom (1986)

B.K. Armstrong, Australia (1987)

R. Simard, Canada (1988)

R. Monier, France (1989)

E.J. Saksela, Finland (1990)

A.J. McMichael, Australia (1991–1992)

L.G. Israels, Canada (1993)

T. Sanner, Norway (1994–1995)

A.C. Green, Australia (1996)

A.R. Sarasin, France (1997)

J.C. Barrett, USA (1998)

H.E. Blum, Germany (1999)

J.L. Hopper, Australia (2000)

C. Bonaïti-Pellié, France (2001)

M. Aguet, Switzerland (2002)

L.K. Borysiewicz, United Kingdom (2003–2004)

J.D. Potter, USA (2005–2006)

B. Ponder, United Kingdom (2007–2008)c

J. Siemiatycki, Canada (2009)

H. Comber, Ireland (2010)

E.J. Rivedal, Norway (2011)

I. Frazer, Australia (2012)

M. Melbye, Denmark (2013–2014)

C. Ulrich, Germany (2015)

                                                

a First meeting of the Scientific Committee.

b Elected chair after the death of J.H.F. Maisin.

c Could not attend; was replaced by the vice-chair (J. Siemiatycki, Canada, in 2007 and E. Ron, USA, in 2008).