Past Leaders
WMA Chairpersons
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 |
Yoram Blachar | 2003-2006 | ISRAEL |
J. Edward Hill | 2007-2010 | USA |
Mukesh C. Haikerwal | 2011-2014 | AUSTRALIA |
Ardis Dee Hoven CV | 2015-2018 | USA |
Frank Ulrich Montgomery CV | 2019-2022 | GERMANY |
Jungyul Park | 2023- | KOREA |
Vice-chair of Council
Name of Vice Chair | Years | Country |
Dag Knutson | 1947-1950 | Sweden |
Pierre Glorieux | 1950-1951 | Belgium |
Elmer L. Henderson | 1951-1952 | USA |
Paul Cibrie | 1952-1955 | France |
Gunnar Gundersen | 1955-1956 | USA |
L. R. Mallen | 1956-1958 | Australia |
L. A. Hulst | 1958-1959 | Netherlands |
Gunnar Gundersen | 1959-1960 | USA |
Felix Worre | 1960-1962 | Luxembourg |
Gerald D. Dorman | 1962-1963 | USA |
L. W. Larson | 1963-1964 | USA |
J. R. Nicholson-Lailey | 1964-1965 | Great Britain |
J. Joncheres | 1965-1970 | France |
H. J. Sewering | 1970-1971 | Germany |
Burt L. Davis | 1971-1972 | USA |
R. R. Winton | 1972-1973 | Australia |
H.A.M. Khan | 1973-1974 | Pakistan |
A. Moniz de Aragao | 1974-1975 | Brazil |
A. G. Boohene | 1975-1977 | Ghana |
R. Castellanos | 1977-1978 | Venezuela |
T. Takemi | 1978-1981 | Japan |
L. L. Wilson | 1981-1982 | Australia |
J. Monier | 1983-1984 | France |
T. Yamazaki | 1985-1986 | Japan |
S. Mishima | 1986-1987 | Japan |
J. Moulin | 1987-1988 | France |
H. Sacher | 1989-1991 | Austria |
J. Moulin | 1992-1994 | France |
T. J. Moon | 1995-2005 | Korea |
N. Hashimoto | 2005-2006 | Japan |
K. Iwasa | 2006-2008 | Japan |
Masami. Ishii | 2009-2014 | Japan |
Frank Ulrich Montgomery | 2015-2018 | Germany |
Mari Michinaga | 2019-2020 | Japan |
Kenji Matsubara | 2020-2022 | Japan |
Tohru Kakuta | 2022- | Japan |