Honorary Members and Benefactors

IGS Honorary Members

IGS Honorary Membership is an award given to a person who has made a vast and long-term commitment to the Society and its aims. This award is bestowed by the IGS Council to a limited number of persons on the basis of distinguished position, scientific achievement, outstanding service to the Society, or major contributions to the promotion of geosynthetics and their applications.

Name	Country	Year Awarded
Prof. Masami Fukuoka*	Japan	1989
Mr. Gert den Hoedt*	The Netherlands	1994
Dr. J.P. Giroud	France	2002
Dr. R. K. Rowe	Canada	2006
Dr. Robert Koerner*	USA	2008
Mr. Peter E. Stevenson*	USA	2010
Dr. Ennio Marques Palmeira	Brazil	2012
Dr. Ing. Daniele Cazzuffi	Italy	2014
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka	Japan	2014
Dr. Ian Peggs	USA	2018

*deceased

IGS Benefactors

Benefactors are individuals or organizations who voluntarily contribute a minimum of US $ 200 annually to the Society. The IGS recognizes and thanks the companies and individuals listed below who have so generously contributed to the IGS.

Name	Country	Company	Benefactor Since
Mr. Vadim Boubnovsky	Russia	OJSC “494 UNR”	2003
Nigel Wightman	Hong Kong	Aquaterra Consultants Limited	2012
Mr. Graham Fairhead	Australia	Fabtech	2012
Tijl Pieter de zwart	Thailand	Ceteau BV	2012
Mr. Mike Wittmann	South Africa	Aquatan (PTY) Ltd.	2013
Mr. Torki M. Al Nashwan	Saudi Arabia	Rowad International Geosynthetics Co. Ltd.	2013
Ms. Elif Callan	Turkey	Geomas	2014
Zailong Xia	China	Ningbo Honghuan Geotextile Co. Ltd	2014
Mr. Dinh Quang Thanh	Vietnam	Vietnam Geotextiles Joint Stock Company	2015
Mr. Juan Pablo Broissin Lopez	Mexico	Individual	2016
Mr. Dinesh Kanodia	India	Manas Geo Tech India Pvt Ltd	2016
Mr. Peter Riegl	Austria	Individual	2016
Mr. Boyd Ramsey	USA	Individual	2017