The CIB Constitution defines the category of Honorary Membership as follows:

“Honorary Members are natural persons who are appointed as honorary member by the Board by virtue of the special contribution they have made to CIB over the years in promoting international building research in the widest sense of the word.”

As of June 2016 the list of distinguished individuals to have received this accolade is as follows (in alphabetical order):

Philip Arctander, Denmark, Danish Building Research Institute. President of CIB
Peter S. Barrett, United Kingdom, University of Salford. Commission and Theme Coordinator, President of CIB
Gerard Blachère, France, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment. President of CIB
V. Cervenka, Czech Republic, VUVA. Vice‐President of CIB
John R. Duncan, New Zealand, Building Research Association of New Zealand. President of CIB
J. van Ettinger, The Netherlands, Bouwcentrum. President of CIB
J. de Geus, The Netherlands. Secretary General of CIB
L.M. Giertz, Sweden. Vice‐President of CIB
Å. Hallquist, Norway, Norwegian Building Research Institute
F.M. Lea, United Kingdom, Building Research Establishment. President of CIB
R.F. Legget, Canada, Institute for Research in Construction. President of CIB
B. Lewicki, Poland. Commission Coordinator
Andre Marini, France. Founding President of CIB
John McCarthy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, President of CIB
Rodney Milford, South Africa, Construction Industry Development Board. President of CIB
D. Mohan, India, Central Building Research Institute. Vice‐President of CIB
H. Motteu, Belgium. Treasurer of CIB, Commission Coordinator
V.J. Ovsyankin, (former) USSR. Vice‐President of CIB
Gyulya Sebestyén, Hungary. Secretary General of CIB, President of CIB
Dr. L.R. Shaffer, USA, Department of the Army. Commission Coordinator
P.H. Thomas, United Kingdom, Fire Research Station. Commission Coordinator
K.L. de Vries, The Netherlands, Bouwcentrum. Treasurer of CIB, Commission Coordinator
Jelle Witteveen, the Netherlands, TNO. President of CIB

As with the list of Presidents and Secretary Generals, up until the nineties the tradition of the times was to provide initials but not first names, so we would be very grateful if anyone is able to help us complete this list with full names.