President
ICA's first president was Professor Eduard Imhof, Switzerland, 1961-1964. Previous Presidents have been: 1964-1968 Brig. Dennis Thackwell, United Kingdom. 1968-1972 Professor Konstantin Salichtchev, USSR. 1972-1976 Professor Arthur H. Robinson, USA. 1976-1984 Professor Ferdinand Ormeling, The Netherlands. 1984-1987 Professor Joel Morrison, USA. 1987-1995 Professor Fraser Taylor, Canada .1995-1999 Dr Michael Wood OBE, United Kingdom. 1999-2003 Professor Bengt Rystedt, Sweden. 2003-2007 Professor Milan Konecny, Czech Republic. 2007-2011 Professor William Cartwright, Australia
The current President is Professor Georg Gartner of Austria.
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