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| Founded: 1966
 Board 1966-1970
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| President | Robert K. MERTON, USA 
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| Secretary | J. BEN-DAVID, Israel |  
| Board 1970-1974
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| President | Robert K. MERTON, USA 
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| Secretary | Albert L. MOK, Netherlandsreplaced in April '73 by
 Peter WEINGART, FRG
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| Board 1974-1978
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| President & Delegate RC
 | J. BEN-DAVID, Israel 
 
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| Vice-President | Gennady DOBROV, USSR |  
| Secretary & Alternate RC
 | Peter WEINGART, FRG |  
| Members | Bernard BARBER, USADiana CRANE-HERVE, France/USA
 Albert L. MOK, Belgium
 Frank PFETSCH, FRG
 Michael MULKAY, England
 Helmut STEINER, GDR
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| Board 1978-1982
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| President  | Peter WEINGART, FRG 
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| Vice-President | Michael MULKAY, England |  
| Secretary  | Jerry GASTON, USA |  
| Members | Yehuda ELKANA, IsraelJanos FARKAS, Hungary
 Vladislav KELLE, USSR
 Rolf KLIMA, FRG
 A. KOWALEWSKI, Poland
 Harriet ZUCKERMAN, USA
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| Board 1982-1986
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| President | Janos FARKAS, Hungary 
 
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| Vice-President | Nico STEHR, Canada |  
| Secretary | Richard WHITLEY, United Kingdom |  
| Members | David BLOOR, United KingdomDaryl E. CHUBIN, USA
 Jerry GASTON, USA
 Karin D. KNORR-CETINA, FRG
 Arie RIP, Netherlands
 Peter WEINGART, FRG
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| Board 1986-1990
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| President | Richard WHITLEY, United Kingdom 
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| Vice-President | Karin D. KNORR-CETINA, FRG |  
| Secretaries | Stuart BLUME, NetherlandsRadhika RAMASUBBAN, India
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| Members | Daryl E. CHUBIN, USAKatriun FRIDJONSDOTTIR, Sweden
 Vojin MILIC, Yugoslavia
 Helga NOWOTNY, Austria
 Pal TAMAS, Hungary
 Peter WEINGART, Germany
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| Board 1990-1994
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| President | Stuart BLUME, Netherlands 
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| Vice-President | Simon SCHWARTZMAN, Brazil |  
| Secretary/Treasurer | Radhika RAMASUBBAN, India |  
| Members | Olga AMSTERDAMSKA, NetherlandsAant ELZINGA, Sweden
 Vojin MILIC, Yugoslavia
 Terry SHINN, France
 Pal TAMAS, Hungary
 Peter WEINGART, Germany
 Dick PELS, Netherlands
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| Board 1994-1998
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| President | Simon SCHWARTZMAN, Brazil   replaced in 1996 by
 Radhika RAMASUBBAN, India
 
 
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| Vice-Presidents | Radhika RAMASUBBAN, India(till 1996)
 Olga AMSTERDAMSKA, Netherlands
 Helga NOWOTNY, Austria
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| Secretary/Treasurer | Marja ALESTALO, Finland   |  
| Members | Aant ELZINGA, SwedenRogers HOLLINGSWORTH, USA
 (till 1996)
 Samuel A. KUGEL, Russia
 Dick PELS, Netherlands
 Fumihiko SATOFUKA, Japan
 Terry SHINN, France
 Peter WEINGART, Germany
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| Editor | Rigas ARVANITIS, Mexico |  
| Board 1998-2002
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| President | Marja HAYRINEN-ALESTALO, Finland 
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| Vice-President | Hebe VESSURI, Venezuela |  
| Secretary | Jaime JIMENEZ, Mexico |  
| Members | Aant ELZINGA, SwedenRogers HOLLINGSWORTH, USA
 Samuel A. KUGEL, Russia
 Maartem A. MENTZEL, Netherlands
 Karel MUELLER, Czech Republic
 Beatriz RUIVO, Portugal
 Fumihiko SATOFUKA, Japan
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| Board 2002-2006
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| President | Jaime JIMENEZ, Mexico 
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| Vice-President | Karel MUELLER, Czech Republic |  
| Secretary | Ralph MATTHEWS Canada |  
| Board Members | Marja HAYRINEN-ALESTALO FinlandAant ELZINGA, Sweden
 Maarten A. MENTZEL, Netherlands
 Hebe VESSURI Venezuela
 Jochen GLÄSER Australia
 Binay K. PATTNAIK India
 Czarina SALOMA Phillipines
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| Board 2006-2010 | Jaime Jiménez, IIMAS, UNAM, México 
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| Vice-President  | Jochen Glaser, Australian National University, Australia |  
| Secretary | Czarina Saloma Akpedonu, Ateneo Manila University, Philippines |  
| Board Members | Maarten A. Mentzel, NetherlandsLaura Cruz Castro, CSIC, Spain
 Duvvuru Jayalakshmi, University of Madras, India
 Paulo Roberto Martins, Brazil
 Torin Monahan, Arizona State University, USA
 Juha Tuunainen, University of Helsinki, Findland
 Hebe Vessuri, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela
 Ralph Matthews, University of British Columbia, Canada
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| Board 2010-2014 | 
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| President | Ralph MATTHEWS, University of British Columbia, Canada 
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| Vice-President | Czarina SALOMA, Ateneo Manila University, Philippines |  
| Secretary | Binay K. PATTNAIK, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India |  
| Board Member | Alice ABREU, BrazilNadia ASHEULOVA, Russia
 Jaime JIMÉNEZ, IIMAS, UNAM, México
 Miwao MATSUMOTO, University of Tokyo, Japan
 Torin MONAHAN, Arizona State University, USA
 Luis SANZ-MENENDEZ, CSIC, Spain
 Juha TUUNAINEN, University of Helsinki, Finland
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