Although it is hazardous to select outstanding people for special attention in any discipline, I think it is suitable at this time to honor living members of the society who are still making large contributions (Figure 12).

To start with, we call attention to the career of Helmuth Lansberg.  He combined his work in our ISB society with contributinos in the World Meteorological Organization. He was a successful integrator of two disciplines, publishing a book on Weather and Health (1969). His work from 1930 to 1985 has been reviewed by David Miller (1987).

A completely different field is represented by Dr. B. Givoni from Halfa. In 1958, after years of work in his field, he wrote a book entitled Man, Climate, and Architecture.

I wish to emphasize that a great contributor to the society and to this history is W. Weihe who made a lasting contribution to the society, not only by his vital presentations at the Congresses and in the literature of our field, but especially because he was editor-in-chief of our journal from 1961 to 1982. Much of his personal research was done at high altitude.

Another long-time activist for this society is Wilbur Haufe. He served as president for nine years, and before that was the chair of the section on entomology between 1972 and 1981.

LeRoy Hahn represents yet another field. He has actively contributed to the society in its role of providing good science from 1966 to the present. His field of study is the climate influences on livestock, especially cattle. In addition to his work with many students, and his science contributions, he has had the unenviable position of serving as treasurer of this society from 1999 to 2006. He should receive special thanks for his many conscientious hours devoted to the ISB.

Helmut Lieth was president of the society for many years. He was editor of a very successful biometeorology series published in an attractive form, ending in about 1998. A typical example of these publications is the one for 1995 (Lieth et al. 1995).

A leader in presenting data on animal acclimatization before the society was J. Stolwick of the Pierce Laboratory at Yale University. With other members of that staff he contributed to several of our Congresses.

Several of the early members deserving recognition added to the life of the society for about thirty years and then went on to administrative positions which they still hold. Examples are Jacques LeBlanc, whose lifetime of work is found in the book Man in the Cold (1975). Another is David M. Gates, mentioned earlier, whose two books on the topic of man and his environment (1972) (1993) are classics. A third is Mohamed K. Yousef who has contributed many papers and volumes on biometeorology; his book on Animal Production for the Tropics is unique (1982).

Of course, in this Hall of Fame the hardworking presidents, secretaries, and treasurers of this society must be included. They are listed in following table: