Officers of the Biodeterioration Society, latterly the International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society.
The present terms of office of Presidents were established by Harold Rossmore, in order that a serving president would be present at each triennial symposium. One year as President–Elect (Vice President), three years as President and two years as Immediate Past President. There are exceptions; Jimmy Walker served for an extended term and Malcolm Greenhalgh a shorter one.
Honorary Secretaries initially looked after all administration, meetings and membership (together with the Hon. Treasurer). In the early years, meetings in the UK were cheap and cheerful in that free meeting rooms could often be provided in Members’ Universities and Government Institutions, lunch catering was available without special arrangements and meeting fees were kept very low. A day meeting (2 or 3 each year) would run from about 10.30 to 16.30, have a lunch break and have 6-8 speakers plus a discussion session. Attendance was usually 20-40 members, including some locals from the host institution. Venues used for such Scientific (and also Council) meetings included Aston University, Hatfield Polytechnic, Preston Polytechnic (Harris College), Phillip Lyle Memorial Lab (Tate and Lyle) at Reading University, Long Aston Research Station, Polytechnic of the South Bank, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Forest Products Research Station, Commonwealth Mycological Institute.
In later years, separate Meetings Secretaries, Membership Secretaries and Publicity Officers (the latter only until 2001) were created to spread the increased workload and demands on individual Council Members.
1970 – 1971: President: H J (Bill) Bunker, Hon. Secretary: John Elphick, Hon. Treasurer: Neil Butler
1971 – 1973: President: Henk Hueck, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Allsopp, Hon. Treasurer: Neil Butler
1973 – 1975: President: Howard Eggins, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Allsopp, Hon. Treasurer: Neil Butler
1975 – 1977: President: Tom Oxley, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Allsopp, Hon. Treasurer: Ken Seal
1977 – 1979: President: Dennis Allsopp, Hon. Secretary: Brian Hollingsworth, Hon. Treasurer: Ken Seal
1979 – 1981: President: Arthur Lloyd, Hon. Secretary: Brian Hollingsworth, Hon. Treasurer: Glyn Morton
1981 – 1983: President: Neil Smith, Hon. Secretary: Joan Maw, Hon. Treasurer: Glyn Morton
1983 – 1985: President: David Houghton, Hon. Secretary: Joan Maw, Hon. Treasurer: Graham Lloyd
1985 – 1987: President: Glyn Morton, Hon. Secretary: Joan Maw, Hon. Treasurer: Ken Seal
1987 – 1989: President: Brian Flannigan, Hon. Secretary: Joan Smith (1988), Joan Kelley, Hon. Treasurer: Alistair Ingleby
1989 – 1991: President: Harold Rossmore, Hon. Secretary: Joan Kelley, Hon. Treasurer: Alastair Ingleby (1990)/Brian McCarthy
1991 – 1993: President: Joan Kelley, Hon. Secretary: Paul Cook, Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
1993 – 1994: President: Joan Kelley, Hon. Secretary: Paul Cook, Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
1994 – 1996: President: Fernando Laborda, Hon. Secretary: Paul Cook, Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
1996 – 1998: President: Malcolm Greenhalgh, Hon. Secretary: Paul Cook/Sue Surman, Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
1998 – 2000: President: Judith Kinderlerer, Hon. Secretary: Sue Surman, Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
2000 – 2003: President: Jimmy Walker, Hon. Secretary: Steve Percival, John Gillatt (from June 2001), Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
2003 – 2006: President: Hans-Curt Flemming, Hon. Secretary: John Gillatt, Hon. Treasurer: Brian McCarthy
2006 – 2009: President: Joanna Verran, Hon. Secretary: John Gillatt, Hon. Treasurer: Kath Whitehead
2009 – 2012: President: Chris Gaylarde, Hon. Secretary: John Gillatt, Hon. Treasurer: Kath Whitehead, Malcolm Greenhalgh (temporary replacement), Jeremy Webb
2012 – 2014: President: Geoff Robson, Hon. Secretary: John Gillatt, Hon. Treasurer: Jeremy Webb
2014 – 2017: President: John Gillatt, Hon. Secretary: Chris Gaylarde, Hon. Treasurer: Jeremy Webb
2017 – 2020: President: Brenda Little, Hon. Secretary: Chris Gaylarde, Hon. Treasurer: Jeremy Webb
1985 – 1987: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: John Mills
1987 – 1989: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: John Mills (1988)
1989 – 1992: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: Brian Crook
1992 – 1995: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: Brian Crook
1995 – 1997: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: Pamela Simpson
1997 – 1998: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: Natasha Karpovich-Tate
1998 – 2001: Membership Secretary: Diane Band, Publicity Officer: Graham Hill
2001 – 2006: Membership Secretary: Kath Whitehead
2006 – 2010: Membership Secretary: Lawrence Staniforth
2010 – 2015: Membership Secretary: John Gillatt
2015 – 2017: Membership Secretary: David Sawtell
Up to 1973, the duties of the Programme Secretary were included in those of the Society Hon. Secretary.
1973 – 1978: Richard Tilbury
1978 – 1981: Alan Barr
1981 – 1983: J Ford
1984 – 1990: Christine Gaylarde
1990 – 1993: Robert Edyvean
1993 – 1996: Iwona Beech
1996 – 1999: Jimmy Walker
2000 – 2006: Jo Verran
2006 – 2010: Jimmy Walker
2010 – 2014: Diego Moreno
2014 – 2017: Asuncion de los Rios and Ana Garcia Ruiz
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