Division for the History of Science and Technology (IUHPST)

Councils of DHS and DHST since 1947

Dates Officers Assessors
2021-2025

President: Marcos Cueto (Brazil)

President Elect: Janet Browne (USA)

First Vice-President: Takehiko Hashimoto (Japan)

Second Vice-President: Hasok Chang (UK)

Secretary-General: Liesbeth De Mol (France)

Treasurer: Milada Sekyrková (Czech Republic)

Assistant Secretary-General: Thomás Haddad (Brazil)

Xingbo Luo (China)

Michela Malpangotto (France)

Jahnavi Phalkey (India)

Maria Rentetzi (Germany)

Sergey Shalimov (Russia)

Hamish Spencer (New Zealand)

2017-2021

President: Michael Osborne (USA)

President Elect: Marcos Cueto (Brazil)

First Vice-President: Angela Creager (USA)

Second Vice-President: Luiz Carlos Soares (Brazil)

Secretary-General: Catherine Jami (France)

Treasurer: Milada Sekyrková (Czech Republic)

Assistant Secretary-General: Takehiko Hashimoto (Japan)

Gregory Good (USA)

Gavan McCarthy (Australia)

Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian (India)

Maria Rentetzi (Greece)

Sergey Shalimov (Russia)

Liba Taub (UK)

2013-2017

President: Efthymios Nicolaidis (Greece)

President Elect: Michael Osborne (USA)

First Vice-President: Lesley Cormack (Canada)

Second Vice-President: Jean Gayon (France)

Secretary-General: Catherine Jami (France)

Treasurer: Jeffrey Hughes (UK)

Assistant Secretary-General: Annette Vogt (Germany)

Takehiko Hashimoto (Japan)

Frank James (UK)

Maija Kallinen (Finland)

Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian (India)

Luiz Carlos Soares (Brazil)

Sun Xiaochun (China)

2009-2013

President: Liu Dun (China)

Past President: Ronald Numbers (USA)

First Vice-President: Paolo Brenni (Italy)

Second Vice-President: Mike Osborne (USA)

Secretary-General: Efthymios Nicolaidis (Greece)

Treasurer: Catherine Jami (France)

Assistant Secretary-General: Karine Chemla (France)

Ana Rosa Barahona Echeverría (Mexico)

Frank James (UK)

Alexey Postnikov (Russia)

Pablo Lorenzano (Argentina)

Annette Vogt (Germany)

Michio Yano (Japan)

2005-2009

President: Ronald Numbers (USA)

Past President: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Turkey)

First Vice-President: Liu Dun (China)

Second Vice-President: Fabio Bevilacqua (Italy)

Secretary-General: Efthymios Nicolaidis (Greece)

Treasurer: Ida Stamhuis (Netherlands)

Assistant Secretary-General: Eva Vamos (Hungary)

Lesley Cormack (Canada)

Ubiratan d’Ambrosio (Brazil)

Mahmoud Hafez (Egypt)

Catherine Jami (France)

Alexey Postnikov (Russia)

Michio Yano (Japan)

2001-2005

President: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Turkey)

Past President: Bidare Venk Subbarayappa (India)

First Vice-President: Vladimir Kirsanov (Russia)

Second Vice-President: Liu Dun (China)

Secretary-General: Juan José Saldaña (Mexico)

Treasurer: Efthymios Nicolaidis (Greece)

Assistant Secretary-General: Fabio Bevilacqua (Italy)

Kirsti Andersen (Denmark)

Mohammed Bagheri (Iran)

Roman Duda (Poland)

Carlos Galles (Argentina)

Mahmoud Hafez (Egypt)

Chikara Sasaki (Japan)

1997-2001

President: Bidare Venk Subbarayappa (India)

Past President: Robert Fox (UK)

First Vice-President: Mirko Grmek (France)

Second Vice-President: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Turkey)

Secretary-General: Robert Halleux (Belgium)

Treasurer: Liba Taub (UK)

Assistant Secretary-General: Fabio Bevilacqua (Italy)

Mohammed Bagheri (Iran)

Roman Duda (Poland)

Carlos Galles (Argentina)

Vladimir Kirsanov (Russia)

Mahmoud Hafez (Egypt)

Chikara Sasaki (Japan)

1993-1997

President: Robert Fox (UK)

Past President: William Shea (Canada)

First Vice-President: Rafaella Simili (Italy)

Second Vice-President: Mary-Jo Nye (USA)

Secretary-General: Robert Halleux (Belgium)

Treasurer: David King (Germany)

Assistant Secretary-General: Helge Kragh (Denmark)

S.M.R. Ansari (India)

Mohammed Bagheri (Iran)

Chen Meidong (China)

Ubiratan D’Ambrosio (Brazil)

Shuntaro Ito (Japan)

Vassili Kirsanov (Russia)

Juan José Saldaña (Mexico)

1990-1993

President: William Shea (Canada)

Past President: Paolo Galluzzi (Italy)

First Vice-President: Robert Fox (UK)

Second Vice-President: Hans Wussing (Germany)

Secretary-General: Tore Frängsmyr (Sweden)

Treasurer: David King (Germany)

Assistant Secretary-General: Mario Hormigon (Spain)

S.M.R. Ansari (India)

Shuntaro Ito (Japan)

Tsun Ko (China)

Mary-Jo Nye (USA)

Juan José Saldaña (Mexico)

N. Ustinov (USSR)

1986-1989

President: Paolo Galluzzi (Italy)

Past President: Erwin Hiebert (USA)

First Vice-President: S.R. Mikulinsky (USSR)

Second Vice-President: Christoph Scriba (FRG)

Secretary-General: William Shea (Canada)

Treasurer: Julio Samso (Spain)

Assistant Secretary-General: Hans Wussing (GDR)

Pierre Dugac (France)

Li Peishan (China)

Bidare Venk Subbarayappa (India)

1982-1985

President: Erwin Hiebert (USA)

Past President: A.T. Grigorian (USSR)

First Vice-President: Olaf Pedersen (Denmark)

Second Vice-President: Eric G. Forbes, Christoph Scriba (FRG)

Secretary-General: William Shea (Canada)

Treasurer: Julio Samso (Spain)

Assistant Secretary-General: Hans Wussing (GDR)

Stefan Balan (Romania)

Bidare Venk Subbarayappa (India)

1978-1981

President: A.T. Grigorian (USSR)

Past President: René Taton (France)

First Vice-President: Erwin Hiebert (USA)

Second Vice-President: Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli (Italy)

Secretary-General: Eric G. Forbes (UK)

Treasurer: Olaf Pedersen (Denmark)

Assistant Secretary-General: Ahmad Yousef Al-Hassan (Syria)

Stefan Balan (Romania)

Frank Greenaway (UK)

1975-1977

President: René Taton (France)

Past President: Joseph Needham (UK)

First Vice-President: A.T. Grigorian (USSR)

Second Vice-President: Erwin Hiebert (USA)

Secretary-General: Frank Greenaway (UK)

Treasurer: Olaf Pedersen (Denmark)

Bogdan Suchodolski (Poland)

Masao Watanabe (Japan)

1972-1974

President: Joseph Needham (UK)

First Vice-President: A.T. Grigorian (USSR)

Second Vice-President: René Taton (France)

Secretary-General: Frank Greenaway (UK)

Treasurer: Olaf Pedersen (Denmark)

Eugeniusz Olszewski (Poland)

Masao Watanabe (Japan)

1969-1971

President: I. Bernard Cohen (USA)

First Vice-President: Boris Kedrov (USSR)

Second Vice-President: Luigi Belloni

Secretary-General: René Taton (France)

Treasurer: Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning (Netherlands)

Assistant Secretary-General: J. Smolka

Eugeniusz Olszewski (Poland)

Joseph Needham (UK)

1965-1968

President: Vasco Ronchi (Italy)

First Vice-President: I. Bernard Cohen (USA)

Second Vice-President: A.T. Grigorian (USSR)

Secretary-General: René Taton (France)

Treasurer: Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning (Netherlands)

Bogdan Suchodolski (Poland)

William D.M. Paton (UK)

1962-1965

President: Vasco Ronchi (Italy)

First Vice-President: I. Bernard Cohen (USA)

Second Vice-President: A.T. Grigorian (USSR)

Secretary-General: René Taton (France)

Treasurer: Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning (Netherlands)

Assistant Secretary-General: Rosemarie Ferenczi (France)

Akira Kobori (Japan)

William D.M. Paton (UK)

1959-1962

President: Vasco Ronchi (Italy)

First Vice-President: Richard Shryock (USA)

Second Vice-President: Josep Maria Millàs Vallicrosa (Spain)

Secretary-General: René Taton (France)

Treasurer: Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning (Netherlands)

Assistant Secretary-General: Rosemarie Ferenczi (France)

A.N. Figurovsky (USSR)

Willy Hartner (FRG)

1956-1959

President: R.J. Forbes (Netherlands)

First Vice-President: W.H. Schopfer (Switzerland)

Second Vice-President Vasco Ronchi (Italy)

Secretary-General: René Taton (France)

Treasurer: Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning (Netherlands)

Frederic Simon Bodenheimer (Israel)

Richard Shryock (USA)

1953-1956

President: Louis de Broglie (France)

First Vice-President: W.H. Schopfer (Switzerland)

Second Vice-President: Herbert Dingle (UK)

Secretary-General: Petre Sergescu (Romania),

René Taton (France)

Treasurer: Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning (Netherlands)

René Taton (France)

G. Ucelli (Italy)

1950-1953

President: George Sarton (USA)

First Vice-President: Dorothea Waley-Singer (UK)

Second Vice-President R.J. Forbes (Netherlands)

Secretary-General: Petre Sergescu (Romania)

Treasurer: Johan Adriaan Vollgraff (Netherlands)

Jean Pelseneer (Belgium)

René Taton (France)

1947-1950

President: Charles Singer (UK)

First Vice-President: A. Reymond (Switzerland)

Second Vice-President George Sarton (USA)

Secretary-General: Petre Sergescu (Romania)

Treasurer: Johan Adriaan Vollgraff (Netherlands)

Assistant Secretary-General: Pierre Brunet (France)

S. Lilley (UK)

Jean Pelseneer (Belgium)