Past Presidents


International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB)

Past Presidents

Reigning yearsPresidentLocation
1959-1963Phillip R. WhiteUniversity Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1963-1970Leon HirthStrasbourg, France
1970-1974Herbert E. StreetLeicester, United Kingdom
1974-1978Trevor A. ThorpeCalgary, Alberta, Canada
1978-1982Akio FujiwaraTokyo, Japan
1982-1986C. E. GreenMinneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
1986-1990Robert A. SchilperoortAmsterdam, The Netherlands
1990-1994Francisco D’AmatoFlorence, Italy
1994-1998Arie AltmanJerusalem, Israel
1998-2002Indra K. VasilOrlando, Florida, U.S.A.
2002-2006Zhi-hong XuBeijing, China
2006-2010Roger N. BeachySt. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.