The ISHS Nominations and Awards Committee

The ISHS Nominations and Awards Committee invites the members of the Society, to bring possible candidates for an ISHS Honorary Membership and ISHS Fellowship to the attention of the Society. Nominations should be accompanied by five (5) letters of support, giving reasons why a nominee is considered worthy of an honour; these letters must come from members in no less than three (3) different countries. Nominations must be received by the Executive Director of ISHS at least three months prior to a Council meeting.
The Executive Director will collect the suggestions and will send these, together with the letters of support, to the Nominations and Awards Committee.
The Nominations and Awards Committee (which consists of around 6 persons on a 4 year rotation system) will discuss and select the suggestions that were received and send them with a motivated recommendation to the ISHS Board at least six weeks before a Council meeting.
The Board will discuss the recommendations made by the Nominations and Awards Committee and send the final, motivated nominations to the Council, which will decide who will receive the Awards - following the procedure set in article 3d and 3e of the Rules of Procedure of the ISHS.
The presentation ceremony takes place at the International Horticultural Congress during the General Assembly of the ISHS.

The names of Fellow and Honorary members will forever be included in the membership directory - even after deceased - regardless of the payment of ISHS membership dues. It is required that both Fellows and Honorary Members should pay their ISHS membership dues if they wish to receive full ISHS member services.

Fellow Members

The ISHS Fellow Award will be presented to a person who is a member of ISHS, in recognition of this person's outstanding contribution to horticultural science worldwide. A precious metal pin and a certificate will be given to the recipients of this award. The total number of ISHS Fellows shall not exceed 1% of the total membership, averaged over a period of 4 previous years.

  • Dr. C.D. Brickell (United Kingdom) 2002
  • Dr. Daniel C. Cantliffe (USA) 2006
  • Dr. Abraham A. Halevy (Israel) 2006 (*)
  • Dr. Jules Janick (USA) 2006
  • Dr. Norman E. Looney (Canada) 2006
  • Dr. Silviero Sansavini (Italy) 2002

(*): Deceased

Honorary Members

Honorary Membership of the ISHS will be given by the Council to a person who is a member of the ISHS, in recognition of his/her exceptional service to the Society. A certificate will be given to the recipients of this ISHS Award.

  • Prof. Dr. Uygun Aksoy (Turkey) 2008
  • Dr. C.D. Brickell (United Kingdom) 2002
  • Prof.em.Dr.Dr.h.c. G. Bünemann, (Germany) 1996
  • Prof. Dr. Lyle Craker (USA) 2006
  • Prof. Dr. G. De Bakker, (Netherlands) 1982 (*)
  • Dr. Roger de Vilmorin, (France) 1970 (*)
  • Dr. R.R.W. Folley, (United Kingdom) 1982 (*)
  • Prof.em. Dr. Dr.h.c. Dietrich Fritz, (Germany) 1990
  • Prof. Dr. A. Gentile, (Italy) 1996 (*)
  • Prof. Em. Dr. Masatoshi Iwata, (Japan) 1998
  • Prof. Dr. A. Klougart (Denmark) 1982 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. A. Lecrenier (Belgium) 1974 (*)
  • Dr. U. Menini (Italy) 1996 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. Roar Moe (Norway) 2006
  • Prof. Dr. António A. Monteiro, (Portugal) 2002
  • Dr. Mike Nichols (New Zealand) 2006
  • Prof. Dr. S.A. Paunovic, (Yugoslavia) 1990 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. S.A. Pieniazek, (Poland) 1978
  • Prof. Dr. C.A.M. Portas (Portugal) 2006
  • Dr. J.V. Possingham, (Australia) 2002
  • Prof. Dr. D.W. Robinson (Ireland) 1998 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. Silviero Sansavini (Italy) 2002
  • Prof. Dr. Franco Scaramuzzi, (Italy) 1998
  • Prof. Dr. J.G. Seeley (United States of America) 1992 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. P. Spiegel-Roy, (Israel) 1978
  • Prof. Dr. Peter Tétényi, (Hungary) 1996 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. T.D. Tindall, (United Kingdom) 1990 (*)
  • Dr. F.R. Tubbs, (United Kingdom) 1974 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. H.B. Tukey Jr., (United States of America) 1994
  • Prof. Dr. H.B. Tukey Sr., (United States of America) 1970 (*)
  • Prof. Em. Dr. W.-U. Von Hentig, (Germany) 1996
  • Dr. W.F. Walker, (Australia) 1982 (*)
  • Prof. Dr. S.J. Wellensiek, (Netherlands) 1970 (*)
  • Dr. R.H. Zimmerman, (United States of America) 2002

(*): Deceased

ISHS Medal

An ISHS Medal will - in principle - be mailed (or handed out) to outgoing Chairpersons of Sections, Commissions and Working Groups, and will be presented at the end of ISHS Symposia to Conveners. The Nominations and Awards Committee can propose to award the ISHS Medal to other persons if the Nomination and Awards Committee finds reasons to do so. The Nomination and Awards Committee will send proposals with a recommendation to the Board. The decision to handout an ISHS Medal will rest with the Board. The ISHS medal - a bronze plaque - will be accompanied by a certificate.