Event class: president, society, elected, association, member, became, american, served, royal, institute

Events with high posterior probability

Keith Dunstan	An enthusiastic commuter and recreational cyclist, he was the founding president of the Bicycle Institute of Victoria (1974 -- 78).
Winifred Frost	Frost remained a staff member at the Freshwater Biological Association until she died in 1979.
Robert Wilson (engineer)	In 1857 he became a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Lewis H. Morgan	He was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1879.
Orval Hobart Mowrer	In 1954 Mowrer held the position of president of the American Psychological Association.
John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley	For some years he was an active member of the Conservative Monday Club, joining in 1982 and was the next year appointed chairman of the Club's Foreign Affairs Committee as well as joining their Executive Council.
Francis Xavier Dercum	He was president of the American Neurological Association in 1886, and was a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Edward Percival Wright	Wright was the Secretary of the Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association the Royal Geological Society of Ireland and a member of the Dublin Microscopical Club and president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1900 -- 02).
William Mitchell Ramsay	Knighted in 1906 to mark his distinguished service to the world of scholarship, Ramsay also gained three honorary fellowships from Oxford colleges, nine honorary doctorates from British, Continental and North American universities and became an honorary member of almost every association devoted to archaeology and historical research.
Giuliana Tesoro	Other committees she was a part of include : the Fiber Society, founder/president in 1974, the American Chemical Society, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, the American Institute of Chemists, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Tom Iredale	Iredale returned to Australia in 1923 and was elected a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in the same year.
Marjorie Barnard	She joined the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1935, of which Flora Eldershaw was President for a couple of terms.
T. J. Richards	He served for many years as a coachbuilding judge at Sydney Royal Shows and was in 1908 elected president of the Coachbuilders' and Wheelwrights' Society and was a prominent member of the Chamber of Manufactures, Australian Natives' Association, Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and the Master Carriage and Waggon Builders' Association.
George W. Joy	He became a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1895.
Bernard D. H. Tellegen	The Australian Institute of Radio Engineers appointed Tellegen an honorary life member in 1953.
Pietro Porcinai	In 1948 in Cambridge he was one of the 17 founder members of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).
Donald Ross (golfer)	Ross was a founding member and first president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, which was formed at Pinehurst in 1947.
James Forrest (engineer)	In 1859 he was made Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Martin Seligman	Seligman was elected President of the American Psychological Association for 1998.
Kenji Utsunomiya	Utsunomiya was elected as the president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in April 2010.
Thomas Cowherd	He became President of the Brantford Branch Bible Society, President of the Brantford Mechanic's Institute and Literary Association, a school trustee, and was elected as a town councillor in 1869.
Richard Stone	aspx Cambridge Econometrics, was founded in 1978 with Stone as its first honorary president.
Christopher Fettes (environmentalist)	During that period he revived the Irish Anti-Vivisection Society and the Esperanto Association of Ireland, became an Irish citizen in 1970, and founded the Vegetarian Society of Ireland and was Secretary of the European Vegetarian Union.
Carlos Varsavsky	He was the founder and first director of the Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy, founded in 1964, and President of the Association of Physics in Argentina.
Arthur Ernest Morgan	By 1910 he had founded his own firm and become an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Samuel B. Pettengill	He was a trustee of the Vermont Historical Society and was one of the founders of the Grafton Historical Society in 1962 and its President for the next ten years.
Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood	He was an active member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and, from 1978, a member of the Nature Conservancy Council.
Princess Chichibu	After the Prince's death of tuberculosis in 1953, Princess Chichibu became president of the Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, honorary president of the Britain-Japan Society, the Sweden-Japan Society, and an honorary vice president of the Japanese Red Cross.
Benjamin Lee Whorf	In 1936, Whorf was appointed Honorary Research Fellow in Anthropology at Yale, and he was invited by Franz Boas to serve on the committee of the Society of American Linguistics (later Linguistic Society of America).
Han Sai Por	In 2001, Han was the founding President of the Sculpture Society (Singapore) and remains its Honorary President.
Harry Greenway	He was President of the Association of British Riding Schools (ABRS) for many years until 2002.
Theodore N. Ely	By 1911 Ely was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Franklin Institute, the American Philosophical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, other technical and scientific associations, vice-president of the American Academy in Rome and an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, president of the Eastern Railroad Association, a member of the executive committee of the American Railway Association and of the permanent commission of the International Railway Congress.
Ahmet Vefik Alp	He obtained his registration from Texas, US in 1984 as ` Professional Architect' and became a member of the Texas Society of Architects.
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke	He was a founder of The American Chemical Society and served as its President, 1901.
Ralegh Radford	In 1972 he received the gold medal of the Society of Antiquaries of London, of which he was a Fellow ; he held many honorific posts, at various times President of the Prehistoric Society, Royal Archaeological Institute and Society for Medieval Archaeology.
Tony Book	As of 2008 Book is retired, but holds two honorary positions ; he is Honorary President of Manchester City and Life President of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club.
Thomas Graves Law	He was one of the founders, in 1886, of the Scottish History Society, and acted as its honorary secretary.
Walter Weston	After returning to England during the First World War, Weston settled in London and became an active member of the Alpine Club of Great Britain, the Japan Society of London (serving on its council), and the Royal Geographical Society, which in 1917 awarded him its Back Grant for his work in Japan.
William Sharp (homeopath)	He re-established the Bradford Philosophical Society and in 1840 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society after reading a paper to the Birmingham meeting of the British Association.
William Richard O'Byrne	Recognition for O'Byrne's work came from the Royal United Service Institution, and in 1857 he was specially elected a member of the Athenæum Club.
Richard Quain	He was also a fellow and vice-president of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society and the Medical Society of London, as well as President of the Harveian Society of London (1853) and fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.
Joseph Lalor	In 1861, he became the 7th President (and first Irish President) of the British Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane.
William John Macquorn Rankine	He was a founding member, and first President of the Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1857.
Theodore C. Blegen	He served two terms as president, was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1963, and for more than twenty years served on the Society's executive committee.
Raja Zarith Sofia	She is the Royal Patron of Oxford University Malaysia Club (beginning Michaelmas 2011).
Kenjiro Shoda	After World War II, he was elected the first Chairman of the Mathematical Society of Japan in 1946.
Sydney Allard	Allard founded the British Drag Racing Association, launched in June 1964, and served as its President.
John Elder (shipbuilder)	In 1869 he was unanimously chosen president of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, but died before he could take office.
John Tudno Williams	He sat on the translating panel for the New Testament section of Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd (The Revised New Welsh Bible) from 1975 onwards and was secretary of the Theological Branch of the University of Wales's Guild of Graduates for 36 years.
Hereward Kesteven	He was appointed honorary zoologist to the Australian Museum in 1926 and wrote articles for the publications of the Museum, the Linnean Society of New South Wales and the Royal Society of New South Wales.
Charles Allen Duval	He was one of the first members to be elected to the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts in 1859 and was also one of the first members of the Brasenose Club along with Charles Halle and Edwin Waugh.
Chester Starr	In 1974 he became the first president of the American Association of Ancient Historians.
Tom Mann	In 1896 he was beaten in the election for Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers.
Abdur Rahman Hye	He received his architecture degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1951 and was admitted to the membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
James Walker (Australian politician)	A fellow of the Institute of Bankers in London since 1886 and vice-president of the Australian Economic Association, he also continued as a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society and a councillor of St Andrew's College at the University of Sydney.
John Terraine	He was for many years a member of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies ; he had been awarded the Institute's Chesney Gold Medal in 1982.
David West (artist)	He was elected a Member of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour on 19 February 1908 and exhibited extensively at the Society's Annual Exhibitions and also those of The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.
A. G. L. Shaw	In 1987 he was elected President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, and also served as a member of their Finance, Fellowship, Speakers and Editorial committees.
Carl Einar Pelander	Pelander was one of the founders of New York City's Finnish-American Stamp Club in 1935 and was the first member to be named an Honorary Life Member.
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington	In 1957 he became the first president of the Georgian Group of Edinburgh, later the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland.
William Guthrie Packard	He was named President in 1929 and later served as president of the American Association of Law Book Publishers.
Will Ashton	He was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, a Vice-President of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society, and a member of the Society of Artists in Sydney, being awarded its medal in 1944.
Juan de Dios Filiberto	A vigorous advocate of Copyright Law, he was a founding member of the Argentine Society of Authors and Music Composers (SADAIC), in 1936.
Laurence Dudley Stamp	The Town Planning Institute elected him to honorary membership in 1944.
William Simpson (artist)	In 1874, he was elected an Associate of the (soon to be Royal) Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg	During his years of architectural practice, he was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, having joined in 1920.
Rolla C. Carpenter	He was president of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers in 1898.
Tom Clarke (politician)	Clarke has long been a strong supporter of British film making and was an Assistant Director of the Scottish Council for Education Technology and was also the President of the British Amateur Cinematographers Central Council in 1971.
Lal Mia	He had also been unanimously elected President of the Writer's Guild of Pakistan in 1961 for his immense patronage of literature.
Peter le Page Renouf	Renouf was elected in 1887 president of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, to whose Proceedings he was a constant contributor.
James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne	Since 1999, he has been also president of the North Yorkshire County Scout Council, patron of the North Yorkshire Branch of the British Red Cross, as well as member of the court of the University of York and the University of Hull.
Edward B. Evans	Evans became a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1875.
Pauline Maier	Maier was the 2011 President of the Society of American Historians (SAH), an affiliate of the American Historical Association.
Joseph Dey	After retirement, Dey held the honorary position of Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for 1975.
Roger Hetherington	He was elected a first class member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1960 and later became a member emeritus.
Judith Shapiro	She was elected in 2003 to membership in the prestigious American Philosophical Society, joining 728 distinguished members nationally in the oldest learned society in the United States.
George John Vulliamy	He became a member of the Royal Archæological Institute in December 1848, and acted as secretary for some time.
John B. Magruder	Along with many of this fellow officers who served in Mexico, he became a member of the Aztec Club of 1847.
Murray Barnson Emeneau	Emeneau served as president of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in 1949 as well as serving as editor of the Society's journal, Language.
Alexander Gibb	In 1936 he became President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and in the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Naomi Meara	She was a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), where she served as president of the Counseling Psychology Division, Division 17 (1989).
Robert Elliott-Cooper	He was also elected president of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1923.
William Coles Finch	In 1897, Coles Finch read a paper at the British Association of Waterworks Engineers meeting at the Town Hall, Westminster, London on Electrical Water Level Recorders.
Jonathan Vaughters	In February 2009, Jonathan Vaughters was elected president of the International Association of Professional Cycling Groups (AIGCP).
Peter Willis	At the annual dinner of the Durham County Referees' Society, held at Bishop Auckland Town Hall on 23 November 2002, Willis was honoured with a life membership of the Referees' Association.
William Overend Priestley	He was president of the Obstetrical Society of London 1875 -- 6, and was a vice-president of the Medical Society of Paris.
Andrew Cowper	A member of the Australian Jockey Club and Sydney Turf Club, Cowper died at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, on 25 June 1980.
Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar	She was appointed a Trustee of the BBC World Service Trust in 2002, and is President of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Frederick Hollyer	He was a member of the Solar Club and became one of the Founder Members of the Professional Photographers' Association in 1901.
James Little (physician)	In 1877, he was present at the inaugural meeting in Dublin which established of the Dublin branch of the British Medical Association, proposing a resolution in favour of the project.
Derek Fuller Wrigley	Wrigley was awarded Life Fellowship of the DIA in 1980, he is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and holds a Diploma of Architecture from the College of Art and Design, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Arthur de Carle Sowerby	Sowerby was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Zoological Society, a member of the RAS North China Branch and also President -LSB- 1928 -RSB- of the China Society of Science and Arts (in Shanghai), as well as being Honorary Director of the Shanghai Museum.
John Dewey	In 1899, Dewey was elected president of the American Psychological Association.
Magnus Magnusson	He was elected President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, for a five-year period, at their 94th AGM in October 1995, succeeding Max Nicholson.
Hubert Shirley-Smith	During 1968 Shirley-Smith was president of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering and helped to arrange the first joint-conferences of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Penny Chenery	In 1983, she became the first woman elected as a member of The Jockey Club and has also served as a member of the judges' panel for the Dogwood Dominion Award.
John Henderson (1860?1924)	He exhibited until 1924 at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, the Royal Scottish Academy, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours.
Robert Hutton	For many years he was the honorary secretary and later honorary treasurer and was responsible for most of the work involved when the Society became a registered charity in 1959.
Henry Conybeare	Conybeare returned to England, and was elected as a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers on 2 December 1856.
Fred Pooley	In 1973 he became president of the Royal Institute of British Architects for two years.