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Honorary Members

Honorary membership of the ISB is restricted to to a few individuals whose work has made outstanding contributions to the development of Biomechanics.

Emiritus membership may be awarded to individuals who have retired, due to age or illness, from professional employment in biomechanics and who have been active members in good standing of the Society for at least five years.


Honorary Members (alphabetically)


Peter R. Cavanagh, Penn State University, USA

Levan W. Chkhaidze (deceased), Georgian Institute of Physical Culture, RUSSIA

James G. Hay (deceased), University of Iowa, New Zealand

E. Jokl, University of Kentucky, USA

Paavo Komi, University of Jyvaskyla, FINLAND

Hideji Matsui, University of Nagoya, JAPAN

Doris Miller, University of Western Ontario, CANADA

Mitsumasa Miyashita, JAPAN

Chauncey A. Morehouse (deceased), State College , Pennsylvania , USA

Richard C. Nelson, Penn State University, USA

Benno Nigg, University of Calgary, CANADA

Jacqueline Perry, Rancho Los Amigos, USA

Robert Norman, University of Waterloo, CANADA

John Paul, University of Strathclyde, SCOTLAND

David Winter, University of Waterloo, CANADA

Fred Yeadon, Loughborough University, UK