Honorary Membership Award
Honorary Membership in the Society is given to a distinguished ecologist who has made exceptional contributions to ecology and whose principal residence and site of ecological research are outside of The United States and Canada. Up to three awards may be made in any one year until a total of 20 living Honorary Members is reached.
| Year | Full Name | Last Name | ESA Bulletin | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Richard Hobbs | Hobbs | Link | University of Western Australia, Australia |
| 2015 | Stuart E. Bunn | Bunn | Link | Griffith University, Australia |
| 2013 | Christian Körner | Körner | Link | University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2012 | Richard Shine | Shine | Link | University of Sydney, Australia |
| 2011 | Marten Scheffer | Scheffer | Link | Wageningen University, Netherlands |
| 2007 | Marilyn Ball | Ball | Link | Australian National University, Australia |
| 2006 | Suzanne Milton | Milton | Link | University of Stellenbosh, South Africa |
| 2005 | Erkki Haukioja | Haukioja | Link | University of Turku, Finland |
| 2002 | Carlos Herrera | Herrera | Link | University of Seville, Spain |
| 2001 | Madhav Gadgil | Gadgil | Link | India |
| 2000 | Norman Owen-Smith | Owen-Smith | Link | University of Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| 1999 | John Robert Lewis | Lewis | Link | United Kingdom |
| 1998 | Henri Decamps | Decamps | Link | Toulouse, France |
| 1997 | J. Philip Grime | Grime | Link | Sheffield University, United Kingdom |
| 1996 | Stephan Ulfstrand | Ulfstrand | Link | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 1995 | Zbigniew Maciej Gliwicz | Gliwicz | Link | Warsaw University. Poland |
| 1993 | Enrique H. Bucher | Bucher | Link | University of Cordoba, Argentina |
| 1992 | Syunro Utida | Utida | Link | Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1990 | Juan Carlos Castilla | Castilla | Link | Las Cruces Marine Station, Chile |
| 1988 | Leonid Efimovich Rodin | Rodin | Link | U.S.S.R. |
| 1988 | José Sarukhán Kermes | Sarukhan | Link | National University of Mexico |
| 1987 | Ramón Margalef | Margalef | Link | University of Barcelona, Spain |
| 1987 | Ernesto Medina | Medina | Link | Institute for Scientific Research, Venezuela |
| 1986 | Jaroslav Hrbácek | Hrbácek | Link | Academy of Sciences, Czechoslovakia |
| 1986 | Makoto Numata | Numata | Link | Chiba University, Japan |
| 1985 | Sir Thomas Richard Edmund | Edmund | Link | University of Oxford, England |
| 1985 | Eduardo Hugo Rapaport | Rapaport | Link | Fundacion Bariloche, Argentina |
| 1985 | Heinrich Walter | Walter | Link | University of Hohenheim, Germany |