IRF Man of the Year – List of Recipients
1951
Romulo O’FARRILL Sr
MEXICO
1952
Malte JACOBSSON
SWEDEN
1953
Charles BERRY
SOUTH AFRICA
1954
Thomas J MAHONEY
CANADA
1955
J BRITSCHGI
SWITZERLAND
1956
Louis de CARLI
ARGENTINA
1957
K G R AHLBÄCK
FINLAND
1958
Samuel T TOLON
CUBA
1959
Luigi TOCCHETTI
ITALY
1960
Michizo KISHI
JAPAN
1961
Werner MACKENROTH
GERMANY
1962
Eduardo DIBOS
PERU
1963
George KNAPP
NEW ZEALAND
1964
Vicente MORTES
SPAIN
1965
Hellmuth SWIETELSKY
AUSTRIA
1966
Rex M WHITTON
USA
1967
Fernando BELAUNDE TERRY
PERU
1968
J A L SHAW
AUSTRALIA
1969
Francis C TURNER
USA
1970
Haile Giorgis WORKNEH
ETHIOPIA
1971
Cohn BUCHANAN
UNITED KINGDOM
1972
Eliseu RESENDE
BRAZIL
1973
Süleyman DEMIREL
TURKEY
1974
KarI OLSEN
NORWAY
1975
CharIes W GILCHRIST
CANADA
1976
Désiré BONI
IVORY COAST
1977
Nicolas E MANASSEH
LEBANON
1978
Roger COQUAND
FRANCE
1979
Gaiichi TOGASHI
JAPAN
1980
Bernardo QUINTANA ARRIOJA
MEXICO
1981
H.E. Sheikh Hussein MANSOURI
SAUDI ARABIA
1982
Ifeanyi OSILI
NIGERIA
1983
CarI-OIof TERNRYD
SWEDEN
1984
Antonio SORECA
ITALY
1985
Thomas D LARSON
USA
1986
Yves LEPORTZ
FRANCE
1987
Dato’ S SAMY VELLU
MALAYSIA
1988
Ernst E KNOLL
GERMANY
1989
H.E. Dr Nasser M Al SALLOUM
SAUDI ARABIA
1990
Mohamed KABBAJ
MOROCCO
1991
Dr Sadamu MINO
JAPAN
1992
Atalay COŞKUNOĞLU
TURKEY
1993
Neelie KROES
NETHERLANDS
1994
Gordon Y S WU
HONG KONG
1995
Jan STRASKY
CZECH REPUBLIC
1996
Arthur Y CHEN
CHINESETAIPEI
1997
Dean CARLSON
USA
1998
Migel MUÑOZ-MEDINA
SPAIN
1999
Bud SHUSTER
USA
2000
Rustam R YUNUSOV
UZBEKISTAN
2001
lan HEGGIE
UNITED KINGDOM
2002
Robin DUNLOP
NEW ZEALAND
2003
Günther ZIETLOW
GERMANY
2004
Loyola DE PALACIO
SPAIN
2005
Christina Malmberg CALVO
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2006
Chunxian ZHANG
CHINA
2007
H.E. Abdullah A. AL-MOGBEL
SAUDI ARABIA