Fellows

Fellows of the Arctic Institute of North America are elected in recognition of significant contributions to the knowledge of polar and/or sub-polar regions. The Institute currently has 146 Canadian Fellows, 108 American Fellows and 26 International Fellows.

The Fellows program was established in May, 1948, and by February, 1949, the Institute had elected 81 Fellows. Some of the names on that initial list of Fellows were: Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd, Dr. Diamond Jenness, Inspector Henry A. Larsen, Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Dr. J.B. Tyrrell, Dr. A.L. Washburn and Sir Hubert Wilkins. Fellows are elected for life.

At this time we are NOT accepting applications for Fellows as the criteria for nominations are being revised.

Canadian Fellows


In the following list of Arctic Institute of North America Canadian Fellows, the year indicates when the person was elected a Fellow. Fellows who wish to have their e-mail or Web addresses included should send them to arctic@ucalgary.ca

Mr. Pita Aatami, 2008 Judge James Igloliorte, 1999
Mr. Gunther Abrahamson*, 1983; Prof. Jack D. Ives, 1966 
Dr. W. P. Adams, 1973 Dr. C. Ian Jackson, 1967
Mr. Joanasie Akumalik, 1999 Dr. Robert Janes, 1984
Mr. John Amagoalik, 1999 Dr. J. P. Johnson, 1972
Mr. Thomas D. Andrews, 1997 Dr. Lionel Johnson, 1994
Mr. D. C. Archibald, 1959 Dr. Peter G. Johnson, 1998
Dr. Charles Arnold, 1992; Dr. Stephen R. Johnson, 1993
Dr. A. W. F. Banfield*, 1956 Mr. G. H. Johnston, 1966
Ms. Barbara Barde, 1997 Mr. T. B. Kilpatrick, 1963
Ms. Claire Barnabe, 1997 Mr. Zacharias Kunuk, 2004
Dr. William Barr, 1978; Mr. Jose Kusugak*, 1999
Dr. Thomas W. Barry, 1976 Mr. Michael Kusugak, 1999
Mr. Tom Beck, 1978 Dr. Antoni Lewkowicz, 1995
Mr. John Kim Bell, 1999 Dr. Olav H. Loken, 1964
Mr. Michael H. Bell, 1974 Mr. Jim Lotz, 1963
Dr. Weston Blake, Jr.*, 1963 Mr. Alan Loughrey, 1958
Dr. Robert M. Bone, 1997 Dr. Wayne Lynch, 1997
Ms. Lorraine E. Brandson, 2008 Dr. J. Ross Mackay*, 1956
Dr. Guy R. Brassard, 1986 Dr. A. H. Macpherson, 1957
Mr. Fred Bruemmer, 1976 Dr. A. W. Mansfield, 1960
Dr. Angus A. Bruneau, 1976 Mr. W. E. Markham, 1978
Dr. C. R. Burn, 1996 Dr. Phillip Marsh, 2002
Dr. Garry K. C. Clarke, 1976 Ms. Constance Martin, 2004;
Dr. Arthur E. Collin, 1963 Dr. Karen McCullough, 1992;
Mrs. G. A. Cooke, 1989 Dr. Robert J. McGhee, 1971
Ms. Elizabeth Copland, 1999 Mr. Frank L. Miller, 1990
Mr. Tagak Curley, 1999 Mr. A. R. Milne, 1964
Mr. Kenneth De La Barre, 1986 Mr. David A. Morrison, 1991
Dr. Bill Doidge*, 2006 Dr. Walter Nassichuk, 1983
Dr. Louis-Jacques Dorais, 2004 Mr. John H. Parker, 1976
Dr. Marianne S. V. Douglas, 1998 Dr. Wayne H. Pollard, 2001
Mr. Lawrence K. Duffy, 2006 Dr. Geoffrey Power, 1963
Ms. Leannie Duffy, 1999 Dr. Vernon N. Rampton, 1988
Dr. Arthur S. Dyke, 1999 Mr. Michael P. Robinson, 1999
Mr. R. Michael Eaton, 1963 Dr. Ernest F. Roots*, 1955
Dr. John England, 1999 Dr. Donald C. Rose, 1955
Mr. Harald W. Finkler, 1993 Ms. Monique Ross, 1999
Ms. Maryantonett Flumian, 1999 Dr. Wayne Rouse, 1999
Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc, 1999 Mrs. Diana M. Rowley*, 1954
Dr. J. A. Fraser, 1960 Dr. Nathaniel W. Rutter, 1973
Dr. J. Keith Fraser, 1960 Dr. Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, 2004
Dr. Milton M. Freeman, 1971 Dr. James M. Savelle, 1993
Dr. Hugh French*, 1984 Mr. Donat Savoie, 1996
Mr. Thomas Frisch, 1986 Dr. P. Schledermann, 1978;
Dr. Konrad Gajewski, 2008 Dr. Charles Schweger, 1989
Mr. Elmer Ghostkeeper, 1997 Ms. Mary Simon, 1999
Dr. Robert Gilbert, 1999 Dr. Thomas G. Smith, 1976
Mr. W. M. Gilchrist, 1963 Dr. John P. Smol, 1993
Mr. David Gill, 1991 Dr. Denis A. St-Onge, 1994
Mr. C. Ross Goodwin, 2011 Dr. John K. Stager, 1992
Dr. Bryan C. Gordon, 1991 Dr. I. Stirling, 1983
Mr. F. C. Goulding Smith, 1983 Dr. Patricia Sutherland, 2008
Dr. E. H. Grainger, 1954 Dr. Josef Svoboda, 1993
Dr. David R. Gray, 1991 Dr. E.J.E. Szathmary, 1989
Dr. Anne Gunn, 1993 Dr. John S. Tener, 1957
Dr. Louis-Edmond Hamelin*, 1964 Dr. John B. Theberge, 1980
Ms. Ann Hanson, 1999 Mr. Donald C. Thomas, 1997
Dr. F. K. Hare*, 1955 Mr. Gerald J. Thompson, 1978
Dr. C. R. Harington, 1964 Dr. Joan Townsend*, 1973
Ms. Lois Harwood, 2004 Dr. Robert O. van Everdingen, 2006
Dr. James W. Helmer, 1995 Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, 2004
Mr. R. A. Hemstock, 1973 Dr. J. R. Weber, 1959
Dr. Greg Henry, 1996 Dr. Robert B. Weeden, 1967
Dr. W. W. Heywood, 1960 Dr. Norman J. Wilimovsky, 1957
Mr. Richard Hill, 1973 Mr. Andy Williams, 2007
Dr. L. V. Hills*, 1980 Dr. Cynthia Wilson, 1972
Mr. George D. Hobson*, 1978

Dr. William C. Wonders*, 1972

Mr. Stuart Hodgson*, 1986

Dr. Ming-ko Woo, 1994

Dr. G. Holdsworth, 1995 Mr. Harold Wright, 2014
Mr. Nick Holowaychuk*, 1978 Dr. Kathy Young, 2008
Mr. Ben Hubert, 1984 Dr. Morris Zaslow*, 1976
  Mr. W. S. Ziegler, 1976
  Mr. John B. Zoe, 1997

 

American Fellows


In the following list of Arctic Institute of North America American Fellows, the year indicates when the person was elected a Fellow. Fellows who wish to have their e-mail or Web addresses included should send them to arctic@ucalgary.ca

Dr. Knut Aagaard, 1973 Dr. Dan Laursen, 1973
Prof. Robert E. Ackerman, 1971 Mr. Jack W. Lentfer, 1978
Dr. Thomas F. Albert, 2000 Dr. George A. Llano, 1958
Dr. Douglas D. Anderson, 1997 Mr. Lloyd F. Lowry, 1985
Dr. John T. Andrews, 1972 Dr. Edna A. MacLean, 1985
Ms. Martha Andrews, 1999 Dr. S. F. MacLean Jr., 1985
Mr. Spencer Apollonio*, 1964 Dr. Keith B. Mather*, 1968
Mr. David F. Barnes*, 1961 Dr. William G. Mattox, 1974
Dr. Roger G. Barry, 1978 Dr. Allen P. McCartney, 1976
Dr. Thomas R. Bender, 1974 Dr. Catharine McClellan, 1971
Dr. Carl S. Benson, 1960 Mr. Ronald K. McGregor, 1976
Dr. Charles R. Bentley*, 1992 Capt. Alfred S. McLaren, 1983
Dr. Lawrence Bliss, 1972 Dr. Mark F. Meier*, 1964
Mr. John R. Bockstoce, 1992 Dr. Charles F. Merbs, 1972
Dr. R. Terry Bowyer, 2002 Dr. Henry N. Michael*, 1964
William L. Boyd, 1978 Dr. Frederick A. Milan, 1979
Prof. Raymond S. Bradley, 1994 Dr. Maynard M. Miller, 1976
Dr. Max C. Brewer*, 1957 Dr. L. K. Miller, 1968
Capt. Lawson W. Brigham, 1995 Dr. William J. Mills, Jr., 1985
Dr. N.W. Ten Brink, 1989 Mr. Charles G. Mull, 1973
Dr. Jerry Brown, 1976 Dr. A. Sathy Naidu, 2000
Dr. Ernest S. Burch, Jr.*, 1974 Dr. David Norton, 1999
Dr. William Burnham, 1998 Mr. Patrick H. O'Neill, 1973
Mr. John J. Burns, 1985 Dr. N. A. Ostenso*, 1963
Dr. Norman A. Chance, 1971 Dr. Samuel I. Outcalt, 1979
Dr. Paul A. Colinvaux, 1978 Mr. Einar S. Pedersen, 1983
Mr. T. Neil Davis, 1978 Dr. Troy L. Pewe*, 1953
Ms. Mary R. Dawson, 1978 Mr. Richard H. Ragle*, 1963
Mr. J. T. Dutro, 1978 Col. Herbert H. Rasche, 1966
Dr. Robert Elsner, 1985 Dr. Robert L. Rausch*, 1953
Mr. Robert C. Faylor, 1963 Dr. Jack N. Rinker, 1967
Dr. Oscar J. Ferrians, Jr., 1972 Dr. William L. Ryan, 1976
Dr. William W. Fitzhugh, 1971 Mr. Donald M. Schell, 1985
Ms. Lydia Fohn-Hansen*, 1956 Mr. John F. Schindler, 1973
Dr. G. E. Folk, Jr., 1978 Dr. Ruth A.M. Schmidt*, 1985
Dr. Robert Fortuine, 1987 Mr. O. G. Simpson, 1977
Ms. Kathryn J. Frost, 1985 Mr. Walter S. Sullivan, Jr.*, 1959
Dr. John Craighead George, 2016  Dr. Robert S. Suydam, 2016
Dr. Nelson Graburn, 2004 Dr. J. C. Tedrow, 1978
Dr. Donn K. Haglund*, 1968 Mr. Lowell Thomas, Jr.*, 1974
Dr. Edwin S. Hall, Jr., 1971 Dr. Larry S. Underwood, 1974
Dr. David M. Hopkins*, 1955 Dr. Norbert Untersteiner*, 1968
Dr. Rita A. Horner, 1978 Dr. H. J. Walker, 1978
Dr. Charles S. Houston, 1973 Dr. Patrick J. Webber, 1978
Dr. Charles C. Hughes, 1961 Ms. Florence R. Weber, 1963
Dr. Kenneth Hunkins*, 1973 Dr. W.F. Weeks, 1974
Dr. Keith M. Hussey, 1978 Dr. George C. West, 1968
Dr. Martin O. Jeffries, 1994 Mr. Robert G. White, 1987
Dr. M. W. Johnson, 1974 Mr. Donald E. Wohlschlag, 1960
Dr. John J. Kelley, 1978 Dr. William R. Wood, 1964
Dr. Brina Kessel, 1978 Ms. Karen W. Workman, 1974
Dr. David R. Klein, 1987 Dr. Oran R. Young, 1995
Mr. Austin Kovacs, 1994 Mr. Steven B. Young, 1974  
Dr. Joseph H. Kravitz, 1976  
Dr. Arthur H. Lachenbruch, 1961  
Dr. Chester Langway, Jr., 1973  
Dr. William S. Laughlin*, 1954   

 

International Fellows 


In the following list of Arctic Institute of North America International Fellows, the year indicates when the person was elected a Fellow. Fellows who wish to have their e-mail or Web addresses included should send them to arctic@ucalgary.ca

Name Country Year Elected
Dr. Christian Vibe Denmark 1950
Dr. Phil N. Nielsen Denmark 1950
Mr. Paul-Emile Victor* French Polynesia 1953
Col. N. A. C. Croft* United Kingdom 1954
Dr. G. Hattersley-Smith* United Kingdom 1955
Prof. Veikko Okko* Finland 1963
Dr. Erkki Palosuo* Finland 1963
Mr. Henrik Hoejmark Denmark 1966
Mr. C. W. Swithinbank United Kingdom 1966
Dr. Kou Kusunoki Japan 1973
Dr. E. K. Fedorov Russian Federation 1976
Dr. EvginiiI Tolstikov Russian Federation 1976
Prof. A. F. Treshnikov Russian Federation 1976
Dr. Boris Yurtsev Russian Federation 1977
Dr. Gunter E. Weller Australia 1978
Prof. Louis Rey Switzerland 1979
Dr. Peter Wadhams United Kingdom 1983
Dr. Adam Watson United Kingdom 1983
Mr. Bent Fredskild Denmark 1986
Prof. Atsumu Ohmura Switzerland 1989
Dr. Gunnar Ostrem Norway 1991
Dr. Hans Rothlisberger Switzerland 1992
Dr. Matti Seppala Finland 1993
Major Jan Erling Haugland Sweden 1997
Mr. Leif Rantala Finland 1999
Dr. Mark A. Nuttall United Kingdom 2002

* = Deceased