Honorary Fellows
The title of Honorary Fellow is granted to highly distinguished Society members who have made exceptional leadership, innovative or technical contributions that have significantly advanced the AHS and the vertical flight community during their career. The granting of Honorary Fellows is in perpetuity, and a certificate and life membership in the Society is given to each Honorary Fellow elected. No more than two such awards are given in any single year.
Award winners
2012 - Arthur Linden, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Ret.) and Prof. Akira Azuma, University of Tokyo (Ret.)
2011 - Albert Winn, former Vice President Attack Helicopter Programs, Boeing Military Aircraft Division (Ret.); David Matuska, CH-53K Chief of Test, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and M.E. "Rhett" Flater
2010 - Larry F. Plaster, The Boeing Company
2009 - John M. Davis and Kenneth L. Lauck
2008 - Dr. Inderjit Chopra and Roy G. Fox
2007 - Michael D. Blake and Dr. E. Robert Wood
2006 - Barry J. Baskett and Thomas E. Laux
2005 - Edwin W. Aiken and Somen Chowdhury
2004 - Dr. Tomoari Nagashima and Cecil Richardson
2003 - John R. Murphey and Akira Sato
2002 - Roger A. Krone and David J. Weller
2001 - Harry Pember and Myron Michael Kawa, Jr
2000 - George T. Singley, III and S. Michael Hudson
1999 - Marc Sheffler and Motoi Yoshiwaka
1998 - Gary F. Rast and Dr. Andrew Z. Lemnios
1997 - Webb F. Joiner and William J. Snyder
1996 - Dr. Jing Yen and Robert D. Powell
1995 - Robert J. Huston and Gary P. Smith
1994 - Dean C. Borgman, Emmett Knight and John Shaw
1993 - Dev Banerjee and Allen Schoen
1992 - Dean E. Cooper and Barnes McCormick
1991 - Walter G.O. Sonneborn and William W. Walls Jr.
1990 - W. Euan Hooper and Kenneth Rosen
1989 - Julian L. Jenkins Jr. and Andrew H. Logan
1988 - Thomas L. House and Andrew W. Kerr
1987 - Paolo Bellavita and William Kuczynski
1986 - David S. Jenney and Richard B. Lewis
1985 - Kenneth Amer and Fred Smith
1984 - Jack G. Real and Robert Zincone
1983 - William J. Crawford, III and Raymond W. Prouty
1982 - James F. Atkins and Wieslaw Z. Stepniewski
1981 - MG Story C. Stevens, USA and John B. Wheatley
1980 - Charles C. Crawford Jr., Franklin D. Harris and Dr. W. Laurence LePage
1979 - Leon L. Douglas and Evan A. Fradenburgh
1978 - Jan M. Drees and Dr. Alfred Gessow
1977 - Edward S. Carter Jr., Richard L. Wernicke and Alfred L. Wolf
1976 - Heinrich K. Adenstedt, Wayne Wiesner and Harry Lounsbury
1975 - Harry T. Jensen and Rene Mouille
1974 - Dr. Richard Carlson and Dr. William P. Jones
1973 - Robert R. Lynn and Robert J. Tapscott
1972 - Edward Katzenberger and Dr. Gerhard Sissingh
1971 - Charles W. Ellis, Charles L. Morris and Hans Weichsel, Jr.
1970 - Bernard Lindenbaum and Robert A. Wagner
1969 - Harvey Gaylord and Dr. Henry R. Velkoff
1968 - Dr. James A.J. Bennett and Charles M. Seibel
1967 - Woodrow L. Cook and Ralph B. Lightfoot
1966 - Dr. Robert G. Loewy and John P. Reeder
1965 - Charles W. Kuehne and Herbert M. Toomey
1964 - Ralph P. Alex and Joseph Mashman
1963 - Michael E. Gluhareff and Robert Strange
1962 - LTG Hamilton H. Howze, US and Don Ryan Mockler
1961 - Bartram Kelley and Clarence W. Moore
1960 - John O. Emmerson and Igor I. Sikorsky
1959 - Carlyle C. Agar and BG William B. Bunker, USA
1958 - Rene H. Miller and COL Robert Williams, USA
1957 - Jean Ross Howard and S. Paul Johnston
1956 - Jackson E. Beighle and Freidrich L. Von Doblhoff
1955 - Anton Flettner and CMDR William G. Knapp, USN
1954 - Floyd Carlson
1953 - Kurt H. Hohenemser and Dimitry D. Viner
1952 - Lawrence D. Bell and Bernard L. Whelan
1951 - BG Clayton C. Jerome
1950 - Stanley Hiller, Jr. and Charles H. Kaman
1949 - L. Welch Pogue and Clarence H. Belinn
1948 - Boris P. Labensky
1947 - Frank N. Piasecki
1946 - Dr. Alexander Klemin
1945 - CMDR Frank Erickson, USCG and Arthur M. Young
1944 - COL H. Franklin Gregory, USAF and Igor I. Sikorsky