Foundation
		The initial organization of IRPA stems from initiatives of the Health Physics Society (USA) through a committee with K.Z. Morgan as its chairman. After several meetings of this committee and correspondence with thousands of persons, it was determined that there existed a strong and almost unanimous desire to form a truly international health physics organization. This led to the calling of a pro tempore general assembly in Paris, France (1964), at which there were 45 official delegates representing 15 health physics or radiation protection societies. Throughout the meeting there was expressed a genuine spirit of cooperation and strong desire to form this international association which was called the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). A constitution was adopted which stated the primary objectives. At this Paris meeting, a provisional Executive Council of IRPA was elected. It was agreed that IRPA would have formal existence when three or more societies representing at least 1000 members had become affiliated with it and that all affiliates prior to December 31, 1965, would be charter members of IRPA. IRPA Pro Tempore Executive Council, Paris, France, Dec. 2, 1964. From Left: Maushart (Germany), Courvoisier (Switzerland), Duhamel (France), Jammet (France), Bonnet-Maury (France) IRPA Pro Tempore Executive Council, Paris, France, Dec. 2, 1964. From Left: Halter (Belgium), Marko (Canada), Maushart (Germany), Courvoisier (Switzerland), Duhamel (France) IRPA Pro Tempore Executive Council, Paris, France, Dec. 2, 1964. From Left: Maushart (Germany), Courvoisier (Switzerland), Duhamel (France), Jammet (France), Bonnet-Maury (France)

YEAR OF ADMISSION OF ASSOCIATE SOCIETIES
		Year of Admission Admitted Societies Total Countries Total Societies 1965 Belgium / Germany / Switzerland / France /Israel / Italy / Japan / Luxemburg / Netherlands / Nordic countries / UK / USA 16 11 1966 Argentina / Austria / Hungary / Philippines 20 15 1968 Czechoslovakia / Yugoslavia 22 17 1969 India / South Africa 24 19 1970 Poland 25 20 1972 Russia 26 21 1976 Australia / Korea / Mexico 29 24 1979 Canada 30 25 1982 Spain 31 26 1984 Ireland 32 27 1988 Greece 33 28 1989 Brazil / China / Peru 36 31 1991 Luxemburg (-) 35 30 1992 Croatia / Cyprus / Egypt / Romania / Slovenia 40 35 1993 Czechoslovakia (-) 39 34 1994 Czech Republic 40 35 1995 Portugal / Slovakia 42 37 1997 Cuba 43 38 1999 Uruguay / Australasian / Algeria / Madagascar 47 41 2000 Turkey 48 42 2002 Lithuania 49 43

IRPA Logo
		The logo which was approved by the 12th Executive Council at Aviemore (June 1974) as the official symbol of IRPA has been designed by the Czechoslovak artist Pavel Sváb (born 1936). The IRPA's symbol has been designed with the idea to convert the negative, suppressive meaning of the warning trifoil into a positive one symbolizing protection, health, prosperity. By repeating the extension of one edge of the segment into a smooth curve in the series of all three segments a new configuration with three arms arises negating by its form and position the repelling meaning of the warning trifoil. If you wish to use the IRPA logo, you can download the Poscript file: IRPA.EPS

ROLF M. SIEVERT AWARD
		Commencing with the 1973 IRPA Congress, each congress has been opened by the Sievert Lecture which is presented by the winner of the Sievert Award. This award is in honour of Rolf M. Sievert, a pioneer in radiation physics and radiation protection. The Sievert Award consists of a suitable scroll, certificate or parchment, containing the name of the recipient, the date it is presented, an indication that the award represents the fact that it honours the memory of Professor Rolf M. Sievert. The recipients of the Sievert Award have been: Year Name Country Prof. Dr. Itsuzo Shigematsu presenting the Sievert Lecture IRPA 10, Monday May 15 2000, Hiroshima, Japan 1973 Prof. Bo Lindell Sweden 1977 Prof. W.V. Mayneord United Kingdom 1980 Dr. Lauriston. S. Taylor USA 1984 Sir Edward Pochin United Kingdom 1988 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jacobi Germany 1992 Dr. Giovanni Silini Italy 1996 Dr. Daniel Beninson Argentina 2000 Prof. Dr. Itsuzo Shigematsu Japan 2004 Dr. Abel J. Gonzalez Argentina

International IRPA Congresses
		Place Country Continent/Region Date Participants 1 Rome Italy W-Europe September 1966 ? 2 Brighton UK W-Europe May 1970 615 3 Washington USA North-America September 1973 ? 4 Paris France W-Europe April 1977 600 5 Jerusalem Israel Asia March 1980 585 6 Berlin Germany W-Europe May 1984 850 7 Sydney Australia Australia April 1988 700 8 Montreal Canada North-America May 1992 1200 9 Vienna Austria W-Europe April 1996 1300 10 Hiroshima Japan Asia 10-19 May 2000 1179 11 Madrid Spain W-Europe 23-28 May 2004

IRPA Regional Congresses
		Date Place Continent/Region 1 1968 Menton, France W-Europe 2 1972 Budapest, Hungary E-Europe 3 1973 Jerusalem, Israel Asia 4 1974 Bombay, India Asia 5 1975 Amsterdam, Netherlands W-Europe 6 1979 Manila, Philippines Asia 7 1979 Köln, Germany W.-Europe 8 1980 Pretoria, South Africa Africa 9 1982 Avignon, France W-Europe 10 1983 Wien, Austria W-Europe 11 1985 March Maastricht, Netherlands W-Europe 12 1986 September Salzburg, Austria W-Europe 13 1987 September Kupari (Dubrovnik), Yugoslavia E-Europe 14 1989 September Visby, Sweden W-Europe 15 1990 December Paris, France W-Europe 16 1993 October Beijing, China Asia 17 1994 June Portsmouth, UK W-Europe 18 1995 September Portoroz, Slovenia E-Europe 19 1995 October Cuzco, Peru South America 20 1997 November Tel-Aviv, Israel Asia 21 1998 May Barcelona, Spain W-Europe 22 1998 October Havana, Cuba North America 23 1999 August Budapest, Hungary E-Europe 24 2001 May Recife, Brazil South America 25 2001 May Dubrovnik, Croatia E-Europe 26 2002 October Florence, Italy W-Europe 27 2002 October Seoul, Korea Asia 28 2003 May Johannesburg, South Africa Africa

Executive Council Meetings
		Preparatory-meetings: Place Country Continent/Region Date   Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA North-America 11-12 June 1964 Paris France W-Europe 30 Nov. - 3 Dec. 1964 Pro tempore General Assembly Los Angeles USA North-America June 1965 Paris France W-Europe 16-17 December 1965 Sterling Forest 18-19 June 1966 EC-meetings:   Place Country Continent/Region Date 1 Rome Italy W-Europe 3 September 1966 2 London UK W-Europe 17-18 April 1967 3 Menton France W-Europe 14-15 October 1968 4 London UK W-Europe 4-5 December 1969 5 Brighton UK W-Europe 1-2 May 1970 6 Brighton UK W-Europe 7 May 1970 7 Geneva Switzerland W-Europe 8-9 September 1971 8 Budapest Hungary E.-Europe 2-6 May 1972 9 Paris France W-Europe 12-13 March 1973 10 Washington USA North-America 8 September 1973 11 Washington USA North-America 14 September 1973 12 Inverness UK W-Europe 6-7 June 1974 13 Amsterdam Netherlands W-Europe 11-12 May 1975 14 San Francisco USA North-America 26-27 June, 1976 15 Paris France W-Europe 21-23 April 1977 16 Paris France W-Europe 29 April 1977 17 Vienna Austria W-Europe 9-10 March 1978 18 Vienna Austria W-Europe 28 Feb. - 2 March 1979 19 Jerusalem Israel Asia 5-7 March 1980 20 Jerusalem Israel Asia 14 March 1980 21 Paris France W-Europe 5-6 March 1981 22 Berlin Germany W-Europe 11-12 January 1982 23 Amsterdam Netherlands W-Europe 7-8 July 1983 24 Berlin Germany W-Europe 5-6 May 1984 25 Berlin Germany W-Europe 11 May 1984 26 Ispra Italy W-Europe 17-18 June 1985 27 Salzburg Austria W-Europe 14-15 September 1986 28 Tokyo Japan Asia 1-2 June 1987 29 Sydney Australia Australia 8-10 April 1988 30 Sydney Australia Australia 15 April 1988 31 Visby Sweden W-Europe 9-10 September 1989 32 Anaheim USA North-America 29 June 1990 33 Montreal Canada North-America 19-20 April 1991 34 Montreal Canada North-America 16-18 May 1992 35 Montreal Canada North-America 22 May 1992 36 Washington USA North-America 4-5 April 1993 37 Portsmouth UK W-Europe June 1994 38 Johannesburg South Africa Africa 19-21 February 1995 39 Vienna Austria W-Europe 13-16 April 1996 40 Vienna Austria W-Europe 19 April 1996 41 Washington USA North-America 4-5 April 1997 42 Barcelona Spain W-Europe 30-31 May 1998 43 Southport UK W-Europe 14-18 June 1999 44 Hiroshima Japan Asia 14-15 May 2000 45 Hiroshima Japan Asia 19 May 2000 46 Paris France W-Europe 22-24 September 2000 47 Recife Brazil South-America 29 April - 1 May 2001 48 Tampa USA North-America 14-15 June 2002 49 Johannesburg South Africa Africa 4-6 May 2003

Executive Council Members
		1966 - 1970 1970 - 1973 President Mr. MORGAN Mr. MARLEY Vice-President Mr. NISHIWAKI Mr. POLVANI Vice-President for Congress Affairs Mr. MARLEY Mr. PALMITTER Executive Officer Mr. BONET-MAURY Mr. HORAN Treasurer Mr. COURVOISIER Mr. COURVOISIER Publications Director Mr. SNYDER Mr. SNYDER Council Members Mr. POLVANI Mr. NISHIWAKI Mr. HORAN Mr. JAMMET Mr. LINDELL Mr. LINDELL Mr. MARKO Mr. FEIGE Mr. BENINSON Mr. GOPAL-AYENGAR Mr. BOZOKY Mr. BOZOKY   1973 - 1977 1977 - 1980 President Mr. POLVANI Mr. PALMITTER Vice-President Mr. PALMITTER Mrs. BEEKMAN Vice-President for Congress Affairs Mr. JAMMET Mr. SCHLESINGER Executive Officer Mr. HORAN Mr. HORAN Treasurer Mr. COURVOISIER Mr. COURVOISIER Publications Director Mr. SNYDER Mr. SNYDER Council Members Mr. NISHIWAKI Mr. SOMAN Mr. LISTER Mr. LISTER Mr. KLENER Mr. KLENER Mr. COWPER Mr. JACOBS Mrs. BEEKMAN Mr. COWPER Mr. BOZOKY Mr. BRESSON   1980 – 1984 1984 - 1988 President Mrs. BEEKMAN Mr. CARTER Vice-President Mr. COWPER Mr. JACOBS Vice-President for Congress Affairs Mr. KAUL Mr. ROSEN Executive Officer Mr. BRESSON Mr. BRESSON Treasurer Mr. COURVOISIER Mr. HUNZINGER Publications Director Mr. LAKEY Mr. LAKEY Council Members Mr. CARTER Mr. BENCO Mr. JACOBS Mr. JOHNSON Mr. KLENER Mr. MEINHOLD Mr. OSBORN Mr. OSBORN Mr. SCHLESINGER Mr. SCHLESINGER Mr. SOMAN Mr. NISHIWAKI   1988 - 1992 1992 - 1996 President Mr. LAKEY Mr. MEINHOLD Vice-President Mr. MEINHOLD Mr. OSBORNE Vice-President for Congress Affairs Mr. GAUVIN Mr. DUFTSCHMID Executive Officer Mr. HUYSKENS Mr. HUYSKENS Treasurer Mr. HUNZINGER (1989) / Mr. MAUSHART (1989) Mr. MAUSHART Publications Director Mr. TILL Mr. WEBB Council Members Mr. BENCO Mr. KOGA Mrs. FITCH Mrs. FITCH Mr. MAUSHART (1988) Mrs. KUSAMA Mr. OSBORNE Mr. LOCHARD Mr. UZZAN Mr. UZZAN Mr. NISHIWAKI Mr. MASSÉ   1996 - 2000 2000 - 2004 President Mr. DUFTSCHMID Mr. WEBB Vice-President Mr. WEBB Mr. METCALF Vice-President for Congress Affairs Mrs. KUSAMA Mr. ARRANZ Executive Officer Mr. HUYSKENS Mr. LOCHARD Treasurer Mr. MAUSHART Mr. MASSÉ Publications Director Mr. METCALF Mr. GRIFFITH Council Members Mr. KOGA Mr. KATO Mr. CANCIO Mr. CANCIO Mr. MASSÉ Mr. MILLS Mr. LOCHARD Mr. TOUZET Mr. VALENTIN Mr. VALENTIN Mr. MILLS Mr. WERNLI

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