Past Present Future Forerunner to the

Past, Present & Future

Forerunner to the ISICR?

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First meeting to discuss the formation of an International Society focused on Interferon research Biology of the Interferon System, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18 -22 April, 1983

Bill Stewart W. E. Stewart II, 'The Interferon System' Springer Verlag 1980

Presidents 1983 - William Stewart, II (USA) 1984 -85 Edward de Maeyer (France) 1986 -87 Ion Gresser (France) 1988 -89 Ernest Borden (USA) 1990 -91 Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy) 1992 -93 Samuel Baron (U. S. A. ) 1994 -95 Sidney Pestka (U. S. A. ) 1996 -97 Robert Friedman (U. S. A) 1998 -99 Bryan Williams (U. S. A. ) 2000 -01 Kathryn Zoon (U. S. A. ) 2002 -03 Keiko Ozato (U. S. A. ) 2004 -05 Howard Young (U. S. A. ) 2006 -07 Otto Haller (Germany) 2008 -09 Eleanor Fish (Canada) 2010 -11 Leonidas Platanias (USA) 2012 -13 Chuck Samuel (USA)

Meetings 1983 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2000 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands*** 1984 - Heidelberg, West Germany 2001 - Cleveland, Ohio 1985 - Clearwater Beach, Florida 2002 - Torino, Italy*** 1986 - Helsinki, Finland 2003 - Cairns, Australia 1987 - Washington, D. C. 2004 - San Juan, Puerto Rico*** 1988 - Kyoto, Japan 2005 - Shanghai, China 1989 - Florence, Italy 2006 - Vienna, Austria*** 1990 - San Francisco, California 2007 - Oxford, UK 1991 - Nice, France 2008 - Montreal, Canada*** 1992 - Toronto, Canada 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal*** 1993 - Tokyo, Japan 2010 - Chicago, Illinois*** 1994 - Budapest, Hungary 2011 - Florence, Italy*** 1995 - Baltimore, Maryland 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland*** Last joint meeting before the merger 1996 - Geneva, Switzerland*** 1997 - San Diego, California 1998 - Jerusalem, Israel*** 1999 - Paris, France ***Joint with International Cytokine Society (ICS)

Honorary Members 1984 - Jean Lindenmann (Switzerland) Yasuiti Nagano (Japan)+ 1985 - Piet De. Somer (Belgium)+ 1986 - Gertrude Henle (U. S. A. ) Werner Henle (U. S. A. )+ 1988 - Karl Fantes (U. K. ) 1989 - Yoshimi Kawade (Japan) 1990 - Norman B. Finter (U. K. ) 1991 - Charles Chany (France) 1993 - David Tyrrell (U. K. ) Julius Youngner (U. S. A. ) 1994 - Kari Cantell (Finland) Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy) 1995 - Jaqueline De. Maeyer-Guignard+ (France) Earle F. Wheelock (U. S. A. ) 1996 - Lois Epstein (U. S. A. ) 1997 - Gerhard Bodo (Austria) Ion Gresser (France) 1998 - Samuel Baron (U. S. A. ) Ernest Knight (U. S. A. ) 1999 - Derek Burke (U. K. ) Edward De. Maeyer (France)+ 2000 - Peter Lengyel (U. S. A. ) 2001 - Thomas Merigan (U. S. A. ) 2002 - Michel Revel (Israel) 2003 - Robert Friedman (U. S. A) Jan Vilcek (U. S. A. ) 2004 - No award given 2005 - Phillip Marcus (U. S. A. ) Kathryn Zoon (U. S. A. ) 2005 - Wolfgang Joklik (U. S. A. ) Sidney Pestka (U. S. A. ) 2007 - Ian Kerr (U. K. ) George Stark (U. S. A. ) + Deceased Honorary Members 33 individuals – 10 countries

1989 - Name changed from: International Society for Interferon Research to: International Society for Interferon & Cytokine Research

Seymour Milstein 1920 -2001

Milstein Awardees 1988 - Tadatsugu Taniguchi (Japan) 2001 - Sidney Pestka (U. S. A. ) 1989 - Michel Aguet (Switzerland) 2002 - David Levy (U. S. A. ) 1990 - Ara G. Hovanessian (France) Ganes Sen (U. S. A. ) Bryan R. G. Williams (Canada) 2003 - John Hiscott (Canada) 1992 - Jordan Gutterman (U. S. A. ) Tom Maniatis (U. S. A. ) Hans Strander (Sweden) 2004 - Ernest Borden (U. S. A. ) 1993 - Ian Kerr (U. K. ) Robert H. Silverman (U. S. A. ) Keiko Ozato (U. S. A. ) 2005 - Nancy Reich (U. S. A. ) 1994 - Charles E. Bugg (U. S. A. ) Menachem Rubinstein/Daniela Novick Yokio Mitsui (Japan) (Joint award-Israel) Tattanahalli L. Nagabhushan (U. S. A. ) 2006 - Michael Gale, Jr. (U. S. A. ) 1995 - Susan E. Krown (U. S. A. ) R. Michael Roberts (U. S. A. ) Takashi Fujita (Japan) 1996 - Paula Pitha-Rowe (U. S. A. ) 2007 - Shizuo Akira (Japan) Robert D. Schreiber (U. S. A. 2008 - Giorgio Trinchieri, (U. S. A) 1997 - James Darnell (U. S. A. ) 2009 - Peter Staheli (Germany); Glen Barber Ian Kerr (U. K. ) (U. S. A. ) George Stark (U. S. A. ) 2010 - Eleanor Fish (Canada); Sergei 1998 - Otto Haller (Germany) Kotenko, (U. S. A. ) 1999 - Michael Katze (U. S. A) 2011 - Doug Hilton (Australia) Adi Kimchi (Israel) 2012 -Jean-Laurent Casanova (U. S. A. ) 2000 - John Kirkwood (U. S. A. ) Moshe Talpaz (U. S. A. ) 43 individuals – 10 countries