History of the Society
The Society was organized in 1982 and incorporated in 1991. On December 2, 1982, at the Entomological Society of America meetings in Toronto, Canada, a large group of hymenopterists met to discuss formation of an organization devoted to the study of all aspects of the Hymenoptera. From that embryonic meeting emerged The International Society of Hymenopterists.
Photo courtesy of Lubomir Masner. 1. ?, 2. Dan Sullivan, 3. Lubomir Masner, 4. Ron McGinley, 5. Jim Johnson, 6. ?, 7. Mike Sanborne, 8. Scott Shaw, 9. Arnold Menke, 10. Eric Grissell, 11. Gary Humphrey, 12. Henry Townes, 13. M. MacKauer, 14. Bill Mason, 15. Jim Carpenter, 16. Mike Sharkey, 17. ?, 18. ?, 19. Fred Bennett, 20. Roberta Boyle, 21. Gary Gibson, 22. Al Ritchie, 23. ?, 24. ?, 25. ?, 26. Jeff Cumming, 27. ?, 28. ?, 29. Chris Darling, 30. Norm Johnson, 31. Mike Hamerski, 32. ?, 33. Bert Finnamore, 34. Paul Marsh, 35. Gary Couch, 36. Virendra Gupta, 37. ?, 38. ?, 39. ?, 40. Sylvia Huggert, 41. Lars Huggert, 42. ?, 43. Henri Goulet, 44. Bob Wharton, 45. ?, 46. Steve Heydon, 47. John Huber, 48. Joe Shorthouse, 49. ?, 50. Bruce Bowen.
In 1990, an editorial board, composed of Arnold Menke, John Huber, Mark Shaw, and David Rosen, was elected to search for an editor and in 1991 David R. Smith was selected. The first issue was published in August 1992.
In 1991, the Society held a contest to create a logo. The winning design was submitted by Michael Prentice.
Council / Executive Committee
- President Mike Sharkey: msharkey at uky dot edu
- President-Elect John Heraty: john.heraty at ucr dot edu
- Past President Jim Woolley: jimwoolley at tamu dot edu
- Editor Stefan Schmidt: Hymenoptera at zsm.mwn dot de
- Secretary Andy Deans: andy_deans at ncsu dot edu
- Treasurer Craig Brabant: brabant at entomology dot wisc.edu
- Archivist Katja Seltmann: katja_seltmann at ncsu dot edu
Endowment Committee
- James Woolley
- Andrew Austin
- Brad Vinson
Past Presidents
- Lubomir Masner (1985 to 1987, acting president 1982 to 1985)
- Paul Marsh (1988 to 1992)
- George Eickwort (1992 to 1994)
- Donald Quicke (1994 to 1996)
- Jim Carpenter (1996 to 1998)
- Andrew Austin (1998 to 2000)
- John LaSalle (2000 to 2002)
- Lynn Kimsey (2002 to 2004)
- Denis Brothers (2004 to 2006)
- Mike Schauff (2006 to 2008)
- Jim Woolley (2008 to 2010)
Past Vice Presidents
- Charles Michener (1985 to 1988)
- Zdeněk Bouček (1988 to 1991)
Past Secretaries
- Bob Wharton (1985 to 1988, acting secretary 1982 to 1985)
- Jim Carpenter (1988 to 1992)
- Mike Schauff (1992 to 1996)
- James Woolley (1996 to 2004)
- Michael Gates (2004 to 2008)
Past Treasurers
- Henri Goulet (acting treasurer 1982 to 1985)
- Jim Woolley (1985 to 1988)
- Gary Gibson (1988 to 1994)
- John Huber (1994 to 2004)
- Justin Schmidt (2004 to 2008)
- Joe Fortier (2008 to 2010)
Past Archivists
- Susanne Schulmeister (2008 to 2010)