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SLL Presidential Addresses

SLL AGM, Presidential Address and Awards 2019. Photo: Michael Eleftheriades

Each President of the Society of Light and Lighting serves for one year. The Society's members gather annually to celebrate the achievements of the Society and the outgoing President, and to welcome the incoming President. Traditionally, this will take place at the end of the Society's AGM in May, as the Presidential Medal is passed on. The new president then delivers their inaugural address, outlining their journey within lighting and their aims for the year ahead.

You can view previous SLL Presidents and recent presidential addresses below:

Helen Loomes – 2023

Andrew Bissell - 2022

Ruth Kelly Waskett - 2021

Bob Bohannon - 2020

Jim Shove - 2019

Iain Carlile - 2018

Richard Caple - 2017

Jeff Shaw - 2016

Liz Peck - 2015

John Aston - 2014

Kevin Kelly - 2013

Iain Macrae - 2012

Peter Raynham - 2011

Alan Tulla - 2010

Stephen Lisk - 2009

Patrick Baldrey - 2008

Stephen Cannon-Brookes - 2006

Geoffrey Cook - 2005

David Burton - 2004
Dr David Carter - 2003
Barrie Wilde - 2002
Mike Simpson - 2001
Professor Malcolm Parry - 2000
Bob Venning - 1999

Lighting Division Chairs:

Anthony Slater - 1998
Ted Glenny - 1997
Paul Ruffles - 1996
Jean Heap - 1995
Iain Maclean - 1994
Hugh Ogus - 1993
Ron Simons - 1992
Alan Wilson - 1991
Lou Bedocs - 1990
David Loe - 1989
Kenneth Scott - 1988
M J E Frye - 1987
Professor Peter Boyce - 1986
Professor J A M Bell - 1985
Margaret Halstead - 1984
P T Stone - 1983
Mark Wood-Robinson - 1982
W N Shires - 1981
Robin Aldworth - 1980
Dr A R Bean - 1979
M B Clark - 1978

IES UK Presidents
M B Clark - 1977
J B Collins -1976
K R Ackerman - 1975
D R H Phillips - 1974
A H Willoughby - 1973
G P Cundall - 1972
C Dykes Brown - 1971
H Hewitt - 1970
J B Harris OBE - 1969
Dr H H Ballin - 1968
H Carpenter - 1967
A H Olson - 1966
Prof R G Hopkinson - 1965
J W Strange - 1964
J S McCulloch - 1963
N Boydell - 1962
W T Souter - 1961
W S Stiles OBE FRS - 1960
H G Campbell - 1959
C C Smith - 1958
E B Sawyer - 1957
Dr W E Harper - 1956
A G Higgins - 1955
E C Lennox - 1954
W R Stevens OBE - 1953
W J Wellwood Ferguson - 1952
J G Holmes  - 1951
L J Davies - 1950
Dr J N Aldington - 1949
J M Waldram - 1948
Dr J W T Walsh OBE - 1947
J S Dow - 1946
H C Weston OBE - 1945
E Stroud - 1944
H F Buckley - 1943
R O Ackerley - 1942
W J Jones - 1941
Prof J T McGregor-Morris - 1940
F C Smith MBE - 1939
Percy Good CBE - 1938
S English - 1937
A Cunnington - 1936
Alfred W Beuttell - 1935
H Hepworth Thompson - 1934
C W Sully - 1933
Haydn T Harrison - 1932
Sir Francis Goodenough CBE - 1931
The Rt Hon The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe TD - 1930
Dr J W T Walsh OBE - 1929
Sir Clifford Paterson OBE FRS - 1928
Sir Duncan Wilson CVO CBE - 1927
C H Wordingham CBE - 1924
Prof Sir John Parsons CBE FRS - 1921
A P Trotter - 1917
Sir William Bennett KCVO - 1914
Prof Silvanus P Thomson FRS - 1909

Find out more about the SLL officer roles and view previous editions of the Society's Annual Report and current SLL Officers

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