EGS Honorary Membership 1998
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen 

in recognition of his exceptional and wide-ranging contributions to research and education in meteorology and of his invaluable efforts in support of the European Geophysical Society.
 
  Honorary Membership is the most prestigious award of the European Geophysical Society. For 1998 the Council of the EGS elected Professor Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen as Honorary Member because of his achievements in the following areas:

1. his exceptional contributions to geophysical research encompassing the entire field of dynamic meteorology with respect to observation, modelling and theory;

2. his very successful international organizational achievements, e.g., as the first Director of the ECMWF, as Secretary-General of WMO or as initiator of WCP;

3. his notable contributions to meteorological education by his many books and educational programmes;

4. and his important contributions in making the findings of scientific research accessible to the educated public and to build bridges to the general culture.

In addition, Professor Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen served as President of the European Geophysical Society from 1990 - 1992, i.e., at a time when the Society was still in a very unstable situation. 1990 he invited the EGS to Copenhagen, and he made the General Assembly a great success with far more then 1 000 participants.

The Society is very honored to add Professor Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen to the list of its Honorary Members.

Newsletter 67, 36, 1998