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D.C. Drucker •
M. Hetényi •
J.H. Meier •
F.G. Tatnall •
A.J. Durelli •
M.M. Leven •
W.M. Murray •
T.J. Dolan The highest honor bestowed by the
Society for Experimental Mechanics is the designation of
Honorary Member, with a limit of ten living honorary members at any given time. From the first naming of
Francis G. Tatnall as an Honorary Member in 1953 to the introduction of the rank of Fellow in 1975, a total of nine Honorary Members had been named. The inaugural class of Fellows consisted of all of the Honorary Members to that time with the exception of
Max M. Frocht who had died the year before. The bylaws have since stipulated that anyone named Honorary Member who was not already named Fellow would be automatically given this distinction, although only
Raymond D. Mindlin has since been named Fellow and Honorary Member in the same year. ==1976==