International Society for the Systems Sciences

"The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) is among the first and oldest organizations devoted to interdisciplinary inquiry into the nature of complex systems, and remains perhaps the most broadly inclusive. The Society was initially conceived in 1954 at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph Gerard, and Anatol Rapoport. In collaboration with James Grier Miller, it was formally established as an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1956. Originally founded as the Society for General Systems Research, the society adopted its current name in 1988 to reflect its broadening scope."


 * Alexander Laszlo, President, 2013-?
 * David Ing, President, 2011-2012

Past Presidents
Accessed April 2012:


 * 1957, 1958 	Kenneth Boulding
 * 1959, 1960, 1961 	Charles McClelland
 * 1962, 1963, 1964 	W. Ross Ashby
 * 1965 	Anatol Rapoport
 * 1966 	Peter J. Caws
 * 1967 	John M. Milsum
 * 1968 	Milton Rubin
 * 1969 	Lawrence Slobodkin
 * 1970 	Bertram Gross
 * 1971 	Stafford Beer
 * 1972 	Margaret Mead
 * 1973 	James G. Miller
 * 1974 	Gordon Pask
 * 1975 	Kjell_Samuelson
 * 1976 	Heinz von Foerster
 * 1977 	Sir Geoffrey Vickers
 * 1978 	Richard Ericson
 * 1979 	Brian Gaines
 * 1980 	Robert Rosen
 * 1981 	George Klir
 * 1982 	John N. Warfield
 * 1983 	Karl Deutsch
 * 1984 	Bela H. Banathy
 * 1985 	John Dillon
 * 1986 	Peter B. Checkland
 * 1987 	Russell L. Ackoff
 * 1988 	Ilya Priogine
 * 1989 	C. West Churchman
 * 1990 	Len R. Troncale
 * 1991 	Howard T. Odum
 * 1992 	Ian I. Mitroff
 * 1993 	Harold_A_Linstone
 * 1994 	J. Donald R. de Raadt
 * 1995 	Ervin Laszlo
 * 1996 	Yong Pil Rhee
 * 1997 	G. A. Swanson
 * 1998 	Bela A. Banathy
 * 1999 	Peter Corning
 * 2000 	Harold G. Nelson
 * 2001 	Michael C. Jackson
 * 2002 	Aleco Christakis
 * 2003 	Kenneth D. Bailey
 * 2004 	Enrique Herrscher
 * 2005 	Debora Hammond
 * 2006 	Kyochi (Jim) Kijima
 * 2007 	Gary Metcalf
 * 2008 	Timothy F. H. Allen
 * 2009 	Allenna Leonard
 * 2010 	Jennifer Wilby

Contact
URL: http://isss.org

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