HONORARY MEMBERS
Honorary Members
Gary Baker | Past President |
Dag Blanck | Director, Swedish Institute for North America Studies |
Gunnar Carlsson | Past President |
Samuel S. Cooley | Past President |
Peter R. Dahlen | Past President |
Charlotte DeWitt | Past President |
Kathy Falk | Former Board and loyal supporter |
Christer Fuglesang | Swedish Astronaut |
Gunnar Hesse | Former Officer |
Sven Holm | Former Board and loyal supporter |
Gloria Ray Karlmark | Little Rock Nine and Swedish resident |
Catharina Kronström | Former Officer, U.S. Commercial Service |
Julie Lindahl | Past President |
John MacPhail | Past President |
Princess Christina Mrs. Magnuson | Club Special Guest |
Donald Merz | Past President |
Svante P. A. Nyman | Former Officer |
Kent Schultz | Former Officer |
Olle Wästberg | Former Swedish MP, Former Swedish Consul General in New York |
Deborah Duerr | Past President |
Jerry Bartlett | Past President |
Bruce Karstadt | Former President and CEO of the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis |
Honorary Members – In Memoriam
Nina Lagergren | Advocate for Raoul Wallenberg’s legacy |
Jade Ekström | Life Member and Member nearly 70 years |
Ingmar Matsgård | Former Officer |
Gunnar Rasmussen | President Emeritus |
Bylaws extract
Article II
Membership eligibility, categories and dues
Section 3
Honorary Members are defined as persons whom may be expected to advance the purpose of the Club, or persons to whom the Club is especially indebted. The Club may elect as its Honorary President the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, upon nomination and approval of the Board by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote. Nominations for other Honorary Members shall be made in writing to the Board. If such a proposal is recommended by the Board by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote, it shall be submitted for a vote by Members at the Annual Meeting of the Club, whereupon a majority vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) shall be required for adoption. Honorary Members shall have the same privileges as other Members of the Club, and are exempt from Club dues.
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