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ASAO HONORARY FELLOWS

Honorary Fellows are elected by the ASAO membership in recognition of their distinguished contributions to the field of social anthropology in Oceania.

Clicking on a linked name will bring you to the nomination letter for that fellow.
The "(d.)" identifies deceased fellows.

Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi (2024)
Dan Jorgensen (2024)
Naomi McPherson (2023)
Serge Tcherkézoff (2023)
Hūfanga ʻOkusitino Māhina (2022)
Margaret Jolly (2021)
Laurence Carucci (2021)
Penelope Schoeffel (2020)

David Counts (d.) (2020)

Martha MacIntyre (2019)
Maualaivao Albert Wendt (2019)
Richard Feinberg (2016)
Judith Huntsman (2016)
Malama Meleisea (2016)
Jan Rensel (2015)
Kathryn Creely (2014)
Richard Scaglion (2013)
Michael Lieber (2012)
Bruce Knauft (2012)
Francis Hezel (2012)

Dorothy Counts (d.) (2011)

Mac Marshall (2010)
Debora Gewertz (2010)
Frederick Errington (d.) (2010)

Roy Wagner (d.) (2010)

Robert Tonkinson (d.) (2009)

Ben Finney (d.) (2008)

Alan Howard (2007)

Robert Kiste (d.) (2006)

Eugene Ogan (d.) (2006)

William Clarke (d.) (2006)

Marilyn Strathern (2004)

Ann Chowning (d.) (2004)
Torben Monberg (d.) (2001)

Robert Levy (d.) (2001)

Marshall Sahlins (d.) (1998)

Paula Glick (d.) (1998)

Maurice Godelier (1997)

Annette Weiner (d.) (1997)

Renee Heyum (d.) (1993)

Laura Thompson (d.) (1990)

William Davenport (d.) (1989)

Kenelm Burridge (d.) (1988)

James Watson (d.) (1988)

Jane Goodale (d.) (1988)

Ward Goodenough (d.) (1985)

Peter Lawrence (d.) (1980)

Cyril Belshaw (d.) (1979)

Saul Riesenberg (d.) (1979)

Ian Hogbin (d.) (1977)

Katherine Luomala (d.) (1976)

William Lessa (d.) (1976)

Reo Fortune (d.) (1976)

A.P. Elkin (d.) (1974)

Harry Maude (d.) (1974)

Leonard Mason (d.) (1974)

Margaret Mead (d.) (1972)

Kenneth Emory (d.) (1972)

Homer Barnett (d.) (1972)

Raymond Firth (d.) (1971)

Gregory Bateson (d.) (1971)

Douglas Oliver (d.) (1971)