Dr. S. G. Gamble: 
In case there is any misunderstanding, there is 
no suggestion that Dr. Löfström should imme- 
diately become inactive. It is our wish that he 
will continue to be as active in photogrammetric 
matters as he has been in the past. 
The second name. we put forward for Honorary 
Membership is M. Georges de Masson d’Autume 
of the French Society of Photogrammetry. Many 
of the leading photogrammetrists here know him 
well and know how he has worked to improve 
photogrammetry in its various aspects. Do you 
accept the name of M. Georges de Masson d’Au- 
tume for Honorary Membership? 
Applause. 
Unfortunately, M. de Masson d’Autume is not pre- 
sent with us, but | would ask a representative of 
the French Society of Photogrammetry to accept 
the honor on his behalf. 
M. Jean Cruset: 
| am sorry that | was unable to get into touch 
with M. Carbonnell, the President of the French 
Society of Photogrammetry, to ask him to thank 
the 1.S.P. Council for the honor which is paid to 
the French Society and to M. Georges de Masson 
d’Autume. 
So, | thank you very much, Mr. President and all 
Members of the I.S.P. Council, and you, all con- 
gressists. Thank you very much, my dear col- 
leagues. 
Item 3. Presentation of Brock Gold Medal and 
von Gruber Awards 
The President then proceeded to the presentation 
of awards. 
Dr. S. G. Gamble: 
We now come to the matter of awards, and, as 
you know, we have two awards. In order, the von 
Gruber Award will come first, and | am going to 
ask the Rector of the International Training Cen- 
ter, Dr. A. J. van der Weele, who is one of the 
judges for this award and who has done most of 
the work that | should have done and with others 
has judged upon the papers presented. | ask him 
to spend a moment explaining the award before 
making the presentation. 
Dr. A. J. van der Weele: 
Ladies and Gentlemen. 
The President asked me in the first place to ex- 
plain the von Gruber Award. | can do that very 
shortly by saying that the qualifications for the 
von Gruber Award shall be that the recipient shall 
have written within the four years immediately 
preceeding the Congress, at which the Award is 
declared, an article of outstanding merit on pho- 
togrammetry or photointerpretation, which shall 
have been judged by the jury to be the best article 
submitted to them. 
It is quite clear that the Award is based on an ar- 
ticle of outstanding merit this time. — We will 
call the name of our candidate now, so that he 
will be able to come forward: Dr. Franz Leberl. 
— Our candidate has written, in the last four 
years immediately preceeding the Congress, a 
number of articles which would merit this Award. 
And | am particularly glad that his field of activity 
is the same as that of the founders of this Award. 
Dr. Schermerhorn and Otto von Gruber, whose 
name has been attached to this Award, have both 
been working in the field of aerotriangulation, in 
fact, using aerial images for determining posi- 
tions. 
Dr. Leberl has extended the same idea by using 
remote sensing, that is, scanning techniques, in 
particular in the field of the radar. He has done 
this in such an excellent way that the jury was 
unanimously of the opinion that he should get 
this Award. 
It seems that, for some reason, a misunderstand- 
ing maybe, he is not present, so the only thing I 
can add now is that | will be glad to present this 
Award consisting of a gold medal and a certificate 
of honor to him as soon as | meet him, and I 
thank you for your attention. 
The President then proceeded to the presentation 
of the Brock Award. 
Dr. S. G. Gamble: 
| think we are going to have more luck with the 
next person to whom we wish to present an 
award. We now turn to the Brock Gold Award, 
and | am going to ask the Secretary General, 
M. Jean Cruset, to announce the winner of that. 
M. Jean Cruset: 
Conformément au désir du récépiendaire de la 
Médaille d'or Brock, désireux de bien comprendre 
mes propos pour pouvoir leur répondre, je ferai 
cette présentation en anglais. Mes amis d'ex- 
pression anglaise voudront bien excuser mes 
erreurs de langage. Quant à ceux qui sont d'ex- 
pression frangaise, ils me pardonneront d'autant 
plus volontiers cette attitude que les traductions 
simultanées sont ici excellentes. The Brock Gold 
Medal is an award offered by Mr. Virgil Kauffman, 
President of the Aero Service Corporation, the 
name being given from the late Brock brothers, 
famous pioneers in the field of photogrammetry. 
The Medal is presented for outstanding contri- 
bution to the development of photogrammetry. 
At its yesterday's meeting, the I.S.P. Council de- 
cided to attribute the Brock Gold Medal Award 
to Prof. Dr. Friedrich Ackermann. 
Friedrich Ackermann studied physics at the Uni- 
versity of Tübingen and geodesy at the University 
of Stuttgart. From 1954 to 1958, he was a scien- 
tific collaborator to Zeiss Aerotopograph, first in 
Munich, then at Oberkochen. From 1958 to 1966, 
he was a lecturer and a senior photogrammetrist 
at the I.T.C., Delft, mainly for aerial triangulation 
and least squares adjustment. From 1966 till 
now, he is a full professor at the University of 
Stuttgart, in the chair of photogrammetry and 
surveying; he also is the Director of the Institute 
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