The highest recognition of notable and outstanding professional achievement presented by ITE is election to Honorary Membership. Since 1933 when the first Honorary Member was selected, only 100 individuals have been so honored.
Date Elected: 2026
Employer: Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
Date Elected: 2026
Employer: University of Texas at Austin
Browse previous Honorary Members by decade. Select a decade to view the full list.
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Miller | 2025 | Consultant |
| Jeffrey Paniati | 2025 | FHWA and ITE |
| Peter Yauch | 2025 | Iteris, Inc. |
| Bruce Belmore | 2024 | KGS Group |
| Kumares Sinha | 2024 | Purdue University |
| Dalene J. Whitlock | 2024 | W-Trans |
| Alfred A. Guebert | 2023 | AAGuebert & Associates Consulting, Inc. |
| Ransford S. McCourt | 2023 | DKS Associates |
| Earl E. Newman | 2023 | City of Springfield, Missouri |
| Jenny L. Grote | 2022 | GroTrans Engineering, LLC |
| Zaki Mustafa | 2022 | |
| Robert C. Wunderlich | 2022 | Texas A&M Transportation Institute |
| Peter T. McCombs | 2020 | Consultant |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth H. Voigt | 2018 | Ayres Associates |
| Marsha Anderson Bomar | 2017 | Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID) |
| John J. Kennedy | 2017 | VHB |
| W. Hibbett Neel | 2017 | Neel-Schaffer, Inc. |
| Thomas Deen | 2014 | Transportation Research Board |
| Weston S. Pringle, Jr. | 2014 | Weston Pringle & Associates |
| Richard T. Romer (awarded posthumously) |
2014 | Orth-Rodgers & Associates Inc. |
| Dennis L. Christiansen | 2010 | Texas Transportation Institute |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel B. Fambro (awarded posthumously) |
2009 | Texas A&M University |
| Brian S. Bochner | 2007 | Texas Transportation Institute |
| Andrew P. O'Brien | 2007 | Andrew O'Brien & Assoc. Pty. Ltd. |
| John J. DeShazo, Jr. | 2004 | DeShazo, Tang & Associates Inc. |
| Stan Teply | 2004 | University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
| Rafael Cal y Mayor | 2003 | Cal y Mayor and Associates |
| Robert W. Crommelin | 2003 | Robert W. Crommelin and Associates Inc. |
| Jack E. Leisch (awarded posthumously) |
2002 | Jack E. Leisch Associates |
| John Exnicios | 2002 | Urban Systems Associates, Inc. |
| Francis B. Francois | 2002 | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| Laurence A. Dondanville | 2000 | DeLeuw Cather |
| H. Allen Swanson | 2000 | Reid Crowther & Partners, Ltd. |
| John D. Edwards, Jr. | 2000 | John D. Edwards |
| Ethlyn Ann Hansen | 2000 | Caltrans |
| Thomas W. Brahms | 2000 | The Institute of Transportation Engineers |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Francis C. Turner | 1999 | Federal Highway Administration |
| Eugene M. Wilson | 1999 | University of Wyoming |
| Walter H. Kraft | 1999 | PB Farradyne |
| C. J. "Jack" Keese | 1999 | Texas Transportation Institute |
| Samuel Cass | 1998 | Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto |
| James L. Pline | 1998 | Idaho Transportation Department |
| Edward V. "Ted" Barton | 1998 | Victoria Roads Authority |
| Garrett A. Morgan (awarded posthumously) |
1998 | Inventor and Entrepreneur |
| Herman J. Hoose | 1997 | City of Charlotte |
| Herbert Levinson | 1997 | Herbert Levinson |
| Wolfgang S. Homburger | 1996 | University of California, Berkeley |
| Max Shifron | 1996 | Israel Ministry of Transport |
| Marble J. Hensley | 1995 | Piedmont Olsen Hensley, Inc. |
| Adolf D. May, Jr. | 1995 | University of California, Berkeley |
| Harvey Shebesta | 1994 | Wisconsin Department of Transportation |
| Burt Beukers | 1992 | The University of Delft |
| Willa Wilcox Mylroie | 1992 | Washington State Department of Highways |
| Neilon J. Rowan | 1992 | Texas A & M University |
| F. Bruce Crandall | 1991 | Oregon Highway Department |
| James H. Kell (awarded posthumously) |
1991 | JHK & Associates |
| Karl A. Bevins | 1990 | City of Atlanta |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew C. Sielski | 1988 | Chicago Motor Club |
| Carlton C. Robinson | 1987 | Automobile Safety Foundation/Highway Users Federation |
| William R. McGrath | 1986 | City of New Haven, City of Boston, Raymond Parrish Pine & Weiner, Lee County, FL |
| Ellis L. Mathes | 1985 | Idaho Highway Department |
| Ross T. Shoaf | 1985 | San Francisco |
| Alan M. Voorhees | 1982 | Alan M. Voorhees Associates |
| Robert S. Holmes | 1980 | US Steel and the Eno Foundation for Transportation |
| Harold L. Michael | 1980 | Purdue University |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Bruening | 1979 | City of Milwaukee |
| Roger Gilman | 1978 | Port Authority of NY & NJ |
| Wilbur S. Smith | 1977 | Wilbur Smith and Associates |
| Thomas J. Seburn | 1975 | Kansas City Missouri/Bureau of Highway Traffic |
| Charles M. Noble | 1974 | NJ Turnpike Authority & Ohio Department of Highways |
| H. Robert Burton | 1974 | City of Toronto |
| Hawley Starr Simpson | 1973 | Simpson & Curtin |
| Bruce D. Greenshields | 1972 | University of Michigan |
| Nathan Cherniack | 1972 | Port Authority of NY & NJ |
| Harold F. Hammond | 1971 | Transportation Association of America |
| Charles E. DeLeuw | 1970 | DeLeuw, Cather & Associates |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| D. Grant Mickle | 1969 | Automobile Safety Foundation |
| Guy Kelcey | 1965 | Edwards & Kelcey |
| Fred Burggraf | 1964 | Highway Research Board |
| Rex M. Whitton | 1964 | US Bureau of Public Roads |
| Pyke Johnson | 1962 | Automobile Safety Foundation |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Leslie J. Sorenson | 1959 | City of Chicago |
| Charles D. Curtiss | 1956 | US Bureau of Public Roads |
| Burton W. Marsh | 1955 | American Automobile Association and the AAAFoundation |
| C. C. Wiley | 1953 | University of Illinois |
| Roger L. Morrison (awarded posthumously) |
1952 | University of Michigan |
| Ernest P. Goodrich | 1951 | Consultant |
| Roy W. Crum | 1951 | Highway Research Board |
| Julien H. Harvey | 1951 | Association of Casualty and Surety Companies |
| Sydney J. Williams | 1951 | National Safety Council |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Andrey Abraham Potter | 1948 | Purdue University |
| Charles J. Tilden | 1946 | Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Regulation |
| Paul Gray Hoffman | 1943 | Studebaker Corporation, the Albert Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research at Harvard, Automobile Safety Foundation |
| Thomas H. MacDonald | 1943 | US Bureau of Public Roads |
| Name | Date Elected | Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur N. Johnson | 1936 | Bureau of Public Roads & the University of Maryland |
| William Phelps Eno | 1933 | New York, New York |
| Cesare Solari | 1933 | Milan, Italy Police |