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Honorary Members
The Corfu Reading Society’s Articles of Association stipulates that the Society may bestow Honorary Membership upon men and women that have substantially contributed to the promotion of the Society’s objects.
On exceptional cases, personalities who play a major role in supporting and assisting the progress of the Society are bestowed the title of Honorary Founder.
Moreover, the General Meeting of the Founders, in the last fifty years, has bestowed Honorary Chairmanship to former Chairmen of the BoD for their invaluable services to the Society.
The sole exception of a personality not being a member of the Corfu Reading Society, who was named Honorary Chairman, was His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, on His visit to the Reading Society on 11 December 2014.
The Honorary Chairmen, Founders, and Members of the Corfu Reading Society from 1968 to the present day, are the following:
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
- Spyros St. Voulgaris (1963-1968),
- Pericles Karydis (1987-1997),
- Andreas Paipetis (2002-2005).
- His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I (2014)
HONORARY FOUNDERS
1. Spyros I. Theotokis | 1969 |
2. Georgios I. Rallis | 1975 |
3. Maria Kapodistria – Desylla | 1980 |
HONORARY MEMBERS
1. Spyridon Vovolinis | 1968 |
2. Georgios Veltsos | 1968 |
3. Konstantinos Vovolinis | 1968 |
4. R. Hibon | 1968 |
5. Evangelos Moutsopoulos | 1968 |
6. Panagiotis Vokotopoulos | 1970 |
7. Gerasimos Salvanos | 1970 |
8. Spyridon Samartzis | 1970 |
9. Christos Solomonidis | 1970 |
10. René Régis de Coniac | 1971 |
11. Despoina Mazaraki | 1972 |
12. Iosif Bessos | 1972 |
13. Filippos Falbos | 1972 |
14. Konstantinos Cheimarios | 1972 |
15. Nikolaos Kaisaris | 1972 |
16. Alexandros Politis | 1972 |
17. Georgios Ralph | 1972 |
18. Charalambos Teknopoulos | 1973 |
19. Pavlos Palaiologos | 1974 |
20. Ch. Lambrinos | 1974 |
21. Archbishop Iakovos of America | 1975 |
22. Spyros Pagiatakis | 1977 |
23. Spyros Plaskovitis | 1977 |
24. Georgios Logaras | 1978 |
25. Tonis Spiteris | 1978 |
26. Theodoros Stefanidis | 1978 |
27. K. Th. Demaras | 1979 |
28. Ioannis Georgakis | 1979 |
29. Nikolaos Kanavariotis | 1979 |
30. Georgios Zavitsianos | 1980 |
31. Nikos Chatzikyriakos-Gkikas | 1980 |
32. Giangos Siotis | 1980 |
33. Aliki Giotopoulou-Sicilianou | 1980 |
34. Spyros Kollas | 1980 |
35. Spyros Kalogeropoulos-Stratis | 1980 |
36. Karolos Arliotis | 1981 |
37. Efthymios Christodoulou | 1981 |
38. Emmanouel Kasdaglis | 1981 |
39. Nikolaos L. Kogevinas | 1981 |
40. Niki Goulandris | 1981 |
41. Angelos Goulandris | 1981 |
42. Nikolaos Vlassopoulos | 1981 |
43. Ioannis Vlassopoulos | 1981 |
44. Tryfon Kedros | 1981 |
45. Georgios Chatzantonakis | 1981 |
46. Georgios Lemos | 1981 |
47. Ioannis Chatzipateras | 1981 |
48. Laurence Durrell | 1981 |
49. Konstantinos Vlassopoulos | 1983 |
50. Panos Kallinikos | 1983 |
51. Dora Iliopoulou-Rogan | 1983 |
52. Melina Merkouri | 1983 |
53. Ioannis Koutsocheras | 1983 |
54. Alekos Moustakis | 1983 |
55. Spyros Tsilimbaris | 1984 |
56. Filoktimon Paramythiotis | 1984 |
57. Stefanos Fakiolas | 1984 |
58. Elvira Skevofylaka | 1984 |
59. Georgios Panagiotakopoulos | 1984 |
60. Konstantinos Lyras | 1984 |
61. Georgios Leventis | 1984 |
62. Valentina Theotoki | 1984 |
63. Alberta Diamantopoulou | 1984 |
64. Theocharis Georgiou | 1984 |
65. Alkiviadis Giannousis | 1984 |
66. Nikolaos Ventouras | 1984 |
67. Arsenios Androutselis | 1984 |
68. John Wittaker | 1985 |
69. Nikos and Eleni Zervos | 1985 |
70. Ioannis Karathanos | 1985 |
71. Achilleas Exarchos | 1985 |
72. George David | 1985 |
73. P. de Broche des Combes | 1985 |
74. Konstantinos Drakopoulos | 1999 |
75. Spyro Flamburiari | 1999 |
76. Apostolos Alamanis | 1998 |
77. Thanasis Laskaridis | 1998 |
78. Alexandra Vovolini | 1998 |
79. Georgios Drys | 1998 |
80. Emmanouel Kriaras | 2004 |
81. John Derek | 2004 |
82. Anastasios-Ioannis Metaxas | 2016 |
83. Nikolaos (Nikias) Lountzis | 2016 |
84. Georgios Leontsinis | 2016 |
85. Nikolaos Agathos | 2019 |