Jean-Louis Bodin is the former ISI President, former IAOS President and retired from INSEE, the French National statistical Institute.

Throughout his career, he has succeeded in reconciling administrative responsibilities with a research and teaching activity at the highest level and with a very broad spectrum.

Georges Darmois was a French mathematician and statistician. He was President of the International Institute of Statistics from 1953 until his death.

Albert Delatour was a member of the International Statistical Institute from 1891, sponsored by Alfred de Foville and Alfred Neymarc, then became ISI's president between 1920 and 1931. He was honorary president at the end of his life.