 Here it was decided to establish a formal organization, the World Association of Copepodologists.Zbigniew Kabata, a veteran of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, was elected as the first president.Subsequent presidents included Arthur Humes, Geoff Boxshall, Kurt Schminke, Ju-shey Ho, Shin-ichi Uye, Janet Bradford, Rony Huys, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, and Diana Paola Galassi.