REGISTER of persons authorized to use the description RLR behind their name, for merit.

The following persons, in no particular order, are authorized to use the description RLR (abbreviation of "Registered Light Ray") behind their name and show it on the basis of:
  1. Kees Neggers (Netherlands)
  2. Simon Hackett (Australia)
  3. Larry Smarr (USA)
  4. Boudewijn Nederkoorn (Netherlands)
  5. Brad Wynter (Australia)
  6. Cees de Laat (Netherlands)
  7. Benoît Felten (France)
  8. Hans van der Stappen (Netherlands)
  9. Mathieu Lemay (Canada)
  10. Jeroen van de Lagemaat (Netherlands)
  11. Theo Balijon (Netherlands)
  12. Amber Tempelman (Netherlands)
  13. Maxine Brown (USA)
  14. Heleen Kerkhof (Netherlands)
  15. Job Witteman (Netherlands)
  16. Rene Hatem (Canada)
  17. Wald Been (Netherlands)
  18. Xavier Niel (France)
  19. Tim Nulty (USA)
  20. Remco van Mook (Netherlands)
  21. Dave Aaldering (Netherlands)
  22. Tom Defanti (USA)
  23. Dirk van der Woude (Netherlands)
  24. Jon Pijnacker (Netherlands)
  25. Bruce MacDougall (Canada)
  26. Jan Heibrink (Netherlands)
  27. Sjoerd van Tongeren (Netherlands)
  28. Herman Wagter (Netherlands)
  29. Jaap Doeleman (Netherlands)

Date March 28, 2009.

As a visible signal of this honour they can wear a fiber optic cable pigtail in their button hole. The format on business cards, messages and letters etc. is [Dr. Jeanie Johnson, RLR].

You are kindly invited to bring to my attention additional candidates for this Register (together with short outline of their achievements) by email to vantill (at) gmail (dot) com with "Register" in the subject line.

Jaap van Till
Chairman, International Board of Governors

Other members:
Robin Eckermann (Australia)
Bill St Arnaud (Canada)
Susan Estrada (USA)

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A number of people asked why members of the Board of Governors are not listed on the Register themselves. The answer is simple - they have enough recognition for their work already. In other words, the honour to the keepers of the Register is implicit.