JEAN MULLER Every onece in a while some one comes alone who serves as a real catalyst for a sport. For water skiing Jean Muller was just such a person. Jean Muller learned to ski in 1929, long before most of us where born let alone knew anything about water skiing. He was not only a pioneer in the sport but he stayed with it and helped it grow for nearly 60 years. Since he did not carry a series of impressive official titles, it is hard to list his accomplishments but it is just as hard to imagine water skiing in France, in Europe and in the world without Jean Muller. He was Secretary General of Group II and on the WWSU Executive Board from 1961 to 1963 preceding the World Championships in Vichy for which he was technical director. As technical director he brought Longines into the sport and he helped them to create the first automatic slalom and tricks timing devices as well as an innovative, though less successful, photographic jump measuring system. Whatever was needed, he did. When ski racing needed organisational help, he served as secretary to the Racing Council for many years. Though not an accountant, he willingly served as WWSU Auditor with Bill Barlow Sen. at several World Tournaments until finally declaring the records unauditable. I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of a pioneer, an innovator, and a consistent voice for reason and progress amid the storms of politics: Jean Muller.