AACS members who have been awarded life membership in recognition of their contribution to the scientific community and scientific knowledge of cotton in Australia.
- Stephen Allen
- Geoff Baker
- Michael Brunack
- Greg Constable
- Neal Forrester
- Brian Hearn
- Nilantha Hulugalle
- Joe Kochman
- Des McGarry
- Geoff McIntyre
- Robert Mensah
- David Murray
- Geoff Naylor
- Jim Peacock
- Lily Pereg (posthumously)
- Bruce Pyke
- Peter Reid
- Ian Rochester (posthumously)
- Ralph Schulze
- Colin Tann
- Norm Thomson
- Lewis Wilson