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