Jean Bottéro (1914 – December 15, 2007) (Honorary Member of the American Oriental Society)
Carol F. Justus (March 21, 1940 - August 1, 2007) (Life Member of the American Oriental Society)
Alan Kaye (March 2, 1944-May 31, 2007)
Colette Caillat, 1921-2007 (Honorary member of the AOS)
Brief notice: In memoriam -- L'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Wolf Leslau, November 14, 1906 – November 18, 2006 (President of the AOS 1984-85)
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA, Notice
The Linguist (by Grover Hudson)
Erica Reiner, 1924-2005 (Link to University of Chicago News Office. American Oriental Society Medal of Merit Recipient 2002; President AOS, 1983-84)
New York Times, Sunday 21 January 2006
Hayim Tadmor, 1923-2005 (Obituary by Avigdor Hurowitz and Jeffrey H. Tigay for the American Academy for Jewish Research. Elected Honorary Member of the AOS in 1986)
David Pingree, 1923-2005 (Obituary link to Brown Daily Herald -- Died 11 November 2005)
Seeger A Bonebakker, 1923-2005 (Died 11/19/2005)
Stanislav Segert, 1921-2005 (Obituary by Edward Cook for the Society of Biblical Literature SBL Forum)
Ruggero Stefanini ( Died 6 May 2005)
Laurence G. Thompson, 1920-2005 (Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California)
Murray Barnson Emeneau, 1904-2005 (President of the AOS 1954-55; Associate Editor 1941 (v. 61:2)—1948 (v. 68:1); and Editor 1948 (v. 68:2)—1952 (v. 72:1) )
Franz Rosenthal (Aug. 31st, 1914-April 8th, 2003)
Mohammad Ali Jazayery (11 Nov. 2000)