Presidents of the Association

1915–1916

John Dewey (Philosophy), Columbia University

1916–1917

John H. Wigmore (Law), Northwestern University

1917–1918

Frank Thilly (Philosophy), Cornell University

1918–1919

J. M. Coulter (Botany), University of Chicago

1919–1920

A. O. Lovejoy (Philosophy), The Johns Hopkins University

1920–1921

Edward Capps (Classical Philology), Princeton University      
 
1921

Acting President, Vernon L. Kellogg (Zoology), National Research Council

1921–1922

E. R. A. Seligman (Political Science), Columbia University

1922–1924

J. V. Denney (English), Ohio State University

1924–1926

A. O. Leuschner (Astronomy), University of California

1926–1928

W. T. Semple (Classics), University of Cincinnati

1928–1930

Henry Crew (Physics), Northwestern University

1930–1932

W. B. Munro (Government), Harvard University

1932–1934

Walter Wheeler Cook (Law), The Johns Hopkins University

1934–1936

S. A. Mitchell (Astronomy), University of Virginia

1936–1938

A. J. Carlson (Physiology), University of Chicago

1938–1940

Mark H. Ingraham (Mathematics), University of Wisconsin

1940–1942

Frederick S. Deibler (Economics), Northwestern University

1942–1944

W. T. Laprade (History) Duke University

1944–1946

Quincy Wright (International Law), University of Chicago

1946–1948

Edward C. Kirkland (History), Bowdoin College

1948–1950

Ralph H. Lutz (History) Stanford University

1950–1952

Richard H. Shryock (History), The Johns Hopkins University

1952–1954

Fred B. Millett (English Literature) Wesleyan University

1954–1956

William E. Britton (Law), University of Illinois

1956–1958

Helen C. White (English), University of Wisconsin

1958–1960

Bentley Glass (Biology), The Johns Hopkins University

1960–1962

Ralph F. Fuchs (Law), Indiana University

1962–1964

Fritz Machlup (Economics), Princeton University

1964–1966

David Fellman (Political Science), University of Wisconsin

1966–1968

Clark Byse (Law), Harvard University

1968–1970

Ralph S. Brown, Jr. (Law), Yale University

1970–1972

Sanford H. Kadish (Law), University of California, Berkeley

1972–1974

Walter Adams (Economics), Michigan State University

1974–1976

William W. Van Alstyne (Law), Duke University

1976–1978

Peter O. Steiner (Law and Economics), University of Michigan

1978–1980

Martha Friedman (Library), University of Illinois, Urbana

1980–1981

Henry T. Yost (Biology), Amherst College

1981–1982

Robert A. Gorman (Law), University of Pennsylvania

1982–1984

Victor J. Stone (Law), University of Illinois, Urbana

1984–1986

Paul H. L. Walter (Chemistry), Skidmore College

1986–1988

Julius G. Getman (Law), University of Texas at Austin

1988–1990

Carol Simpson Stern (Performance Studies), Northwestern University

1990–1992

Barbara Bergmann (Economics), American University

1992–1994

Linda Ray Pratt (English), University of Nebraska

1994–1998

James Perley (Biology), College of Wooster

1998–2000

James Richardson (Judicial Studies), University of Nevada, Reno

2000–2006

Jane Buck (Psychology), Delaware State University

2006–2012

Cary Nelson (English), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2012–2020

Rudy Fichtenbaum (Economics), Wright State University

2020–2024

Irene Mulvey (Mathematics), Fairfield University

2024–

Todd Wolfson (Media Studies), Rutgers University