Presidents of the Society from 2020 to present
Presidents of the Society from 2000 to 2019
Presidents of the Society from 1980 to 1999
Presidents of the Society from 1960 to 1979
Presidents of the Society from 1940 to 1959
Presidents of the Society from 1920 to 1939
Theresa M. Koehler () president in 2025
Virginia L. Miller () president in 2024
Colleen Kraft (1976-) president in 2023
Steven Finkel () president in 2022
Victor DiRita () president in 2021
Robin Patel () president in 2020
Michele Swanson () president in 2019
Peggy Cotter () president in 2018
Susan E. Sharp () president in 2017
Lynn William Enquist () president in 2016
Timothy Donohue () president in 2015
Jo Handelsman (1959-) president in 2014
*Jo Handelsman served as president for the first two months of the 2014 term, but had to step down from the position due to her appointment as Associate Director for Science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Jeffery F. Miller () president in 2013 and 2014
David C. Hooper () president in 2012
Bonnie Lynn Bassler (1962-) president in 2011
Roberto Kolter (1953-) president in 2010
Alison D. O’Brien (1947-) president in 2009
Clifford W. Houston (1949-) president in 2008
Diane E. Griffin (1940-) president in 2007
Stanley Maloy (1953-) president in 2006
James Tiedje (1942-) president in 2005
Thomas E. Shenk (1947-) president in 2004
Ronald Atlas (1946-) president in 2003
Abigail Salyers (1938-2013) president in 2002
Martha Howe (1945-) president in 2001
Julian Davies (1932-) president in 2000
Stuart Levy (1938-2019) president in 1999
Stanley Falkow (1934-2018) president in 1998
Kenneth I. Berns (1938-2024) president in 1997
Carol A. Nacy (1948-) president in 1996
David Schlessinger (1936-) president in 1995
Gail H. Cassell (1946-) president in 1994
John Ingraham (1924-) president in 1993
Richard L. Crowell (1930-) president in 1992
Joan W. Bennett (1942-) president in 1991
Walter R. Dowdle (1930-) president in 1990
Alice S. Huang (1939-) president in 1989
Barbara H. Iglewski (1938-2023) president in 1988
Jean Brenchley (1944-2019) president in 1987
Moselio Schaechter (1928-) president in 1986
Rita Rossi Colwell (1934-) president in 1985
Robert Pierce Williams (1920-1993) president in 1984
John Charles Sherris (1921-2021) president in 1983
Frederick Niedhardt (1931-2016) president in 1982
Albert Balows (1921-2006) president in 1981
Willis Avery Wood (1921-2021) president in 1980
Edwin H. Lennette (1908-2000) president in 1979
Aaron Frederick Rasmussen, Jr. (1915-1984) president in 1978
Harlyn O. Halvorson (1925-2008) president in 1977
Helen R. Whiteley (1921-1990) president in 1976
Philipp Gerhardt (1921-2008) president in 1975
L. Leon Campbell (1927-2021) president in 1974
Robert G. E. Murray (1919-2022) president in 1973
Morris Frank Shaffer (1910-1993) president in 1972
Robert Edward Hungate (1906-2004) president in 1971
Edwin Michael Foster (1917-2013) president in 1970
Dennis Wallace Watson (1914-2008) president in 1969
Salvador E. Luria (1912-1994) president in 1968
William Bowen Sarles (1906-1988) president in 1967
Riley D. Housewright (1913-2003) president in 1966
Oville Wyss (1912-1993) president in 1965
J. Roger Porter (1909-1979) president in 1964
Robert L. Starkey (1899-1991) president in 1963
John E. Blair (1899-1980) president in 1962
Herald R. Cox (1907-1986) president in 1961
Charles Albert Evans (1912-2008) president in 1960
Philip R. Edwards (1901-1966) president in 1959
Harry Eagle (1905-1992) president in 1958
Perry Wilson (1902-1981) president in 1957
Charles Arthur Stuart (1893-1962) president in 1956
H. Orin Halvorson (1897-1975) president in 1955
Cornelis Bernard van Niel (1897-1985) president in 1954
Gail Monroe Dack (1901-1976) president in 1953
Rene Dubos (1901-1982) president in 1952
Walter James Nungester (1901-1985) president in 1951
Barnett Cohen (1891-1952) president in 1950
William M. Hammon (1904-1989) president in 1949
Harold Joel Conn (1886-1975) president in 1948
Thomas Francis (1900-1969) president in 1947
James Craigie (1899-1976) president in 1946
Stuart Mudd (1893-1975) president in 1945
Ira L. Baldwin (1895-1999) president in 1944
Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) president in 1943
Selman A. Waksman (1888-1973) president in 1942
Oswald Theodore Avery (1877-1955) president in 1941
Charles Thom (1872-1956) president in 1940
Arthur T. Henrici (1889-1943) president in 1939
Paul F. Clark (1882-1983) president in 1938
James Morgan Sherman (1890-1956) president in 1937
Thomas M. Rivers (1888-1962) president in 1936
Karl F. Meyer (1884-1974) president in 1935
Milton J. Rosenau (1869-1946) president in 1934
William Mansfield Clark (1884-1964) president in 1933
Edwin Broun Fred (1887-1981) president in 1932
James Howard Brown (1884-1956) president in 1931
Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1888-1970) president in 1930
Ludvig Hektoen (1863-1951) president in 1929
Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) president in 1928
Robert S. Breed (1877-1956) president in 1927
Hans Zinsser (1878-1940) president in 1926
Norman MacLeod Harris (1970-1953) president in 1925
Arthur Parker Hitchens (1877-1949) president in 1924
Edwin George Hastings (1872-1953) president in 1923
Lore Alford Rogers (1875-1975) president in 1922
Francis Charles Harrison (1871-1952) president in 1921
Charles Krumwiede, Jr. (1879-1930) president in 1920
Samuel Cate Prescott (1872-1962) president in 1919
Robert Earle Buchanan (1883-1973) president in 1918
Leo Frederick Rettger (1874-1954) president in 1917
Thomas Jonathan Burrill (1839-1916) president in 1916
David Hendricks Bergey (1860-1937) president in 1915
Charles Edward Marshall (1866-1927) president in 1914
Charles-Edward Amory (1877-1957) president in 1913
William Hallock Park (1863-1939) president in 1912
Frederic Poole Gorham (1871-1933) president in 1911
Veranus Alva Moore (1859-1931) president in 1910
Joseph James Kinyoun (1860-1919) president in 1909
Harry Luman Russell (1866-1954) president in 1908
James Carroll (1854-1907) president in 1907
Erwin Frink Smith (1854-1927) president in 1906
Edwin O. Jordan (1866-1936) president in 1905
Frederick George Novy (1864-1957) president in 1904
Theobald Smith (1859-1934) president in 1903
Herbert William Conn (1859-1917) president in 1902
William Henry Welch (1850-1934) president in 1901
William Thompson Sedgwick (1855-1921) president in 1900
Please see the document below or contact the ASM Archivist for specific holdings.
In most cases, the files contain biographical material rather than records of the activities of the presidential year.
President’s Bowl
1. Correspondence of J. Roger Porter, President 1963
2. Correspondence of Robert E. Hungate, past-President, 1971
3. Clipping from ASM News, 1964
Papers of Presidents
1. “Survey of Sources for the History of Microbiology: The Papers of Deceased Past Presidents of the ASM,” by Peter B. Hirtle, 1986
Presidential addresses
1. List of addresses, 1899-1974 (ca. 1974) and 1951-1983 (ca. 198); list of Presidents for whom there is a copy of the address in the presidential file, 1994; notes [by Barnett Cohen] re: early presidential addresses, n.d.
Other
1. Research Interest of Presidential nominees, 1955-1985