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Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives (CHOMA)

Presidents' Holdings

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.

Miscellaneous Files

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

Presidents of the Society (2020-present)

Theresa M. Koehler 

()

          

president in 2025

          

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, TX

Virginia L. Miller 

(1954-)

president in 2024

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Colleen Suzanne Kraft 

(1976-)

president in 2023

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Steven Finkel 

()

president in 2022

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Victor DiRita 

()

president in 2021

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Robin Patel 

()

president in 2020

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Presidents of the Society (2000-2019)

Michele Somes Swanson

()

          

president in 2019

          

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Peggy Cotter

()

president in 2018

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Susan E. Sharp

()

president in 2017

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

Lynn William Enquist

()

president in 2016

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Timothy Donohue

()

president in 2015

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI

Jo Handelsman 

(1959-)

president in 2014

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI

* 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

          

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

David C. Hooper 

()

president in 2012

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Bonnie Lynn Bassler

(1962-)

president in 2011

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Roberto Kolter 

(1953-)

president in 2010

Harvard University

Boston, MA

Alison D. O’Brien 

(1947-)

president in 2009

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Bethesda, MD

Clifford W. Houston 

(1949-)

president in 2008

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

Diane E. Griffin 

(1940-)

president in 2007

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Baltimore, MD

Stanley Maloy 

(1953-)

president in 2006

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

James Tiedje 

(1942-)

president in 2005

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Thomas E. Shenk 

(1947-)

president in 2004

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Ronald Atlas 

(1946-)

president in 2003

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Abigail Salyers 

(1938-2013)

president in 2002

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Martha Howe 

(1945-)

president in 2001

University of Tennessee

Memphis, TN

Julian Davies 

(1932-)

president in 2000

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Presidents of the Society (1980-1999)

Stuart Levy 

(1938-2019)

          

president in 1999

          

Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Stanley Falkow 

(1934-2018)

president in 1998

Stanford University School of Medicine

Palo Alto, CA

Kenneth I. Berns 

(1938-2024)

president in 1997

Cornell University Medical College

New York, NY

Carol A. Nacy 

(1948-)

president in 1996

EntreMed, Inc.

Rockville, MD

David Schlessinger 

(1936-)

president in 1995

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

Gail H. Cassell 

(1946-)

president in 1994

University of Alabama

Birmingham, AL

John Ingraham 

(1924-)

president in 1993

University of California

Davis, CA

Richard L. Crowell 

(1930-)

president in 1992

Hahnemann University School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Joan W. Bennett 

(1942-)

president in 1991

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

Walter R. Dowdle 

(1930-)

president in 1990

Centers for Disease Control

Atlanta, GA

Alice S. Huang 

(1939-)

president in 1989

Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

Barbara H. Iglewski 

(1938-2023)

president in 1988

University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, NY

Jean E. Brenchley 

(1944-2019)

president in 1987

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Moselio Schaechter 

(1928-)

president in 1986

Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Rita Rossi Colwell

(1934-)

president in 1985

University of Maryland

College Park, MD

Robert Pierce Williams 

(1920-1993)

president in 1984

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

John Charles Sherris 

(1921-2021)

president in 1983

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Frederick Niedhardt 

(1931-2016)

president in 1982

University of Michigan School of Medicine

Ann Arbor, MI

Albert Balows 

(1921-2006)

president in 1981

Centers for Disease Control

Atlanta, GA

Willis Avery Wood 

(1921-2021)

president in 1980

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Presidents of the Society (1960-1979)

Edwin Herman Lennette 

(1908-2000)

          

president in 1979

          

California State Department of Health

Berkeley, CA

Aaron Frederick Rasmussen, Jr. 

(1915-1984)

president in 1978

School of Medicine,

University of California

Los Angeles, CA

Harlyn Odell Halvorson 

(1925-2008)

president in 1977

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Helen Riaboff Whiteley 

(1921-1990)

president in 1976

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Philipp Gerhardt 

(1921-2008)

president in 1975

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Linzy Leon Campbell 

(1927-2021)

president in 1974

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

Robert G. E. Murray 

(1919-2022)

president in 1973

University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario, Canada

Morris Frank Shaffer 

(1910-1993)

president in 1972

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

Robert Edward Hungate 

(1906-2004)

president in 1971

University of California

Davis, CA

Edwin Michael Foster 

(1917-2013)

president in 1970

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Dennis Wallace Watson 

(1914-2008)

president in 1969

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Salvador Edward Luria 

(1912-1994)

president in 1968

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston, MA

William Bowen Sarles 

(1906-1988)

president in 1967

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Riley Dee Housewright 

(1913-2003)

president in 1966

U.S. Army Biological Laboratories

Frederick, MD

Oville Wyss

(1912-1993)

president in 1965

University of Texas

Austin, TX

John Roger Porter 

(1909-1979)

president in 1964

University of Iowa Medical School

Iowa City, IA

Robert Lyman Starkey 

(1899-1991)

president in 1963

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

John Edward Blair 

(1899-1980)

president in 1962

Hospital for Joint Diseases

New York, NY

Herald Rea Cox 

(1907-1986)

president in 1961

Lederle Laboratories

Pearl River, NY

Charles Albert Evans 

(1912-2008)

president in 1960

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Presidents of the Society (1940-1959)

Philip R. Edwards 

(1901-1966)

          

president in 1959

          

Communicable Disease Center

U.S. Public Health Service

Atlanta, GA

Harry Eagle 

(1905-1992)

president in 1958

U.S. Public Health Service

Washington, DC

Perry Wilson 

(1902-1981)

president in 1957

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Charles Arthur Stuart 

(1893-1962)

president in 1956

Brown University

Providence, RI

Halvor Orin Halvorson 

(1897-1975)

president in 1955

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Cornelis Bernard van Niel 

(1897-1985)

president in 1954

Hopkins Marine Station

Stanford University

Pacific Grove, CA

Gail Monroe Dack 

(1901-1976)

president in 1953

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Rene Dubos 

(1901-1982)

president in 1952

Rockefeller Institute

New York, NY

Walter James Nungester 

(1901-1985)

president in 1951

University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Barnett Cohen 

(1891-1952)

president in 1950

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

William M. Hammon 

(1904-1989)

president in 1949

School of Public Health and Hooper Foundation

University of California

San Francisco, CA

Harold Joel Conn 

(1886-1975)

president in 1948

New York State Agriculture Experiment Station

Geneva, NY

Thomas Francis 

(1900-1969)

president in 1947

University of Michigan School of Public Health

Ann Arbor, MI

James Craigie 

(1899-1976)

president in 1946

Connaught Laboratories

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stuart Mudd 

(1893-1975)

president in 1945

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Ira L. Baldwin 

(1895-1999)

president in 1944

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Rebecca Craighill Lancefield 

(1895-1981)

president in 1943

Rockefeller Institute

New York, NY

Selman A. Waksman 

(1888-1973)

president in 1942

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

Oswald Theodore Avery  

(1877-1955)

president in 1941

Rockefeller Institute

New York, NY

Charles Thom 

(1872-1956)

president in 1940

Division of Soil Microbiology,

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, DC

Presidents of the Society (1920-1939)

Arthur Trautwein Henrici 

(1889-1943)

          

president in 1939

          

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Paul Franklin Clark 

(1882-1983)

president in 1938

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

James Morgan Sherman 

(1890-1956)

president in 1937

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Thomas Milton Rivers 

(1888-1962)

president in 1936

Rockefeller Institute

New York, NY

Karl F. Meyer 

(1884-1974)

president in 1935

University of California

Berkeley, CA and

San Francisco, CA

Milton J. Rosenau 

(1869-1946)

president in 1934

Harvard School of Public Health

Boston, MA

William Mansfield Clark 

(1884-1964)

president in 1933

Johns Hopkins University Medical School

Baltimore, MD

Edwin Broun Fred 

(1887-1981)

president in 1932

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

James Howard Brown 

(1884-1956)

president in 1931

Johns Hopkins University Medical School

Baltimore, MD

Stanhope Bayne-Jones 

(1888-1970)

president in 1930

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Ludvig Hektoen 

(1863-1951)

president in 1929

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Alice Catherine Evans 

(1881-1975)

president in 1928

U.S. Public Health Service

Washington, DC

Robert Stanley Breed 

(1877-1956)

president in 1927

New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

Geneva, NY

Hans Zinsser 

(1878-1940)

president in 1926

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Norman MacLeod Harris 

(1970-1953)

president in 1925

Laboratory of Hygiene,

Department of Health

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Arthur Parker Hitchens 

(1877-1949)

president in 1924

U.S. Army Medical Corps

Washington, DC 

Edwin George Hastings 

(1872-1953)

president in 1923

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Lore Alford Rogers 

(1875-1975)

president in 1922

Bureau of Dairy Industry,

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, DC

Frank Charles Harrison 

(1871-1952)

president in 1921

MacDonald College

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Charles Krumwiede, Jr. 

(1879-1930)

president in 1920

New York University

Bellevue Hospital Medical College

New York, NY

Presidents of the Society (1900-1919)

Samuel Cate Prescott 

(1872-1962)

          

president in 1919

          

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston, MA

Robert Earle Buchanan 

(1883-1973)

president in 1918

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Leo Frederick Rettger 

(1874-1954)

president in 1917

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Thomas Jonathan Burrill 

(1839-1916)

president in 1916

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

David Hendricks Bergey 

(1860-1937)

president in 1915

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Charles Edward Marshall 

(1866-1927)

president in 1914

Massachusetts Agricultural College

Amherst, MA 

Charles-Edward Amory Winslow 

(1877-1957)

president in 1913

Yale University

New Haven, CT

William Hallock Park 

(1863-1939)

president in 1912

New York Department of Health

New York University

New York, NY

Frederic Poole Gorham

(1871-1933)

president in 1911

Brown University

Providence, RI

Veranus Alva Moore 

(1859-1931)

president in 1910

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Joseph James Kinyoun 

(1860-1919)

president in 1909

George Washington Medical School

Washington, DC

Harry Luman Russell 

(1866-1954)

president in 1908

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

James Carroll 

(1854-1907)

president in 1907

Columbian University

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Erwin Frink Smith 

(1854-1927)

president in 1906

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, DC

Edwin O. Jordan 

(1866-1936)

president in 1905

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Frederick George Novy 

(1864-1957)

president in 1904

University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Theobald Smith 

(1859-1934)

president in 1903

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts State Board of Health

Boston, MA

Herbert William Conn 

(1859-1917)

president in 1902

Connecticut Agricultural College

Connecticut State Bacteriological Laboratory

Storrs, CT

William Henry Welch 

(1850-1934)

president in 1901

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Baltimore, MD

William Thompson Sedgwick 

(1855-1921)

president in 1900

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston, MA