Presidents of MAA, AMS, SIAM and NCTM
Prepared by:
Joseph Malkevitch
Department of Mathematics and Computer Studies
York College (CUNY)
Jamaica, New York
email:
malkevitch@york.cuny.edu
web page:
http://york.cuny.edu/~malk
These lists were extracted from materials available through MAA (Mathematical Association of America), AMS (American Mathematical Society) and SIAM (The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics). Many of these individuals were distinguished researchers, had a major interest in issues of mathematics education, and had long records of service to their respective organizations.
MAA Presidents:
1916 Earl R Hedrick
1917 Florian Cajori
1918 Edward V Huntington
1919 Herbert E Slaught
1920 David E Smith
1921 George A Miller
1922 Raymond C Archibald
1923 Robert D Carmichael
1924 Harold L Reitz
1925 Julian L Coolidge
1926 Dunham Jackson
1927-28 Walter B Ford
1929-30 John W Young
1931-32 Eric T Bell
1933-34 Arnold Dresden
1935-36 David R Curtiss
1937-38 Aubrey J Kempner
1939-40 William B Carver
1941-42 Raymond W Brink
1943-44 William D Cairns
1945-46 Cyrus C MacDuffee
1947-48 Lester R Ford
1949-50 Rudolph E Langer
1951-52 Saunders Mac Lane
1953-54 Edward J McShane
1955-56 William L Duren, Jr
1957-58 G Bailey Price
1959-60 Carl B Allendoerfer
1961-62 Albert W Tucker
1963-64 R H Bing
1965-66 Raymond L Wilder
1967-68 Edwin E Moise
1969-70 Gail S Young
1971-72 Victor Klee
1973-74 Ralph P Boas
1975-76 Henry O Pollak
1977-78 Henry L Alder
1979-80 Dorothy L Bernstein
1981-82 Richard D Anderson
1983-84 Ivan Niven
1985-86 Lynn A Steen
1987-88 Leonard Gillman
1989-90 Lida K Barrett
1991-92 Deborah Tepper Haimo
1993-94 Donald L Kreider
1995-96 Kenneth A Ross
1997-98 Gerald L Alexanderson
1999-00 Thomas F Banchof
2001-02 Ann E Watkins
2003-04 Ronald L Graham
2005-2006 Carl Cowen
2007-2008 Joseph Gallian
2009-2010 David Bressoud
2011-2012 Paul Zorn
2013-2014 Robert Devaney
AMS Presidents
1. VAN AMRINGE, John Howard, 1888-1890
2. MCCLINTOCK, John Emory, 1891-1894
3. HILL, George William, 1895-1896
4. NEWCOMB, Simon, 1897-1898
5. WOODWARD, Robert Simpson, 1899-1900
6. MOORE, Eliakim Hastings, 1901-1902
7. FISKE, Thomas Scott, 1903-1904
8. OSGOOD, William Fogg, 1905-1906
9. WHITE, Henry Seely, 1907-1908
10. BÔCHER, Maxime, 1909-1910
11. FINE, Henry Burchard, 1911-1912
12. VAN VLECK, Edward Burr, 1913-1914
13. BROWN, Ernest William, 1915-1916
14. DICKSON, Leonard Eugene, 1917-1918
15. MORLEY, Frank, 1919-1920
16. BLISS, Gilbert Ames, 1921-1922
17. VEBLEN, Oswald, 1923-1924
18. BIRKHOFF, George David, 1925-1926
19. SNYDER, Virgil, 1927-1928
20. HEDRICK, Earle Raymond, 1929-1930
21. EISENHART, Luther Pfahler, 1931-1932
22. COBLE, Arthur Byron, 1933-1934
23. LEFSCHETZ, Solomon, 1935-1936
24. MOORE, Robert Lee, 1937-1938
25. EVANS, Griffith Conrad, 1939-1940
26. MORSE, Harold Calvin Marston, 1941-1942
27. STONE, Marshall Harvey, 1943-1944
28. HILDEBRANDT, Theophil Henry, 1945-1946
29. HILLE, Einar, 1947-1948
30. WALSH, Joseph Leonard, 1949-1950
31. VON NEUMANN, John, 1951-1952
32. WHYBURN, Gordon Thomas, 1953-1954
33. WILDER, Raymond Louis, 1955-1956
34. BRAUER, Richard Dagobert, 1957-1958
35. MCSHANE, Edward James, 1959-1960
36. MONTGOMERY, Deane, 1961-1962
37. DOOB, Joseph Leo, 1963-1964
38. ALBERT, Abraham Adrian, 1965-1966
39. MORREY, Charles Bradfield Jr., 1967-1968
40. ZARISKI, Oscar, 1969-1970
41. JACOBSON, Nathan, 1971-1972
42. MAC LANE, Saunders, 1973-1974
43. BERS, Lipman, 1975-1976
44. BING, R H, 1977-1978
45. LAX, Peter David, 1979-1980
46. GLEASON, Andrew Mattei, 1981-1982
47. ROBINSON, Julia Bowman, 1983-1984
48. KAPLANSKY, Irving, 1985-1986
49. MOSTOW, George Daniel, 1987-1988
50. BROWDER, William, 1989-1990
51. ARTIN, Michael, 1991-1992
52. GRAHAM, Ronald L., 1993-1994
53. MORAWETZ, Cathleen Synge, 1995-1996
54. JAFFE, Arthur M., 1997-1998
55. BROWDER, Felix E., 1999-2000
56. BASS, Hyman, 2001-2002
57. EISENBUD, David, 2003-2004
58. ARTHUR, James G., 2005-2006
59. GLIMM, James G., 2007-2008
60. ANDREWS, George E., 2009-2010
61. FRIEDLANDER, Eric M., 2011-2012
62. VOGAN, David A. Jr., 2013-2014
SIAM Presidents
William Bradley, 1951-53
Donald Houghton, 1953-54
Harold Kuhn 1954-1955
John Mauchly, 1955-56
Thomas Southard, 1956-58
Donald Thomsen, 1958-59
Brockway McMillan, 1959-60
F. Joachim Weyl, 1960-61
Robert Rinehart, 1961-62
Joseph LaSalle, 1962-63
Alston Householder, 1963-64
J. Barkley Rosser, 1964-66
Garrett Birkhoff, 1966068
J. Wallace Givens, 1968-70
Burton Colvin, 1970-72
C. C. Lin, 1972-74
Herbert Keller, 1974-1976
Werner Rheinboldt, 1976-78
Richard C. DiPrima, 1979-80
Seymour Parter, 1981-82
Hirsh Cohen, 1983-84
Gene H. Golub, 1985-86
C. William Gear, 1987-88
Ivar Stakgold, 1989-90
Robert E. O’Malley, 1991-92
Avner Friedman, 1993-94
Margaret H. Wright, 1995-96
John Guckenheimer, 1997-98
Gilbert Strang, 1999-2000
Thomas A. Manteuffel, 2001-2002
James (Mac) Hyman, 2003-2004
Martin Golubitsky, 2005-2006
Cleve Moler, 2007-2008
Doug Arnold , 2009-2010
L. N. Trefethen, 2011-2012
Irene Fonseca, 2013-2014
NCTM Presidents
Linda M. Gojak, University Heights, Ohio 2012-2014
J. Michael Shaughnessy, Portland, Oregon 2010-2012
Henry S. Kepner, Jr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2008-2010
Francis (Skip) Fennell, Westminster, Maryland 2006-2008
Cathy L. Seeley Austin, Texas 2004-2006
Johnny W. Lott. Missoula, Montana 2002-2004
Lee V. Stiff, Raleigh, North Carolina 2000-2002
Glenda Lappan, East Lansing, Michigan 1998-2000
Gail F. Burrill, Hales Corners, Wisconsin 1996-98
Jack Price, Pomona, California 1994-96
Mary M. Lindquist, Columbus, Georgia 1992-94
Iris M. Carl, Houston, Texas 1990-92
Shirley F. Frye, Scottsdale, Arizona 1988-90
John A. Dossey, Normal, Illinois 1986-88
F. Joe Crosswhite, Columbus, Ohio 1984-86
Stephen S. Willoughby, New York, New York 1982-84
Max A. Sobel, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 1980-82
Shirley A. Hill, Kansas City, Missouri 1978-80
John C. Egsgard, Orillia, Ontario 1976-78
E. Glenadine Gibb, Austin, Texas 1974-76
Eugene P. Smith, Detroit, Michigan 1972-74
H. Vernon Price, Iowa City, Iowa, 1970-72
Julius H. Hlavaty, New Rochelle, New York 1968-70
Donovan A. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1966-68
Bruce E. Meserve, Burlington, Vermont 1964-66
Frank B. Allen, La Grange, Illinois, 1962-64
Phillip S. Jones, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1960-62
Harold P. Fawcett, Columbus, Ohio 1958-60
Howard F. Fehr, New York, New York 1956-58
Marie S. Wilcox, Indianapolis, Indiana 1954-56
John R. Mayor, Madison, Wisconsin 1952-54
H. W. Charlesworth, Denver, Colorado 1950-52
E. H. C. Hildebrandt, Evanston, Illinois 1948-50
Carl N. Shuster, Trenton, New Jersey 1946-48
F. L. Wren, Nashville, Tennessee 1944-46
Rolland R. Smith, Springfield, Massachusetts 1942-44
Mary A. Potter, Racine, Wisconsin 1940-42
H. C. Christofferson, Oxford, Ohio 1938-40
Martha Hildebrandt, Maywood, Illinois 1936-38
J. O. Hassler, Norman, Oklahoma 1934-36
William Betz, Rochester, New York 1932-34
John P. Everett, Kalamazoo, Michigan 1930-32
Harry C. Barber, Exeter, New Hampshire 1928-30
Marie Gugle, Columbus, Ohio 1926-28
Raleigh Schorling, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1924-26
J. H. Minnick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1921-24
C. M. Austin, Oak Park, Illinois 1920-21
Note:
The sources of these lists, and in some cases, photos of the individuals involved are available from MAA, AMS, SIAM and NCTM.
AMS
http://www.ams.org/about-us/presidents/presidents
MAA
http://www.maa.org/about-maa/governance/maa-presidents
SIAM
http://www.siam.org/about/more/presidents.php
NCTM
http://www.nctm.org/about/content.aspx?id=9440#presidents