The Washington office was established in 1930, after which the title “General Secretary” was used. Prior to that time the Association did not have a salaried officer—the “Secretary” conducted the Association’s affairs from his campus.
1930-1933
H. W. Tyler
1933-1935
Walter W. Cook
1935-1936
H. W. Tyler
1936-1955
Ralph Himstead
1955-1955
George P. Shannon
1955-1957
Ralph F. Fuchs
1957-1958
Robert K. Carr
1958-1967
William P. Fidler
1967-1974
Bertram H. Davis
1974-1976
Joseph Duffey
Jan 1977-June 1977
Jordan E. Kurland
1977-1979
Morton S. Baratz
1979-1980
Martha Friedman
1980-1984
Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr.
1984-1994
Ernst Benjamin
1994-2004
Mary A. Burgan
2004-2007
Roger W. Bowen
2007-2008
Ernst Benjamin
2009-2011
Gary Rhoades