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-
Irene Mulvey (Mathematics), Fairfield University