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
2020–2024
Irene Mulvey (Mathematics), Fairfield University
2024–
Todd Wolfson (Media Studies), Rutgers University