Past Presidents
| 1966 | Truman Pierce, Auburn University |
| 1966-67 | Walter Beggs, University of Nebraska |
| 1967-68 | Abe VanderMeer, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1968-69 | E. C. Merrill, University of Tennessee |
| 1969-70 | Herbert Smith, Colorado State University |
| 1970-71 | Joe Williams, University of Georgia |
| 1971-72 | Everett Samuelson, University of Idaho |
| 1972-73 | Bob Woods, University of Missouri |
| 1973-75 | Ted Cyphert, University of Virginia |
| 1975-76 | Milford Caldwell, Delaware State College |
| 1976-77 | Bert Sharp, University of Florida |
| 1977-78 | Del Weber, Arizona State University |
| 1978-79 | Dale Scannell, University of Kansas |
| 1979-80 | Oral Ballam, Utah State University |
| 1980-81 | Jack Gant, Florida State University |
| 1981-82 | William Monahan, West Virginia University |
| 1982-83 | Richard Brandt, University of Virginia |
| 1983-84 | Hendrik Gideonse, University of Cincinnati |
| 1984-85 | Charles Case, University of Iowa |
| 1985-86 | Mark Shibles, University of Connecticut |
| 1986-87 | Dean Corrigan, Texas A&M University |
| 1987-88 | Diane Reinhard, West Virginia University |
| 1988-90 | Donald Robinson, University of Missouri, St. Louis |
| 1990-92 | Richard Wisniewski, University of Tennessee |
| 1992-94 | Dale Andersen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 1994-96 | Barbara Brittingham, University of Rhode Island |
| 1996-98 | Rodney J. Reed, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1998-00 | Bernard Oliver, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 2000-02 | Karen Gallagher, University of Southern California |
| 2002-04 | Joan Smith, University of Oklahoma |
| 2004-06 | Judy Nichols Mitchell, Washington State University |
| 2006-08 | Richard Schwab, University of Connecticut |
| 2008-10 | Walter H. Gmelch, University of San Francisco |
| 2011-13 | Virginia McLaughlin, The College of William & Mary Reflects dates of changeover, which occurs at the Winter meeting. |
| 2013-15 | Fayneese Miller, University of Vermont |
| 2015-17 | Marcy P. Driscoll, Florida State University |
| 2018-19 | Gregg Garn, University of Oklahoma |
| 2019 | Michael Dantley, Miami University |
| 2019-22 | Andrew Daire, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 2022-24 | Donald Pope-Davis, The Ohio State University |
