Past Presidents 
James K. Pollock, University of Michigan, 1939
W.H.C. Laves, University of Chicago, 1940
Francis G. Wilson, University of Illinois, 1941
John E. Briggs, State U. of Iowa, 1942
Howard White, Miami University, 1943-47
Harold Zink, DePauw University, 1948
Llewellyn Pfankuchen, University of Wisconsin, 1949
Harold M. Door, University of Michigan, 1950
Charles M. Kneier, University of Illinois, 1951
Harold M. Vinacke, University of Cincinnati, 1952
Kirk H. Porter, State University of Iowa, 1953
Harry W. Voltmer, DePauw University, 1954
Asher Christensen, University of Minnesota, 1955 (on Fulbright)
Edward H. Buehrig, Indiana University, 1955 (Acting President)
David Fellman, University of Wisconsin, 1956
Wilfred E. Binkley, Ohio Northern University, 1957
Clarence A. Berdahl, University of Illinois, 1958
Jasper B. Shannon, University of Nebraska, 1959
Amry Vandenbosch, University of Kentucky, 1960
Lloyd M. Short, University of Minnesota, 1961
Richard Spencer, Coe College, 1962
E. Allen Helms, Ohio State University, 1963
William O. Farber, University of South Dakota, 1964
John E. Stoner, Indiana University, 1965
Clara Penniman, University of Wisconsin, 1966
Vernon Van Dyke, University of Iowa, 1967
John D. Lewis, Oberlin College, 1968
Samuel J. Eldersveld, University of Michigan, 1969
Merle Kling, Washington University, 1970
John Wahlke, University of Iowa, 1971
Leon D. Epstein, University of Wisconsin, 1972
Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1973
Frank Sorauf, University of Minnesota, 1974
Charles Press, Michigan State University, 1975
Norton Long, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1976
Samuel Krislov, University of Minnesota, 1977
Robert Salisbury, Washington University, 1978
John Kessel, Ohio State University, 1979
Malcolm E. Jewell, University of Kentucky, 1980
Samuel C. Patterson, University of Iowa, 1981
Dina Zinnes, University of Illinois, 1982
Jack Dennis, University of Wisconsin, 1983
Lucius Barker, Washington University, St. Louis, 1984
Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, 1985
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota, 1986
Ada Finifter, Michigan State University, 1987
John Kingdon, University of Michigan, 1988
William Crotty, Northwestern University, 1989
Richard Watson, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1990
Marjorie Randon Hershey, Indiana University, 1991
Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
Susan Welch, Penn State, 1993
Lee Sigelman, George Washington University, 1994
John Sprague, Washington University, 1995
James Stimson, University of Minnesota, 1996
Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan, 1997
Harold Spaeth, Michigan State University, 1998
James L. Gibson, Washington University, 1999
Milton Lodge, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2000
Robert Huckfeldt, Indiana University, 2001
Herbert Weisberg, The Ohio State University, 2002
Lee Epstein, Washington University, 2003
Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina, 2004
John Aldrich, Duke University, 2005
Ken Meier, Texas A&M University, 2006
Gregory Caldeira, The Ohio State University, 2007
Rodney Hero, University of Notre Dame, 2008