Presidents of the Botanical Society of America

Botanical Society Officers

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Editor in Chief, American Journal of Botany | Editor, Plant Science Bulletin | Editor, Applications in Plant Sciences

Presidents of the Botanical Society of America

Pamela Diggle (2013-2014) University of Connecticut		Elizabeth Kellogg (2012-2013) University of Missouri, St. Louis
Stephen G. Weller - 2011-12 University of California		Judith Skog- 2010-11 George Mason University		Kent Holsinger - 2009-10 University of Connecticut
Karl Niklas - 2008-09 Cornell University		Pamela Soltis - 2007-08 University of Florida Florida Museum of Natural History		Christopher H. Haufler - 2006-07 University of Kansas
Edward L. Schneider - 2005-06 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden		Allison A. Snow - 2004-05 Ohio State University		Linda E. Graham - 2003-04 University of Wisconsin
Scott D. Russell - 2002-03 University of Oklahoma		Judy Jernstedt - 2001-02 University of California at Davis		Patricia G. Gensel - 2000-01 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Douglas E. Soltis - 1999-2000 University of Florida		Carol C. Baskin - 1998-99 University of Kentucky		Nancy Dengler - 1997-98 University of Toronto
Daniel Crawford - 1996-97 University of Kansas BSA Merit Award Citation		Barbara Schaal - 1995-96 Washington University - St. Louis		Harry T. Horner - 1994-95 Iowa State University
Grady Webster - 1993-94 University of California at Davis		Gregory J. Anderson - 1992-93 University of Connecticut		William Louis Culberson - 1991-92 Duke University
Beryl B. Simpson - 1990-91 University of Texas at Austin		David L. Dilcher - 1989-90 University of Florida		W. Hardy Eshbaugh - 1988-89 University of Miami - Ohio
Shirley C. Tucker - 1987-88 University of California at Santa Barbara		Ray F. Evert - 1986-87 University of Wisconsin

Beginning in 1986, the term of President changed from a calender year, to a year starting and finishing at the BSA Annual General Meeting.

William L. Stern - 1985 to July 1986 University of Florida at Gainesville		Mildred L. Mathias - 1984 University of Californai at Los Angeles		Barbara D. Webster - 1983 University of California at Davis
Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. - 1982 University of California at Davis		Patricia K. Holmgren - 1981 New York Botanical Garden		Charles B. Heiser - 1980 Indiana University
Herbert G. Baker - 1979 University of Californai at Berkeley		William A. Jensen - 1978 Ohio State University		Warren H. Wagner, Jr. - 1977 University of Michigan
Barbara F. Palser - 1976 Rutgers University		Peter H. Raven - 1975 Missouri Botanical Garden		Theodore Delevoryas - 1974 University of Texas
Arthur Cronquist - 1973		Charles Heimsch - 1972 Miami University - Ohio		Richard C. Starr - 1971
Lincoln Constance - 1970		Harlan P. Banks - 1969		Arthur Galston - 1968
Ralph Emerson - 1967		Harold C. Bold - 1966 University of Texas - Austin		Aaron J. Sharp - 1965
Paul J. Kramer - 1964		Constantine J. Alexopoulos - 1963		G. Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. - 1962 University of California at Davis
Vernon I. Cheadle - 1961 University of California at Santa Barbara		Kenneth V. Thimann - 1960		William C. Steere - 1959
Harry J. Fuller (Honorary) - 1959		Frits W. Went - 1958		George S. Avery, Jr. - 1957
Harriet B. Creighton - 1956		Oswald Tippo - 1955		Adriance S. Foster - 1954
Ralph H. Wetmore - 1953		Edgar Anderson - 1952		Katherine Esau - 1951 University of California at Santa Barbara
Albert F Blakeslee - 1950		Ivey F. Lewis - 1949		Henry A. Gleason - 1948
Ralph E. Cleland - 1947		Neil E. Stevens - 1946		I. W. Bailey - 1945
Gilbert M. Smith - 1944		William J. Robbins - 1943		M. L. Fernald - 1942
John T. Buchholz - 1941		Edgar N. Transeau - 1940		Karl M. Wiegand - 1939
Arthur J. Eames - 1938		Edmund W. Sinnott - 1937		C. Stuart Gager - 1936
Aven Nelson - 1935		E. D. Merrill - 1934		E. J. Kraus - 1933
G. J. Peirce - 1932		Charles J. Chamberlain - 1931 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois		L. W. Sharp - 1930
Margaret C. Ferguson - 1929 1863 - 1951 Margaret Clay Ferguson was born in Orleans, New York. She received her PhD from Cornell University. She was head of the Department of Botany at Wellesley University. Her research focused on plant genetics, especially in petunia. She was elected the first woman president of the Botanical Society of America.		A. H. R. Buller - 1928 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada		H. H. Bartlett - 1927
L. H. Bailey - 1926 Cornell University Ithaca, New York		Jacob R. Schramm - 1925		William C. Coker - 1924 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Benjamin M. Duggar - 1923 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri		Henry C. Cowles - 1922 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois		Charles E. Allen - 1921
Nathaniel L. Britton - 1920 New York Botanical Garden New York, New York		Joseph C. Arthur - 1919 Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana		William Trelease - 1918 Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Missouri
F. C. Newcombe - 1917		Robert A. Harper - 1916 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Harper Web Page		John M. Coulter - 1915 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Albert S. Hitchcock - 1914 U. S. Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Plant Industry Washington DC		Douglas H. Campbell - 1913		Lewis R. Jones - 1912 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont
William G. Farlow - 1911 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts		Erwin F Smith - 1910 U. S. Department of Agriculture - Labotatory of Plant Pathology Washington DC		Roland Thaxter - 1909 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
William F. Ganong - 1908 Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts		George F. Atkinson - 1907 Cornell University Ithaca, New York		Franklin Sumner Earle - 1906 New York Botanical Garden Bronx, New York
William A. Kellermann - 1905 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio		Robert A. Harper - 1904 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin		C. R. Barnes - 1903 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Beverly T. Galloway - 1902 U. S. Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Plant Industry Washington DC		Joseph. C. Arthur - 1901 Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana		Byron D. Halstead - 1900 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
Benjamin L. Robinson - 1899 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts		Lucien. M. Underwood - 1898 Columbia University New York, New York		Nathaniel L. Britton - 1897 New York Botanical Garden New York, New York
John M. Coulter - 1896 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois		Charles E. Bessey - 1895 University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska		William Trelease - 1894 Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Missouri