Ecological Society of America

Officers of ESA

¤ Presidents 1916 -

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1916 Victor Ernest Shelford September 22, 1877 - December 27, 1968
1917 Ellsworth Huntington September 16, 1876 - October 18, 1947
1918 Henry Chandler Cowles February 27, 1869 - September 13, 1939
1919 Barrington Moore September 25, 1883 - October 19, 1966
1920 Barrington Moore September 25, 1883 - October 19, 1966
1921 Stephen Alfred Forbes May 29, 1844 - March 13, 1930
1922 Forrest Shreve July 8, 1878 - July 19, 1950
1923 Charles Christopher Adams July 23, 1873 - May 23, 1955
1924 Edgar Nelson Transeau October 21, 1875 - January 25, 1960
1925 Arthur Sperry Pearse March 15, 1877 - December 13, 1956
1926 John William Harshberger January 1, 1869 - April 28, 1929
1927 Chancey Juday May 5, 1871 - March 29, 1944
1928 Homer Leroy Shantz January 24, 1876 - June 24, 1958
1929 Warder Clyde Allee June 5, 1885 - March 19, 1955
1930 John Ernst Weaver May 5, 1884 - June 8, 1966
1931 Asa Orrin Weese November 7, 1885 - November 20, 1955
1932 George Elwood Nichols April 12, 1882 - June 20, 1939
1933 Edwin Booth Powers August 6, 1880 - August 25, 1949
1934 George Damon Fuller January 18, 1869 - November 23, 1961
1935 Walter Penn Taylor October 31, 1888 - April 29, 1972
1936 William Skinner Cooper August 25, 1884 - October 8, 1978
1937 Robert Ervin Coker June 4, 1876 - October 2, 1967
1938 Herbert Christian Hanson April 18, 1890 - March 7, 1962
1939 Charles Taylor Vorhies September 7, 1879 - March 11, 1949
1940 Francis Ramaley November 16, 1870 - June 10, 1942
1941 Alfred Edwards Emerson December 31, 1896 - October 3, 1976
1942 Clarence Ferdinand Korstian June 26, 1889 - February 23, 1968
1943 Orlando Park October 13, 1901 - September 23, 1969
1944 Robert Fiske Griggs August 22, 1881 - June 10, 1962
1945 Alfred Clarence Redfield November 15, 1890 - March 17, 1983
1946 John Mulvaney Aikman March 24, 1893 - July 13, 1975
1947 Rand Aldo Leopold January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948
1948 Paul Bigelow Sears December 17, 1891 - April 30, 1990
1949 Zeno Payne Metcalf May 1, 1885 - January 5, 1956
1950 Emma Lucy Braun April 19, 1889 - March 5, 1971
1951 Samuel Charles Kendeigh December 18, 1904 - November 13, 1986
1952 Frank Caleb Gates September 22, 1887 - March 23, 1955
1953 Lee Raymond Dice July 15, 1887 - January 31, 1977
1954 John Ernest Potzger July 21, 1886 - September 18, 1955
1955 William John Hamilton, Jr. [Resolution] December 11, 1902 - July 27, 1990
1956 Henry John Oosting  » Resolution March 12, 1903 - November 2, 1968
1957 William Albert Dreyer March 7, 1904 - November 18, 1979
1958 Stanley Adair Cain [Resolution] June 19, 1902 - April 1, 1995
1959 Thomas Park [Resolution] November 17, 1908 - March 30, 1992
1960 Charles Edward Olmstead April 23, 1908 - November 20, 1977
1961 Arthur Davis Hasler  » Resolution January 5, 1908 - March 23, 2001
1962 Murray Fife Buell  » Resolution October 6, 1905 - July 3, 1975
1963 William Franklin Blair June 25, 1912 - February 9, 1985
1964 John Frederick Reed  » Resolution November 18, 1911 - December 4, 1997
1965 Eugene Pleasants Odum  » Resolution September 17, 1913 - August 10, 2002
1966 Bostwick Hawley Ketchum January 21, 1912 - July 15, 1982
1967 Rexford F. Daubenmire December 12, 1909 - August 27, 1995
1968 LaMont Cook Cole July 15, 1916 - June 3, 1978
1968-69 John Edward Cantlon October 6, 1921 -
1969-70 Edward Smith Deevey, Jr. December 3, 1914 - November 29, 1988
1970-71 Frederick Herbert Bormann March 24, 1922 - June 7, 2012
1971-72 Stanley Irving Auerbach  » Resolution May 21, 1921 - May 1, 2004
1972-73 Robert Baxter Platt January 19, 1913 - March 11, 1998
1973-74 Frederick Edward Smith July 23, 1920 - April 18, 2012
1974-75 Richard Samuel Miller [Resolution] July 24, 1922 - October 12, 1990
1975-76 Forest Walden Stearns  » Resolution September 10, 1918 - September 8, 1999
1976-77 Frank Benjamin Golley  » Resolution September 24, 1930 -October 8, 2006
1977-78 George Masters Woodwell October 23, 1928 -
1978-79 William Dwight Billings [Resolution] December 29, 1910 - January 4, 1997
1979-80 Robert Treat Paine April 13, 1933 -
1980-81 Arthur Wells Cooper August 15, 1931 -
1981-82 Gene Elden Likens January 6, 1935 -
1982-83 Lawrence Carroll Bliss November 29, 1929 -
1983-84 Francis Cope Evans  » Resolution December 2, 1914 - August 16, 2002
1984-85 Paul Gillan Risser September 14, 1939 -
1985-86 Richard Bruce Root  » Resolution September 7, 1936 - January 22, 2013
1986-87 Jean Harmon Langenheim September 5, 1925 -
1987-88 Margaret Bryan Davis October 23, 1931 -
1988-89 Harold A. Mooney June 1, 1932 -
1989-90 Dennis Hal Knight December 24, 1937 -
1990-91 Simon Asher Levin April 22, 1941 -
1991-92 H. Ronald Pulliam September 7, 1945 -
1992-93 Jane Lubchenco December 4, 1947 -
1993-94 Jerry Forest Franklin October 27, 1936 -
1994-95 Judy Lynn Meyer May 22, 1946 -
1995-96 Gordon Howell Orians July 10, 1932 -
1996-97 James Hemphill Brown September 25, 1942 -
1997-98 James A. MacMahon April 7, 1939 -
1998-99 Katherine Lynn Gross October 28, 1953 -
1999-00 Diana Harrison Wall December 27, 1943 -
2000-01 Stephen Russell Carpenter July 5, 1952 -
2001-02 Pamela Anne Matson August 3, 1953 -
2002-03 Ann Marie Bartuska August 6, 1953 -
2003-04 William Harrison Schlesinger April 30, 1950 -
2004-05 Jerry Michael Melillo December 23, 1943 -
2005-06 Nancy Beth Grimm October 11, 1955 -
2006-07 Alan Paul Covich February 8, 1942 -
2007-08 Norman LeRoy Christensen, Jr. December 28, 1946 -
2008-09 Alison Gail Power January 28, 1953 -
2009-10 Mary Eleanor Power August 22, 1949 -
2010-11 Francis Stuart Chapin III February 2, 1944 -
2011-2012 Steward T.A. Pickett November 30, 1950 -
2012-2013 Scott L. Collins October 28, 1952 -
2013-2014 Jill Span Baron November 8, 1954
2014-2015 David W. Inouye -

 

¤ Vice President 1916-1995

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1916 William Morton Wheeler March 19, 1865 - April 19, 1937
1917 John William Harshberger January 1, 1869 - April 28, 1929
1918 Robert Ervin Coker June 4, 1876 - October 2, 1967
1919 Thomas Leroy Hankinson April 12, 1876 - December 3, 1935
1920 George Elwood Nichols April 12, 1882 - June 20, 1939
1921 Edgar Nelson Transeau October 21, 1875 - January 25, 1960
1922 Henry Edward Crampton January 5, 1875 - February 26, 1956
1923 Gustav Adolph Pearson November 14, 1880 - January 31, 1949
1924 Warder Clyde Allee June 5, 1885 - March 18, 1955
1925 John Ernst Weaver May 5, 1884 - June 8, 1966
1926 Raymond Carroll Osburn January 4, 1872 - August 6, 1955
1927 William Skinner Cooper August 25, 1884 - October 8, 1978
1928 Royal Norton Chapman September 17, 1889 - December 2, 1939
1929 George Plumer Burns October 30, 1871 - November 13, 1953
1930 Walter Penn Taylor October 31, 1888 - April 29, 1972
1931 Francis Ramaley November 16, 1870 - June 10, 1942
1932 Joseph Grinnell February 27, 1877 - May 29, 1939
1933 Herbert Christian Hansen April 18, 1890 - March 7, 1962
1934 Paul Smith Welch January 28, 1882 - October 1, 1959
1935 Emma Lucy Braun April 19, 1889 - March 5, 1971
1936 James George Needham March 18, 1868 - July 24, 1957
1937 Howard deForest November 2, 1877 - April 4, 1946
1938 Lee Raymond Dice July 15, 1887 - January 30, 1977
1939 Clarence Ferdinand Korstian June 26, 1889 - February 23, 1968
1940 Orlando Park  » Resolution October 13, 1901 - September 23, 1969
1941 Benjamin Carroll Tharp November 16, 1885 - November 29, 1964
1942 Claude Ephraim ZoBell August 22, 1904 - March 13, 1989
1943 Paul Bigelow Sears December 17, 1891 - April 30, 1990
1944 Alfred Clarence Redfield November 15, 1890 - March 17, 1983
1945 John Mulvaney Aikman March 24, 1893 - July 13, 1975
1946 Rand Aldo Leopold January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948
1947 Paul Bigelow Sears December 17, 1891 - April 30, 1990
1948 William Albert Dreyer March 7, 1904 - November 18, 1979
1949 Charles Edward Olmstead April 23, 1908 - November 20, 1977
1950 Reginald VanTrump Truitt August 12, 1890 - April 11, 1991
1951 Frederick William Albertson January 1, 1892 - June 8, 1961
1952 David Edward Davis July 18, 1913 - October 31, 1994
1953 Stanley Adair Cain [Resolution] June 19, 1902 - April 1, 1995
1954 Samuel Eddy March 26, 1897 - October 19, 1972
1955 Murray Fife Buell  » Resolution October 6, 1905 - July 3, 1975
1956 William Franklin Blair June 25, 1912 - February 9, 1985
1957 William Theodore Penfound November 8, 1897 - August 31, 1984
1958 Frank William Preston May 14, 1896 - March 1, 1989
1960 Aaron John Sharp July 29, 1904 - November 15, 1997
1960 William Dwight Billings [Resolution] December 29, 1910 - January 4, 1997
1961 Edward Smith Deevey, Jr. December 3, 1914 - November 29, 1988
1962 Bostwick Hawley Ketchum January 21, 1912 - July 15, 1982
1963 Lora Mangum Shields March 13, 1912 - January 7, 1996
1964 LaMont Cook Cole July 15, 1916 - June 3, 1978
1965 John Edward Cantlon October 6, 1921 -
1966 Robert Baxter Platt January 19, 1913 - March 11, 1998
1967 George Masters Woodwell October 23, 1928 -
1968 George Sprugel, Jr.  » Resolution September 26, 1919 - September 10, 1999
1968-69 Pierre Dansereau October 5, 1911 -
1969-70 Paul Guy Pearson December 5, 1926 - August 12, 2000
1970-71 Robert Harding Whittaker December 27, 1920 - October 20, 1980
1971-72 Forest Walden Stearns  » Resolution September 10, 1918 - September 8, 1999
1972-73 Frank Benjamin Golley  » Resolution September 24, 1930 - October 8, 2006
1973-74 Charles Remington Goldman November 9, 1930 -
1974-75 Arthur Wells Cooper August 15, 1931 -
1975-76 Gordon Howell Orians July 10, 1932 -
1976-77 Lawrence Carroll Bliss November 29, 1929 -
1977-78 Robert Treat Paine April 13, 1933 -
1978-79 Gene Elden Likens January 6, 1935 -
1979-80 Richard Bruce Root  » Resolution September 7, 1936 - January 22, 2013
1980-81 Jean Harmon Langenheim September 5, 1925 -
1981-82 Ralph Edward Good February 24, 1937 - December 11, 1991
1982-83 Richard T.T. Forman November 10, 1935 -
1983-84 Dennis Hal Knight December 24, 1937 -
1984-85 Harold A. Mooney June 1, 1932 -
1985-86 Earl Edward Werner July 11, 1944 -
1986-87 H. Ronald Pulliam September 7, 1945 -
1987-88 James Hemphill Brown September 25, 1942 -
1988-89 Jane Lubchenco December 4, 1947 -
1989-90 Barbara Lee Bentley December 14, 1942 -
1990-91 Rebecca Reyburn Sharitz August 10, 1944 -
1991-92 Judy Lynn Meyer May 22, 1946 -
1992-93 Katherine Lynn Gross October 28, 1953 -
1993-94 Patrice A. Morrow January 11, 1945 -
1994-95 Robert Knight Colwell October 9, 1943 -

¤ Vice President for Science 1995 -

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1995-98 Steward T.A. Pickett November 30, 1950 -
1998-04 James Samuel Clark January 13, 1957 -
2004-07 Gaius Robert Shaver August 19, 1949 -
2007-11 Robert B. Jackson September 26, 1961 -
2010-2013    
2013-2016 Valerie T. Eviner April 17, 1972 -

 

¤ Vice President for Public Affairs 1995 -

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1995-96 Anthony C. Janetos November 29, 1954 -
1996-99 Ann Marie Bartuska August 6, 1953 -
1999-02 Timothy Duane Schowalter August 14, 1952 -
2002-05 Alison Gail Power January 28, 1953 -
2005-08 Richard Vincent Pouyat December 2, 1957 -
2008-11 Laura F. Huenneke September 4, 1955 -
2011-14 Sharon K. Collinge  

¤ Vice President for Finance 1995 -

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1995-96 Louis Frank Pitelka March 28, 1947 -
1996-02 William Harrison Schlesinger April 30, 1950 -
2002-05 Norman LeRoy Christensen, Jr. December 28, 1946 -
2005-2011 William J. Parton November 2, 1944 -
2011-2014 Leslie A. Real  

¤ Vice President for Education and Human Resources 1995 -

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1995-00 Alan R. Berkowitz April 7, 1955 -
2000-06 Carol Ann Brewer August 19, 1958 -
2006-2012 Margaret D. Lowman DOB
2012-2015 Julie Reynolds  

 

¤ Secretary

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1916-19 Forrest Shreve July 8, 1878 - July 19, 1950
1920-30 Asa Orrin Weese November 7, 1885 - November 20, 1955
1931 Alfred Edwards Emerson December 31, 1896 - October 3, 1976
1932-33 Aaron Raymond Kienholz October 18, 1894 - November 8, 1967
1934-35 Arthur Gibson Vestal September 10, 1888 - June 5, 1962
1936-38 Orlando Park  » Resolution October 13, 1901 - September 23, 1969
1939-41 William John Hamilton, Jr. December 11, 1902 - July 27, 1990
1942-47 William Albert Dreyer March 7, 1904 - November 18, 1979
1948-50 William Augustus Castle May 30, 1904 - February 3, 1990
1951-53 Murray Fife Buell  » Resolution October 6, 1905 - July 3, 1975
1954-57 John Frederick Reed  » Resolution November 18, 1911 - December 4, 1997
1958-61 John Edward Cantlon October 6, 1921 -
1962-64 Paul Guy Pearson December 5, 1926 - August 12, 2000
1965-70 Stanley Irving Auerbach  » Resolution May 21, 1921 - May 1, 2004
1970 William Albert Niering  » Resolution August 28, 1924 - August 30, 1999
1971-75 J. Frank McCormick October 25, 1935 -
1975-78 Edward John Kormondy June 10, 1926 -
1978-81 Paul Gillan Risser September 14, 1939 -
1981-85 Robert Patrick McIntosh September 24, 1920 -
1986-91 Hazel Roach Delcourt August 5, 1951 -
1992-95 Robert Krug Peet February 14, 1947 -
1995-98 Nancy J. Huntly January 20, 1952 -
1998-01 Lisa Graumlich December 15, 1952 -
2001-04 Jill Spann Baron November 8, 1954 -
2004-10 David William Inouye January 7, 1950 -
2010-16 Charles D. Canham  

 

¤ Treasurer 1939-1995

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1939-40 Stanley Adair Cain [Resolution] (June 19, 1902 - April 1, 1995)
1941-42 Royal Eastman Shanks (November 11, 1912 - August 4, 1962)
1943 Stanley Adair Cain [Resolution] (June 19, 1902 - April 1, 1995)
1944-49 Henry John Oosting  » Resolution (March 12, 1903 - October 31, 1968)
1950 William Theodore Penfound (November 8, 1897 - August 31, 1984)
1951-54 Frederick Harold Test (April 16, 1912 - March 26, 2010)
1955-57 Alexander Carlton Hodson (June 17, 1906 - March 13, 1996)
1957-59 John Stiles Dendy (September 29, 1909 - September, 1992)
1959-63 Kirby Lee Hays (August 11, 1928 - June 17, 1983)
1964-66 Ralph Walter Kelting (September 27, 1918 - September 17, 1995)
1967-69 William Clark Ashby (July 6, 1922 -
1969-72 Shelby Delos Gerking [Resolution] (November 16, 1918 - January 11, 1998)
1972-75 Forest Walden Stearns  » Resolution (September 10, 1918 - September 8, 1999)
1975-77 Paul Guy Pearson (December 5, 1926 - August 12, 2000)
1977-81 Lawrence Carroll Bliss (November 29, 1929 -
1981-84 William A. Reiners (June 10, 1937 -
1984-87 Paul Alfred Colinvaux (September 22, 1930 -
1987-90 Rebecca Reyburn Sharitz (August 10, 1944 -
1990-95 Louis Frank Pitelka (March 28, 1947 -

 

¤ Business Manager 1920-1995

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1920-43 Charles Stuart Gager (December 23, 1872 - August 9, 1943)
1944 George Matthew Reed (May 3, 1878 - June 1956)
1945-46 Henry Knute Svenson (January 13, 1897 - March 4, 1986)
1947   (Brooklyn Botanical Garden)
1948-54 Exie Duncan (Employee of Brooklyn Botanical Garden)
1954-68 Henry John Oosting  » Resolution (March 12, 1903 - October 31, 1968)
1968-69 William Dwight Billings [Resolution] (December 29, 1910 - January 4, 1997)
1969-73 William Clark Ashby (July 6, 1922 -
1973-79 Ralph Edward Good [Resolution] (February 24, 1937 - December 11, 1991)
1979-95 Duncan Theunissen Patten (October 13, 1934 -

¤ Member-at-large: Council 1948-1995, Governing Board 1995-

Year in Office Full Name Date of Birth - Date of Death
1948 Howard E. Brewer -
1948 Gordon Alexander -
1948-49 Charles Edward Olmsted April 23, 1908 - November 20, 1976
1948-49 Carl L. Hubbs -
1950-51 Bostwick Hawley Ketchum January 21, 1912 - July 15, 1982
1950-51 Royal E. Shanks November 11, 1912 - August 4, 1962
1951-52 Angus M. Woodbury 1892 -1960
1951-52 John Ernest Potzger July 21, 1886 - September 18, 1955
1952-53 J.R. Adams -
1952-53 Henry Ives Baldwin August 23,1896 - December 10, 1992
1954-55 Aaron J. Sharp July 29, 1904 - November 16,1997
1954-55 Ezra Henry Moss 1892 - 1963
1955-56 Stanley Adair Cain [Resolution] June 19, 1902 - April 1, 1995
1955-56 Reed Winget Fautin January 2, 1908 - June 1983
1957-58 John H. Davis -
1957-58 Eugene Pleasants Odum  » Resolution September 17, 1913 - August 10, 2002
1958 Clarence James Goodnight May 30, 1914 -
1958 Lincoln Ellison August 2, 1908 - March 9, 1958
1958-61 Edward Everett Dale August 18, 1920 -
1959-60 John Rankin -
1960-62 Rexford F. Daubenmire December 12, 1909 - August 27, 1995
1962-63 Adolph Marvin Stebler February 22, 1909 - June 12, 1993
1963-64 Paul Shultz Martin August 22, 1928 -
1964-65 George Daniel Grice Jr. October 9, 1929 -
1965-66 Calvin McMillan February 20, 1922 - August 27, 1997
1966-67 Frank John Vernberg November 6, 1925 -
1967-68 Lawrence Carroll Bliss November 29, 1929 -
1968-69 Lawrence Richards Pomeroy June 2, 1925 -
1968-70 Frederick Edward Smith July 23, 1920 -
1969-71 Robert Harding Whittaker [Resolution] December 27, 1920 - October 20, 1980
1970-72 Robert George Wetzel  » Resolution August 16, 1936 - April 18, 2005
1971-73 Martyn Mathews Caldwell June 28, 1941 -
1972-74 Charles Remington Goldman November 9, 1930 -
1973-75 Josephine K. Doherty -
1974-76 David Edward Reichle October 19, 1938 -
1975-77 Rebecca Reyburn Sharitz August 10, 1944 -
1976-78 Neil F. Hadley October 13, 1941 -
1977-79 Frances Crews James September 29, 1930 -
1978-80 Kenneth William Cummins March 28, 1933 -
1979-81 Patricia Ann Werner July 7, 1941 -
1980-82 William Anthony Laycock March 17, 1930 -
1981-83 John Anthony Wiens September 29, 1939 -
1982-84 Jane Lubchenco December 4, 1947 -
1983-85 Rebecca Reyburn Sharitz August 10, 1944 -
1984-86 Norma Lee Fowler May 29, 1952 -
1985-87 Peter Feinsinger July 16, 1948 -
1986-88 Patrice A. Morrow January 11, 1945 -
1987-89 Warren Gene Abrahamson III March 26, 1947 -
1988-90 Joseph Travis December 22, 1953 -
1989-91 William E. Neill October 7, 1944 -
1990-92 Jessica Gurevitch October 31, 1952 -
1991-93 Julie Denslow November 29, 1942 -
1992-94 F. Stuart Chapin, III February 2, 1944 -
1993-96 Mary Eleanor Power August 22, 1949 -
1994-96 Susan P. Harrison October 3, 1961 -
1995-97 Virgina House Dale September 9, 1951 -
1996-98 Nelson George Hairston, Jr. September 26, 1949 -
1996-98 Laura F. Huenneke September 4, 1955 -
1997-99 Jill S. Baron November 8, 1954 -
1998-00 Robin Chazdon May 27, 1957 -
1998-00 Ariel E. Lugo April 28, 1943 -
1999-01 Rodolfo Dirzo -
2000-02 Julie Denslow November 29, 1942 -
2000-02 James Roman Gosz May 4, 1940 -
2001-03 Sharon Kay Collinge August 23, 1962 -
2002-04 Edward A. Johnson August 24, 1943 -
2002-04 Osvaldo Esteban Sala December 4, 1950 -
2003-05 Margaret Ann Palmer October 22, 1955 -
2004-06 Shahid Naeem -
2004-06 P. Dee Boersma November 1, 1946 -
2005-07 Dennis Shoji Ojima March 23, 1953 -
2006-08 Juan Armesto -
2006-08 Jayne Belknap February 2, 1952 -
2007-09 Ann P. Kinzig July 28, 1964 -
2008-11 Josh Schimel -
2010-12 Lisa J. Graumlich -
2010-12 Andrea H. Lloyd -
2011-13 Mimi E. Lam  
2012-14 Stephen T. Jackson and Michelle C. Mack  
2013 Carmen Cid  

 

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