Botanical Society Officers

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

Past Presidents of the Botanical Society of America

	Christopher H. Haufler - 2006-07) University of Kansas Web Address: http://www.ku.edu/~eeb/faculty/haufler.html
	Edward L. Schneider - 2005-06 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Web Address: http://www.sbbg.org/
	Allison A. Snow - 2004-05 Ohio State University http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~asnowlab/home.html
	Linda E. Graham - 2003-04 University of Wisconsin http://www.botany.wisc.edu/cryptogams/graham.html
	Scott D. Russell - 2002-03 University of Oklahoma http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/faculty/russell.shtml
	Judy Jernstedt - 2001-02 University of California at Davis
	Patricia G. Gensel - 2000-01 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/gensel/
	Douglas E. Soltis - 1999-2000 University of Florida http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/soltislab/Members.htm#Doug
	Carol C. Baskin - 1998-99 University of Kentucky http://biology.uky.edu/ceeb/eeb/profs/baskins/index.htm
	Nancy Dengler - 1997-98 University of Toronto http://archnid.botany.utoronto.ca/newBotany/faculty/faculty_profiles.cfm?prof_id=11
	Daniel Crawford - 1996-97 University of Kansas BSA Merit Award Citation
	Barbara Schaal - 1995-96 Washington University - St. Louis http://biosgi.wustl.edu/faculty/FacultyPage.php?IDProf=30
	Harry T. Horner - 1994-95 Iowa State University http://www.public.iastate.edu/~botany/horner.html
	Grady Webster - 1993-94 University of California at Davis http://herbarium.ucdavis.edu/personnel.html
	Gregory J. Anderson - 1992-93 University of Connecticut http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/faculty/anderson/anderson.htm
	William Louis Culberson - 1991-92 Duke University http://www.botany.org/bsa/psb/2003/psb49-2.html#Culberson
	Beryl B. Simpson - 1990-91 University of Texas at Austin http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/IB/faculty/simpson/
	David L. Dilcher - 1989-90 University of Florida http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/paleobotany/dilcher.htm
	W. Hardy Eshbaugh - 1988-89 University of Miami - Ohio
	Shirley C. Tucker - 1987-88 University of California at Santa Barbara http://www.biology.lsu.edu/faculty_listings/fac_pages/stucker.html
	Ray F. Evert - 1986-87 University of Wisconsin http://www.botany.wisc.edu/structural/evert.html

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 Berkeley
	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 http://www.nybg.org/bsci/staf/pholmgren.html
	Charles B. Heiser - 1980 Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/heiser.html
	Herbert G. Baker - 1979 University of Californai at Berkeley http://teaching.berkeley.edu/goodteachers/baker.html
	William A. Jensen - 1978 Ohio State University http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~plantbio/osu_pcmb/people/jensen.htm
	Warren H. Wagner, Jr. - 1977 University of Michigan
	Barbara F. Palser - 1976 Rutgers University
	Peter H. Raven - 1975 Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.mobot.org
	Theodore Delevoryas - 1974 University of Texas
	Arthur Cronquist - 1973
	Charles Heimsch - 1972 Miami University - Ohio http://www.botany.org/bsa/psb/2003/psb49-2.html#Heimsch
	Richard C. Starr - 1971
	Lincoln Constance - 1970
	Harlan R. Banks - 1969
	Arthur Galston - 1968
	Ralph Emerson - 1967
	Harold C. Bold - 1966 University of Texas - Austin Harold Bold Webpage
	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 http://www.botany.org/newsite/awards/detail/VernonCheadle.php
	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 http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/esau.html
	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 http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/Genealogy/CokerCouch.jpg
	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 http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/Genealogy/Harper.jpg
	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 http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/Genealogy/Farlow.jpg
	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
	1906
	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

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