A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863 - 2005,
by Frederick Seitz
Appendix B: Officers of the National Academy
VICE PRESIDENTS
1863–1865 James Dwight Dana
1866–1868 Joseph Henry
1868–1871 William Chauvenet
1872–1878 Wolcott Gibbs
1878–1883 Othniel Charles Marsh
1883–1889 Simon Newcomb
1889–1891 Samuel Pierpont Langley
1891–1897 Francis Amasa Walker
1897–1903 Asaph Hall
1903–1907 Ira Remsen
1907–1917 Charles Doolittle Walcott
1917–1923 Albert Abraham Michelson
1923 1927 John Campbell Merriam
1927–1931 Frederick Eugene Wright
1931–1933 David White
1933–1941 Arthur Louis Day
1941–1945 Isaiah Bowen
1945–1949 Luther Pfahler Eisenhart
1949–1953 Edwin Bidwell Wilson
1953–1957 George Washington Corner
1957–1961 Farrington Daniels
1961–1965 Julius Adams Stratton
1965–1973 George B. Kistiakowsky
1973–1981 Saunders MacLane
1981–1993 James David Ebert
1993–2001 Jack Halpern
2001–2005 James S. Langer
2005–2013 Barbara A. Schaal
2013–2017 Diane Griffin
FOREIGN SECRETARIES
1863–1873 Louis Agassiz
1874–1880 F. A. P. Barnard
1880–1886 Alexander Agassiz
1886–1895 Wolcott Gibbs
1895–1901 Alexander Agassiz
1901–1903 Ira Remsen
1903–1909 Simon Newcomb
1909–1910 Alexander Agassiz
1910–1921 George Ellery Hale
1921–1934 Robert Andrews Millikan
1934–1936 Thomas Hunt Morgan
1936–1942 Lawrence Joseph Henderson
1942–1945 Walter Bradford Cannon
1945–1950 Detlev Wulf Bronk
1950–1954 Roger Adams
1954–1958 John G. Kirkwood
1958–1961 H. P. Robertson
1962–1974 Harrison Scott Brown
1974–1978 George S. Hammond
1978–1982 Thomas F. Malone
1982–1986 Walter A. Rosenblith
1986–1990 William E. Gordon
1990–1994 James B. Wyngarden
1994–2002 F. Sherwood Rowland
2002–2014 Michael T. Clegg
HOME SECRETARIES
1863–1872 Wolcott Gibbs
1872–1878 Julius Erasmus Hilgard
1878–1881 J.H.C. Coffin
1881–1883 Simon Newcomb
1883–1897 Asaph Hall
1897–1901 Ira Remsen
1901–1913 Arnold Hagues
1913–1918 Arthur Louis Day
1919–1923 Charles Greeley Abbott
1923–1931 David White
1931–1951 Frederick Eugene Wright
1951–1955 Alexander Wetmore
1955–1965 Hugh Latimer Dryden
1965–1971 Merle Antony Tuve
1971–1975 Allen Varley Astin
1975–1979 David Goddard
1979–1987 Bryce Crawford
1987–1999 Peter Hamilton Raven
1999–2003 R. Stephen Berry
2003–2011 John I. Brauman
2011–2015 Susan Wessler
PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
1964–1966 Augustus B. Kinzel
1966–1970 Eric A. Walker
1970–1973 Clarence H. Linder
1973–1974 Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
1974–1975 William E. Shoupp
1975–1983 Cortland D. Perkins
1983–1995 Robert M. White
1995–1996 Harold Liebowitz
1996–2007 William A. Wulf
1996–2013 Charles M. Vest
2013–2019 C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr.
PRESIDENTS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
1970–1971 Robert J. Glaser (Acting)
1971–1974 John R. Hogness
1974–1975 Donald S. Frederickson
1975–1980 David A. Hamburg
1980–1985 Frederick C. Robbins
1985–1991 Samuel O. Thier
1991–1992 Stuart Bondurant (Acting)
1992–2002 Kenneth I. Shine
2002–2014 Harvey V. Fineberg
