Past Officers and Councilors
Past Presidents | Past Vice Presidents | Past Secretaries | Past Treasurers | Past Executive Officers | Past Education Officers | Past Publications Board Chairs |
Past Press Officers |
Past Councilors
| Presidents: |
Dates: |
| Simon Newcomb |
1899-1905 |
| Edward C. Pickering |
1905-1919 |
| Frank Schlesinger |
1919-1922 |
| W. W. Campbell |
1922-1925 |
| G. C. Comstock |
1925-1928 |
| Ernest W. Brown |
1928-1931 |
| Walter S. Adams |
1931-1934 |
| Henry Norris Russell |
1934-1937 |
| Robert G. Aitken |
1937-1940 |
| Joel Stebbins |
1940-1943 |
| Harlow Shapley |
1943-1946 |
| Otto Struve |
1946-1949 |
| Alfred H. Joy |
1949-1952 |
| Robert R. McMath |
1952-1954 |
| Donald H. Menzel |
1954-1956 |
| Paul Merrill |
1956-1958 |
| G. M. Clemence |
1958-1960 |
| Lyman Spitzer, Jr. |
1960-1962 |
| C. S. Beals |
1962-1964 |
| Leo Goldberg |
1964-1966 |
| Bengt Stromgren |
1966-1967 |
| Albert E. Whitford |
1967-1970 |
| Martin Schwarzschild |
1970-1972 |
| Bart J. Bok |
1972-1974 |
| Robert P. Kraft |
1974-1976 |
| E. Margaret Burbidge |
1976-1978 |
| Ivan R. King |
1978-1980 |
| David Heeschen |
1980-1982 |
| Arthur D. Code |
1982-1984 |
| Maarten Schmidt |
1984-1986 |
| Bernard F. Burke |
1986-1988 |
| Donald E. Osterbrock |
1988-1990 |
| John N. Bahcall |
1990-1992 |
| Sidney Wolff |
1992-1994 |
| Frank Shu |
1994-1996 |
| Andrea K. Dupree |
1996-1998 |
| Robert D. Gehrz |
1998-2000 |
| Anneila I. Sargent |
2000-2002 |
| Catherine A. Pilachowski |
2002-2004 |
| Robert P. Kirshner |
2004-2006 |
| J. Craig Wheeler |
2006-2008 |
| Vice-Presidents: |
Dates: |
| Donald H. Menzel |
1946-1948 |
| Paul W. Merrill |
1947-1949 |
| Fred Whipple |
1948-1950 |
| Dirk Brouwer |
1949-1951 |
| C. S. Beals |
1950-1952 |
| C. D. Shane |
1951-1953 |
| G. M. Clemence |
1952-1954 |
| Seth B. Nicholson |
1953-1955 |
| Robert M. Petri |
1954-1956 |
| Jesse L. Greenstein |
1955-1957 |
| S. Chandrasekhar |
1956-1958 |
| A. N. Vyssotsky |
1957-1959 |
| Charlotte Sitterly |
1958-1960 |
| Leo Goldberg |
1959-1961 |
| Guillermo Haro |
1960-1962 |
| Fred T. Haddock |
1961-1963 |
| Ira S. Bowen |
1962-1964 |
| John S. Hall |
1963-1965 |
| Richard Tousey |
1964-1966 |
| A. E. Whitford |
1965-1967 |
| S. W. McCuskey |
1966-1968 |
| Martin Schwarzschild |
1967-1969 |
| W. W. Morgan |
1968-1970 |
| David S. Heeschen |
1969-1971 |
| Bart J. Bok |
1970-1971 |
| Morton S. Roberts |
1971-1972 |
| Edwin E. Salpeter |
1971-1973 |
| E. Margaret Burbidge |
1972-1974 |
| Victor M. Blanco |
1973-1975 |
| Arthur A. Hoag |
1974-1976 |
| Donald E. Osterbrock |
1975-1977 |
| Arthur D. Code |
1976-1978 |
| Harlan J. Smith |
1977-1979 |
| Leonard Searle |
1978-1980 |
| George Wallerstein |
1979-1981 |
| Frank Kerr |
1980-1982 |
| Ray Weymann |
1981-1983 |
| Michael J. S. Belton |
1982-1984 |
| Anne P. Cowley |
1983-1985 |
| John A. Graham |
1984-1986 |
| Gart Westerhout |
1985-1987 |
| Andrea K. Dupree |
1986-1988 |
| Stephen E. Strom |
1987-1989 |
| J. Roger Angel |
1987-1990 |
| Frank H. Shu |
1988-1991 |
| Harvey D. Tananbaum |
1989-1992 |
| Paul W. Hodge |
1990-1993 |
| James E. Hesser |
1991-1994 |
| Donald B. Campbell |
1992-1995 |
| France A. Cordova |
1993-1996 |
| Jonathan E. Grindlay |
1994-1997 |
| Neta A. Bahcall |
1995-1998 |
| Edward B. Jenkins |
1996-1999 |
| Virginia L. Trimble |
1997-2000 |
| Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. |
1998-2001 |
| J. Craig Wheeler |
1999-2002 |
| Robert E. Williams |
2000-2003 |
| Joseph A. Burns |
2001-2004 |
| Pierre Demarque |
2002-2005 |
| Chris Impey |
2003-2006 |
| Wallace L. W. Sargent |
2004-2007 |
| Paul A. Vanden Bout |
2005-2008 |
| Secretary: |
Dates: |
| Dean B. McLaughlin |
1945-1946 |
| C. M. Huffer |
1946-1955 |
| J. Allen Hynek |
1955-1961 |
| Harlan J. Smith (Act.) |
1961-1962 |
| George C. McVittie |
1961-1970 |
| Laurence W. Fredrick (Act.) |
1969-1970 |
| Laurence W. Fredrick |
1970-1980 |
| Charles Tolbert (Act.) |
1972-1973 |
| Arlo U. Landolt |
1980-1989 |
| Roger A. Bell |
1989-1995 |
| Arlo U. Landolt |
1995-2004 |
| John A. Graham |
2004- |
| Treasurer: |
Dates: |
| Kevin Burns |
1945-1946 |
| J. J. Nassau |
1946-1954 |
| Frank K. Edmondson |
1954-1975 |
| William E. Howard, III |
1975-1977 |
| Harold F. Weaver (Act.) |
1977-1978 |
| Harold F. Weaver |
1978-1987 |
| Leonard V. Kuhi |
1987-1988 |
| Harold F. Weaver (Act.) |
1988 |
| C. Robert O'Dell |
1988-1996 |
| Leonard V. Kuhi |
1996-2005 |
| Hervey (Peter) Stockman |
2005-2008 |
| Executive Officer |
Dates: |
| Paul M. Routly |
1962-1969 |
| Hank M. Gurin |
1969-1979 |
| Peter B. Boyce |
1979-1995 |
| Robert W. Milkey |
1995- |
| Education Officer: |
Dates: |
| Harry Shipman |
1979-1985 |
| Charles R. Tolbert |
1985-1991 |
| Mary Kay Hemenway |
1991-1997 |
| R. Bruce Partridge |
1997-2003 |
| George D. Nelson |
2003-2006 |
| Publications Board Chair: |
Dates: |
| Catherine A. Pilachowski |
1990-1993 |
| Hugh Van Horn |
1993-1994 |
| James Liebert |
1994-1996 |
| Robert J. Hanisch |
1996-1999 |
| Bruce G. Elmegreen |
1999-2002 |
| Sumner Starrfield |
2002-2005 |
| Michael F. A'Hearn |
2005-2008 |
| Press Officer: |
Dates: |
| Ken Franklin |
1973-1979 |
| Harry Shipman |
1979-1985 |
| Stephen P. Maran |
1985- |
| Councilor: |
Dates: |
| N. T. Bobrovnikoff |
1945-1948 |
| R. M. Petrie |
1945-1948 |
| A. D. Maxwell |
1945-1948 |
| H. L. Alden |
1946-1949 |
| Olin C. Wilson |
1946-1949 |
| Ida Barney |
1946-1949 |
| C. D. Shane |
1947-1950 |
| Jesse L. Greenstein |
1947-1950 |
| Peter M. Millman |
1947-1950 |
| Lyman Spitzer, Jr. |
1948-1951 |
| Leo Goldberg |
1948-1951 |
| Gerald E. Kron |
1948-1951 |
| G. M. Clemence |
1949-1952 |
| Gerard Kuiper |
1949-1952 |
| Andrew McKellar |
1949-1952 |
| Albert E. Whitford |
1950-1953 |
| R. J. Trumpler |
1950-1953 |
| Philip C. Keenan |
1950-1953 |
| S. Chandrasekhar |
1951-1954 |
| M. Humason |
1951-1954 |
| Martin Schwarzschild |
1951-1954 |
| Walter Baade |
1952-1955 |
| Paul Herget |
1952-1955 |
| Bengt Stromgren |
1952-1955 |
| Lawrence H. Aller |
1953-1956 |
| I. S. Bowen |
1953-1956 |
| Kenneth O. Wright |
1953-1956 |
| Helen W. Dodson |
1954-1957 |
| Geoffrey Keller |
1954-1957 |
| Harold F. Weaver |
1954-1957 |
| S. W. McCuskey |
1955-1958 |
| C. K. Seyfert |
1955-1958 |
| A. G. Wilson |
1955-1958 |
| Horace W. Babcock |
1956-1959 |
| James G. Baker |
1956-1959 |
| Guillermo Haro |
1956-1959 |
| J. H. Heard |
1957-1960 |
| John B. Irwin |
1957-1960 |
| Allan R. Sandage |
1957-1960 |
| Gerhard Herzberg |
1958-1961 |
| Franklin E. Roach |
1958-1961 |
| Frank B. Wood |
1958-1961 |
| William Bidelman |
1959-1962 |
| E. Margaret Burbidge |
1959-1962 |
| John S. Hall |
1959-1962 |
| Aden B. Meinel |
1960-1963 |
| Walter O. Roberts |
1960-1963 |
| Kaj A. Strand |
1960-1963 |
| Ronald N. Bracewell |
1961-1964 |
| Joseph W. Chamberlain |
1961-1964 |
| G. Munch |
1961-1964 |
| W. A. Hiltner |
1962-1965 |
| William Liller |
1962-1965 |
| Thornton Page |
1962-1965 |
| Ivan R. King |
1963-1966 |
| Robert P. Kraft |
1963-1966 |
| Donald A. MacRae |
1963-1966 |
| Armin J. Deutsch |
1964-1967 |
| Arne Slettebak |
1964-1967 |
| Marshall H. Wrubel |
1964-1967 |
| Helmut A. Abt |
1965-1968 |
| Helen S. Hogg |
1965-1968 |
| T. A. Matthews |
1965-1968 |
| Herbert Friedman |
1966-1969 |
| Athur A. Hoag |
1966-1969 |
| Maarten Schmidt |
1966-1969 |
| John W. Evans |
1967-1970 |
| Elizabeth Roemer |
1967-1970 |
| Edwin E. Salpeter |
1967-1970 |
| Geoffrey Burbidge |
1968-1971 |
| George Wallerstein |
1968-1971 |
| L. Woltjer |
1968-1971 |
| George O. Abell |
1969-1972 |
| John B. Oke |
1969-1972 |
| Carl Sagan |
1969-1972 |
| Donald S. Morton |
1970-1973 |
| Donald E. Osterbrock |
1970-1973 |
| Arcadio Poveda |
1970-1973 |
| Bernard F. Burke |
1971-1974 |
| George Preston |
1971-1974 |
| Donat Wentzel |
1971-1974 |
| David L. Crawford |
1972-1975 |
| Frank J. Kerr |
1972-1975 |
| Sidney van den Bergh |
1972-1975 |
| Halton C. Arp |
1973-1976 |
| George B. Field |
1973-1976 |
| Owen Gingerich |
1973-1976 |
| Icko Iben, Jr. |
1974-1977 |
| Beverly T. Lynds |
1974-1977 |
| Neville J. Woolf |
1974-1977 |
| Manuel Peimbert |
1975-1978 |
| Harlan J. Smith |
1975-1978 |
| Gart Westerhout |
1975-1978 |
| Frank D. Drake |
1976-1979 |
| Philip Morrison |
1976-1979 |
| Edward Ney |
1976-1979 |
| Jeremiah P. Ostriker |
1977-1980 |
| Vera C. Rubin |
1977-1980 |
| Elske V.P. Smith |
1977-1980 |
| John Bahcall |
1978-1981 |
| Ann Boesgaard |
1978-1981 |
| E. Joseph Wampler |
1978-1981 |
| Anne Cowley |
1979-1982 |
| Riccardo Giacconi |
1979-1982 |
| Beatrice Tinsley |
(unable to serve) |
| David E. Hogg |
1979-1982 |
| Richard McCray |
1980-1983 |
| Stephen E. Strom |
1980-1983 |
| Daniel Weedman |
1980-1983 |
| Arthur F. Davidsen |
1981-1984 |
| Sandra M. Faber |
1981-1984 |
| Christopher F. McKee |
1981-1984 |
| James E. Gunn |
1982-1985 |
| David Morrison |
1982-1985 |
| Frank H. Shu |
1982-1985 |
| Peter S. Conti |
1983-1986 |
| Morton S. Roberts |
1983-1986 |
| Sidney C. Wolff |
1983-1986 |
| James E. Hesser |
1984-1987 |
| Joseph H. Taylor |
1984-1987 |
| Susan Wyckoff |
1984-1987 |
| Margaret J. Geller |
1985-1988 |
| Robert P. Kirshner |
1985-1988 |
| Patrick S. Osmer |
1985-1988 |
| Marc Aaronson |
1986-1987 |
| Robert D. Gehrz |
1986-1989 |
| Joseph S. Miller |
1986-1989 |
| Howard E. Bond |
1987-1989 |
| Tobias C. Owen |
1987-1989 |
| Neta A. Bahcall |
1987-1990 |
| John S. Gallagher |
1987-1990 |
| Roger A. Chevalier |
1988-1991 |
| Alan Dressler |
1988-1991 |
| Silvia Torres-Peimbert |
1988-1991 |
| Jonathan E. Grindlay |
1989-1990 |
| Christine Jones |
1989-1992 |
| R. Bruce Partridge |
1989-1992 |
| Stanford E. Woosley |
1989-1992 |
| Harriet L. Dinerstein |
1990-1993 |
| Marcia J. Rieke |
1990-1993 |
| Paul Vanden Bout |
1990-1993 |
| Suzan Edwards |
1991-1994 |
| Richard G. Kron |
1991-1994 |
| Mark M. Phillips |
1991-1994 |
| Anita L. Cochran |
1992-1995 |
| Sara R. Heap |
1992-1995 |
| David J. Hollenbach |
1992-1995 |
| Bruce Balick |
1993-1996 |
| Judith Pipher |
1993-1996 |
| Lee Anne Willson |
1993-1996 |
| Alexei V. Filippenko |
1994-1997 |
| Catharine D. Garmany |
1994-1997 |
| Blair D. Savage |
1994-1997 |
| Leo Blitz |
1995-1998 |
| Jeffrey L. Linsky |
1995-1998 |
| Anneila I. Sargent |
1995-1998 |
| Frank N. Bash |
1996-1999 |
| David J. Helfand |
1996-1999 |
| Paula Szkody |
1996-1999 |
| Geoffrey W. Marcy |
1997-2000 |
| Catherine A. Pilachowski |
1997-2000 |
| David N. Schramm |
1997-1997
|
| Anne L. Kinney |
1998-2000
|
| John P. Huchra |
1998-2001 |
| John C. Mather |
1998-2001 |
| Neil D. Tyson |
1998-2001 |
| Roger D. Blandford |
1999-2002 |
| Debra M. Elmegreen |
1999-2002 |
| Douglas N.C. Lin |
1999-2002 |
| Charles J. Lada |
2000-2003 |
| Dimitri M. Mihalas |
2000-2003 |
| Ellen G. Zweibel |
2000-2003 |
| Thomas R. Ayres |
2001-2004 |
| Dana E. Backman |
2001-2004 |
| Susana Lizano |
2001-2004 |
| Bruce W. Carney |
2002-2005 |
| Christopher Sneden |
2002-2005 |
| Jean Swank |
2002-2005 |
| Todd A. Boroson |
2003-2006 |
| Carol A. Christian |
2003-2006 |
| Alycia J. Weinberger |
2003-2006 |
| Jill Bechtold |
2004-2007 |
| Karen S. Bjorkman |
2004-2007 |
| Alan M. Title |
2004-2007 |
| Lee W. Hartmann |
2005-2008 |
| Suzanne L. Hawley |
2005-2008 |
| James S. Ulvestad |
2005-2008 |
