Ecological Society of America

Officers of ESA


¤ President  1916 -

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YearNameDate 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 - )
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 - )
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 (September 24, 1930 - )
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 (September 7, 1936 - )
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 (? )
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 - )

¤ Vice President  1916 - 1995

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YearNameDate 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 (September 24, 1930 -
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 (September 7, 1936 -
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 -

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YearNameDate 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 -

¤ Vice President for Public Affairs 1995 -

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YearNameDate 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 G. Power (? -
2005-08 Richard Vincent Pouyat (December 2, 1957 -

¤ Vice President for Finance 1995 -

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YearNameDate 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 -
2005-08 William J. Parton (November 2, 1944 -

¤ Vice President for Education and Human Resources 1995 -

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YearNameDate of Birth - Date of Death
1995-00 Alan R. Berkowitz (April 7, 1955 -
2000-06 Carol Ann Brewer (August 19, 1958 -
2006-09 Margaret D. Lowman (? -

¤ Secretary

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YearNameDate 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 -
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 -
2004-07 David William Inouye (January 7, 1950 -

¤ Treasurer 1939-1995

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YearNameDate 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 -
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

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YearNameDate 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-

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YearNameDate 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 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 E. 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 Rudolfo 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 S. Ojima (? -
2006-08 Juan Armesto (? -
2006-08 Jayne Belknap (? -

 

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