Year President, Conference Location
2016 Ethan Segal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 Kai-wing Chow, Washington University in St. Louis.
2014 Arjun Guneratne, University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS
2013 Rebecca Copeland, Michigan State University
2012 Yongming Zhou, Western Michigan University
2011 Katherine Bowie, Macalester College
2010 Roy Hanashiro, Ohio State University
2009 Robert Entenmann, Miami University Ohio
2008 Yasuko Ito, Watt St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges
2007 Linda Johnson, Washington University - St. Louis
2006 Aparajita Sagar, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2005 Jacquetta Hill, Michigan State University, East Lansing
2004 James L. Huffman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul
2003 Parks M. Coble, Illinois State University, Normal
2002 Gerald J. Larson, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
2001 Sally A. Hastings, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2000 David Buck Indiana, University, Bloomington
1999 Richard M. Cooler, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1998 Louis G. Perez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1997 Daniel H. Bays, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
1996 Eleanor M. Zelliot, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1995 David Plath, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1994 Winston Hsieh, Western Illinois University, Macomb
1993 Donald Emmerson, John Carroll University, Cleveland
1992 Koji Taira, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1991 Adrian Bennett, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1990 Stephen Cohen, Indiana University, Bloomington
1989 Rita Kipp, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1988 Mikiso Hane, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1987 Ted Farmer, St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, Northfield, MN
1986 Harold Gould, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1985 Carl Landes, Miami University, Oxford, OH
1984 Bonnie Oh, Washington University, St. Louis
1983 Willard Elsbree, University of Kansas, Lawrence
1982 Manindra Verma, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1981 Marleigh Ryan, University of Missouri-Columbia
1980 Samuel Chu, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1979 Clark D. Neher, Ohio State University, Columbus
1978 Barbara Ramusack, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1977 Iwao Ishino, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
1976 Byron Marshall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul
1975 Robert Crawford, Ohio University, Athens
1974 Grant K. Goodman, University of Kansas, Lawrence
1973 Barbara Teters, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1972 Bernard Karsh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1971 John Kie-chang Oh, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1970 David Wurfel, Indiana University, Bloomington
1969 Fred von der Mehden, Oklahoma state University, Stillwater
1968 Jackson Bailey, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
1967 Stanley Spector, University of Kansas, Lawrence
1966 George M. Beckmann, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
1965 Earl Swisher, University of Colorado, Boulder
1964 Ping-chia Kuo, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
1963 Fred Parrish, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1962 Yahva Armajami, Washington University, St. Louis
1961 Solomon B. Levine, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
1960 Sidney D. Brown, University of Oklahoma, Norman
1959 Robert K. Sakai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1958 Mitchell Smith, University of Missouri-Columbia
1957 Rudolph Bjorgan, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
1956 Alfred Crofts, University of Kansas, Lawrence
1955 Haridas Muzumdar, Kansas State University, Manhattan
1954 Oswald P. Backus III, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1953 Percy Buchanan, University of Kansas, Lawrence
1952 Percy Buchanan (Founder), University of Oklahoma, Norman