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GSA Past Presidents

* = original fellow   † = deceased
Past Presidents
1889 James Hall*
1890 James D. Dana*
1891 Alexander Winchell*
1892 G. K. Gilbert*
1893 J. William Dawson
1894 T. C. Chamberlin*
1895 N. S. Shaler*
1896 Joseph Le Conte*
1897 Edward Orton*
1898 J. J. Stevenson*
1899 B. K. Emerson*
1900 G. M. Dawson
1901 C. D. Walcott*
1902 N. H. Winchell*
1903 S. F. Emmons*
1904 J. C. Branner*
1905 Raphael Pumpelly*
1906 I. C. Russell*
1907 C. R. Van Hise*
1908 Samuel Calvin*
1909 G. K. Gilbert*
1910 Arnold Hague
1911 William M. Davis*
1912 H. L. Fairchild*
1913 Eugene A. Smith*
1914 George F. Becker*
1915 Arthur P. Coleman*
1916 John M. Clarke
1917 Frank D. Adams
1918 Whitman Cross
1919 J. C. Merriam
1920 I. C. White*
1921 James F. Kemp*
1922 Charles Schuchert
1923 David White
1924 Waldemar Lindgren
1925 William B. Scott
1926 Andrew C. Lawson
1927 Arthur Keith
1928 Bailey Willis
1929 Heinrich Ries
1930 R. A. F. Penrose, Jr.
1931 Alfred C. Lane
1932 Reginald A. Daly
1933 C. K. Leith
1934 W. H. Collins
1935 Nevin M. Fenneman
1936 W. C. Mendenhall
1937 Charles Palache
1938 Arthur L. Day
1939 T. Wayland Vaughan
1940 Eliot Blackwelder
1941 Charles P. Berkey
1942 Douglas Johnson
1943 E. L. Bruce
1944 Adolph Knopf
1945 Edward W. Berry
1946 Norman L. Bowen
1947 A. I. Levorsen†
1948 James Gilluly
1949 Chester R. Longwell
1950 William W. Rubey
1951 Chester Stock
1952 Thomas S. Lovering
1953 Wendell P. Woodring
1954 Ernst Cloos
1955 Walter H. Bucher
1956 George S. Hume
1957 Richard J. Russell
1958 Raymond C. Moore
1959 Marland P. Billings
1960 Hollis D. Hedberg
1961 Thomas B. Nolan
1962 M. King Hubbert
1963 Harry H. Hess
1964 Francis Birch
1965 Wilmot H. Bradley
1966 Robert F. Legget
1967 Konrad B. Krauskopf
1968 Ian Campbell
1969 Morgan J. Davis
1970 John Rodgers
1971 Richard H. Jahns
1972 Luna B. Leopold
1973 John C. Maxwell
1974 Clarence R. Allen
1975 Julian R. Goldsmith
1976 Robert E. Folinsbee
1977 Charles L. Drake
1978 Peter T. Flawn
1979 Leon T. Silver
1980 Laurence L. Sloss
1981 Howard R. Gould
1982 Digby J. McLaren
1983 Paul A. Bailly
1984 M. Gordon Wolman
1985 Brian J. Skinner
1986 W. Gary Ernst
1987 Jack E. Oliver
1988 Albert W. Bally
1989 Randolph W. Bromery
1990 Raymond A. Price
1991 Doris Malkin Curtis
1992 E-an Zen
1993 Robert D. Hatcher, Jr.
1994 William R. Dickinson
1995 David A. Stephenson
1996 Eldridge M. Moores
1997 George A. Thompson
1998 Victor R. Baker
1999 Gail M. Ashley
2000 Mary Lou Zoback
2001 Sharon Mosher
2002 Anthony J. Naldrett
2003 B. Clark Burchfiel
2004 Rob Van der Voo
2005 William A. Thomas
2006 Stephen G. Wells
2007 John M. "Jack" Sharp Jr.
2008 Judith Totman Parrish
2009 Jean M. Bahr
2010 Joaquin Ruiz

GSA Past Treasurers and Executive Directors

† = deceased
Past Treasurers
1889-1891 Henry S. Williams
1892-1906 Israel C. White
1907-1917 William B. Clark
1918-1944 Edward B. Mathews
1945 Joseph T. Singewald Jr.
(Acting Treasurer)
1945-1948 William O. Hotchkiss
1949-1963 J. Edward Hoffmeister
1964-1972 Robert E. King
1973-1976 August Goldstein Jr.
1977-1982 William B. Heroy Jr.
1983-1992 Robert L. Fuchs
1993-2001 David E. Dunn
2002-2006 John E. Costa
2006-2009 Robbie R. Gries
2009- Jonathan G. Price

† = deceased
Past Executive Directors
Name Incumbency Official Title
John J. Stevenson 1888–1890 Secretary
Herman L. Fairchild 1891–1906 Secretary
Edmund O. Hovey 1907–19221 Secretary
Charles P. Berkey 1923–19402 Secretary
Henry R. Aldrich 1941–19593 Executive Secretary
Frederick Betz Jr 1960-1961 Executive Director
Agnes Creagh 1962–1963 Executive Director
Joe Webb Peoples 1962–1964 Secretary to Council4
Agnes Creagh 1965–1967 Secretary to Council4
Raymond C. Becker 1964–1969 Executive Secretary
Edwin B. Eckel 1970–1974 Executive Secretary
John C. Frye 1974–1982 Executive Director
F. Michael Wahl 1982–1994 Executive Director
Donald M. Davidson Jr. 1994–1999 Executive Director
Sara S. Foland 1999–2001 Chief Executive Officer
David A. Stephenson 2001 Acting Executive Director
John W. Hess 2002– Executive Director
1 For most of 1915–1917, Charles P. Berkey was Acting Secretary while Hovey was on an ice-bound exploratory ship off Greenland.
2 James F. Kemp was Acting Secretary during most of 1925 while Berkey was in Mongolia.
3 Aldrich was the first full-time salaried Secretary; he was also Editor-in-Chief from 1934 until his retirement February 28, 1960.
4 This position, with no management responsibilities, was necessary because the Bylaws required that the Secretary to the Council must be an elected Councilor.