ACLS Leadership
Past and Present
Presidents
 | Joy Connolly President, July 2019-Present | Learn More |
 | Pauline Yu President, 2003-2019 | Learn More |
 | Francis Oakley Interim President, 2002-2003 | Learn More |
 | John H. D’Arms President, 1997-2002 | Learn More |
 | Stanley N. Katz President, 1986-1997 | Learn More |
 | John William Ward President, 1982-1985 | Learn More |
   | R.M. Lumiansky President Pro Tempore, 1985-1986 President, 1974-1982 | Learn More |
 | Frederick H. Burkhardt President, 1957-1974 | Learn More |
 | Mortimer Graves Executive Director, 1953-1957 | Learn More |
 | Charles E. Odegaard Executive Director, 1948-1953 | Learn More |
 | Cornelius Krusé Director, 1948 | Learn More |
 | Richard Shyrock Acting Director, 1947 | Learn More |
 | Waldo G. Leland Director, 1939-1946 Permanent Secretary, 1928-1939 Executive Secretary, 1924-1929 | Learn More |
 | Charles Homer Haskins Chairmen, 1920-1926 | Learn More |
Chairs of Board and Council
- William C. Kirby
2018-Present - James J. O’Donnell
2013-2018 - Earl Lewis
2012 - Kwame Anthony Appiah
2006-2012 - Susan K. McClary
2003-2006 - Patricia Meyer Spacks
1997-2003 - Francis Oakley
1993-1997 - Neil Harris
1989-1993 - Georges May
1982-1989 - Curt F. Buhler
1974-1982 - Robert M. Lumiansky
1959-1974 - Howard Mumford Jones
1956-1959 - C.W. de Kiewiet
1954-1955 - Cornelius Kruse
1950-1953 - William C. DeVane
1947-1949 - Fred N. Robinson
1942-1946 - William E. Lingelbach
1938-1941 - Robert P. Blake
1936-1937 - Edward C. Armstrong
1929-1935 - Joseph P. Chamberlain
1926-1928 - Charles Homer Haskins
1920-1925