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Botanical Society Officers

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Editor in Chief, American Journal of Botany | Editor, Plant Science Bulletin

Past Presidents of the Botanical Society of America

	Pamela Soltis - 2006-07 University of Florida Florida Museum of Natural History Soltis Web Page		Christopher H. Haufler - 2006-07 University of Kansas Haufler Web Page

	Edward L. Schneider - 2005-06 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Schneider Web Page		Allison A. Snow - 2004-05 Ohio State University Snow Web Page

	Linda E. Graham - 2003-04 University of Wisconsin Graham Web Page		Scott D. Russell - 2002-03 University of Oklahoma Russell Web Page

	Judy Jernstedt - 2001-02 University of California at Davis		Patricia G. Gensel - 2000-01 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gensel Web Page

	Douglas E. Soltis - 1999-2000 University of Florida Soltis Web Page		Carol C. Baskin - 1998-99 University of Kentucky Baskin Web Page

	Nancy Dengler - 1997-98 University of Toronto		Daniel Crawford - 1996-97 University of Kansas BSA Merit Award Citation

	Barbara Schaal - 1995-96 Washington University - St. Louis Schaal Web Page		Harry T. Horner - 1994-95 Iowa State University Horner Web Page

	Grady Webster - 1993-94 University of California at Davis Webster Web Page		Gregory J. Anderson - 1992-93 University of Connecticut Anderson Web Page

	William Louis Culberson - 1991-92 Duke University Culberson Web Page		Beryl B. Simpson - 1990-91 University of Texas at Austin Simpson Web Page

	David L. Dilcher - 1989-90 University of Florida Dilcher Web Page		W. Hardy Eshbaugh - 1988-89 University of Miami - Ohio

	Shirley C. Tucker - 1987-88 University of California at Santa Barbara Tucker Web Page		Ray F. Evert - 1986-87 University of Wisconsin Evert Web Page

Beginning in 1986, the term of President changed from a calender year, to a year starting and finishing at the BSA Annual General Meeting.


	William L. Stern - 1985 to July 1986 University of Florida at Gainesville		Mildred L. Mathias - 1984 University of Californai at Berkeley

	Barbara D. Webster - 1983 University of California at Davis		Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. - 1982 University of California at Davis

	Patricia K. Holmgren - 1981 New York Botanical Garden Holmgren Web Page		Charles B. Heiser - 1980 Indiana University Heiser Web Page

	Herbert G. Baker - 1979 University of Californai at Berkeley Baker Web Page		William A. Jensen - 1978 Ohio State University Jensen Web Page

	Warren H. Wagner, Jr. - 1977 University of Michigan		Barbara F. Palser - 1976 Rutgers University

	Peter H. Raven - 1975 Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.mobot.org		Theodore Delevoryas - 1974 University of Texas

	Arthur Cronquist - 1973		Charles Heimsch - 1972 Miami University - Ohio Heimsch Web Page

	Richard C. Starr - 1971		Lincoln Constance - 1970

	Harlan R. Banks - 1969		Arthur Galston - 1968

	Ralph Emerson - 1967		Harold C. Bold - 1966 University of Texas - Austin Harold Bold Webpage

	Aaron J. Sharp - 1965		Paul J. Kramer - 1964

	Constantine J. Alexopoulos - 1963		G. Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. - 1962 University of California at Davis

	Vernon I. Cheadle - 1961 University of California at Santa Barbara Cheadle Web Page		Kenneth V. Thimann - 1960

	William C. Steere - 1959		Harry J. Fuller (Honorary) - 1959

	Frits W. Went - 1958		George S. Avery, Jr. - 1957

	Harriet B. Creighton - 1956		Oswald Tippo - 1955

	Adriance S. Foster - 1954		Ralph H. Wetmore - 1953

	Edgar Anderson - 1952		Katherine Esau - 1951 University of California at Santa Barbara Esau Web Pabe

	Albert F Blakeslee - 1950		Ivey F. Lewis - 1949

	Henry A. Gleason - 1948		Ralph E. Cleland - 1947

	Neil E. Stevens - 1946		I. W. Bailey - 1945

	Gilbert M. Smith - 1944		William J. Robbins - 1943

	M. L. Fernald - 1942		John T. Buchholz - 1941

	Edgar N. Transeau - 1940		Karl M. Wiegand - 1939

	Arthur J. Eames - 1938		Edmund W. Sinnott - 1937

	C. Stuart Gager - 1936		Aven Nelson - 1935

	E. D. Merrill - 1934		E. J. Kraus - 1933

	G. J. Peirce - 1932		Charles J. Chamberlain - 1931 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

	L. W. Sharp - 1930		Margaret C. Ferguson - 1929 1863 - 1951 Margaret Clay Ferguson was born in Orleans, New York. She received her PhD from Cornell University. She was head of the Department of Botany at Wellesley University. Her research focused on plant genetics, especially in petunia. She was elected the first woman president of the Botanical Society of America.

	A. H. R. Buller - 1928 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada		H. H. Bartlett - 1927

	L. H. Bailey - 1926 Cornell University Ithaca, New York		Jacob R. Schramm - 1925

	William C. Coker - 1924 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/Genealogy/CokerCouch.jpg		Benjamin M. Duggar - 1923 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri

	Henry C. Cowles - 1922 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois		Charles E. Allen - 1921

	Nathaniel L. Britton - 1920 New York Botanical Garden New York, New York		Joseph C. Arthur - 1919 Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana

	William Trelease - 1918 Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Missouri		F. C. Newcombe - 1917

	Robert A. Harper - 1916 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Harper Web Page		John M. Coulter - 1915 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

	Albert S. Hitchcock - 1914 U. S. Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Plant Industry Washington DC		Douglas H. Campbell - 1913

	Lewis R. Jones - 1912 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont		William G. Farlow - 1911 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/Genealogy/Farlow.jpg

	Erwin F Smith - 1910 U. S. Department of Agriculture - Labotatory of Plant Pathology Washington DC		Roland Thaxter - 1909 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

	William F. Ganong - 1908 Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts		George F. Atkinson - 1907 Cornell University Ithaca, New York

	T. S. Earle - 1906		William A. Kellermann - 1905 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

	Robert A. Harper - 1904 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin		C. R. Barnes - 1903 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

	Beverly T. Galloway - 1902 U. S. Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Plant Industry Washington DC		Joseph. C. Arthur - 1901 Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana

	Byron D. Halstead - 1900 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey		Benjamin L. Robinson - 1899 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

	Lucien. M. Underwood - 1898 Columbia University New York, New York		Nathaniel L. Britton - 1897 New York Botanical Garden New York, New York

	John M. Coulter - 1896 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois		Charles E. Bessey - 1895 University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska

	William Trelease - 1894 Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Missouri

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