Beginning in 1986, the term of President changed
from a calender year, to a year starting and finishing at the BSA Annual
General Meeting.
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William L. Stern - 1985 to July
1986
University of Florida at Gainesville |
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Mildred L. Mathias - 1984
University of Californai at Berkeley |
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Barbara D. Webster - 1983
University of California at Davis |
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Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. - 1982
University of California at Davis |
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Patricia K. Holmgren - 1981
New York Botanical Garden
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Charles B. Heiser - 1980
Indiana University
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Herbert G. Baker - 1979
University of Californai at Berkeley
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William A. Jensen - 1978
Ohio State University
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Warren H. Wagner, Jr. - 1977
University of Michigan |
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Barbara F. Palser - 1976
Rutgers University |
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Peter H. Raven - 1975
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Theodore Delevoryas - 1974
University of Texas |
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Arthur Cronquist - 1973
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Charles Heimsch - 1972
Miami University - Ohio
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Richard C. Starr - 1971
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Lincoln Constance - 1970
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Harlan R. Banks - 1969
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Arthur Galston - 1968
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Ralph Emerson - 1967
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Harold C. Bold - 1966
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Aaron J. Sharp - 1965
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Paul J. Kramer - 1964
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Constantine J. Alexopoulos - 1963
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G. Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. - 1962
University of California at Davis |
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Vernon I. Cheadle - 1961
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Kenneth V. Thimann - 1960
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William C. Steere - 1959
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Harry J. Fuller (Honorary) - 1959
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Frits W. Went - 1958
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George S. Avery, Jr. - 1957
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Harriet B. Creighton - 1956
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Oswald Tippo - 1955
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Adriance S. Foster - 1954
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Ralph H. Wetmore - 1953
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Edgar Anderson - 1952
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Katherine Esau - 1951
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Albert F Blakeslee - 1950
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Ivey F. Lewis - 1949
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Henry A. Gleason - 1948
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Ralph E. Cleland - 1947
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Neil E. Stevens - 1946
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I. W. Bailey - 1945
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Gilbert M. Smith - 1944
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William J. Robbins - 1943
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M. L. Fernald - 1942
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John T. Buchholz - 1941
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Edgar N. Transeau - 1940
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Karl M. Wiegand - 1939
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Arthur J. Eames - 1938
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Edmund W. Sinnott - 1937
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C. Stuart Gager - 1936
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Aven Nelson - 1935
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E. D. Merrill - 1934
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E. J. Kraus - 1933
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G. J. Peirce - 1932
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Charles J. Chamberlain - 1931
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois |
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L. W. Sharp - 1930
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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
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A. H. R. Buller - 1928
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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H. H. Bartlett - 1927
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L. H. Bailey - 1926
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York |
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Jacob R. Schramm - 1925
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William C. Coker - 1924
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Benjamin M. Duggar - 1923
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
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Henry C. Cowles - 1922
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois |
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Charles E. Allen - 1921
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Nathaniel L. Britton - 1920
New York Botanical Garden
New York, New York |
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Joseph C. Arthur - 1919
Purdue University
Lafayette, Indiana |
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William Trelease - 1918
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, Missouri |
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F. C. Newcombe - 1917
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Robert A. Harper - 1916
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John M. Coulter - 1915
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois |
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Albert S. Hitchcock - 1914
U. S. Department of Agriculture - Bureau
of Plant Industry
Washington DC |
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Douglas H. Campbell - 1913
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Lewis R. Jones - 1912
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont |
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William G. Farlow - 1911
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Erwin F Smith - 1910
U. S. Department of Agriculture - Labotatory
of Plant Pathology
Washington DC |
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Roland Thaxter - 1909
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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William F. Ganong - 1908
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts |
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George F. Atkinson - 1907
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York |
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T. S. Earle - 1906
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William A. Kellermann - 1905
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio |
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Robert A. Harper - 1904
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin |
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C. R. Barnes - 1903
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois |
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Beverly T. Galloway - 1902
U. S. Department of Agriculture - Bureau
of Plant Industry
Washington DC |
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Joseph. C. Arthur - 1901
Purdue University
Lafayette, Indiana |
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Byron D. Halstead - 1900
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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Benjamin L. Robinson - 1899
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Lucien. M. Underwood - 1898
Columbia University
New York, New York |
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Nathaniel L. Britton - 1897
New York Botanical Garden
New York, New York |
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John M. Coulter - 1896
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois |
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Charles E. Bessey - 1895
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska |
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William Trelease - 1894
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, Missouri |
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