BSA Presidents


Brenda Molano-Flores 2023-2024 University of Illinois	Vivian Negron-Ortiz 2022-2023 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Michael Donoghue 2021-2022 Yale University


Cynthia Jones 2020-2021 University of Connecticut	Linda Watson 2019-2020 Oklahoma State University	Andrea Wolfe 2018-19 The Ohio State University


Loren Rieseberg - 2017-18 University of British Columbia	Gordon Uno - 2016-17 University of Oklahoma	Richard Olmstead - 2015-16 University of Washington


Tom Ranker - 2014-15 University of Hawaii at Manoa	Pamela Diggle - 2013-14 University of Connecticut	Elizabeth Kellogg - 2012-13 University of Missouri, St. Louis


Stephen G. Weller - 2011-12 University of California	Judith Skog - 2010-11 George Mason University	Kent Holsinger - 2009-10 University of Connecticut


Karl Niklas - 2008-09 Cornell University	Pamela Soltis - 2007-08 University of Florida Florida Museum of Natural History	Christopher H. Haufler - 2006-07 University of Kansas


Edward L. Schneider - 2005-06 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden	Allison A. Snow - 2004-05 Ohio State University	Linda E. Graham - 2003-04 University of Wisconsin


Scott D. Russell - 2002-03 University of Oklahoma	Judy Jernstedt - 2001-02 University of California at Davis	Patricia G. Gensel - 2000-01 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Douglas E. Soltis - 1999-2000 University of Florida	Carol C. Baskin - 1998-99 University of Kentucky	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	Harry T. Horner - 1994-95 Iowa State University


Grady Webster - 1993-94 University of California at Davis	Gregory J. Anderson - 1992-93 University of Connecticut	William Louis Culberson - 1991-92 Duke University


Beryl B. Simpson - 1990-91 University of Texas at Austin	David L. Dilcher - 1989-90 University of Florida	W. Hardy Eshbaugh - 1988-89 University of Miami - Ohio


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

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 Los Angeles	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	Charles B. Heiser - 1980 Indiana University


Herbert G. Baker - 1979 University of Californai at Berkeley	William A. Jensen - 1978 Ohio State University	Warren H. Wagner, Jr. - 1977 University of Michigan


Barbara F. Palser - 1976 Rutgers University	Peter H. Raven - 1975 Missouri Botanical Garden	Theodore Delevoryas - 1974 University of Texas


Arthur Cronquist - 1973	Charles Heimsch - 1972 Miami University - Ohio	Richard C. Starr - 1971


Lincoln Constance - 1970	Harlan P. Banks - 1969	Arthur Galston - 1968


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


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


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	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	Franklin Sumner Earle - 1906 New York Botanical Garden Bronx, New York


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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