| Lawrence W. Murphy (Illinois) | 1927-1934 |
| J.L. O'Sullivan (Marquette) | 1935 |
| Frank L. Martin (Missouri) | 1936 |
| Frank Luther Mott (Iowa) | 1937-1939 |
| James E. Pollard (Ohio State) | 1939-1942 |
| Max Grossman (Boston) | 1942-1944 |
| Perley I. Reed (West Virginia) | 1944-1946 |
| Ralph L. Crossman (Colorado) | 1946-1948 |
| George E. Simmons (Tulane) | 1948-1950 |
| William F. Swindler (Nebraska) | 1950-1952 |
| Frederic E. Merwin (Rutgers) | 1952-1954 |
| Wesley H. Maurer (Michigan) | 1954-1956 |
| Quintus C. Wilson (Utah) | 1956-1958 |
| John E. Drewry (Georgia) | 1958-1960 |
| A.L. Higginbotham (Nevada) | 1960-1962 |
| L.J. Hortin (Ohio) | 1962-1964 |
| E.L. Callihan (Southern Methodist) | 1964-1966 |
| Warren C. Price (Oregon) | 1964-1966 |
| John Paul Jones (Florida) | 1966-1967 |
| Nathan B. Blumberg (Montana) | 1967-1969 |
| C.S. McCarthy (Duquesne) | 1969-1970 |
| Al Scroggins Jr. (South Carolina) | 1970-1972 |
| Oliver R. Smith (Brigham Young) | 1972-1974 |
| Norris G. Davis (Texas) | 1974-1976 |
| Paul V. Peterson (Ohio State) | 1976-1978 |
| Guy H. Stewart (West Virginia) | 1978-1980 |
| Earl L. Conn (Ball State) | 1980-1982 |
| Billy I. Ross (Texas Tech) | 1982-1984 |
| George Crutchfield (Va. Commonwealth) | 1984-1986 |
| Milton Hollstein (Utah) | 1986-1988 |
| George A. Everett (Tennessee) | 1988-1990 |
| George M. Abney (Georgia) | 1992-1994 |
| William D. Ryan (Syracuse) | 1994-1996 |
| Karen K. List (Massachusetts) | 1996-1998 |
| W. David Sloan (Alabama) | 1998-2000 |
| Gilbert L. Fowler, Jr. (Arkansas State) | 2000-2002 |
| J. William Click (Winthrop) | 2002-2004 |
| Thomas A. Schwartz (Ohio State) | 2004-2006 |
| Tony Rimmer (California State-Fullerton) | 2006-2008 |
| Jane B. Singer (Iowa) | 2008-2010 |
| W. Joseph Campbell (American) | 2010-2012 |
