Past Presidents

Past Presidents of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA)
More than 120 Years of Excellence in Leadership

AAA Past Presidents-April 2010
Left to right, seated: Robert Yates, Kathryn Jones, David Burr,
Kathy Svoboda; Left to right, standing: Bruce Carlson,
Donald Fischman, Gary Schoenwolf, John Fallon

• 1888-1889 Joseph Leidy

• 1891-1894 Harrison Allen

• 1894-1895 Thomas Dwight

• 1895-1897 Frank Baker

• 1897-1899 Burt Green Wilder

• 1899-1903 George S. Huntington

• 1903-1905 Charles S. Minot

• 1905-1908 Franklin P. Mall

• 1908-1909 James P. McMurrich

Did You Know?: When Dr. McMurrich became AAA's President
the average life expectancy was only 47 years old

• 1909-1911 George A. Piersol

• 1911-1913 Ross G. Harrison

• 1913-1915 Gotthelf C. Huber

• 1915-1917 Henry H. Donaldson

• 1917-1920 Robert R. Bensley

• 1920-1921 C. F. W. McLure

• 1921-1924 Clarence M. Jackson

• 1924-1926 Florence R. Sabin

• 1926-1928 George L. Streeter

• 1928-1930 Charles R. Stockard

• 1930-1932 Herbert M. Evans

• 1932-1934 George E. Coghill

• 1934-1936 Warren Harmon Lewis

• 1936-1938 Frederic T. Lewis

Did You Know?: The first blood bank with live donors came into existence
when Dr. Lewis was AAA's President

• 1938-1940 S. Walter Ranson

• 1940-1942 Philip E. Smith

• 1942-1943 Edgar Allen

• 1943-1946 J. Parsons Schaeffer

• 1946-1948 George W. Corner

• 1948-1950 George W. Bartelmez

• 1950-1952 Sam L. Clark

• 1952-1954 Leslie B. Arey

Did You Know?: The first DNA structure was found when Dr. Arey was AAA's President

• 1954-1956 Samuel R. Detwiler

• 1956-1957 Edward A. Boyden

• 1957-1958 Barry J. Anson

• 1958-1959 Davenport Hooker

• 1959-1960 Normand Louis Hoerr*

• 1959-1960 H. Stanley Bennett*

• 1960-1961 Edward W. Dempsey

• 1961-1962 Harold Cummins

• 1962-1963 Charles P. Leblond

• 1963-1964 Horace W. Magoun

• 1964-1965 Charles Mayo Goss

• 1965-1966 Don Wayne Fawcett

• 1966-1967 Donald Duncan

• 1967-1968 Karl E. Mason

• 1968-1969 Richard J. Blandau

• 1969-1970 Roland H. Alden

• 1970-1971 Raymond Carl Truex

• 1971-1972 David Bodian

• 1972-1973 William U. Gardner

• 1973-1974 John W. Everett

• 1974-1975 Russel T. Woodburne

• 1975-1976 John C. Finerty

• 1976-1977 Carmine D. Clemente

Did You Know?: Dr. Clemente has graciously agreed to be a part
of our Living History Project

• 1977-1978 Newton B. Everett

• 1978-1979 Berta V. Scharrer

• 1979-1980 Daniel C. Pease

• 1980-1981 Sanford L. Palay

• 1981-1982 Elizabeth D. Hay

• 1982-1983 John E. Pauly

• 1983-1984 Allen C. Enders

• 1984-1985 A. Kent Christensen

• 1985-1986 John V. Basmajian

• 1986-1987 Douglas E. Kelly

• 1987-1988 Henry J. Ralston, III

• 1988-1989 Roger R. Markwald

• 1989-1990 Jerome Sutin

• 1990-1991 Karen Hitchcock

• 1991-1992 William P. Jollie

• 1992-1993 Alan Peters

Did You Know?: The first human was cloned when Dr. Peters was AAA's President

• 1993-1994 Donald A. Fischman

• 1994-1995 Charles E. Slonecker

• 1995-1996 Michael D. Gershon

• 1996-1997 Gary C. Schoenwolf

• 1997-1999 Bruce M. Carlson

• 1999-2001 Robert D. Yates

• 2001-2003 John F. Fallon

• 2003-2005 Robert S. McCuskey

• 2005-2007 Kathy Svoboda

• 2007-2009 David Burr

• 2009-2011 Kathyrn Jones

* Dr. Hoerr was elected as President Elect for 1958-1959,
but died in December 1958 before assuming the office of President.
At the time of Hoerr's death, Don Fawcett was 1st Vice President and
Stanley Bennett was 2nd Vice President. Dr. Fawcett declined to accept
appointment as President to fill Dr. Hoerr's term. Dr. Bennett, therefore,
agreed to serve as AAA President for 1959-1960.