Presidents of The National Academy of Sciences
The President is the elected head of the Academy. An Academy member is elected by a majority vote of the membership to serve in this position for a term to be determined by the governing Council, not to exceed six years, and may be re-elected for a second term. The Academy has had twenty-one presidents since its foundation. The current President is atmospheric chemist, Ralph J. Cicerone of the University of California, Irvine.
- 1863–1867 Alexander Dallas Bache
- 1868–1878 Joseph Henry
- 1879–1882 William Barton Rogers
- 1883–1895 Othniel Charles Marsh
- 1895–1900 Wolcott Gibbs
- 1901–1907 Alexander Agassiz
- 1907–1913 Ira Remsen
- 1913–1917 William Henry Welch
- 1917–1923 Charles Doolittle Walcott
- 1923–1927 Albert Abraham Michelson
- 1927–1931 Thomas Hunt Morgan
- 1931–1935 William Wallace Campbell
- 1935–1939 Frank Rattray Lillie
- 1939–1947 Frank Baldwin Jewett
- 1947–1950 Alfred Newton Richards
- 1950–1962 Detlev Wulf Bronk
- 1962–1969 Frederick Seitz
- 1969–1981 Philip Handler
- 1981–1993 Frank Press
- 1993–2005 Bruce Michael Alberts
- 2005–present Ralph J. Cicerone
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