The list of presidents of the Paleontological Society is a list of all the past and present presidents of the

Paleontological Society The Paleontological Society, formerly the Paleontological Society of America, is an international organisation devoted to the promotion of paleontology. The Society was founded in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was incorporated in April 1968 in ...

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John Mason Clarke John Mason Clarke (April 15, 1857 – May 29, 1925) was an American teacher, geologist and paleontologist. __TOC__ Early career Born in Canandaigua, New York, the fifth of six children of Noah Turner Clarke and Laura Mason Merrill, he attended ...

*1910

Charles Schuchert Charles Schuchert (July 3, 1858 – November 20, 1942) was an American invertebrate paleontologist who was a leader in the development of paleogeography, the study of the distribution of lands and seas in the geological past. Biography He was bo ...

*1911

William Berryman Scott William Berryman Scott (February 12, 1858 – March 29, 1947) was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at P ...

*1912 David White *1913

Charles D. Walcott Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850February 9, 1927) was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey.Wonderful Life (book) by Stephen Jay Go ...

*1914

Henry Fairfield Osborn Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Euge ...

*1915

Edward Oscar Ulrich Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky – 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils. Biography Ulrich was educated at Wallace College and the O ...

*1916

Rudolf Ruedemann Rudolf Ruedemann (October 16, 1864–June 18, 1956) was a German American paleontologist, widely known as an expert in graptolites, enigmatic fossil animals. He worked at the New York State Museum for over 40 years, including a decade as Stat ...

*1917

John Campbell Merriam John Campbell Merriam (October 20, 1869 – October 30, 1945) was an American paleontologist, educator, and conservationist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of ver ...

*1918

Frank Hall Knowlton Frank Hall Knowlton (September 2, 1860 - November 22, 1926) was an American botanist, ornithologist and naturalist. Born in Vermont, he joined the Geological Survey and took an interest in fossil plants in the local lignite, later becoming a sp ...

*1919 Robert Tracy Jackson *1920

Frederic Brewster Loomis Frederic Brewster Loomis (November 22, 1873 – July 28, 1937) was an American paleontologist. Educated at Amherst College and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, he spent his entire professional career at Amherst. His specialty was ver ...

*1921 Timothy W. Stanton *1922

William Diller Matthew William Diller Matthew Royal Society, FRS (February 19, 1871 – September 24, 1930) was a vertebrate paleontologist who worked primarily on mammal fossils, although he also published a few early papers on mineralogy, petrological geology, one on ...

*1923

T. Wayland Vaughan Thomas Wayland Vaughan (September 20, 1870 – January 16, 1952) was an American geologist and oceanographer. He worked with the United States Geological Survey and United States National Museum, investigating the geology of the West Indies, Pan ...

*1924

Edward Wilber Berry Edward Wilber Berry (February 10, 1875 – September 20, 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist; the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Early life Berry was born February 10, 1875, in Newark, New Jersey, and finished h ...

*1925

Richard Swann Lull Richard Swann Lull (November 6, 1867 – April 22, 1957) was an American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered now for championing a non-Darwinian view of evolution, whereby mutation(s) could unl ...

*1926

Stuart Weller Stuart Weller (26 December 1870, Maine, New York – 1927) was an American paleontologist and geologist. Weller studied geology and paleontology at Cornell University with bachelor's degree in 1894 and at Yale University with Ph.D. in 1901. Begin ...

*1927

William Arthur Parks William Arthur Parks (11 December 1868 – 3 October 1936) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist, following in the tradition of Lawrence Lambe. Parks was born in Hamilton, Ontario. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1892, Parks ...

*1928 August F. Foerste *1929

Ermine Cowles Case Ermine Cowles Case (1871–1953), invariably known as E.C. Case, was a prominent American paleontologist in the second generation that succeeded Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. A graduate of the University of Kansas, with a PhD ...

*1930

William H. Twenhofel William Henry Twenhofel (16 April 1875 – 4 January 1957) was an American sedimentary geologist who wrote a landmark text ''Treatise on Sedimentation'' (1926) which went into more editions. He served for many years as a professor of geology at the ...

*1931 Edgar Roscoe Cumings *1932 Ray S. Bassler *1933

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*1934 Percy Edward Raymond *1935 Charles Kephart Swartz *1936 Gilbert Dennison Harris *1937

Joseph Augustine Cushman Joseph Augustine Cushman (January 31, 1881 – April 16, 1949) was an American geologist, paleontologist and foraminiferologist. Biography He was born on January 31, 1881 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Darius and Jane (Fuller) Cushm ...

*1938

Charles W. Gilmore Charles Whitney Gilmore (March 11, 1874 – September 27, 1945) was an American paleontologist who gained renown in the early 20th century for his work on vertebrate fossils during his career at the United States National Museum (now the N ...

*1939 Ralph W. Chaney *1940

Carl O. Dunbar Carl Owen Dunbar (January 1, 1891 – April 7, 1979) was an American paleontologist who specialized in Invertebrate paleontology, invertebrate fossils. He was a Professor of Geology at Yale University from 1920 until 1959. He was also Director of ...

*1941 Lloyd William Stephenson *1942 Elias Howard Sellards *1943 John B. Reeside, Jr. *1944 Benjamin Franklin Howell *1945

Chester Stock Chester Stock (28 January 1892 – 7 December 1950) was an American paleontologist who specialized in the Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Rancho La Brea tar pits. He served as a professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology, ...

*1946

James Brookes Knight James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

*1947

Raymond C. Moore Raymond Cecil Moore (February 20, 1892, Roslyn, Washington – April 16, 1974, Lawrence, Kansas) was an American geologist and paleontologist.Daniel F. Merriam (2007), "Raymond Cecil Moore: Legendary Scholar and Scientist, World-Class Geologist ...

*1948 Wendell P. Woodring *1949 Winifred Goldring *1950 Charles Edwin Weaver *1951 Harold Ernest Vokes *1952 Julia A. Gardner *1953 William Storrs Cole *1954 Harry Stephen Ladd *1955 Alfred Scott Warthin Jr. *1957 G. Arthur Cooper *1958 Arthur K. Miller *1959 Frank M. Swartz *1960 Kenneth Edward Caster *1961

Norman D. Newell Norman Dennis Newell (January 27, 1909 – April 18, 2005) was professor of geology at Columbia University, and chairman and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Personal life Newell was ...

*1962

John W. Wells John West Wells (July 15, 1907 – January 12, 1994) was an American paleontologist, biologist and geologist who focused his research on corals. He was notable for, among other things, proving that the rotational period of the earth undergoes peri ...

*1963 S. W. Muller *1964 Ralph Willard Imlay *1965

Harry B. Whittington Harry Blackmore Whittington FRS (24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010) was a British palaeontologist who made a major contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna. His works are largely responsible for the conce ...

*1966 John Wyatt Durham *1967 Erwin Charles Stumm *1968 Alan Bosworth Shaw *1969 Digby J. McLaren *1970 William H. Easton *1971 Bernhard Kummel *1972 Curt Teichert *1973 Porter M. Kier *1974 James W. Valentine *1975 William A. Oliver, Jr. *1976 Ellis L. Yochelson *1977 David M. Raup *1978 Frank G. Stehli *1979

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*1980 Warren O. Addicott *1981 Arthur J. Boucot *1982 Erle G. Kauffman *1983 A. R. (Pete) Palmer *1984

Walter C. Sweet Walter C. Sweet (17 October 1927 in Denver, Colorado – 4 December 2015 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American paleontologist. He was a Chief Panderer of the Pander Society, an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study o ...

*1985 Helen Tappan Loeblich *1986 Norman F. Sohl *1987

Stephen J. Gould Stephen Jay Gould (; September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation. Gould sp ...

*1988 N. Gary Lane *1989 Brian F. Glenister *1990 John Pojeta, Jr. *1991 Thomas E. Bolton *1992 Roger L. Kaesler *1993 Rodney M. Feldmann *1994

Steven M. Stanley Steven M. Stanley (born November 2, 1941) is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is best known for his empirical research documenting the evolutionary process of punctuated equilibrium in t ...

*1995

Craig Call Black Craig Call Black (1932–1998) was an American paleontologist noted for his studies of the vertebrate mammals of the Ice Age. He served as the director of the Museum of Texas Tech University 1972-1975, Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1975-198 ...

*1996 J. John Sepkoski, Jr. *1997

Jere H. Lipps Jere Henry Lipps (August 28, 1939) is Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley, and Curator of Paleontology at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lipps was the ninth Director of the museum (1989–1 ...

*1998 Karl W. Flessa *1999 Peter H. Crane *2001 Patricia H. Kelley *2003 William I. Ausich *2005 David Bottjer *2007 Derek E. G. Briggs *2009 Douglas H. Erwin *2011

Philip D. Gingerich Philip Dean Gingerich (born March 23, 1946) is a paleontologist and educator. He is Professor Emeritus of Geology, Biology, and Anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He directed the Museums at the University of Michigan#Museum ...

*2013 Sandra J. Carlson *2015 Steven M. Holland *2017 Arnold I. Miller *2019 Bruce J. MacFadden *2021 William DiMichele *2023 '' Anne Raymond'' (President-Elect)

Gallery

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References

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