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Presidents
American Physical Society 1899 - Present
History of the APS Presidential Line
1899-1967
From 1899 to 1967, the APS President was elected as Vice-President and automatically became President the next year.
1967-1980
From 1967 through 1980, APS Presidents were elected Vice-President-Elect and automatically became Vice-President and then President in successive years.
1980-Present
Since 1980, the APS President has been elected Vice-President, automatically becoming President-Elect and then President in successive years.
| President | Year |
| H. Rowland | 1899 |
| H. Rowland | 1900 |
| A. Michelson | 1901 |
| A. Michelson | 1902 |
| A. Webster | 1903 |
| A. Webster | 1904 |
| C. Barus | 1905 |
| C. Barus | 1906 |
| E. Nichols | 1907 |
| E. Nichols | 1908 |
| H. Crew | 1909 |
| H. Crew | 1910 |
| W. Magie | 1911 |
| W. Magie | 1912 |
| B. Peirce | 1913 |
| E. Merritt | 1914 |
| E. Merritt | 1915 |
| R. Millikan | 1916 |
| R. Millikan | 1917 |
| H. Bumstead | 1918 |
| J. Ames | 1919 |
| J. Ames | 1920 |
| T. Lyman | 1921 |
| T. Lyman | 1922 |
| C. Mendenhall | 1923 |
| C. Mendenhall | 1924 |
| D. Miller | 1925 |
| D. Miller | 1926 |
| K. Compton | 1927 |
| K. Compton | 1928 |
| H. Gale | 1929 |
| H. Gale | 1930 |
| W. Swann | 1931 |
| W. Swann | 1932 |
| P. Foote | 1933 |
| A. Compton | 1934 |
| R. Wood | 1935 |
| F. Richtmyer | 1936 |
| H. Randall | 1937 |
| L. Briggs | 1938 |
| J. Tate | 1939 |
| J. Zeleny | 1940 |
| G. Pegram | 1941(Jan-Jun) |
| G. Stewart | 1941(Jul-Dec) |
| P. Bridgman | 1942 |
| A. Hull | 1943 |
| A. Dempster | 1944 |
| H. Fletcher | 1945 |
| E. Condon | 1946 |
| L. DuBridge | 1947 |
| J. Oppenheimer | 1948 |
| F. Loomis | 1949 |
| I. Rabi | 1950 |
| C. Lauritsen | 1951 |
| J. Van Vleck | 1952 |
| E. Fermi | 1953 |
| H. Bethe | 1954 |
| R. Birge | 1955 |
| E. Wigner | 1956 |
| President | Year |
| H. Smyth | 1957 |
| J. Beams | 1958 |
| G. Uhlenbeck | 1959 |
| V. Weisskopf | 1960 |
| F. Seitz | 1961 |
| W. Houston | 1962 |
| J. Williams | 1963 |
| R. Bacher | 1964 |
| F. Bloch | 1965 |
| J. Wheeler | 1966 |
| C. Townes | 1967 |
| J. Bardeen | 1968 |
| L. Alvarez | 1969 |
| E. Purcell | 1970 |
| R. Serber | 1971 |
| P. Morse | 1972 |
| J. Mayer | 1973 |
| W. Panofsky | 1974 |
| C. Wu | 1975 |
| W. Fowler | 1976 |
| G. Pake | 1977 |
| N. Ramsey | 1978 |
| L. Branscomb | 1979 |
| H. Feshbach | 1980 |
| A. Schawlow | 1981 |
| M. Goldhaber | 1982 |
| R. Marshak | 1983 |
| M. Dresselhaus | 1984 |
| R. Wilson | 1985 |
| S. Drell | 1986 |
| V. Fitch | 1987 |
| V. Fitch | 1988 |
| J. Krumhansl | 1989 |
| E. Merzbacher | 1990 |
| N. Bloembergen | 1991 |
| E. Henley | 1992 |
| D. Langenberg | 1993 |
| B. Richter | 1994 |
| C. Patel | 1995 |
| J. Schrieffer | 1996 |
| D. Bromley | 1997 |
| A. Sessler | 1998 |
| J. Friedman | 1999 |
| J. Langer | 2000 |
| G. Trilling | 2001 |
| W. Brinkman | 2002 |
| M. Sarachik | 2003 |
| H. Quinn | 2004 |
| M. Cohen | 2005 |
| J. Hopfield | 2006 |
| L. Kadanoff | 2007 |
| A. Bienenstock | 2008 |
| C. Murray | 2009 |
| C. Callan | 2010 |
| B. Barish | 2011 |
| R. Byer | 2012 |
| M. Turner | 2013 |
| M. Beasley | 2014 |
