Since ASH was first established, the Society and its members have made numerous contributions to the field under the leadership of various presidents. ASH’s presidents have greatly impacted the Society’s education programs, position on policy issues, prominence of the annual meeting, and the emergence of ASH into the international arena. The ASH president typically serves a term of one year and works with the Executive Committee to set the strategic agenda for the Society.

2008 Kenneth Kaushansky		2007 Andrew I. Schafer		2006 Kanti R. Rai		2005 James N. George		2004 Stanley L. Schrier
2003 Ronald Hoffman		2002 Robert I. Handin		2001 Beverly S. Mitchell		2000 Edward J. Benz, Jr.		1999 Harry S. Jacob
1998 Barry S. Coller		1997 Thomas P. Stossel		1996 John W. Adamson		1995 Dorothea Zucker-Franklin		1994 Arthur W. Nienhuis
1993 H. Franklin Bunn		1992 George Stamatoyannopoulos		1991 Philip W. Majerus		1990 Y.W. Kan		1989 Marshall A. Lichtman
1988 E. Donnall Thomas		1987 Wendell F. Rosse		1986 David G. Nathan		1985 Jane F. Desforges		1984 Paul A. Marks
1983 Ernst R. Jaffé		1982 John W. Harris		1980-81 Alvin M. Mauer		1979 Ernest Beutler		1978 Ralph O. Wallerstein
1977 Samuel I. Rapaport		1976 C. Lockard Conley		1975 Oscar D. Ratnoff		1974 Helen M. Ranney		1973 George Brecher
1972 Maxwell M. Wintrobe		1971 Eugene P. Cronkite		1970 J. Fraser Mustard		1969 Louis R. Wasserman		1968 Charles C. Sprague
1967 R. Wayne Rundles		1966 Clement A. Finch		1965 Thomas Hale Ham		1964 William Dameshek		1963 Charles A. Doan
1962 Joseph F. Ross		1961 Louis Lowenstein		1960 Carl V. Moore		1959 James L. Tullis