HISTORICAL LIST OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE AHA


1941 through 1943:  Raymond B. Bragg, Unitarian minister

1944 through 1946:  E. Burdette Backus, Unitarian minister

1947 through 1948:  J. Hutton Hynd, Ethical Culture leader

1949 through 1950:  Curtis W. Reese, Unitarian minister

1951 through 1955:  Lloyd L. Morain, business leader

1956 through 1958:  Hermann J. Muller, geneticist

1959 through 1961:  George L. Axtelle, college president

1962 through 1965:  Vashti McCollum, church/state activist

1966 through 1968:  Robert W. McCoy, social activist

1969 through 1972:  Lloyd L. Morain (second time)

1973 through May 1979:  Bette Chambers, social activist

June 1979 to 1980:  Louis R. Gomberg, lawyer

1980 through 1984:  Lyle L. Simpson, lawyer

1985 to his death April 6, 1992:  Isaac Asimov, author

     (Under Asimov's presidency, the president did not serve also  
      as the board chair.  The vice president took over that role.
      From 1985 through 1990, the board chair was thus Edd Doerr;
      then, from 1991 through April 5, 1992, was Suzanne I. Paul.)

April 6, 1992, through Feb. 1993:  Suzanne I. Paul, UU minister

     Honorary President, May 1992 to date:  Kurt Vonnegut, author

March 1993 to date:  Michael W. Werner, business person