Past Presidents
2025
Ms. Maryam Farsian
Volunteer State Community College
1480 Nashville Pike
Gallatin, TN 37066
Phone: (615) 230-3280
Email: maryam.farsian@volstate.edu
2024
Dr. Roger Jackson
Labry School of Science, Technology, & Business
Cumberland University
1 Cumberland Square
Lebanon, TN 37087
Phone: 615-547-1310
Email: rjackson@cumberland.edu
2023
Dr. Clint Ary
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
The University of Tennessee at Martin
102 Diagnostics Lab
Martin, TN 38238
Phone: 731-881-1071
Email: cary1@vols.utk.edu
2022
Dr. Greg Vieira
Department of Physics
Rhodes College
200 North Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112-1690
Phone: 901-843-3481
Email: vieirag@rhodes.edu
2021
Dr. Amy Thompson
Department of Biology
Austin Peay State University
PO Box 4718
Clarksville, TN 37044
Phone: 931-221-6497
Email: thompsona@apsu.edu
2020
Dr. Darlene Panvini
Department of Biology
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Blvd
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-460-6224
Email: darlene.panvini@belmont.edu
2019
Dr. Allyn Smith
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Austin Peay State University
Sundquist Science Complex, Room B339
Clarksville, TN 37044
Phone: 931-221-6104
Email: smithj@apsu.edu
Biosketch: [View Dr. Smith’s Biosketch]
2018
Dr. Sandy Mehlhorn
Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources
University of Tennessee at Martin
142 Brehm Hall
Martin, TN 38238
Phone: 731-881-7253
Email: smehlhorn@utm.edu
Biosketch: [View Dr. Mehlhorn's Biosketch]
2017
Dr. Dan Swartling
Department of Chemistry
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Swartling's Biosketch]
2016
Dr. Fred Matthews
Department of Chemistry
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044
Phone: 931-221-7622
Fax: 931-221-6261
Email: matthewsf@apsu.edu
Website: https://www.apsu.edu/chemistry/matthews.php
2015
Dr. Gilbert Pitts
Department of Biology
Austin Peay State University
P.O. Box 4718
Clarksville, TN 37044
Phone: 931-221-7777
Fax: 931-221-6323
Email: pittsg@tennacadofsci.org
2014
Dr. Kim Cleary Sadler
Department of Biology
Middle Tennessee State University
MTSU Box 60
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: 615-904-8283
Email: Kim.Sadler@mtsu.edu
2013
Ms. Mandy Carter-Lowe
Department of Biology
Columbia State Community College
PO Box 1315
Columbia, TN 38402-1315
Phone: 931-540-2845
Email: carter_lowe@columbiastate.edu
2012
William H. Andy Andrews, Jr.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Biosketch: [View Mr. Andrews Jr. Biosketch]
2011
Dr. Jeffrey Boles
Department of Chemistry
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Boles' Biosketch]
2010
Dr. Michael A. Gibson
Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Gibson's Biosketch]
2009
Dr. M. Gore Ervin
Department of Biology
Middle Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Ervin's Biosketch]
2008
Dr. Cindi Smith-Walters
Department of Biology
Middle Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Smith-Walters Biosketch]
2007
Dr. George E. Webb
Department of History
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Webb's Biosketch]
2006
Dr. John W. Harris
Department of Biology
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Harris's Biosketch]
2005
Dr. Stephen M. Wright
Department of Biology
Middle Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wright's Biosketch]
2004
Dr. J. Michael Redding
Department of Biology
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Redding's Biosketch]
2003
Dr. Karen Kendall-Fite
Math and Science Department
Columbia State Community College
2002
Dr. Jack Rhoton
East Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Rhoton's Biosketch]
2001
Dr. Martin Stewart
Department of Chemistry
Middle Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Stewart's Biosketch]
2000
Dr. David J. Wilson
Brown and Caldwell, Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wilson's Biosketch]
1999
Dr. C. Steven Murphree
Department of Biology
Belmont University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Murphree's Biosketch]
1998
Dr. Eugene A. Kline
Department of Chemistry
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Kline's Biosketch]
1997
Dr. Michael L. Daley
Department of Electrical Engineering
The University of Memphis
Biosketch: [View Dr. Daley's Biosketch]
1996
Dr. David H. Kesler
Department of Biology
Rhodes College
Biosketch: [View Dr. Kesler's Biosketch]
1995
Dr. Diane R. Nelson
Department of Biology
East Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Nelson's Biosketch]
1994
Dr. Wilburn A. Sliger
Department of Biology
University of Tennessee at Martin
Biosketch: [View Dr. Nelson's Biosketch]
1993
Dr. George Murphy
Department of Biology
Middle Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Murphy's Biosketch]
1992
Dr. Michael L. Kennedy
Department of Biology
Memphis State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Kennedy's Biosketch]
1991
Dr. Ben Stone
Department of Biology
Austin Peay State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Stone's Biosketch]
1990
Dr. Prem Kahlon
Tennessee State University
1989
Dr. Bernard Benson
University of Tennessee-Chatanooga
Biosketch: [View Dr. Benson's Biosketch]
1988
Dr. David Fields
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Biosketch: [View Dr. Fields' Biosketch]
1987
Dr. Gus Tomlinson
Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Tomlinson's Biosketch]
1986
Dr. David W. Yarbrough
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Yarbrough's Biosketch]
1985
Dr. William H. Ellis
Department of Biology
Austin Peay State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Ellis's Biosketch]
1984
Robert L. Wilson
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wilson's Biosketch]
1983
H. Gorgon Morris
University of Tennessee - Martin
Biosketch: [View Dr. Morris's Biosketch]
1982
Dr. S. K. Ballal
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Ballal's Biosketch]
1981
Dr. A. Paul Wishart
University of Tennessee
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wishart's Biosketch]
1980
Clay M. Chandler
Middle Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Chandler's Biosketch]
1979
James D. Caponetti
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Caponetti's Biosketch]
1978
Robert E. Martin
Tennessee Technological University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Martin's Biosketch]
1977
Raymond L. Tanner
Tennessee Medilogical University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Tanner's Biosketch]
1976
John M. Mallette
University of Tennessee at Nashville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Mallette's Biosketch]
1975
Albert L. Myers
Carson-Newman College
Biosketch: [View Dr. Myers' Biosketch]
1974
Robert L. Amy
Southwestern College
Biosketch: [View Dr. Amy's Biosketch]
1973
John G. Parchment
Middle Tennessee State University
1972
Arthur W. Jones
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Jones' Biosketch]
1971
Richard J. Raridon
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Biosketch: [View Dr. Raridon's Biosketch]
1970
James L. Wilson
University of Tennessee at Nashville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wilson's Biosketch]
1969
Gus H. Lundberg
Austin Peay State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Lundberg's Biosketch]
1968
Roger Rusk
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Mr. Rusk's Biosketch]
1967
Norman Campbell
University of Tennessee Martin
Biosketch: [View Dr. Campbell's Biosketch]
1966
Melburn R. Mayfield
Austin Peay State University
Biosketch: [View Mr. Mayfield's Biosketch]
1965
Frank H. Barclay
East Tennessee State University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Barclay's Biosketch]
1964
James W. Ward
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Ward's Biosketch]
1963
Henry C. Allison
University of Tennessee at Martin
Biosketch: [View Mr. Allison's Biosketch]
1962
Willard B. Jewell
Vanderbilt University
1961
J. Gordon Carlson
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Carlson's Biosketch]
1960
Christopher P. Keim
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Biosketch: [View Dr. Keim's Biosketch]
1959
Robert T. Lagemann
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Lagemann's Biosketch]
1958
Arlo I. Smith
Southwestern College
Biosketch: [View Dr. Smith's Biosketch]
1957
Isabel H. Tipton
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Tipton's Biosketch]
1956
Claude S. Chadwick
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Chadwick's Biosketch]
1955
Frederick T. Wolf
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wolf's Biosketch]
1954
Myron S. McKay
University of Chattanooga
1953
A. J. Sharp
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Sharp's Biosketch]
1952
Carl K. Seyfert
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Seyfert's Biosketch]
1951
Carl T. Bahner
Carson-Newman University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Bahner's Biosketch]
1950
S. L. Meyer
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
1949
Frances R. Bottum
George Peabody College for Teachers
1948
W. M. Deacon
Vanderbilt University
1947
P. B. Stockdale
University of Tennessee Knoxville
1946
Hanor A. Webb
George Peabody College for Teachers
1945
Stanley A. Cain
University of Tennessee Knoxville
1944
Edward McCrady Jr.
University of the South
1943
C. S. Shoup
Vanderbilt University
1942
Dalton M. Brown
State Teachers College
1941
F. L. Wren
George Peabody College for Teachers
1940
C. L. Baker
Southwestern College
1939
A. W. Discus
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
1938
Jesse M. Shaver
George Peabody College for Teachers
1937
Louis J. Bircher
Vanderbilt University
1936
Claude R. Fountain
George Peabody College for Teachers
1935
George Martin Hall
University of Tennessee Knoxville
1934
Walter F. Pond
State Geologist (Nashville)
1933
Francis G. Slack
Vanderbilt University
1932
A. Richard Bliss
University of Tennessee Memphis
1931
L. R. Hesler
University of Tennessee Knoxville
1930
Fletcher D. Dresslar
George Peabody College for Teachers
1929
P. E. Cox
Banker and Self-trained Archaeologist
Memorial Bulding, Nashville
1928
Waller S. Leathers
Vanderbilt University
1927
Waller S. Leathers
Vanderbilt University
1926
Albert Franklin Ganier
Professional Engineer, Amateur in Ornithology, Archaeology, and Geology
1925
Scott C. Lyon
Southwestern Presbyterian University
1924
Wilbur Armistead Nelson
Tennessee Geological Survey
1923
A. E. Parkins
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Parkins' Biosketch]
1922
Lucius Polk Brown
1921
Roscoe Nunn
U.S. Weather Bureau, Nashville
1920
L. C. Glenn
Vanderbilt University
1919
L. C. Glenn
Vanderbilt University
1918
A. H. Purdue
State Geological Survey, Nashville
1917
Samuel Marx Barton
University of the South
1916
Samuel McCutcheon Bain
University of Tennessee Knoxville
1915
William E. Myer
Furniture Dealer and Self-trained Archaeologist
1914
L. C. Glenn
Vanderbilt University
1913
Watson Selvage
University of the South
1912
Charles Henry Gordon
University of Tennessee Knoxville