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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Matthews' Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Pitts' Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Sadler's Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Ms. Carter-Lowe's Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Kendall-Fite's Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Kahlon's Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Parchment's Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr. Jewell's Biosketch]
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
Biosketch: [View Dr.McKay's Biosketch]
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
Samuel Lewis Meyer
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Meyer's Biosketchj]
1949
Frances R. Bottum
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Bottum's Biosketch]
1948
Warren McAllister Deacon
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Professor Deacon's Biosketch]
1947
Paris B. Stockdale
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Stockdale's Biosketch]
1946
Hanor A. Webb
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Webb's Biosketch]
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1945
Stanley A. Cain
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Cain's Biosketch]
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1944
Edward McCrady Jr.
University of the South
Biosketch: [View Dr. McCrady's Biosketch]
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1943
C. S. Shoup
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Shoup's Biosketch]
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1942
Dalton M. Brown
State Teachers College
Biosketch: [View Dr. Brown's Biosketch]
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1941
F. L. Wren
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Wren's Biosketch]
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1940
Clinton L. Baker
Southwestern College
Biosketch: [View Dr. Baker's Biosketch]
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1939
A. W. Discus
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Biosketch: [View Dr. Discus's Biosketch]
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1938
Jesse M. Shaver
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Shaver's Biosketch]
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1937
Louis J. Bircher
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Birchers' Biosketch]
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1936
Claude R. Fountain
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr. Fountain's Biosketch]
1935
George Martin Hall
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Hall's Biosketch]
1934
Walter F. Pond
State Geologist (Nashville)
Biosketch: [View Dr. Pond's Biosketch]
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1933
Francis G. Slack
Vanderbilt University
1932
A. Richard Bliss
University of Tennessee Memphis
Biosketch: [View Dr. Bliss's Biosketch]
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1931
L. R. Hesler
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Hesler's Biosketch]
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1930
David William Cornelius
Vanderbilt University
Ascended to President following the death of Fletcher Bascom Dresslar
Biosketch: [View Dr. Cornelius' Biosketch]
1930
Fletcher Bascom Dresslar
George Peabody College for Teachers
Biosketch: [View Dr.Dresslar's Biosketch]
1929
Parmenio E. Cox
Banker and Self-trained Archaeologist
Memorial Bulding, Nashville
1928
Waller S. Leathers
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Leathers' Biosketch]
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1927
Waller S. Leathers
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Leathers' Biosketch]
1926
Albert Franklin Ganier
Professional Engineer, Amateur in Ornithology, Archaeology, and Geology
Biosketch: [View Dr. Ganier's Biosketch]
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1925
Scott C. Lyon
Southwestern Presbyterian University
1924
Wilbur Armistead Nelson
Tennessee Geological Survey
Biosketch: [View Mr. Nelson's Biosketch]
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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
Biosketch: [View Mr. Nunn's Biosketch]
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1920
Leonidas Chalmers Glenn
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Glenn's Biosketch]
1919
Leonidas Chalmers Glenn
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Glenn's Biosketch]
1918
John T. McGill
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. McGill's Biosketch]
1918
Albert Homer Purdue
State Geological Survey, Nashville
Died while serving as President December 12, 1917
Biosketch: [View Dr. Purdue's Biosketch]
1917
Samuel Marx Barton
University of the South
Biosketch: [View Dr. Barton's Biosketch]
1916
Samuel McCutcheon Bain
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Professor Bain's Biosketch]
1915
William Edward Myer
Furniture Dealer and Self-trained Archaeologist
Biosketch: [View Mr. Myer's Biosketch]
1914
Leonidas Chalmers Glenn
Vanderbilt University
Biosketch: [View Dr. Glenn's Biosketch]
1913
Watson Selvage
University of the South
1912
Charles Henry Gordon
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosketch: [View Dr. Gordon's Biosketch]