AIChE Presidents
AIChE's 2025 President is Joseph D. Smith 2024. The past president and president-elect are Alan E. Nelson and Anne O’Neal, respectively.
Following is the up-to-date list of AIChE presidents.
See Current Board of Directors
| Name | Year | Profile/Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph D. Smith | 2025 | Profile |
| Alan E. Nelson | 2024 | Profile |
| Billy B. Bardin | 2023 | Profile |
| Christine Grant | 2022 | Profile |
| Deborah L. Grubbe | 2021 | Profile |
| Monty Alger | 2020 | Profile |
| Kimberly Ogden | 2019 | Profile |
| Christine B. Seymour | 2018 | Profile |
| T. Bond Calloway | 2017 | Profile |
| Gregory Stephanopoulos | 2016 | Profile |
| Cheryl Teich | 2015 | Profile |
| Otis Shelton | 2014 | Profile |
| Phillip R. Westmoreland | 2013 | Profile |
| David A. Rosenthal | 2012 | Profile |
| Maria K. Burka | 2011 | Profile |
| Henry "Hank" T. Kohlbrand | 2010 | Profile |
| H. Scott Fogler | 2009 | Profile |
| Dale L. Keairns | 2008 | Profile |
| Lawrence B. Evans | 2007 | Profile |
| John C. Chen | 2006 | Profile |
| Jeffrey J. Siirola | 2005 | Profile |
| William D. Byers | 2004 | Profile |
| Dianne Dorland | 2003 | Profile |
| Sidney F. Sapakie | 2002 | Profile |
| Calvin B. Cobb | 2001 | Profile |
| Bruce A. Finlayson | 2000 | Profile |
| Gerhard J. Frohlich | 1999 | Profile |
| Vern W. Weekman, Jr. | 1998 | Profile |
| Thomas F. Edgar | 1997 | Profile |
| Basil C. Doumas | 1996 | Profile |
| David B. Nelson | 1995 | |
| Edward L. Cussler | 1994 | Profile |
| Ed J. Bassler | 1993 | |
| Gary L. Leach | 1992 | |
| Art E. Humphrey | 1991 | |
| Sheldon E. Isakoff | 1990 | Bio |
| Edward R. H. McDowell | 1989 | |
| James Wei | 1988 | |
| Stanley I. Proctor | 1987 | Profile |
| Harold S. Kemp | 1986 | |
| John P. Sachs | 1985 | |
| John H. Sanders | 1984 | |
| Robert H. Marshall | 1983 | |
| Richard R. Hughes | 1982 | |
| W. Kenneth Davis | 1981 | |
| James G. Knudsen | 1980 | |
| James Y. Oldshue | 1979 | |
| William H. Corcoran | 1978 | |
| A. Sumner West | 1977 | |
| Klaus D. Timmerhaus | 1976 | |
| Kenneth E. Coulter | 1975 | |
| Irving Leibson | 1974 | |
| Theodore Weaver | 1973 | |
| Thomas W. Tomkowit | 1972 | |
| J. J. Martin | 1971 | |
| Arthur L. Conn | 1970 | |
| Hugh D. Guthrie | 1969 | |
| M. S. Peters | 1968 | |
| Theordore A. Burtis | 1967 | |
| Stuart W. Churchill | 1966 | |
| W. B. Franklin | 1965 | |
| David A. Dahlstrom | 1964 | |
| W. Robert Bob Marshall | 1963 | |
| John J. McKetta | 1962 |
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