Past Leaders

GSA Leaders, Past & Present

Year	Name	Notes
1889	James Hall* #
1890	James Dwight Dana #	"Rock Stars" profile
1891	Alexander Winchell* #
1892	G.K. Gilbert* (1st term)	"Rock Stars" profile
1893	J. William Dawson	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1894	T.C. Chamberlin*	"Rock Stars" profile
1895	Nathaniel S. Shaler*	Presidential Address
1896	Joseph Le Conte*	Presidential Address
1897	Edward Orton*	Presidential Address
1898	J.J. Stevenson* #	Presidential Address
1899	B.K. Emerson*	Presidential Address
1900	George M. Dawson	"Rock Stars" profile
1901	C.D. Walcott*	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1902	N.H. Winchell* #	Presidential Address
1903	Samuel F. Emmons*	Presidential Address
1904	John Casper Branner*	Presidential Address
1905	Raphael Pumpelly*	Presidential Address
1906	Israel Cook Russell*	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1907	Charles R. Van Hise*	Presidential Address
1908	Samuel Calvin*	Presidential Address
1909	G.K. Gilbert* (2nd term)
1910	Arnold Hague	Presidential Address
1911	William M. Davis*	Presidential Address
1912	H.L. Fairchild* #	Presidential Address
1913	Eugene A. Smith*	Presidential Address
1914	George F. Becker*	Presidential Address
1915	Arthur P. Coleman*	Presidential Address
1916	John M. Clarke	Presidential Address
1917	Frank D. Adams	Presidential Address
1918	Whitman Cross	Presidential Address
1919	J.C. Merriam	Presidential Address
1920	Israel C. White #	Presidential Address
1921	James F. Kemp* #	Presidential Address
1922	Charles Schuchert	Presidential Address
1923	David White	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1924	Waldemar Lindgren	Presidential Address
1925	William B. Scott	Presidential Address
1926	Andrew C. Lawson	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1927	Arthur Keith	Presidential Address
1928	Bailey Willis	Presidential Address
1929	Heinrich Ries	Presidential Address
1930	R.A.F. Penrose Jr.	Presidential Address
1931	Alfred C. Lane	Presidential Address
1932	Reginald A. Daly	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1933	C.K. Leith
1934	W.H. Collins	Presidential Address
1935	Nevin M. Fenneman	Presidential Address
1936	W.C. Mendenhall	Presidential Address
1937	Charles Palache	Presidential Address
1938	Arthur L. Day	Presidential Address, Memorial
1939	T. Wayland Vaughan	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1940	Eliot Blackwelder	Presidential Address
1941	Charles P. Berkey	Presidential Address, Memorial
1942	Douglas W. Johnson
1943	E.L. Bruce	Presidential Address
1944	Adolph Knopf	Presidential Address
1945	Edward W. Berry
1946	Norman L. Bowen	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1947	A.I. Levorsen	Presidential Address
1948	James Gilluly	Presidential Address
1949	Chester R. Longwell	Presidential Address
1950	William W. Rubey	Presidential Address
1951	Chester Stock
1952	Thomas S. Lovering	Presidential Address
1953	Wendell P. Woodring	Presidential Address
1954	Ernst Cloos	Presidential Address
1955	Walter H. Bucher	Presidential Address
1956	George S. Hume	Presidential Address
1957	Richard J. Russell	Presidential Address
1958	Raymond C. Moore	Presidential Address, "Rock Stars" profile
1959	Marland P. Billings	Presidential Address
1960	Hollis D. Hedberg	Presidential Address
1961	Thomas B. Nolan	Presidential Address
1962	M. King Hubbert	Presidential Address
1963	Harry H. Hess	NAS biographical memoir (1973)
1964	Francis Birch	Presidential Address
1965	Wilmot H. Bradley
1966	Robert F. Legget	Presidential Address
1967	Konrad B. Krauskopf	Presidential Address
1968	Ian Campbell	Presidential Address
1969	Morgan J. Davis	Presidential Address
1970	John Rodgers	Presidential Address
1971	Richard H. Jahns
1972	Luna B. Leopold	Presidential Address
1973	John C. Maxwell	Presidential Address
1974	Clarence R. Allen	Presidential Address
1975	Julian R. Goldsmith	Presidential Address
1976	Robert E. Folinsbee	Presidential Address
1977	Charles L. Drake	Presidential Address
1978	Peter T. Flawn	Presidential Address
1979	Leon T. Silver
1980	Laurence L. Sloss	Memorial
1981	Howard R. Gould	Presidential Address
1982	Digby J. McLaren	Presidential Address
1983	Paul A. Bailly	Presidential Address
1984	M. Gordon Wolman
1985	Brian J. Skinner
1986	W. Gary Ernst	Presidential Address
1987	Jack E. Oliver	Presidential Address
1988	Albert W. Bally
1989	Randolph W. Bromery	Presidential Address
1990	Raymond A. Price
1991	Doris Malkin Curtis	Tribute by R.A. Price
1992	E-an Zen	Presidential Address
1993	Robert D. Hatcher Jr.	Presidential Address
1994	William R. Dickinson	Presidential Address
1995	David A. Stephenson	Presidential Address
1996	Eldridge M. Moores	Presidential Address
1997	George A. Thompson	Presidential Address
1998	Victor R. Baker	Presidential Address
1999	Gail M. Ashley	Presidential Address
2000	Mary Lou Zoback	Presidential Address
2001	Sharon Mosher	Presidential Address
2002	Anthony J. Naldrett	Presidential Address
2003	B. Clark Burchfiel	Presidential Address
2004	Rob Van der Voo	Presidential Address
2005	William A. Thomas	Presidential Address
2006	Stephen G. Wells
2007	John M. "Jack" Sharp Jr.	Presidential Address
2008	Judith Totman Parrish	Presidential Address
2009	Jean M. Bahr	Presidential Address
2010	Joaquin Ruiz	Presidential address slides only
2011	John Geissman	Presidential Address
2012	George H. Davis	Presidential Address
2013	Suzanne Mahlburg Kay	Presidential Address
2014	Harry "Hap" McSween	Presidential Address
2015	Jonathan G. Price	Presidential Address
2016	Claudia I. Mora
2017	Isabel P. Montañez	Presidential Address
2018	Robbie Gries	Presidential Address
2019	Donald I. Siegel	Presidential Address
2020	J. Douglas Walker	Presidential Address
2021	Barbara L. Dutrow	Presidential Address
2022	Mark G. Little	Presidential Address
2023	Christopher (Chuck) Bailey	Presidential Address
2024	Carmala N. Garzione, Christopher (Chuck) Bailey	Presidential Address
2025	Nathan A. Niemi	Presidential Address
2026	Glenn Thackray