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Year President
2025 Olivier Houzé
2024 Terry Palisch
2023 Med Kamal
2022 Kamel Ben-Naceur
2021 Tom A. Blasingame
2020 Shauna Noonan
2019 Sami Alnuaim
2018 Darcy Spady
2017 Janeen Judah
2016 Nathan Meehan
2015 Helge Hove Haldorsen
2014 Jeff Spath
2013 Egbert Imomoh
2012 Ganesh C. Thakur
2011 Alain Labastie
2010 Behrooz Fattahi*
2009 Leo Roodhart
2008 Bill Cobb
2007 Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa
2006 Eve Sprunt
2005 Giovanni Paccaloni (d)
2004 Kate H. Baker
2003 Andrew A. Young
2002 Stephen A. Holditch (d)
2001 Bruce E. Bernard
2000 John A. Colligan
1999 Gustavo J. Inciarte (d)
1998 DeAnn Craig (d)
1997 T. Scott Hickman
1996 Peter D. Gaffney
1995 Roy H. Koerner*
1994 E. A. Breitenbach (d)
1993 Jacques Bosio (d)
1992 Roger L. Abel
1991 Arlie M. Skov (d)
1990 Orville D. Gaither (d)
1989 George H. Sawyer* (d)
1988 R. Lyn Arscott
1987 Noel D. Rietman* (d)
1986 Dennis E. Gregg
1985 Kenneth W. Robbins (d)
1984 James R. Jorden
1983 T. Don Stacy (d)
1982 W. Clyde Barton Jr.
1981 Arlen L. Edgar* (d)
1980 Marvin L. Katz (d)
1979 Charles L. Bare (d)
1978 Hugh B. Barton (d)
1977 F. F. Craig Jr. (d)
1976 C.A. Hutchinson Jr. (d)
1975 Edward E. Runyan*
1974 Donald G. Russell* (d)
1973 Gerald E. Sherrod (d)
1972 M. Scott Kraemer* (d)
1971 Lawrence B. Curtis (d)
1970 Robert H. McLemore (d)
1969 J.M.C. Gaffron (d)
1968 H. J. Gruy (d)
1967 H. A. Nedom* (d)
1966 H. Mark Krause Jr. (d)
1965 Lincoln F. Elkins (d)
1964 John C. Calhoun Jr. (d)
1963 L.P. Wharton (d)
1962 R. A. Morse (d)
1961 Earl M. Kipp (d)
1960 Wayne E. Glenn* (d)
1959 John S. Bell* (d)
1958 Basil P. Kantzer (d)
1957 John P. Hammond (d)
1956 T. C. Frick (d)
1955 R. B. Gilmore (d)
1954 John R. McMillan (d)
1953 Claude R. Hocott (d)
1952 Paul R Turnbull (d)
1951 R. W. French (d)
1950 John E. Sherbourne (d)
1949 Lloyd E. Elkins* (d)

*Has also served as AIME President

(d) Deceased

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