The history of AAG’s presidents reveals much about the development of the modern discipline of geography. We offer these biographies with the knowledge that there is much more to say and to explore in the stories of AAG’s founding, in our present, and in the future.
![Photo of Patricia Ehrkamp](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image.jpg)
Patricia Ehrkamp
2024-2025
![Photo of Rebecca Lave](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Rebecca-Lave-2021.jpg)
Rebecca Lave
2023-2024
![Photo of Marilyn Raphael by Ashley Kruythoff, UCLA](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Marilyn_Raphael_Ashley-Kruythoff-UCLA-cr.jpg)
Marilyn Raphael
2022-2023
![Photo of Emily Yeh](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Emily_Yeh.CC13cr.jpg)
Emily T. Yeh
2021-2022
![Photo of Amy Lobben](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Amy-Lobben-LinkedIn.jpg)
Amy Lobben
2020–2021
![Photo of David Kaplan](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/David-Kaplan.jpg)
David H. Kaplan
2019–2020
![Photo of Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Sheryl-Luzzadder-Beach.jpg)
Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
2018–2019
![Photo of Derek Alderman](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Derek-Alderman.jpg)
Derek Alderman
2017–2018
![Photo of Glen M. MacDonald](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Glen-MacDonald.jpg)
Glen M. MacDonald
2016–2017
![Photo of Sarah Witham Bednarz](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Sarah-Witham-Bednarz.jpg)
Sarah Witham Bednarz
2015–2016
![Photo of Mona Domosh](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Mona-Domosh.jpg)
Mona Domash
2014–2015
![Photo of Julie Winkler](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Julie-Winkler.jpg)
Julie Winkler
2013–2014
![Photo of Eric Sheppard](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Eric-Sheppard.jpg)
Eric Sheppard
2012–2013
![Audrey Kobayashi](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kobayashi_Audrey_600X600.jpg)
Audrey Kobayashi
2011–2012
![Photo of Ken Foote by Casey A. Cass, University of Colorado](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kenneth_Foote-201304.jpg)
Kenneth E. Foote
2010–2011
![Photo of Carol Harden](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Carol-Harden.jpg)
Carol P. Harden
2009–2010
![Photo of John Agnew; credit: Ji-Elle, CC by-SA 4.0](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-Agnew.jpg)
John A. Agnew
2008–2009
![Photo of Thomas J. Baerwald](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Thomas-J.-Baerwald.jpg)
Thomas J. Baerwald
2007–2008
![Photo of Kavita Pandit](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kavita-Pandit.jpg)
Kavita Pandit
2006–2007
![Photo of Richard Marston](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Richard-Marston.jpg)
Richard A. Marston
2005–2006
![Photo of Victoria Lawson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Victoria-Lawson.jpg)
Victoria A. Lawson
2004–2005
![Photo of Alexander Murphy by Brenna Houck](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alexander-Murphy.jpg)
Alexander B. Murphy
2003–2004
![Photo of Dwayne Nellis, courtesy Ohio University](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Dwayne-Nellis.jpg)
Duane Nellis
2002–2003
![Photo of Janice Monk](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Janice-Monk.jpg)
Janice J. Monk
2001–2002
![Photo of Susan Cutter](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Susan-Cutter.jpg)
Susan L. Cutter
2000–2001
![Photo of Reginald Golledge reproduced by permission from Dan Montello](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Reginald-Golledge-reproduced-by-permission-from-Dan-Montello.jpg)
Reginald Golledge
1999–2000
![Photo of William Graf](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/William-Graf.jpg)
William L. Graf
1998–1999
![Photo of Patricia Gober, courtesy Arizona State University](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Patricia-Gober.jpg)
Patricia Gober
1997–1998
![Photo of Lawrence Brown](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lawrence-Brown.jpg)
Lawrence A. Brown
1996–1997
![Photo of Judy Olson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Judy-Olson.jpg)
Judy M. Olson
1995–1996
![Photo of Stephen Birdsall](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Stephen-Birdsall.jpg)
Stephen S. Birdsall
1994–1995
![Photo of Robert Kates](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Robert-Kates.jpg)
Robert Kates
1993–1994
![Photo of Thomas Wilbanks](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Thomas-Wilbanks.jpg)
Thomas J. Wilbanks
1992–1993
![Photo of John Russell Mather](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-Mather.jpg)
John R. Mather
1991–1992
![Photo of Susan Hanson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Susan_Hanson.jpg)
Susan Hanson
1990–1991
![Photo of Saul B. Cohen](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Saul-B-Cohen.jpg)
Saul B. Cohen
1989–1990
![Photo of David Ward](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/David-Ward-1.jpg)
David Ward
1988–1989
![Photo of Terry Jordan, UNT Digital Library](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Terry-Jordan.jpg)
Terry G. Jordan
1987–1988
![Photo of George Demko, Dartmouth University](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/George_Demko.jpg)
George J. Demko
1986–1987
![Photo of Ronald Abler by Benoît Prieur, CC0 1.0](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ronald_Abler.jpg)
Ronald F. Abler
1985–1986
![Photo of Risa Palm, Georgia State University](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Risa_Palm.jpg)
Risa Palm
1984–1985
![Photo of Peirce Lewis](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Peirce-Lewis.jpg)
Peirce F. Lewis
1983–1984
![Photo of John S. Adams, University of Minnesota](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-S-Adams.jpg)
John S. Adams
1982–1983
![Photo of Richard Morrill](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Richard-Morrill.jpg)
Richard Morrill
1981–1982
![Photo of Nicholas Helburn](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nicholas-Helburn.jpg)
Nicholas Helburn
1980–1981
![Photo of John Fraser Hart by Jeffrey Thompson for Minnesota Public Radio News](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-Fraser-Hart.jpg)
John Fraser Hart
1979–1980
![Photo of Brian Berry, University of Texas at Dallas](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Brian-Berry.jpg)
Brian Berry
1978–1979
![Photo of Melvin Marcus](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Melvin-Marcus.jpg)
Melvin G. Marcus
1977–1978
![Photo of Harold M. Rose](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harold-M-Rose.jpg)
Harold M. Rose
1976–1977
![Photo of Marvin Mikesell](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Marvin-Mikesell.jpg)
Marvin W. Mikesell
1975–1976
![Photo of James Parsons by Barry Evans](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/James-Parsons.jpg)
James J. Parsons
1974–1975
![Photo of Julian Wolpert](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Julian-Wolpert.jpg)
Julian Wolpert
1973–1974
![Photo of Wilbur Zelinsky](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Wilbur-Zelinsky.jpg)
Wilbur Zelinsky
1972–1973
![Photo of Edward Taaffe](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Edward-Taaffe.jpg)
Edward J. Taaffe
1971–1972
![Photo of Norton Ginsburg](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Norton-Ginsburg.jpg)
Norton S. Ginsburg
1970–1971
![Photo of J. Ross Mackay](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/J-Ross-Mackay.jpg)
J. Ross Mackay
1969–1970
![John Borchert, courtesy of Photographic Laboratories, University of Minnesota, St. Paul](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-Borchert.jpg)
John R. Borchert
1968–1969
![Photo of Clyde Kohn](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Clyde-Kohn.jpg)
Clyde F. Kohn
1967–1968
![Photo of Walter Kollmorgen](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Walter-Kollmorgen.jpg)
Walter M. Kollmorgen
1966–1967
![Photo of Meredith Burrill](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Meredith-Burrill.jpg)
Meredith F. Burrill
1965–1966
![Photo of Edward B Espenshade, Jr.](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Edward-B-Espenshade-Jr.jpg)
Edward B. Espenshade, Jr.
1964–1965
![Photo of Arthur H. Robinson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Arthur-H-Robinson.jpg)
Arthur H. Robinson
1963–1964
![Photo of Arch Gerlach](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Arch-Gerlach.jpg)
Arch C. Gerlach
1962–1963
![Photo of Gilbert F. White](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Gilbert-F-White.jpg)
Gilbert F. White
1961–1962
![Generic profile shape with topographical lines in background - indicates no image was available for this person](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Profile-generic.jpg)
Jan O. M. Broek
1960–1961
![Paul Siple](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Paul-Siple.jpg)
Paul Siple
1959–1960
![Photo of Lester Klimm](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lester-Klimm.jpg)
Lester E. Klimm
1958–1959
![Photo of Chauncy Harris by C. G. Bloom, University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Chauncy-Harris.jpg)
Chauncy Harris
1957–1958
![Photo of Clarence Jones](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Clarence-Jones.jpg)
Clarence F. Jones
1956–1957
![Photo of Louis O. Quam](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Louis-O-Quam.jpg)
Louis O. Quam
1955–1956
![Generic profile shape with topographical lines in background - indicates no image was available for this person](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Profile-generic.jpg)
Joseph A. Russell
1954–1955
![Photo of Joe Russell Whitaker](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Joe-Russell-Whitaker.jpg)
Joe Russell Whitaker
1953–1954
![Photo of Glenn Thomas Trewartha by Harold Hone, University of Wisconsin-Madison libraries](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Glenn-Thomas-Trewartha.jpg)
Glenn Thomas Trewartha
1952–1953
![Preston James](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Preston-James.jpg)
Preston E. James
1951–1952
![Photo of G. Donald Hudson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/G-Donald-Hudson.jpg)
G. Donald Hudson
1950–1951
![Photo of Richard Hartshorne](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Richard-Hartshorne.jpg)
Richard Hartshorne
1949–1950
![Photo of Richard J. Russell](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Richard-J-Russell.jpg)
Richard J. Russell
1948–1949
![Photo of Charles F. Brooks](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Charles-F-Brooks.jpg)
Charles F. Brooks
1947–1948
![Photo of John Kirtland Wright](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-Kirtland-Wright.jpg)
John Kirtland Wright
1946–1947
![Photo of Robert S. Platt](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Robert-S-Platt.jpg)
Robert S. Platt
1945–1946
![Photo of Derwent Whittlesey](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Derwent-Whittlesey.jpg)
Derwent Whittlesey
1944–1945
![Hugh Hammond Bennett, National Archives, College Park](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Hugh-Hammond-Bennett.jpg)
Hugh H. Bennett
1943–1944
![Photo of Joseph Russell Smith](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Joseph_Russell_Smith.jpg)
J. Russell Smith
1942–1943
![Photo of Griffith Taylor](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Griffith_Taylor.jpg)
Griffith Taylor
1941–1942
![Photo of Carl Sauer](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Carl-Sauer.jpg)
Carl O. Sauer
1940–1941
![Photo of Claude Hale Birdseye](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Claude-Hale-Birdseye.jpg)
Claude H. Birdseye
1939–1940
![Photo of Vernor C Finch](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Vernor-C-Finch.jpg)
Vernor C. Finch
1938–1939
![Photo of W. L. G. Joerg](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/W-L-G-Joerg.jpg)
W. L. G. Joerg
1937–1938
![Photo of William H. Hobbs](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/William-H-Hobbs.jpg)
William Herbert Hobbs
1936–1937
![Photo of Charles Colby](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Charles-Colby.jpg)
Charles C. Colby
1935–1936
![Photo of Wallace Walter Atwood, Library of Congress](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Wallace_Walter_Atwood_circa_1920.jpg)
Wallace Walter Atwood
1934–1935
![Photo of François Matthes](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FrançoisÉmileMatthes_circa1915.jpg)
François E. Matthes
1933–1934
![Photo of Oliver Baker at his desk](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Oliver-Baker.jpg)
Oliver E. Baker
1932–1933
![Photo of Isaiah Bowman](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Isaiah-Bowman.jpg)
Isaiah Bowman
1931–1932
![Photo of Almon E. Parkins](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Almon-E-Parkins.jpg)
Almon E. Parkins
1930–1931
![Photo of Lawrence Martin](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lawrence-Martin.jpg)
Lawrence Martin
1929–1930
![Photo of Douglas Johnson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Douglas-Johnson.jpg)
Douglas W. Johnson
1928–1929
![Generic profile shape with topographical lines in background - indicates no image was available for this person](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Profile-generic.jpg)
Marius R. Campbell
1927–1928
![Photo of John Paul Goode](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/John-Paul-Goode.jpg)
John Paul Goode
1926–1927
![Photo of Ray H. Whitbeck](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ray-H-Whitbeck.jpg)
Ray H. Whitbeck
1925–1926
![Photo of Curtis F. Marbut, Curtis F. Marbut Papers, State Historical Society of Missouri](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Curtis-F-Marbut.jpg)
Curtis F. Marbut
1924–1925
![Photo of Ellsworth Huntington, Yale University Library](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ellsworth_Huntington.jpg)
Ellsworth Huntington
1923–1924
![Photo of Harlan Barrows](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harlan-Barrows.jpg)
Harlan H. Barrows
1922–1923
![Photo of Ellen Churchill Semple](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ellen-Churchill-Semple.jpg)
Ellen Churchill Semple
1921–1922
![Photo of Herbert E. Gregory](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Herbert_E_Gregory.jpg)
Herbert E. Gregory
1920–1921
![Generic profile shape with topographical lines in background - indicates no image was available for this person](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Profile-generic.jpg)
Charles R. Dryer
1919–1920
![Photo of Nevin Fenneman; credit: University of Cincinnati](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nevin-Fenneman.jpg)
Nevin M. Fenneman
1918–1919
![Photo of Robert DeCourcy Ward; credit: American Meteorological Society](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Robert-DeCourcy-Ward.jpg)
Robert DeCourcy Ward
1917–1918
![Photo of Mark Jefferson](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Mark-Jefferson.jpg)
Mark Jefferson
1916–1917
![Photo of Richard E. Dodge](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Richard-Elwood-Dodge.jpg)
Richard E. Dodge
1915–1916
![Photo of Albert Perry Brigham](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Albert_Perry_Brigham.jpg)
Albert Perry Brigham
1914–1915
![Photo of Henry Grier Bryant](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Henry-Grier-Bryant.jpg)
Henry G. Bryant
1913–1914
![Photo of Rollin D Salisbury](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Rollin_D_Salisbury.jpg)
Rollin D. Salisbury
1912–1913
![Photo of Ralph Stockman Tarr](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ralph_Stockman_Tarr.jpg)
Ralph Stockman Tarr
1911–1912
![Photo of Henry C Cowles](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Henry_C_Cowles.jpg)
Henry C. Cowles
1910–1911
![Photo of William Morris Davis](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/William-Morris-Davis.jpg)
William Morris Davis
1909–1910
![Photo of Grove Karl Gilbert](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Grove-Karl-Gilbert.jpg)
Grove Karl Gilbert
1908–1909
![Photo of Angelo Heilprin](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Angelo-Heilprin.jpg)
Angelo Heilprin
1907
![Photo of Cyrus C. Adams](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cyrus-C-Adams.jpg)
Cyrus C. Adams
1906–1907
![Photo of William Morris Davis](https://www.aag.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/William-Morris-Davis.jpg)