Former presidents
AIA’s former presidents have helped shape the values, mission, and vision of AIA. Join us in celebrating their service, leadership, and contributions.
AIA presidents & terms served
Beyond their presidencies, former AIA presidents continue to serve in leadership roles including the AIA Strategic Council and with AIA chapters. They also share their expertise through a variety of forums and mentor architecture’s next generation.
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- 2022-2023 Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA
- 2021–2022 Daniel S. Hart, FAIA
- 2020–2021 Peter. J. Exley, FAIA
- 2019–2020 L. Jane Frederick, FAIA
- 2018–2019 William J. Bates, FAIA
- 2017–2018 Carl Elefante, FAIA
- 2016–2017 Thomas Vonier, FAIA
- 2015–2016 Russell A. Davidson, FAIA
- 2014–2015 Elizabeth Chu Richter, FAIA
- 2013–2014 Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA
- 2012–2013 Mickey Jacob, FAIA
- 2011–2012 Jeff Potter, FAIA
- 2010–2011 Clark D. Manus, FAIA
- 2009–2010 George H. Miller, FAIA
- 2008–2009 Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA
- 2007–2008 Marshall E. Purnell, FAIA
- 2006–2007 RK Stewart, FAIA
- 2005–2006 Katherine Lee Schwennsen, FAIA
- 2004–2005 Douglas L. Steidl, FAIA
- 2003–2004 Eugene C. Hopkins, FAIA
- 2002–2003 Thompson E. Penney, FAIA
- 2001–2002 Gordon H. Chong, FAIA
- 2000–2001 John D. Anderson, FAIA
- 1999–2000 Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA
- 1998–1999 Michael J. Stanton, FAIA
- 1997–1998 Ronald Arthur Altoon, FAIA
- 1996–1997 Raj Barr-Kumar, FAIA
- 1995–1996 Raymond Post Jr., FAIA
- 1994–1995 Chester A. Widom, FAIA
- 1993–1994 L. William Chapin, II, FAIA
- 1992–1993 Susan A. Maxman, FAIA
- 1991–1992 W. Cecil Steward, FAIA
- 1990–1991 Jim Lawler, FAIA
- 1989–1990 Sylvester Damianos, FAIA
- 1988–1989 Benjamin E. Brewer Jr., FAIA
- 1987–1988 Ted P. Pappas, FAIA
- 1986–1987 Donald J. Hackl, FAIA
- 1985–1986 John A. Busby Jr., FAIA
- 1984–1985 R. Bruce Patty, FAIA
- 1983–1984 George M. Notter, FAIA
- 1982–1983 Robert Broshar, FAIA
- 1981–1982 Robert Lawrence, FAIA
- 1980–1981 R. Randall Vosbeck, FAIA
- 1979–1980 Charles E. Schwing, FAIA
- 1978–1979 Ehrman B. Mitchell Jr., FAIA
- 1977–1978 Elmer Botsai, FAIA
- 1976–1977 John McGinty, FAIA
- 1975–1976 Louis de Moll, FAIA
- 1974–1975 William Marshall Jr., FAIA
- 1973–1974 Archibald C. Rogers, FAIA
- 1972–1973 S. Scott Ferebee Jr., FAIA
- 1971–1972 Maximilian O. Urbahn, FAIA
- 1970–1971 Robert F. Hastings, FAIA
- 1969–1970 Rex Whitaker Allen, FAIA
- 1968–1969 George E. Kassabaum, FAIA
- 1967–1968 Robert L. Durham, FAIA
- 1966–1967 Charles M. Ness Jr., FAIA
- 1965–1966 Morris Ketchum Jr., FAIA
- 1964–1965 Arthur Gould Odell Jr., FAIA
- 1963–1964 J. Roy Carroll Jr., FAIA
- 1962–1963 Henry Lyman Wright, FAIA
- 1960–1962 Philip Will Jr., FAIA
- 1958–1960 John Noble Richards, FAIA
- 1956–1958 Leon Chatelain Jr., FAIA
- 1955–1956 George Bain Cummings, FAIA
- 1953–1955 Clair W. Ditchy, FAIA
- 1951–1953 A. Glenn Stanton, FAIA
- 1949–1951 Ralph Walker, FAIA
- 1947–1949 Douglas William Orr, FAIA
- 1945–1947 James R. Edmunds Jr., FAIA
- 1943–1945 Raymond J. Ashton, FAIA
- 1941–1943 R. H. Shreve, FAIA
- 1939–1941 Edwin Bergstrom, FAIA
- 1937–1939 Charles D. Maginnis, FAIA
- 1935–1937 Stephen F. Voorhees, FAIA
- 1932–1935 Ernest John Russell, FAIA
- 1930–1932 Robert D. Kohn, FAIA
- 1928–1930 C. Herrick Hammond, FAIA
- 1926–1928 Milton B. Medary, FAIA
- 1924–1926 Dan. Everett Waid, FAIA
- 1922–1924 William B. Faville, FAIA
- 1920–1922 Henry H. Kendall, FAIA
- 1918–1920 Thomas R. Kimball, FAIA
- 1915–1918 John Lawrence Mauran, FAIA
- 1913–1915 R. Clipston Sturgis, FAIA
- 1912–1913 Walter Cook, FAIA
- 1910–1911 Irving K. Pond, FAIA
- 1908–1909 Cass Gilbert, FAIA
- 1906–1907 Frank Miles Day, FAIA
- 1904–1905 William S. Eames, FAIA
- 1902–1903 Charles F. McKim, FAIA
- 1900–1901 Robert S. Peabody, FAIA
- 1899–1900 Henry Van Brunt, FAIA
- 1896–1898 George B. Post, FAIA
- 1894–1895 Daniel H. Burnham, FAIA
- 1892–1893 Edward H. Kendall, FAIA
- 1888–1891 Richard M. Hunt, FAIA
- 1877–1887 Thomas U. Walter, FAIA
- 1857–1876 Richard Upjohn, FAIA