Past IEEE Computer Society Presidents
IEEE Computer Society honors its presidents who are exemplars of service and leadership in the field of technology.
The IEEE Computer Society traces its origins to the 1946 formation of the Committee on Large-Scale Computing of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE).
Five years later, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) formed its Professional Group on Electronic Computers. The principal volunteer officers of both these groups were designated chairs. The AIEE and the IRE merged in 1963 to become the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
The respective committee and group of the predecessor organizations combined to form the modern IEEE Computer Society. The society’s principal volunteer office has been designated as president since 1970.
Chairs of the IRE Professional Group on Electronic Computers
1951–1953 Morton M. Astrahan
1953–1954 John H. Howard
1954–1955 Harry Larson
1955–1956 Jean H. Felker
1956–1957 Jerre D. Noe
1957–1958 Werner Buchholz
1958–1959 Willis H. Ware
1959–1960 Richard O. Endres
1960–1962 Arnold A. Cohen
1962–1964 Walter L. Anderson
Chairs of the AIEE Committee on Large-Scale Computing Devices
1946–1949 Charles Concordia
1949–1951 John Grist Brainerd
1951–1953 Walter H. MacWilliams
1953–1955 Frank J. Maginniss
1955–1957 Edwin L. Harder
1957–1959 Morris Rubinoff
1959–1961 Ruben A. Imm
1961–1963 Claude A. Kagan
1963–1964 Gerhard L. Hollander
Chairs of the IEEE Computer Group
1964–1965 Keith Uncapher
1965–1966 Richard I. Tanaka
1966–1967 Samuel Levine
1968–1969 Charles L. Hobbs
Presidents of the IEEE Computer Society
1970–1971 Edward J. McCluskey
1972–1973 Albert S. Hoagland
1974–1975 Stephen S. Yau
1976 Dick B. Simmons
1977–1978 Merlin G. Smith
1979–1980 Tse-Yun Feng
1981 Richard E. Merwin
1982–1983 Oscar N. Garcia
1984–1985 Martha Sloan
1986–1987 Roy L. Russo
1988 Edward A. Parrish
1989 Kenneth A. Anderson
1990 Helen M. Wood
1991 Duncan H. Lawrie
1992 Bruce D. Shriver
1993 James H. Aylor
1994 Laurel V. Kaleda
1995 Ronald G. Hoelzeman
1996 Mario R. Barbacci
1997 Barry W. Johnson
1998 Doris L. Carver
1999 Leonard L. Tripp
2000 Guylaine M. Pollock
2001 Benjamin W. Wah
2002 Willis K. King
2003 Stephen Diamond
2004 Carl K. Chang
2005 Gerald L. Engel
2006 Deborah M. Cooper
2007 Michael R. Williams
2008 Rangachar Kasturi
2009 Susan K. (Kathy) Land, CSDP
2010 James D. Isaak
2011 Sorel Reisman
2012 John W. Walz
2013 David Alan Grier
2014 Dejan S. Milojicic
2015 Thomas M. Conte
2016 Roger U. Fujii
2017 Jean-Luc Gaudiot
2018 Hironori Kasahara
2019 Cecilia Metra
2020 Leila De Floriani
2021 Forrest Shull
2022 William D. Gropp
2023 Nita Patel
2024 Jyotika Athavale
2025 Hironori Washizaki
