Alexander Dalgarno (Dec. 1981 – May 1983;
unusual 17-month gap in meetings)
Daniel Kleppner (May 1983 – May 1984)
Hugh P. Kelly (May 1984 – May 1985)
Ronald Stebbings (May 1985 – May 1986)
Richard D. Deslattes (May 1986 – May 1987)
W. Carl Lineberger (May 1987 – May 1988)
W. R. Johnson (May 1988 – May 1989)
Gordon H. Dunn (May 1989 – May 1990)
Anthony F. Starace (May 1990 – May 1991)
Patricia Dehmer (May 1991 – May 1992)
David J. Wineland (May 1992 – May 1993)
Thomas F. Gallagher (May 1993 – May 1994)
Chun C. Lin (May 1994 – May 1995)
Richard R. Freeman (May 1995 – May 1996)
Gordon W. F. Drake (May 1996 – May 1997)
Kate Kirby (May 1997 – May 1998)
Carl Wieman (May 1998 – May 1999)
Stephen R. Lundeen (May 1999 – May 2000)
Daniel J. Larson (May 2000 – May 2001)
S. Delos (May 2001 – May 2002)
Chris H. Greene (May 2002 – May 2003)
F. Barry Dunning (May 2003-May 2004)
Jim McGuire (May 2004 – May 2005)
Charles Clark (May 2005 – May 2006)
Timothy Gay (May 2006 – May 2007)
William C. Stwalley (May 2007 – May 2008)
Pierre Meystre (May 2008 – May 2009)
Louis F. DiMauro (May 2009 – May 2010)
Christopher Monroe (May 2010 – June 2011)
Gerald Gabrielse (June 2011 – June 2012)
David Schultz (June 2012 - June 2013)
Linda Young (June 2013 – June 2014)
Randy Hulet (June 2014 – June 2015)
David Weiss (June 2015 – June 2016)
Steven L Rolston (June 2016 – June 2017)
Robert Rivers Jones (June 2017 – June 2018)
Marianna Safronova (June 2018 – June 2019)