PSA Presidents from 1971 to present
(All affiliations are as of the time they served in office)
Congbin Fu
China-Beijing; 2007-2011
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Japan; 2003-2007
President, Science Council of Japan
Gerard Ward
Australia; 1999-2003
Australian National University
Akito Arima
Japan; 1995-1999
Institute of Physical & Chemical Research (RIKEN)
Zhou Guangzhao
China-Beijing; 1991-1995
President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
N. Donald Duckworth
USA; 1987-1991
President and Director, Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Tai Whan Shin
Republic of Korea;1983-1987
National Academy of Science of Korea
J.A.R. Miles
New Zealand; 1979-1983
University of Otago, Dunedin
Alexander V. Sidorenko
USSR; 1975-1979
Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences, USSR
Ian McTaggart-Cowan
Canada; 1971-1975
University of British Columbia
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australia; 1967-1971
Emeritus Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Melbourne
Shinichiro (Sin-itiro) Tomonaga
Japan; 1963-1967
President, Science Council of Japan
Laurence H. Snyder
USA; 1959-1963
President, University of Hawaii
Air Marshall Muni M. Vejyant-Rangsrisht
Thailand; 1955-1959
Rector, Chulalongkorn University
Vidal A. Tan
Philippines; 1951-1955
Chairman, National Research Council of the Philippines
R.A. Falla
New Zealand; 1946-1951
President, Royal Society of New Zealand
Ross G. Harrison
USA; 1937-1941
Chairman, National Research Council
H.M. Tory
Canada; 1933-1937
President, National Research Council of Canada
O. de Vries
Netherlands; 1929-1933
Director, Rubber Experiment Station of Buitenzorg and Professor of Chemistry in the Medical Faculty of Batavia
Joji Sakurai
Japan; 1926-1929
President, National Research Council of Japan [and] Emeritus Professor of the Tokyo Imperial University
David Orme Masson
Australia; 1923-1926
President, Australian National Research Council [and] Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
Herbert E. Gregory
USA; 1920-1923
Professor, Yale University [and] Director, Bernice P. Bishop Museum