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Past Presidents of LACUS



1975-76  —  Dwight L. Bolinger
1976-77   —   Roger W. Wescott
1977-78  —   Kenneth L. Pike
1978-79  —  Ernst Pulgram
1979-80  —  H. A. Gleason, Jr.
1980-81  —  Saul Levin
1981-82  —  Charles F. Hockett
1982-83  —  Michael A. K. Halliday
1983-84  —  Sydney M. Lamb
1984-85   —  Robert A. Hall, Jr.
1985-86  —  Victor H. Yngve
1986-87  —  Allen Walker Read
1987-88  —  Carleton T. Hodge
1988-89  —   Walter Hirtle
1989-90  —  Robert J. DiPietro
1990-91  —  Velma B. Pickett
1991-92  —  Sebastian K. Shaumyan
1992-93   —  James E. Copeland
1993-94  —  Ruth Brend
1994-95  —  Robert E. Longacre
1995-96  —  Valerie Becker Makkai
1996-97  —  David G. Lockwood
1997-98  —  William J. Sullivan
1998-99  —  Gary D. Prideaux
1999-2000  —   Michel Paradis
2000-01   —  Sheila Embleton
2001-02  —  Adam Makkai
2002-03  —  Angela Della Volpe
2003-04  —  Connie Eble
2004-05  —  Toby Griffen
2005-06  —  Lois Stanford
2006-07  —  Peter A. Reich
2007-08  —  Michael Cummings
2008-09  —  John Regan
2009-10  —  ShinJa Hwang
2010-11 —  John Hewson

2011-12 —  Alan Melby
2012-13 —  Lilly Chen

2013-14 —  H. Stephen Straight
2014-15
—  J. Peter Maher
2015-16
—  Michael Kliffer
2016-2017
—  Douglas W. Coleman
2017-2018
— Jessica de Villiers
2018-2019 — Robert Orr
2019-2020 — Jacqueline Nenchin [term extended due to COVID pandemic]
2022-2023 — Rennie Gonsalves
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