List of presidents of the Association for Computing Machinery
The president of the Association for Computing Machinery is the highest officer of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) who sets the direction for ACM during their tenure. Below is a list of everyone who has held that position.[1]
List of presidents
| No. | Image | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.H. Curtiss | 1947–1948 | |
| 2 | John W. Mauchly | 1949–1950 | |
| 3 | Franz L. Alt | 1950–1952 | |
| 4 | Samuel B. Williams | 1952–1954 | |
| 5 | A. S. Householder | 1954–1956 | |
| 6 | J.W. Carr III | 1956–1958 | |
| 7 | R. W. Hamming | 1958–1960 | |
| 8 | Harry D. Huskey | 1960–1962 | |
| 9 | Alan J. Perlis | 1962–1964 | |
| 10 | George E. Forsythe | 1964–1966 | |
| 11 | Anthony G. Oettinger | 1966–1968 | |
| 12 | Bernard A. Galler | 1968–1970 | |
| 13 | Walter M. Carlson | 1970–1972 | |
| 14 | Anthony Ralston | 1972–1974 | |
| 15 | Jean E. Sammet | 1974–1976 | |
| 16 | Herbert R.J. Grosch | 1976–1978 | |
| 17 | Daniel D. McCracken | 1978–1980 | |
| 18 | Peter J. Denning | 1980–1982 | |
| 19 | David H. Brandin | 1982–1984 | |
| 20 | Adele Goldberg | 1984–1986 | |
| 21 | Paul W. Abrahams | 1986–1988 | |
| 22 | Bryan S. Kocher | 1988–1990 | |
| 23 | John R. White | 1990–1992 | |
| 24 | Gwen Bell | 1992–1994 | |
| 25 | Stuart H. Zweben | 1994–1996 | |
| 26 | Charles House | 1996–1998 | |
| 27 | Barbara Simons | 1998–2000 | |
| 28 | Stephen R. Bourne | 2000–2002 | |
| 29 | Maria M. Klawe | 2002–2004 | |
| 30 | David Patterson | 2004–2006 | |
| 31 | Stuart Feldman | 2006–2008 | |
| 32 | Dame Wendy Hall | 2008–2010 | |
| 33 | Alain Chesnais | 2010–2012 | |
| 34 | Vinton G. Cerf | 2012–2014 | |
| 35 | Alexander L. Wolf | 2014–2016 | |
| 36 | Vicki L. Hanson | 2016–2018 | |
| 37 | Cherri M. Pancake | 2018–2020 | |
| 38 | Gabriele Kotsis | 2020–2022 | |
| 39 | Yannis Ioannidis | 2022–current |
References
- ^ "ACM Past Presidents". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 13 January 2026.