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

  1. ^ "ACM Past Presidents". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 13 January 2026.