# List of presidents of the American Osler Society

This is a list of presidents of the American Osler Society.

## 1970-1980

| Name | Term | Comments |
| William B. Bean | 1970-1971 | Born in the Philippines, Bean then graduated in medicine from the University of Virginia. His father, Robert Bennett Bean, was a resident under Sir William Osler. |
| George T. Harrell | 1971-1972 | Founding dean of University of Florida College of Medicine in 1954 and Pennsylvania State University’s College of Medicine in 1964. |
| Thomas M. Durant | 1972-1973 | Chair of Medicine of the Temple University School of Medicine from 1956 to 1966. |
| John P. McGovern (1921 - 2007) | 1973-1974 | McGovern was an allergist, real-estate investor and philanthropist. |
| Edward C. Rosenow, Jr. (1909-2002) | 1974-1975 | |
| A. McGehee Harvey (30 July 1911-8 May 1998) | 1975-1976 | |
| Raymond D. Pruitt | 1976-1977 | |
| Martin M. Cummings | 1977-1978 | |
| Earl F. Nation (1910-2008) | 1978-1979 | |
| Irving A. Beck | 1979-1980 | |
| Peter D. Olch | 1980-1981 | |

## 1981-1990

| Name | Term | Comments |
| William C. Gibson | 1981-1982 | |
| R. Palmer Howard | 1982-1983 | |
| Jeremiah A. Barondess | 1983-1984 | |
| K. Garth Huston | 1984-1985 | |
| William B. Spaulding | 1985-1986 | |
| Charles G. Roland | 1986-1987 | |
| Robert P. Hudson | 1987-1988 | |
| W. Bruce Fye | 1988-1989 | American cardiologist and medical historian. |
| Richard L. Golden | 1989-1990 | |

## 1990-2000

| Name | Term |
| Jack D. Key | 1990-1991 |
| Paul D. Kligfield | 1991-1992 |
| Alvin E. Rodin | 1992-1993 |
| Robert E. Rakel | 1993-1994 |
| Kenneth M. Ludmerer | 1994-1995 |
| Charles F. Wooley | 1995-1996 |
| Billy F. Andrews | 1996-1997 |
| Eugene H. Conner | 1997-1998 |
| Richard J. Kahn | 1998-1999 |
| Dee J. Canale | 1999-2000 |

## 2000-2010

| Name | Term | Comments |
| Mark E. Silverman (1939-2008) | 2000-2001 | Silverman was an American cardiologist and medical historian who founded the cardiology programme at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| John C. Carson | 2001-2002 | |
| Lawrence D. Longo | 2002-2003 | |
| Marvin J. Stone | 2003-2004 | |
| Chester Ray Burns | 2004-2005 | First American-born physician to receive a doctorate in the history of medicine from the Johns Hopkins University. |
| Claus A. Pierach | 2005-2006 | |
| Jock Murray | 2006-2007 | Murray is a professor of medicine (neurology) and professor of medical humanities. |
| Francis A. Neelon | 2007-2008 | |
| Joseph W. Lella (1936-2020) | 2008-2009 | |
| John Noble | 2009-2010 | |

## 2010-2020

| Name | Term | Comments |
| Charles S. Bryan | 2010-2011 | Bryan was editor of The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association and the first chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. |
| Michael Bliss | 2011-2012 | |
| Sandra W. Moss | 2012-2013 | |
| Pamela J. Miller | 2013-2014 | |
| Herbert M. Swick | 2014-2015 | |
| Paul S. Mueller | 2015-2016 | |
| Joseph B. VanderVeer Jr. | 2016-2017 | |
| Laurel E. Drevlow | 2017-2018 | |
| Clyde Partin, Jr. | 2018-2019 | |
| J. Mario Molina | 2019-2020 | |

## 2020 onwards

| Name | Term |
| H. Michael Jones | 2020-2021 |
| Robert G. Mennel | 2021-2022 |
| Christopher J. Boes | 2022-2023 |
| Rolando Del Maestro | |
| C. Joan Richardson | |