| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1962-1965 | Gilbert Cahill, State University of New York at Cortland |
| 1965-1968 | David H. Greene, New York University |
| 1968-1971 | John V. Kelleher, Harvard University |
| 1971-1973 | Harold Orel, University of Kansas |
| 1973-1975 | John Rees Moore, Hollins College |
| 1975-1978 | Lawrence J. McCaffrey, Loyola University, Chicago |
| 1978-1981 | Emmet Larkin, University of Chicago |
| 1981-1983 | Alan Ward, College of William and Mary |
| 1983-1985 | Thomas Hachey, Marquette University |
| 1985-1987 | Robert E. Rhodes, State University of New York at Cortland |
| 1987-1989 | Maureen O’Rourke Murphy, Hofstra University |
| 1989-1991 | James S. Donnelly, Jr., University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 1991-1993 | Mary Helen Thuente, Indiana University |
| 1993-1995 | Blanche Touhill, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1995-1997 | James MacKillop, Onondaga Community College |
| 1997-1999 | Lucy McDiarmid, Villanova University |
| 1999-2001 | Nancy Curtin, Fordham University |
| 2001-2003 | Michael Patrick Gillespie, Marquette University |
| 2003-2005 | John P. Harrington, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 2005-2007 | Eamonn Wall, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 2007-2009 | José Lanters, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| 2009-2011 | James S. Rogers, University of St. Thomas |
| 2011-2013 | Sean Farrell, Northern Illinois University |
| 2013-2015 | Mary Trotter, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 2015-2017 | Brian Ó Conchubhair, University of Notre Dame |
| 2017-2019 | Timothy G. McMahon, Marquette University |
| 2019-2021 | Kathleen Costello-Sullivan, LeMoyne College |
| 2021-2023 | Kelly Matthews, Framingham State College |