
SPR Past Presidents
SPR gratefully acknowledges the visionary leadership of its Past Presidents, whose dedication has shaped the legacy and impact of the Society. Their commitment to advancing pediatric research continues to inspire our work today.

2025 Brenda Poindexter
2024 Cristina M. Alvira
2023 Kate Ackerman
2022 Beth Tarini
2021 Stephanie D. Davis
2020 Joel N. Hirschhorn
2019 Constantine Stratakis
2018 Michelle Gill
2017 Shari Barkin
2016 Brendan Lee
2015 Jake A. Kushner
2014 Steven P. Miller
2013 David A. Ingram
2012 Susan L. Furth
2011 Maria T. Britto
2010 David N. Cornfield
2009 Elena Fuentes-Afflick
2008 Phyllis A. Dennery
2007 Gary L. Freed
2006 Phil W. Shaul
2005 Lisa M. Guay-Woodford
2004 Gail Demmler
2003 Daniel Bernstein
2002 Alan M. Krensky
2001 Ora Pescovitz
2000 Thomas Hazinski
1999 Sam Hawgood
1998 Maureen Andrew
1997 Gary R. Fleisher
1996 Jon S. Abramson
1995 David H. Perlmutter
1994 Margaret K. Hostetter
1993 George Lister
1992 Larry J. Shapiro
1991 Steve Kohl
1990 Alan H. Jobe
1989 Harvey J. Cohen
1988 Robert P. Kelch
1987 Russell W. Chesney
1986 Laurence A. Boxer
1985 Thomas F. Boat
1984 John D. Johnson
1983 Ralph D. Feigin
1982 Joseph B. Warshaw
1981 Richard B. Johnston, Jr.
1980 Joseph A. Bellanti
1979 Joe Anne Brasel
1978 Frank A. Oski
1977 Frederick C. Battaglia
1976 Charles R. Scriver
1975 Robert E. Greenberg
1974 Charles A. Alford, Jr.
1973 Mary Ellen Avery
1972 Madison S. Spach
1971 William L. Nyhan
1970 William B. Weil, Jr.
1969 Floyd W. Denny, Jr.
1968 Norman Kretchmer
1967 Irving Schulman
1966 Robert E. Cooke
1965 Wallace W. McCrory
1964 Clark D. West
1963 Lytt I. Gardner
1962 Frederick C. Robbins
1961 Gilbert B. Forbes
1960 Henry L. Barnett
1959 Sydney S. Gellis
1958 Edward L. Pratt
1957 William M. Wallace
1956 Wolf Zuelzer
1955 Charles A. Janeway
1954 Harold E. Harrison
1953 Robert F. Ward
1952 Horace L. Hodes
1951 Harry H. Gordon
1950 Francis F. Schwentker
1949 Sidney Farber
1948 Donovan J. McCune
1947 Mitchell I. Rubin
1946 Edward M. Bridge
1945 No mtg. because of war
1944 Joseph A. Johnson
1943 No mtg. because of war
1942 George M. Guest
1941 A. Ashley Weech
1940 Daniel C. Darrow
1939 L Emmett Holt
1938 Samuel Z. Levine
1937 Francis Scott Smyth
1936 Charles F. McKhann
1935 Joseph A. Stokes, Jr.
1934 Rustin McIntosh
1933 Bengt Hamilton
1932 L.A. Hoague
1931 James Gamble
1930 James Gamble
1929 James Gamble
