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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. 

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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