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