President
The president is elected biennually and wears a badge in the form of a spoked wheel, with the standing figure of Joseph Priestley depicted in enamel, mainly in red and blue, on a hexagonal medallion in the centre. The rim of the wheel is gold, and the twelve spokes are of non-tarnishable metals.
The current president is Lelsey Yellowlees (2012–2014). Past presidents of the society have been:
- 1980-1982 Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (1911–2002)
- 1982-1984 Sir John Ivan George Cadogan (1930-)
- 1984-1986 Richard Oswald Chandler Norman (1932–1993)
- 1986-1988 Sir Jack Lewis (1928–)
- 1988-1990 John Mason Ward
- 1990-1992 Sir Rex Edward Richards (1922- )
- 1992-1994 Charles Wayne Rees (1927–2006)
- 1994-1996 John Howard Purnell (1925–1996)
- 1996-1998 Edward William Abel (1931-)
- 1998-2000 Anthony Ledwith (1933-)
- 2000-2002 Steven Victor Ley (1945-)
- 2002-2004 Sir Harold Kroto (1939-)
- 2004-2006 Simon Campbell (1941-)
- 2006-2008 James Feast (1938-)
- 2008-2010 David Garner (1941-)
- 2010-2012 David Phillips (1939-)
- 2012-2014 Lesley Yellowlees MBE BSc PhD FRSC FRSE
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Famous quotes containing the word president:
“It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front of his door than any other man can afford.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client; still, one must make the best of the case, for the purposes of Providence.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)
“The President is the people’s lobbyist.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)