Presidents
According to the society's official website, the Presidents of the Society have included:
- Henry Hiz (1976)
- Eugen Baer (1977)
- Thomas G. Winner (1978)
- Max H. Fisch (1979)
- Allen Walker Read (1980)
- Richard Bauman (1981)
- Harley C. Shands (1982)
- Irmengard Rauch (1983)
- Thomas A. Sebeok (1984)
- Donald Preziosi (1985)
- Michael Riffaterre (1986)
- Naomi S. Baron (1987)
- Jonathan Culler (1988)
- Bennetta Jules-Rosette (1989)
- Robert Scholes (1990)
- Linda Waugh (1991)
- Nancy Armstrong (1992)
- (David Savan - died before taking office 1993)
- Michael Shapiro (1993)
- Richard Lanigan (1994)
- Eugen Baer (1995)
- Roberta Kevelson (1996)
- Myrdene Anderson (1997)
- Jean Umiker-Sebeok (1998)
- Floyd Merrell (1999)
- William Pencak (2000)
- John Deely (2001)
- Paul Perron (2002)
- Vincent Colapietro (2003)
- Cary William Spinks (2004–2005)
- Joseph Brent (2006)
- Nathan Houser (2007)
- Robert Hatten (2008)
- Thomas Broden (2009)
- John Coletta (2010)
- Frank Nuessel (2011)
- Isaac Catt (2012)
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Famous quotes containing the word presidents:
“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in “the people.” One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”
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—J.R. Pole (b. 1922)
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)