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Past Directors and Councilors

Past AACR Board members are listed chronologically by term. From 1907-1940, Board members were known as Councilors. Beginning in 1941, Board members have been known as Directors.

1907-1920 | 1921-1930 | 1931-1940 | 1941-1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970

1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-Present

Term Beginning 2021-Present

2021-2024

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD
Luis A. Diaz Jr., MD, FAACR
Susan M. Galbraith, MBBChir, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, FMedSci, FAACR
Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO, FSSO

Term Beginning 2011-2020

2020-2023

Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD, FAACR
Elaine Fuchs, PhD, FAACR
Ira Mellman, PhD, FAACR
Suzanne L. Topalian, MD, FAACR

2020-2021

Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD (Special Term)

2019-2022

Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD
Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR
Karen E. Knudsen, PhD
Martine F. Roussel, PhD, FAACR
Charles Swanton, MB, PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, FAACR

2018-2021

David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR (served as President-Elect 2020-2021)
Adriana Albini, PhD
René Bernards, PhD, FAACR
Carl H. June, MD, FAACR
Edison T. Liu, MD

2017-2020

Cory Abate-Shen, PhD
Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR
Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhD, FAACR
Martine J. Piccart, MD, FAACR
Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR

2016-2019

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FAACR
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, FAACR
Karen M. Cichowski, PhD,
Levi A. Garraway, MD, PhD, FAACR
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR

2015-2018

George D. Demetri, MD, FAACR
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, FAACR
Richard M. Marais, FRS, FMedSci, MAE
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
Edith A. Perez, MD

2014-2017

James P. Allison, PhD, FAACR
Ronald M. Evans, PhD, FAACR
Scott M. Lippman, MD
Guillermina Lozano, PhD, FAACR
M. Celeste Simon, PhD, FAACR

2013-2016

Mary C. Beckerle, PhD, FAACR
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR
Hans Clevers, MD, PhD, FAACR
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD, FAACR

2012-2015

Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, FAACR
Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, FAACR
Michelle M. LeBeau, PhD
Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD
Karen H. Vousden, PhD, FAACR

2011-2014

Joan S. Brugge, PhD, FAACR
Arul M. Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, FAACR
Thomas A. Sellers, PhD, MPH
Laura J. van ‘t Veer, PhD
Kristiina Vuori, MD, PhD

Term Beginning 2001-2010

2010-2013

Todd R. Golub, MD, FAACR
Jennifer R. Grandis, MD, FAACR
David P. Lane, PhD, FAACR
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, FAACR
Owen N. Witte, MD, FAACR

2009-2012

José Baselga, MD, FAACR
Joan Massagué, PhD, FAACR
Jennifer A. Pietenpol, PhD
Margaret A. Spitz, MD
Craig B. Thompson, MD, FAACR

2008-2011

Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR
Kenneth W. Kinzler, MD, FAACR
Bruce A. J. Ponder, PhD, FAACR
Eddie Reed, MD
Margaret A. Shipp, MD, FAACR

2007-2010

Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, FAACR
Joe W. Gray, PhD, FAACR
Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD, FAACR
V. Craig Jordan, PhD, FAACR
Eileen P. White, PhD, FAACR

2006-2009

James L. Abbruzzese, MD
Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD, FAACR
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, FAACR
David R. Parkinson, MD
Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, PhD, FAACR

2005-2008

Sara A. Courtneidge, PhD, FAACR
Susan Desmond-Hellman, MD, MPH, FAACR
Scott W. Lowe, PhD, FAACR
John D. Potter, MD, PhD
David Sidransky, MD

2004-2007

Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR
Stephen B. Baylin, MD, FAACR
Suzanne Cory, PhD, FAACR
Ronald Levy, MD, FAACR
Carol L. Prives, PhD, FAACR

2003-2006

Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, PhD, FAACR
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR
William G. Kaelin, Jr., MD, FAACR
Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR
Zena Werb, PhD, FAACR

2002-2005

Nancy E. Davidson, MD, FAACR
Brian J. Druker, MD, FAACR
Frank McCormick, PhD, FAACR
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FAACR
Jeffrey M. Trent, PhD

2001-2004

Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD, FAACR
Ronald A. DePinho, MD, FAACR
Tyler E. Jacks, PhD, FAACR
George F. Vande Woude, PhD, FAACR
Barbara L. Weber, MD

Term Beginning 1991-2000

2000-2003

Michaele C. Christian, MD
Lorraine J. Gudas, PhD
William G. Nelson, V, MD, PhD
Peter K. Vogt, PhD, FAACR
Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhD, FAACR

1999-2002

Mina J. Bissell, PhD, FAACR
Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, FAACR
Edison T. Liu, MD
Frank J. Rauscher, III, PhD

1998-2001

Karen S. H. Antman, MD, FAACR
Anna D. Barker, PhD, FAACR
J. Carl Barrett, PhD
Jean Y. J. Wang, PhD, FAACR

1997-2000

William T. Beck, PhD
O. Michael Colvin, MD
Lynn M. Matrisian, PhD, FAACR
Joseph V. Simone, MD

1996-1999

Susan P. C. Cole, PhD
Eric R. Fearon, MD, PhD
Stephen H. Friend, MD, PhD
Waun Ki Hong, MD, PhD

1995-1998

Clara D. Bloomfield, MD, FAACR
Michael M. Gottesman, MD
Ann R. Kennedy, DSc
Frederick P. Li, MD, FAACR

1995-1996

Anna D. Barker, PhD, FAACR (Special Term)

1994-1997

Webster K. Cavenee, PhD, FAACR
Philip C. Hanawalt, PhD, FAACR
Stanley J. Korsmeyer, MD
Thea D. Tisty, PhD

1993-1996

Donald S. Coffey, PhD, FAACR
Michael P. Sporn, MD, FAACR
Louise C. Strong, MD, FAACR
Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FAACR

1992-1995

Curtis C. Harris, MD, FAACR
Victor Ling, PhD
John D. Minna, MD
Kenneth Olden, PhD

1991-1994

John S. Lazo, PhD
Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD
Sharon B. Murphy, MD
Eric J. Stanbridge, PhD

Term Beginning 1981-1990

1990-1993

June L. Biedler, PhD
Nancy H. Colburn, PhD
John Mendelsohn, MD, FAACR
Peter C. Nowell, MD

1989-1992

Mariano Barbacid, PhD, FAACR
Bruce A. Chabner, MD, FAACR
Yung-chi Cheng, PhD
Peter A. Jones, PhD, DSc, FAACR

1988-1991

Bernard Fisher, MD, FAACR
Jay A. Levy, MD
Sandra R. Wolman, MD
Stuart H. Yuspa, MD

1987-1990

Harris Busch, MD, PhD
Ronald B. Herberman, MD
Susan Band Horwitz, PhD
John Laszlo, MD

1986-1989

Margaret L. Kripke, PhD, FAACR
Brigid G. Leventhal, MD
Lawrence A. Loeb, MD, PhD, FAACR
Harold L. Moses, MD, FAACR

1985-1988

Enrico Mihich, MD, FAACR
John A. Montgomery, PhD
Garth L. Nicolson, PhD
Lee W. Wattenberg, MD, FAACR

1984-1987

Robert C. Gallo, MD, FAACR
Albert H. Owens, Jr., MD
G. Barry Pierce, MD
Alan C. Sartorelli, PhD, FAACR

1984-1985

Lee W. Wattenberg, MD, FAACR

1983-1986

Joseph A. DiPaolo, PhD
Joseph F. Fraumeni, MD, FAACR
Gloria H. Heppner, PhD
Arthur B. Pardee, PhD, FAACR

1982-1985

Isaiah J. Fidler, DVM, PhD, FAACR
E. F. Osserman, MD
Robert E. Parks, Jr, MD, PhD

1982-1983

Frederick S. Philips, PhD (Special Term)

1981-1984

Gertrude B. Elion, MS
Samuel Hellman, MD
John Laszlo, MD
Teresa Vietti, MD

Term Beginning 1971-1980

1980-1983

Leila Diamond, PhD
Gerald C. Mueller, MD, PhD
Lloyd J. Old, MD
Richmond T. Prehn, MD

1979-1982

Roswell K. Boutwell, PhD
W. Robert Bruce, PhD, MD
Diane H. Russell, PhD
Sidney Weinhouse, PhD

1978-1981

D. Bernard Amos, MD
Bayard D. Clarkson, MD, FAACR
Ingegerd Hellström, MD
Thomas J. King, PhD

1977-1980

Paul P. Carbone, MD
Abraham Goldin, PhD
Philippe Shubik, DPhil, MD
I. Bernard Weinstein, MD

1976-1979

Joseph R. Bertino, MD
Hugh J. Creech, PhD
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD
Rose Ruth Ellison, MD

1975-1978

Charles Heidelberger, PhD
Fred Rapp, PhD
Alan C. Sartorelli, PhD
C. Gordon Zubrod, MD

1974-1977

Seymour S. Cohen, PhD
George H. Hitchings, PhD
Mortimer L. Mendelsohn, MD, PhD
Elizabeth C. Miller, PhD

1973-1976

Carl G. Baker, MD
Paul Calabresi, MD
Charlotte Friend, PhD
Ludwik Gross, MD

1972-1975

Thomas C. Hall, MD
G. A. LePage, PhD
Van R. Potter, PhD
Frank M. Schabel, Jr., PhD

1971-1974

Michael J. Brennan, MD
Jane Cooke Wright, MD
Erich Hirschberg, PhD
Michael B. Shimkin, MD

Term Beginning 1961-1970

1970-1973

Emmanuel Farber, MD, PhD
Frank J. Rauscher, Jr., PhD
Peter C. Nowell, MD
John J. Trentin, PhD

1969-1972

Emil Frei, III, MD
Charles A. Nichol, PhD
Henry C. Pitot, MD, PhD
C. Chester Stock, PhD

1968-1971

James F. Holland, MD
Gerald C. Mueller, MD, PhD
Katherine K. Sanford, PhD
Sidney Weinhouse, PhD

1967-1970

Abraham Cantarow, MD
Robert E. Handschumacher, PhD
Alex B. Novikoff, PhD
Arnold M. Seligman, MD

1966-1969

Leon Dmochowski, MD, PhD
Bernice E. Eddy, PhD
James T. Grace, Jr., MD
Chester M. Southam, MD

1965-1968

Charles Heidelberger, PhD
Lloyd W. Law, PhD
James A. Miller, PhD
C. Gordon Zubrod, MD

1964-1967

Harry Eagle, MD
Emmanuel Farber, MD, PhD
Henry S. Kaplan, MD
Sarah E. Stewart, PhD, MD

1963-1966

Joseph H. Burchenal, MD
Harris Busch. MD, PhD
Hilary Koprowski, MD
R. Wayne Rundles, PhD, MD

1962-1965

George B. Brown, PhD
Albert J. Dalton, PhD
Wilhemina F. Dunning, PhD
Paul C. Zamecnik, MD

1961-1964

Donald A. Clarke, PhD
Paul Kotin, MD
Arthur C. Upton, MD
Richard J. Winzler, PhD

Term Beginning 1951-1960

1960-1963

John J. Biesele, PhD
William U. Gardner, PhD
Alfred Gellhorn, MD
Charles P. Leblond, MD, PhD

1959-1962

Oscar Bodansky, MD
Thelma B. Dunn, MD
Charles Heidelberger, PhD
George H. Hitchings, PhD

1958-1961

Walter J. Burdette, PhD, MD
Abraham Cantarow, MD
Arnold M. Seligman, MD
Murray J. Shear, PhD

1957-1960

Theodore S. Hauschka, PhD
Elizabeth C. Miller, PhD
Howard E. Skipper, PhD
Sidney Weinhouse, PhD

1956-1959

Harry S. N. Greene, MD
Walter E. Heston, PhD
Lloyd W. Law, PhD
Harold L. Stewart, MD

1955-1958

Sidney Farber, MD
Jacob Furth, MD
Van R. Potter, PhD
C. Chester Stock, PhD

1954-1957

Roy Hertz, PhD, MD
David A. Karnofsky, MD
Albert Tannenbaum, MD
Paul C. Zamecnik, MD

1953-1956

Howard B. Andervont, DSc
Walter J. Burdette, PhD, MD
Alfred Gellhorn, MD
Henry S. Kaplan, MD

1952-1955

Austin M. Brues, MD
Charles W. Hooker, PhD
G. Burroughs Mider, MD
Fred W. Stewart, MD, PhD

1951-1954

Clarence C. Little, DSc
Ira T. Nathanson, MD
Harold P. Rusch, MD
George W. Woolley, PhD

Term Beginning 1941-1950

1950-1953

Jacob Furth, MD
George O. Gey, PhD
Stanley P. Reimann, MD
Paul E. Steiner, MD, PhD

1949-1952

Joseph C. Aub, MD
Edmund V. Cowdry, PhD
Edward A. Doisy, PhD
William U. Gardner, PhD

1948-1951

John J. Bittner, PhD
Charles W. Hooker, MD
Charles B. Huggins, MD
Balduin Lucké, MD

1947-1950

Austin M. Brues, MD
Jacob Furth, MD
Clarence C. Little, DSc
Shields Warren, MD

1946-1949

Joseph C. Aub, MD
Edmund V. Cowdry, PhD
Edward A. Doisy, PhD
Howard C. Taylor, Jr., MD

1945-1948

John T. Bittner, PhD
William U. Gardner, PhD
Charles B. Huggins, MD
Murray J. Shear, PhD

1944-1947

Jacob Furth, MD
Clarence C. Little, DSc
Shields Warren, MD
William H. Woglom, MD

1943-1946

Howard B. Andervont, DSc
Edmund V. Cowdry, MD
Edward A. Doisy, DSc, PhD
Howard C. Taylor, Jr., MD

1942-1945

Ludvig Hektoen, MD, DSc
James B. Murphy, MD
George M. Smith, MD
Carl Voegtlin, PhD

1941-1944

Stanhope Bayne-Jones, MD
Clarence C. Little, DSc
Shields Warren, MD
William H. Woglom, MD

1941 Organizational Meeting

Howard B. Andervont, DSc
Halsey J. Bagg, PhD
Elexious T. Bell, MD
George H.A. Clowes, PhD
Clarence C. Little, DSc
James B. Murphy, MD
Burton T. Simpson. MD
George M. Smith, MD
Alphonse A. Thibaudeau, MD
William H. Woglom, MD

Term Beginning 1931-1940

1940-1941

Elexious T. Bell, MD
George H. A. Clowes, PhD
Clarence C. Little, DSc
William H. Woglom, MD

1940-1942

James Ewing, MD
James B. Murphy, MD
George M. Smith, MD
Carl Voegtlin, PhD

1940-1943

Howard B. Andervont, DSc
Halsey J. Bagg
Burton T. Simpson, MD
Alphonse A. Thibaudeau, MD

1939

Howard B. Andervont, DSc
George H. A. Clowes, PhD
Carl Voegtlin, PhD

1938-1939

James Ewing, MD
George M. Smith, MD

1937-1939

William H. Woglom, MD

1936-1939

Elexious T. Bell, MD

1935-1939

Halsey J. Bagg, PhD

1934-1939

James B. Murphy, MD

1933-1938

Joseph McFarland, MD

1932-1938

Burton T. Simpson, MD

1931-1937

Clarence C. Little, DSc

Term Beginning 1921-1930

1930-1936

George H. A. Clowes, PhD

1929-1935

James Ewing, MD

1928-1931

Aldred Scott Warthin, MD, PhD

1927-1933

Elexious T. Bell, MD

1926-1932

Millard C. Marsh, MS

1925-1931

Ward J. MacNeal, MD, PhD

1924-1930

Burton T. Simpson, MD

1923-1929

No new appointments

1922-1928

Frederick Prime, MD

1921-1927

H. Gideon Wells, MD, PhD

Term Beginning 1907-1920

1920-1926

James Ewing, MD

1919-1925

Willy Meyer, MD

1918-1924

Robert P. Greenough, MD

1918-1920

Edwin R. LeCount, MD

1917-1923

William H. Woglom, MD

1916-1922

James B. Murphy, MD

1915

No new appointments

1914-1917

Richard Weil, MD

1913-1919

H. Gideon Wells, MD, PhD

1912-1918

Harvey P. Gaylord, MD

1911-1917

James Ewing, MD

1910-1916

Frederick P. Gay, MD

1909-1915

S. Burt Wolbach, MD

1908-1914

Gary N. Calkins, PhD

1907-1913

Ernest B. Tyzzer, MD

1907-1912

Leo Loeb, MD

1907-1911

Frank B. Mallory, MD

1907-1910

Harvey P. Gaylord, MD

1907-1909

James Ewing, MD

1907-1908

George W. Crile, MD

1907

Simon Flexner, MD, PhD