List of presidents of the American Library Association

The American Library Association, founded in 1876 and chartered in 1879, is the largest professional organization for librarians in the United States. The headquarters of the American Library Association is in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of ALA presidents
ImageNameYears servedOther ALA postsOther accomplishments
Justin Winsor1876–1885Also served as president July–Oct. 1897.President of the American Historical Association, 1887.
William Frederick Poole1885–1887President of the American Historical Association, 1888.
Charles Ammi Cutter1887–1889

Developed the Cutter Expansive Classification system which became the basis for the top categories of the Library of Congress Classification.

Frederick Morgan Crunden1889–1890First president of the Missouri State Library Association.
Melvil Dewey1890–July 1891Also served as president 1892-1893; Served as treasurer, 1876-1877 and 1880-1881; Served as secretary 1879-1890 and 1897-1898.Developer of the Dewey Decimal System.
Samuel Swett GreenJuly–Nov. 1891
Klas August LinderfeltOctober 16, 1891 – May 22, 1892Councilor 1883-1891, vice president 1890-1891. Resigned following his arrest for embezzling from the Milwaukee Public Library and the executive board voted Fletcher the new president, retroactive to the beginning of the term. To this day, Linderfelt is absent from official ALA lists of its past presidents.[1][2]First librarian of the Milwaukee Public Library, 1880-1892
William Isaac FletcherMay 22, 1892 – 1892Editor of ALA Index to General Literature.
Melvil Dewey1892–1893See above.
Josephus Nelson Larned1893–1894
Henry Munson Utley1894–1895
John Cotton Dana1895–1896Founder of the Newark Museum, 1909.
William Howard Brett1896–1897Developed the library school program at Western Reserve University. Dean, 1903.
Justin WinsorJuly–Oct. 1897See above.
Rutherford P. HayesOct. 1897-Jan. 1898Vice-President Hayes (son of US President Rutherford B. Hayes) assumed the office of Acting President upon the death of Winsor without election by the executive board, despite the fact that it was unclear whether or not the ALA constitution allowed this. Putnam was elected President following a special election.[3]
Herbert PutnamJan.–Aug. 1898Also served as president 1903–1904.Librarian of Congress, 1899-1939.
William Coolidge Lane1898–1899Served as ALA secretary and treasurer for fourteen years and as chairman of its publishing board.
Reuben Gold Thwaites1899–1900President of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1910.
Henry James Carr1900–1901Also served as treasurer, 1886-1893; Served as secretary 1898-1900.
John Shaw Billings1901–1902First director of the New York Public Library.
James Kendall Hosmer1902–1903
Herbert Putnam1903–1904See above.
Ernest Cushing Richardson1904–1905
Frank Pierce Hill1905–1906Also served as secretary 1891-1895.First director of the Newark Public Library, 1889.
Clement Walker Andrews1906–1907President of the American Library Institute from 1922-1924.
Arthur Elmore Bostwick1907–1908
Charles Henry Gould1908–1909First university librarian at McGill University, 1892.
Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges1909–1910Named to notable Ohio Librarians Hall of Fame, 1980.
 James Ingersoll Wyer1910–1911Also served as secretary, 1902-1909. From 1916 to 1920, chaired Library War Service Committee.
 Theresa West Elmendorf1911–1912She was the ALA's first female president.
 Henry Eduard Legler1912–1913
 Edwin Hatfield Anderson1913–1914Also served as treasurer, 1895-1896
 Hiller Crowell Wellman1914–1915
Mary Wright Plummer1915–1916Member of the first class taught by Melvil Dewey at the School of Library Economy, 1887.
Walter Lewis Brown1916–1917Created the ALA War Service Committee, 1917.
Thomas Lynch Montgomery1917–1918Founded the Pennsylvania Library Club, 1890.

Established the first branch of the Philadelphia Free Library, 1892.

 William Warner Bishop1918–1919
Chalmers Hadley1919-1920Also served as secretary, 1909-1911.
Alice S. Tyler1920-1921
Azariah Smith Root1921-1922Founding member of the ALA College Library Section, 1899. Founding member of the Bibliographical Society of America.
George Burwell Utley1922-1923Also served as secretary, 1911-1920.First director of the first tax supported public library in the state of Florida, Jacksonville Public Library, 1905.
Judson Toll Jennings1923-1924
Herman H. B. Meyer1924-1925Initiated the Library of Congress services for the blind.
Charles F. D. Belden1925-1926
 George H. Locke1926-1927
Carl B. Roden1927-1928Also served as treasurer, 1910-1920.
Linda A. Eastman1928-1929Founding member and later president of the Ohio Library Association.
Andrew Keogh1929-1930
Adam Strohm1930-1931
Josephine Adams Rathbone1931-1932
Harry Miller Lydenberg1932-1933
Gratia A. Countryman1933-1934
Charles H. Compton1934-1935
Louis Round Wilson1935-1936
Malcolm Glenn Wyer1936-1937
Harrison Warwick Craver1937-1938
Milton James Ferguson1938-1939
Ralph Munn1939-1940
Essae Martha Culver1940-1941
Charles Harvey Brown1941-1942
Keyes D. Metcalf1942-1943
Althea H. Warren1943-1944
Carl Vitz1944-1945
Ralph A. Ulveling1945-1946
Mary U. Rothrock1946-1947
Paul North Rice1947-1948
Errett Weir McDiarmid1948-1949
Milton E. Lord1949-1950
Clarence R. Graham1950-1951
Loleta Dawson Fyan1951-1952
Robert Bingham Downs1952-1953
Flora Belle Ludington1953-1954
L. Quincy Mumford1954-1955Librarian of Congress, 1954-1974.
John S. Richards1955-1956
Ralph R. Shaw1956-1957
Lucile M. Morsch1957-1958
Emerson Greenaway1958-1959
Benjamin E. Powell1959-1960
Frances Lander Spain1960-1961
Florrinell F. Morton1961-1962
James E. Bryan1962-1963
Frederick H. Wagman1963-1964
Edwin Castagna1964-1965
Robert Vosper1965-1966
Mary V. Gaver1966-1967
Foster E. Mohrhardt1967-1968
Roger McDonough1968-1969
William S. Dix1969-1970
Lillian M. Bradshaw1970-1971
Keith Doms1971-1972
Katherine Laich1972-1973
Jean E. Lowrie1973-1974
Edward G. Holley1974-1975
Allie Beth Martin1975–Apr. 1976
Clara Stanton Jones1976-1977She was the ALA's first African-American president, serving as its acting president from April 11 to July 22 in 1976 and then its president from July 22, 1976 to 1977.[4]
Eric Moon1977-1978
Russell Shank1978-1979
Thomas J. Galvin1979-1980
Peggy A. Sullivan1980-1981
Elizabeth W. (Betty) Stone1981-1982
Carol A. Nemeyer1982-1983
Brooke E. Sheldon1983-1984
E. J. Josey1984-1985
Beverly P. Lynch1985-1986
Regina Minudri1986-1987
Margaret E. Chisholm1987-1988
F. William Summers1988-1989
Patricia Wilson Berger1989-1990
Richard M. Dougherty1990-1991
Patricia G. Schuman1991-1992Also served as treasurer, 1984-1988.founder and President Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1973-2012
Marilyn L. Miller1992-1993
Hardy R. Franklin1993-1994
Arthur Curley1994-1995
Betty J. Turock1995-1996
Mary R. Somerville1996-1997
Barbara J. Ford1997-1998
Ann K. Symons1998-1999Also served as treasurer, 1992-1996.
Sarah Ann Long1999–2000
Nancy C. Kranich2000–2001
John W. Berry2001–2002
Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman2002–2003
Carla D. Hayden2003–2004Librarian of Congress (2016-Present)
Carol A. Brey-Casiano2004–2005
Michael Gorman2005–2006
Leslie Burger2006–2007
Loriene Roy2007–2008She was the ALA's first Native American president.[5][6]
James R. Rettig2008–2009
Camila A. Alire2009-2010
Roberta A. Stevens2010-2011
Molly Raphael2011-2012
Maureen Sullivan2012-2013
Barbara Stripling2013-2014
Courtney Young2014-2015
Sari Feldman2015-2016
Julie Todaro2016-2017
James G. Neal
[7]		2017-2018
Loida Garcia-Febo2018-2019
Wanda Kay Brown 2019-2020
Julius C. Jefferson Jr. 2020-2021
Patricia "Patty" Wong (President-Elect) 2021-2022 First Asian/Pacific American president

References
  1. Wiegand, Wayne A. (March 1977). "The Wayward Bookman: The Decline, Fall, and Historical Obliteration of an ALA President (Part I)". American Libraries. 8 (3): 134–137. JSTOR 25620999.
  2. Wiegand, Wayne A. (April 1977). "The Wayward Bookman: The Decline, Fall, and Historical Obliteration of an ALA President (Part II)". American Libraries. 8 (4): 197–200. JSTOR 25621033.
  3. Thomison, Dennis (October 1974). "The A.L.A. and its Missing Presidents". The Journal of Library History. 9 (4): 362–366. JSTOR 25540591.
  4. "ALA's Past Presidents | About ALA". Ala.org. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  5. "ALA - Loriene Roy elected ALA president for 2007-2008". ala.org. 5 June 2006.
  6. "The American Indian Experience - A full-text digital resource - EBSCO". ebscohost.com.
  7. Albanese, Andrew (29 April 2016). "Jim Neal Elected ALA President for 2017-2018". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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