NASW past presidents

Founded in 1934, NASW has had a series of talented and dedicated board members and officers that lead the organization in a volunteer capacity. For information on the current board, click here.

• 2023-24 Cassandra Willyard, freelance
• 2021-22 Jill U. Adams, freelance
• 2019-20 Siri Carpenter, The Open Notebook
• 2017-18 Laura Helmuth, Washington Post
• 2015-16 Robin Marantz Henig, freelance
• 2013-14 Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal
• 2011-12 Nancy Shute, freelance
• 2009-10 Mariette DiChristina, Scientific American
• 2007-08 Robert Lee Hotz, Wall Street Journal
• 2005-06 Laura van Dam, freelance
• 2003-04 Deborah Blum, freelance
• 2001-02 Paul Raeburn, BusinessWeek
• 1999-2000 Joe Palca, National Public Radio
• 1997-98 Richard Harris, National Public Radio
• 1995-96 Laurie Garrett, Newsday
• 1993-94 Jon Van, Chicago Tribune
• 1991-92 Lewis Cope, Minneapolis Star Tribune
• 1989-90 Charles Petit. San Francisco Chronicle
• 1987-88 Cristine Russell, Washington Post
• 1984-86 Philip M. Boffey, New York Times
• 1983-84 Joann E. Rodgers, Hearst Newspapers
• 1981-82 Barbara J. Culliton, Science magazine
• 1979-80 Edward Edelson, New York News
• 1977-78 George Alexander, Los Angeles Times
• 1975-76 Donald C. Drake
• 1974-75 Judith E. Randal
• 1973-74 Arthur R. Hill
• 1972-73 Ronald Kotulak
• 1971-72 Donald Kirkman
• 1970-71 David Perlman
• 1969-70 Jean Pearson
• 1968-69 James C. Spaulding
• 1967-68 Robert Cowen
• 1966-67 Harry Nelson
• 1965-66 Mildred Spencer
• 1964-65 Martin Mann
• 1963-64 Donald J. Dunham
• 1962-63 Nate Haseltine
• 1961-62 Victor Cohn
• 1960-61 Earl Ubell
• 1959-60 Pierre C. Fraley
• 1958-59 John Troan
• 1957-58 Milton Silverman
• 1956-57 Roland Berg
• 1955-56 John E. Pfeiffer
• 1954-55 Alton L. Blakeslee
• 1953-54 Arthur J. Snider
• 1952-53 Volta Torrey
• 1951-52 Marguerite Clark
• 1950-51 Harland Manchester
• 1949-50 Ferry B. Colton
• 1948-49 Steven M. Spencer
• 1947-48 Herbert B. Nichols
• 1946-47 James C. Leary
• 1945-46 Jane Stafford
• 1943-44 Robert D. Potter
• 1942-43 Watson Davis
• 1941-42 John J. O’Neill
• 1940-41 Gobind Behari Lal
• 1939-40 William L. Laurence
• 1938-39 Thomas R. Henry
• 1937-38 Waldemar Kaempffert
• 1936-37 Howard W. Blakeslee
• 1934-36 David Dietz