Below is a list of past presidents of the John Dewey Society.
2019 – 2021 Sarah Stitzlein
2018 – 2019 A.G. Rud
2016 – 2017 Leonard J. Waks
2013 – 2015 Kathleen Knight-Abowitz
2011 – 2014 Deron Boyles
2008 – 2012 Lynda Stone
2007 – 2011 Jim Garrison
2004 – 2009 Larry Hickman
2003 – 2006 David Hansen
2002 – 2004 Daniel Tanner
2000 – 2001 Laurel Tanner
1998 – 1999 Elliot W. Eisner
1996 – 1997 Phillip W. Jackson
1994 – 1995 Nel Noddings
1992 – 1993 William A. Schubert
1990 – 1991 Jonas F. Soltis
1988 – 1989 Arthur Wells Foshay
1986 – 1987 Gerald Reagan
1984 – 1985 Glen Hass
1982 – 1983 Arthur Brown
1980 – 1981 Richard Stephens
1978 – 1979 Louis Fischer
1976 – 1977 Vynce A. Hines
1974 – 1975 Mary Anne Raywid
1972 – 1973 Jo Ann Boydston
1970 – 1971 Donald G. Arnstine
1968 – 1969 Glen Hass
1966 – 1967 Joe R. Burnett
1964 – 1965 William Van Til
1962 – 1963 George E. Axtelle
1958 – 1961 H. Gordon Hullfish
1938 – 1957 William Heard Kilpatrick
1935 – 1937 William Heard Kilpatrick (chairman)