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)