Editing National Academy of Sciences (section)

==Presidents==
The president is the head of the academy, elected by a majority vote of the membership to serve in this position for a term to be determined by the governing Council, not to exceed six years, and may be re-elected for a second term. Terms usually start on July 1 and ends on June 30. The academy has had 22 presidents since its foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005 |url=https://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/history/highlights/ |website=NAS |first1=Frederick |last1=Seitz |access-date=22 November 2023 |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123024513/https://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/history/highlights/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The current president is [[geophysics|geophysicist]] [[Marcia McNutt|Marcia K. McNutt]], the first woman to hold this position. Her term expires on June 30, 2026.<ref name=naspresidents>{{cite web |title=Leadership and Governance |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |year=2024 |url=https://www.nasonline.org/about-the-nas/leadership/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203000638/https://www.nasonline.org/about-the-nas/leadership/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!President
!Term
!Notes
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|1
|[[File:Alexander Dalls Bache pers0117.jpg|70px]]
|[[Alexander Dallas Bache]]
|1863–1867
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|2
|[[File:Joseph Henry - Brady-Handy.jpg|70px]]
|[[Joseph Henry]]
|1868–1878
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|-
|3
|[[File:William Barton Rogers cropped.jpg|70px]]
|[[William Barton Rogers]]
|1879–1882
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|-
|4
|[[File:Othniel Charles Marsh - Brady-Handy.jpg|70px]]
|[[Othniel Charles Marsh]]
|1883–1895
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|-
|5
|[[File:Gibbs Oliver Wolcott.jpg|70px]]
|[[Oliver Wolcott Gibbs|Wolcott Gibbs]]
|1895–1900
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|-
|6
|[[File:Portrait of Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.jpg|70px]]
|[[Alexander Agassiz]]
|1901–1907
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|-
|7
|[[File:Ira Remsen jhu coll-0002 02836.jpg|70px]]
|[[Ira Remsen]]
|1907–1913
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|-
|8
|[[File:William Henry Welch 2.jpg|70px]]
|[[William Henry Welch]]
|1913–1917
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|-
|9
|[[File:Charles Walcott.jpg|70px]]
|[[Charles Doolittle Walcott]]
|1917–1923
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|-
|10
|[[File:Albert Abraham Michelson2.jpg|70px]]
|[[Albert Abraham Michelson]]
|1923–1927
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|-
|11
|[[File:Thomas Hunt Morgan.jpg|70px]]
|[[Thomas Hunt Morgan]]
|1927–1931
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|-
|12
|[[File:Campbell William Wallace.jpg|70px]]
|[[William Wallace Campbell]]
|1931–1935
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|-
|13
|[[File:Frank R. Lillie 1893.png|70px]]
|[[Frank Rattray Lillie]]
|1935–1939
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|-
|14
|[[File:Frank B Jewett c1919.jpg|70px]]
|[[Frank Baldwin Jewett]]
|1939–1947
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|-
|15
|[[File:Alfred Newton Richards 1954.jpg|70px]]
|[[Alfred Newton Richards]]
|1947–1950
|
|-
|16
|[[File:Detlev Wulf Bronk.jpg|70px]]
|[[Detlev Wulf Bronk]]
|1950–1962
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|-
|17
|
|[[Frederick Seitz]]
|1962–1969
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|-
|18
|
|[[Philip Handler]]
|1969–1981
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|-
|19
|[[File:Frank Press at Seismological Observatory in Jerusalem 1953.jpg|70px]]
|[[Frank Press]]
|1981–1993
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/01/frank-press-former-president-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences-dies-at-age-95 |title=Frank Press, Former President of the National Academy of Sciences, Dies at Age 95 |date=January 30, 2020 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
|-
|20
|[[File:Bruce Alberts by Chris Michel 2023-12-12 at 4.16.24 PM 120.jpg|70px]]
|[[Bruce Alberts|Bruce Michael Alberts]]
|1993–2005
|<ref>{{cite journal |title=From the National Academies: A Tribute to the Science Education Legacy of National Academy of Sciences President Bruce Alberts |first=Jay B. |last=Labov |date=October 13, 2017 |doi=10.1187/cbe.05-06-0081 |journal=[[Cell Biology Education]] |volume=4 |number=3|pages=185–188 |pmc=1200774 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/national-academy-reelects-alberts |title=National Academy Reelects Alberts |date=February 11, 1999 |first=Jeffrey |last=Mervis |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |doi=10.1126/article.38700|doi-broken-date=March 22, 2025 }}</ref>
|-
|21
|[[File:Ralph Cicerone NAS 2013.jpg|70px]]
|[[Ralph J. Cicerone]]
|2005–2016
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/memoriam-ralph-j-cicerone-national-academy-sciences |title=In Memoriam: Ralph J. Cicerone of the National Academy of Sciences |date=November 6, 2016 |publisher=AAAS}}</ref>
|-
|22
|[[File:Marcia McNutt in 2023 01.jpg|70px]]
|[[Marcia McNutt]]
|2016–''present''
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/science-editor-chief-marcia-mcnutt-elected-president-national-academy-sciences |title=Science Editor-in-Chief Marcia McNutt Elected President of the National Academy of Sciences |date=February 16, 2016 |publisher=AAAS}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nasonline.org/news/marcia-mcnutt-reelected-president-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences-international-secretary-and-councilors-also-elected/ |title=Marcia McNutt Reelected President of the National Academy of Sciences; International Secretary and Councilors Also Elected |date=February 10, 2022 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
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|}
Source<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK217867/ |title=Officers of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863–1963 |chapter=Officers and Members of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863–1963 |date=1978 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}}</ref>