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Section Officers

Paul A Newman Headshot

Paul A Newman
President
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Allison Steiner
President-elect
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Laura Pan

Secretary
Composition and Chemistry
Aerosols and Clouds
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Jennifer Comstock

Jennifer Comstock
Secretary
Physics, Dynamics and Climate
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James W Hurrell Headshot

James W Hurrell
Past President
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Past Presidents (Meteorology Section before 1982)

  • 1920-1922 C. F. Marvin
  • 1922-1924 E. H. Bowie
  • 1924-1926 Charles G. Abbot
  • 1926-1929 H. H. Kimball
  • 1929-1932 G. W. Littlehales
  • 1932-1935 W. R. Gregg
  • 1935-1938 C. F. Brooks
  • 1938-1941 R. H. Weightman
  • 1941-1944 C. W. Thornthwaite
  • 1944-1947 Francis W. Reichelderfer
  • 1947-1950 Horace R. Byers
  • 1950-1953 B. Holzman
  • 1953-1956 Phil E. Church
  • 1956-1959 Helmut E. Landsberg
  • 1959-1961 Thomas F. Malone
  • 1961-1964 Morris Neiburger
  • 1964-1968 Henry G. Houghton
  • 1968-1970 Robert G. Fleagle
  • 1970-1972 Jule G. Charney
  • 1972-1974 William H. Kellogg
  • 1974-1976 Louis J. Battan
  • 1976-1978 Roscoe R. Braham Jr.
  • 1978-1980 Verner E. Suomi
  • 1980-1982 Elmer R. Reiter
  • 1982-1984 Wilmot N. Hess
  • 1984-1986 Fred D. White
  • 1986-1988 Ralph J. Cicerone
  • 1988-1990 Richard E. Orville
  • 1990-1992 Robert E. Dickinson
  • 1992-1994 Richard P. Turco
  • 1994-1996 Ellen S. Mosley-Thompson
  • 1996-1998 Thomas E. Graedel
  • 1998-2000 Mark R. Schoeberl
  • 2000-2002 Marvin A. Geller
  • 2002-2004 Guy P. Brasseur
  • 2004-2006 M. Joan Alexander
  • 2006-2008 Warren J. Wiscombe
  • 2008-2010 Alan Robock
  • 2010-2012 Anne M. Thompson
  • 2012-2014 Peter Webster
  • 2014-2016 William K.M. Lau
  • 2016-2018 Joyce Penner
  • 2018-2020 James Hurrell
  • 2020-2022 Paul Newman

Past Secretaries (Meteorology Section before 1982)

  • 1920-1929 A. J. Henry
  • 1929-1935 O. H. Gish
  • 1935-1947 H. D. Harradon
  • 1947-1974 Woodrow C. Jacobs
  • 1974-1978 J. Murray Mitchell, Jr.
  • 1978-1980 Ronald Taylor
  • 1980-1982 Jay S. Winston
  • 1982-1984 Ronald C. Taylor
  • 1984-1986 Rex Fleming
  • 1986-1988 Ronald L. Lavoie
  • 1988-1990 William H. Beasley
  • 1990-1992 Anne M. Thompson
  • 1992-1994 Bruce A. Albrecht
  • 1994-1996 Joyce E. Penner

In 1996, the Atmospheric Science section divided the secretarial duties between two secretaries, each covering different topics:

Atmospheric Chemistry

  • 1996-1998 Patricia Quinn
  • 1998-2000 Jack A. Kaye
  • 2000-2002 Linnea M. Avallone
  • 2002-2004 Paul C. Novelli
  • 2004-2006 Paul O. Wennberg
  • 2006-2008 Mary Barth

Atmospheric Physics & Climate

  • 1996-1998 Richard Arimoto
  • 1998-2000 Kenneth P. Bowman
  • 2000-2002 Mark P. Baldwin
  • 2002-2004 Drew T. Shindell
  • 2004-2006 Arun Kumar
  • 2006-2008 John Bates

In 2008, the Atmospheric Science section divided the secretarial duties between three secretaries, each covering different topics:

Composition & Chemistry

  • 2008-2010 Russell R. Dickerson
  • 2010-2012 Sasha Madronich
  • 2013-2016 Melody Avery
  • 2017-2020 V. Faye McNeill

Physics, Dynamics, & Climate

  • 2008-2012 Natalia G. Andronova
  • 2014-2018 Shuyi Chen
  • 2019-2020 Susan van der Heever

Aerosols & Clouds

  • 2008-2010 Eric J. Jensen
  • 2010-2012 Surabi Menon
  • 2013-2016 Athanasios Nenes
  • 2017-2020 V. Faye McNeill