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Leadership

Section Officers

James W Hurrell
President
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Paul A Newman
President-elect
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V Faye Mcneill
Secretary
Composition and Chemistry
Aerosols and Clouds
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Susan C Van Den Heever
Secretary
Physics, Dynamics and Climate
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Joyce Penner
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