The Society for Ethnobotany

Fostering research and education on the past, present, and future uses of plants by people.

Presidents


Heike Vibrans
Heike Vibrans
2023
Wendy Applequist
Wendy
Applequist
2022
John de la Parra 
John de la
Parra
2021
Nanci Ross 
Nanci Ross
2020 

 



2010s
Mark Nesbitt 
Mark Nesbitt
2019

Sunshine Brosi
2018
Gayle Fritz
Gayle Fritz
2017
 Steve Casper
Steve Caspar
2016
Cassandra Quave
Cassandra Quave
2015
Richard Stepp
Rick Stepp
2014

Robert Bye
2013

Gail Wagner
2012

Rainer Bussmann
2011

Mary Eubanks
2010
2000s

Eve Emshwiller 
2009

Jim Miller
2008

John Rashford
2007

Will McClatchey
2006

David Lentz
2005

Brad Bennett
2004

Tim Johns
2003

Gary Martin
2002
Brian Boom
Brian Boom
2001

B. Pickersgill
2000
 1990s

Beryl Simpson
1999

Gail Wagner
1998

Jan Salick
1997
Ghillean Prance
Ghillean Prance
1996

Richard I. Ford
1995

Paul A. Cox
1994

J. Langenheim
1993

Michael J. Balick
1992

Doug Kinghorn
1991

Walter H. Lewis
1990*
1980s

David M. Bates *
1989
 
Paul A. Fryxell *
1988

Lawrence Kaplan *
1987

Greg Anderson
1986

Susan Verhoek
1985

H. Garrison Wilkes
1984

W. Hardy Eshbaugh
1983

Abraham D. Krikorian
1982

Harry H. S. Fong
1981

John H. Beaman
1980
1970s

C. Earle Smith, Jr.
1979 *

Charles Heiser, Jr.
1978 *

Norm Doorenbos
1977 *

Walter H. Hodge
1976 *
 
Monroe Wall
1975 *
Howard Gentry
Howard S. Gentry
1974 *
Maynard Quimby
Maynard W. Quimby
1973 *

R. Gordon Wasson
1972 *

George H. M. Lawrence
1971 *

Robert F. Raffauf
1970 *
1960s

Thomas Whitaker
1969 *

Sir Otto Frankel
1968 *
Albert Hill
Albert F. Hill
1967 *

Edgar Anderson
1966 *
Ivan A. Wolff
Ivan A. Wolff
1965 *

S. Morris Kupchan
1964 *

Paul C. Mangelsdorf
1963 *
Carl O. Erlanson
Carl O. Erlanson
1962 *

Ernest Guenther
1961 * 

E. Guenther
1960 *
Founded 1959

* deceased

PAST PRESIDENTS (listed by first year of office):
ERNEST GUENTHER (1959), C.O. ERLANSON (1961), PAUL C. MANGELSDORF (1962), S. MORRIS KUPCHAN (1963), IVAN A. WOLFF (1964), EDGAR ANDERSON (1965), ALBERT F. HILL (1966), OTTO FRANKEL (1967), THOMAS W. WHITAKER (1968), ROBERT F. RAFFAUF (1969), GEORGE H.M. LAWRENCE (1970), R. GORDON WASSON (1971), MAYNARD W. QUIMBY (1972), HOWARD S. GENTRY (1973), MONROE E. WALL (1974), WALTER H. HODGE (1975), NORMAN DOORENBOS (1976), CHARLES B. HEISER (1978), C. EARLE SMITH, JR. (1979), JOHN H. BEAMAN (1980), HARRY H. FONG (1981), ABRAHAM D. KRIKORIAN (1982), W. HARDY ESHBAUGH (1983), GARRISON WILKES (1984), SUSAN VERHOEK (1985), GREGORY J. ANDERSON (1986), LAWRENCE KAPLAN (1987), PAUL A. FRYXELL (1988), DAVID M. BATES (1989), WALTER LEWIS (1990), A. DOUGLAS KINGHORN (1991), MICHAEL J. BALICK (1992), JEAN H. LANGENHEIM (1993)*, PAUL ALAN COX (1994), RICHARD I. FORD (1995), GHILLEAN T. PRANCE (1996), JAN SALICK (1997), GAIL E. WAGNER (1998), BERYL SIMPSON (1999), BARBARA PICKERSGILL (2000), BRIAN M. BOOM (2001), GARY MARTIN (2002), TIMOTHY JOHNS (2003), BRAD BENNETT (2004), DAVID L. LENTZ (2005), WILL MCCLATCHEY (2006), JOHN RASHFORD (2007), JIM MILLER (2008), EVE EMSHWILLER (2009), MARY EUBANKS (2010), RAINER BUSSMANN (2011), GAIL WAGNER (2012), ROBERT BYE (2013), RICK STEPP (2014), CASSANDRA QUAVE (2015), STEVE CASPAR (2016), GAYLE FRITZ (2017), SUNSHINE BROSI (2018), MARK NESBITT (2019), NANCI ROSS (2020), JOHN DE LA PARRA (2021).