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The Society for Economic Botany

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

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Society Officers

         
President:
Wendy Applequist
Missouri Botanical Garden,
St. Louis, Missouri		   President-Elect:
Heike Vibrans
Colegio de Postgraduados,
Texcoco, México		   Past-President:
John de la Parra
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
         
         
Secretary:
Karsten Fatur
University of New Brunswick,
Canada		   Treasurer:
Blair Orr
Unaffilliated		  
         

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 Casper (2016) Gayle Fritz (2017), Sunshine Brosi (2018), Mark Nesbitt (2019), Nanci Ross (2020), John de la Parra (2021)

Past-Secretaries
Robbie Hart, 2020-2022, Nanci Ross, 2017-2019, Sunshine Brosi, 2014-2016, Heather McMillen, 2011-2013, Heather McMillen, 2008-2010, Michael B. Thomas, 2006-2008, Will McClatchey, 2004-2006, David Lentz, 2002-2004, James Miller, 1999-2001, Brian M. Boom, 1996-1999, Lucille N. Kaplan, 1993-1996, Deborah M. Pearsall, 1991-1993, Gail E. Wagner, 1987-1990, A. Douglas Kinghorn, 1984-1987, Gregory J. Anderson, 1981-1984, W. Hardy Eshbaugh, 1978-1981

Past-Treasurers
Wendy Applequist (2014-2020), Sy Sohmer, 2011-2014, Sy Shomer, 2008-2010, Diane Ragone, 2004-2007, Julia Kornegay, 2001-2003, John Rashford, 1997-2000, Don Ugent, 1991-1996, William Louis Stern, 1989-1991, Edward M. Croom, Jr., 1985-1988, Elisabeth S. Sheldon, 1982-1985, Edward S. Mika (1977-1981)