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The Society for Ethnobotany

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

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Society Officers

         
President:
Alex McAlvay
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York		   President-Elect:
Sonia Peter
Biocultural Education and Research Programme
St. James, Barbados		  

Past-President:
Heike Vibrans
Colegio de Postgraduados,
Texcoco, México
         
         
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), Wendy Applequist (2022), Heike Vibrans (2023)

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)