ANA Presidents
The American Numismatic Association has been guided by an elected president since its founding in 1891, when five men and 61 charter members gathered in Chicago and chose William G. Jerrems Jr. as the first to hold the office. In the years since, the presidency has passed among dealers and scholars, authors and collectors — each helping to shape the ANA into the world’s largest organization devoted to the study and collection of money. The complete roster appears below.
1891-1892: William G. Jerrems Jr.
1892-1894: George F. Heath
1894-1899: August G. Heaton
1899-1902: Joseph Hooper
1902-1905: Benjamin P. Wright
1905-1908: Albert R. Frey
1908-1910: Farran Zerbe
1910-1912: John M. Henderson
1912-1914: A. Judson Brenner
1914-1915: Frank G. Duffield
1915-1917: Henry O. Granberg
1917-1919: Carl Wurtzbach
1919-1921: Waldo C. Moore
1921-1926: Moritz Wormser
1926-1927: Harry H. Yawger
1927-1930: Charles Markus
1930-1932: George J. Bauer
1932-1933: Alden Scott Boyer
1933-1935: Nelson T. Thorson
1935-1937: T. James Clarke
1937-1939: J. Henri Ripstra
1939-1941: L.W. Hoffecker
1941-1943: J. Douglas Ferguson
1943-1945: Martin F. Kortjohn
1945-1947: V. Leon Belt
1947-1949: Loyd B. Gettys
1949-1951: M. Vernon Sheldon
1951-1953: Joseph Moss
1953-1955: J. Hewitt Judd
1955-1957: Leonel C. Panosh
1957-1961: Oscar Dodson
1961-1963: C.C. Tim Shroyer
1963-1965: Paul K. Anderson
1965-1967: Matt H. Rothert
1967-1969: Arthur Sipe
1969-1971: Herbert M. Bergen
1971-1973: John J. Pittman
1973-1975: Virginia Culver
1975-1977: Virgil Hancock
1977-1979: Grover C. Criswell, Jr.
1979-1981: George D. Hatie
1981-1983: Adna G. Wilde, Jr.
1983-1985: Q. David Bowers
1985-1987: Florence M. Schook
1987-1989: Stephen R. Taylor
1989-1991: Kenneth L. Hallenbeck, Jr.
1991-1993: Edward C. Rochette
1993-1995: David L. Ganz
1995-1997: Kenneth Bressett
1997-1999: Anthony Swiatek
1999-2001: H. Robert Campbell
2001-2003: John Wilson
2003-2005: Gary E. Lewis
2005-2007: William Horton
2007-2009: Barry Stuppler
2009-2011: Clifford Mishler
2011-2013: Tom Hallenbeck
2013-2015: Walter Ostromecki, Jr.
2015-2017: Jeff C. Garrett
2017-2019: Gary Adkins
2019-2021: Steve Ellsworth
2021-2023: Ralph Ross
2023-2025: Thomas J. Uram
2025-: Mark Lighterman
For a complete listing of ANA Governors and Officers, 1891-1991, please refer to
The American Numismatic Association Centennial History Volume II by Q. David Bowers.