Past Presidents
The proud history of ISSS includes many prominent systems scientists who have served as president.
| 1956 | Origin of the Society |
| 1957, 1958 | Kenneth Boulding |
| 1959, 1960, 1961 | Charles McClelland |
| 1962, 1963, 1964 | W. Ross Ashby |
| 1965 | Anatol Rapoport |
| 1966 | Peter J. Caws |
| 1967 | John M. Milsum |
| 1968 | Milton Rubin |
| 1969 | Lawrence Slobodkin |
| 1970 | Bertram Gross |
| 1971 | Stafford Beer |
| 1972 | Margaret Mead |
| 1973 | James G. Miller |
| 1974 | Gordon Pask |
| 1975 | Kjell_Samuelson |
| 1976 | Heinz von Foerster |
| 1977 | Sir Geoffrey Vickers |
| 1978 | Richard Ericson |
| 1979 | Brian Gaines |
| 1980 | Robert Rosen |
| 1981 | George Klir |
| 1982 | John N. Warfield |
| 1983 | Karl Deutsch |
| 1984 | Bela H. Banathy |
| 1985 | John Dillon |
| 1986 | Peter B. Checkland |
| 1987 | Russell L. Ackoff |
| 1988 | Ilya Priogine |
| 1989 | C. West Churchman |
| 1990 | Len R. Troncale |
| 1991 | Howard T. Odum |
| 1992 | Ian I. Mitroff |
| 1993 | Harold_A_Linstone |
| 1994 | J. Donald R. de Raadt |
| 1995 | Ervin Laszlo |
| 1996 | Yong Pil Rhee |
| 1997 | G. A. Swanson |
| 1998 | Bela A. Banathy |
| 1999 | Peter Corning |
| 2000 | Harold_G_Nelson |
| 2001 | Michael C. Jackson |
| 2002 | Aleco Christakis |
| 2003 | Kenneth D. Bailey |
| 2004 | Enrique Herrscher |
| 2005 | Debora Hammond |
| 2006 | Kyochi (Jim) Kijima |
Biographies
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