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Society</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png/220px-American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png/330px-American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png/440px-American_Astronomical_Society_Logo_2_Black.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="946" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">1899<span class="noprint">; 125 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1899</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">Non-governmental organization</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">The advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Washington, D.C.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Membership </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Kelsey Johnson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aas.org/">aas<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463435#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Formerly called</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>American Astronomical Society</b> (<b>AAS</b>, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) is an American society of professional <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomers</a> and other interested individuals, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a>. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science, while the secondary purpose includes enhancing astronomy education and providing a political voice for its members through lobbying and grassroots activities. Its current mission is to enhance and share humanity's scientific understanding of the universe as a diverse and inclusive astronomical community. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Astronomical_Society&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The society was founded in 1899 through the efforts of <a href="/wiki/George_Ellery_Hale" title="George Ellery Hale">George Ellery Hale</a>. The constitution of the group was written by Hale, <a href="/wiki/George_Comstock_(astronomer)" title="George Comstock (astronomer)">George Comstock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Morley" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Morley">Edward Morley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Newcomb" title="Simon Newcomb">Simon Newcomb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Charles_Pickering" title="Edward Charles Pickering">Edward Charles Pickering</a>. These men, plus four others, were the first Executive Council of the society; Newcomb was the first president. The initial membership was 114. The AAS name of the society was not finally decided until 1915, previously it was the "Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America". One proposed name that preceded this interim name was "American Astrophysical Society".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The AAS today has over 8,000 members and six divisions – the <a href="/wiki/Division_for_Planetary_Sciences" title="Division for Planetary Sciences">Division for Planetary Sciences</a> (1968), the <a href="/wiki/Division_on_Dynamical_Astronomy" title="Division on Dynamical Astronomy">Division on Dynamical Astronomy</a> (1969), the <a href="/wiki/High_Energy_Astrophysics_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="High Energy Astrophysics Division">High Energy Astrophysics Division</a> (1969), the <a href="/wiki/Solar_Physics_Division" title="Solar Physics Division">Solar Physics Division</a> (1969), the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_Astronomy_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Historical Astronomy Division (page does not exist)">Historical Astronomy Division</a> (1980) and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Laboratory_Astrophysics_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laboratory Astrophysics Division (page does not exist)">Laboratory Astrophysics Division</a> (2012). The membership includes physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers and others whose research interests lie within the broad spectrum of subjects now comprising contemporary astronomy. The annual meeting of the AAS is held in the spring and constitutes the largest gathering of astronomers, numbering over 3,000 in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 three AAS members were selected into the tenth anniversary class of TED Fellows.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The AAS established the AAS Fellows program in 2019 to "confer recognition upon AAS members for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the American Astronomical Society."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inaugural class was designated by the AAS Board of Trustees and includes an initial group of 232 Legacy Fellows.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions">Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Astronomical_Society&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because the field of astronomy is diverse, several divisions have been formed each of which promotes and enables a different branch of astronomy or astronomy-related science as well as working within the overall charter of the AAS. Many of the divisions hold separate meetings in addition to meeting with the main group. The divisions of the AAS, together with their main research interests, are: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Division_for_Planetary_Sciences" title="Division for Planetary Sciences">Division for Planetary Sciences</a> (DPS) supports <a href="/wiki/Planetology" class="mw-redirect" title="Planetology">planetology</a> and exploration of the <a href="/wiki/Solar_System" title="Solar System">Solar System</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Division_on_Dynamical_Astronomy" title="Division on Dynamical Astronomy">Division on Dynamical Astronomy</a> (DDA) supports research on the <a href="/wiki/Dynamics_(mechanics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamics (mechanics)">dynamics</a> (orbits, evolution, and history) of astronomical systems from the Solar System to <a href="/wiki/Superclusters" class="mw-redirect" title="Superclusters">superclusters</a> of <a href="/wiki/Galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Galaxies">galaxies</a> on <a href="/wiki/Physical_cosmology" title="Physical cosmology">cosmological</a> scales.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/High_Energy_Astrophysics_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="High Energy Astrophysics Division">High Energy Astrophysics Division</a> (HEAD) supports knowledge about <a href="/wiki/High_energy_physics" class="mw-redirect" title="High energy physics">high energy events</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_particle" title="Subatomic particle">particles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quantum" title="Quantum">quanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_relativity" title="General relativity">relativistic</a> <a href="/wiki/Gravitational_field" title="Gravitational field">gravitational fields</a>, and related phenomena in the astrophysical universe.</li> <li>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_Astronomy_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Historical Astronomy Division (page does not exist)">Historical Astronomy Division</a> (HAD) supports topics relevant to the <a href="/wiki/History_of_astronomy" title="History of astronomy">history of astronomy</a> as a field, and research using <a href="/wiki/Historical_astronomy" title="Historical astronomy">historical astronomical</a> records to solve current problems in astronomy.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Solar_Physics_Division" title="Solar Physics Division">Solar Physics Division</a> (SPD) supports <a href="/wiki/Solar_physics" title="Solar physics">solar physics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Astrophysics" title="Astrophysics">astrophysical</a> research on the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>), and its interactions with the Solar System and <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>.</li> <li>In 2012, a new division was formed: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Laboratory_Astrophysics_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laboratory Astrophysics Division (page does not exist)">Laboratory Astrophysics Division</a> (LAD) to advance humanity's understanding of the Universe through the promotion of fundamental theoretical and experimental research into the underlying processes that drive the Universe.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Astronomical_Society&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main category: <a href="/wiki/Category:American_Astronomical_Society_academic_journals" title="Category:American Astronomical Society academic journals">American Astronomical Society academic journals</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Astronomical Journal">Astronomical Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Astronomy_Education_Review&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Astronomy Education Review (page does not exist)">Astronomy Education Review</a> [no longer published]</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal" title="The Astrophysical Journal">The Astrophysical Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Planetary_Science_Journal" title="The Planetary Science Journal">The Planetary Science Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bulletin_of_the_American_Astronomical_Society" title="Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society">Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society</a></i></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2515-5172">Research Notes of the AAS</a></i> (scientific publication of brief communications, non peer-reviewed)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aasnova.org">AAS Nova</a></i>, an online publication with highlights from the research journals of the Society.</li> <li>In June 2019 AAS announced that it would be the new publisher of <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_%26_Telescope" title="Sky & Telescope">Sky & Telescope</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In August 2020 AAS announced that it had acquired the inventory, author contracts and related assets of Willmann-Bell, Inc. a publisher of astronomical books, atlases and software.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prizes">Prizes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Astronomical_Society&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship" title="Henry Norris Russell Lectureship">Henry Norris Russell Lectureship</a>, for lifetime achievement in astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Newton_Lacy_Pierce_Prize_in_Astronomy" title="Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy">Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy</a>, for outstanding early career in observational astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Helen_B._Warner_Prize_for_Astronomy" title="Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy">Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy</a>, for outstanding early career in theoretical astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_M._Tinsley_Prize" title="Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize">Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize</a>, for a creative or innovating contribution to astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Weber_Award_for_Astronomical_Instrumentation" title="Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation">Joseph Weber Award</a>, for a significant advance in astronomical instrumentation</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Dannie_Heineman_Prize_for_Astrophysics" title="Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics">Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics</a> (joint award with the <a href="/wiki/American_Institute_of_Physics" title="American Institute of Physics">American Institute of Physics</a>), for outstanding work in astrophysics</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/George_Van_Biesbroeck_Prize" title="George Van Biesbroeck Prize">George Van Biesbroeck Prize</a>, for outstanding service to astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Annie_J._Cannon_Award_in_Astronomy" class="mw-redirect" title="Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy">Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy</a> (awarded in concert with the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_University_Women" title="American Association of University Women">American Association of University Women</a>), for outstanding early career by a female astronomer</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Chambliss_Astronomical_Writing_Award" title="Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award">Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award</a> for astronomy writing for an academic audience</li> <li>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beth_Brown_Memorial_Award&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beth Brown Memorial Award (page does not exist)">Beth Brown Memorial Award</a> for exemplary poster and oral research presentation by undergraduate and graduate students</li> <li>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chambliss_Astronomy_Achievement_Student_Award&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award (page does not exist)">Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award</a> for exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Chambliss_Amateur_Achievement_Award" title="Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award">Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award</a> for exemplary research by an amateur astronomer</li> <li>The AAS Education Prize for outstanding contributions to astronomy education (formerly called the Annenberg Foundation Award)</li></ul> <p>Similar prizes are awarded by AAS divisions. These include: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Gerard_P._Kuiper_Prize" title="Gerard P. Kuiper Prize">Gerard P. Kuiper Prize</a> (DPS), for lifetime achievement in planetary science</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Urey_Prize" title="Harold C. Urey Prize">Harold C. Urey Prize</a> (DPS), for outstanding early career in planetary science</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Masursky_Award" title="Masursky Award">Harold Masursky Meritorious Service Award</a> (DPS), for outstanding service to planetary science</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brouwer_Award_(Division_on_Dynamical_Astronomy)" title="Brouwer Award (Division on Dynamical Astronomy)">Brouwer Award</a> (DDA), for lifetime achievement in dynamical astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Rossi_Prize" title="Bruno Rossi Prize">Bruno Rossi Prize</a> (HEAD), for a significant recent contribution to high-energy astrophysics</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/LeRoy_E._Doggett_Prize" title="LeRoy E. Doggett Prize">LeRoy E. Doggett Prize</a> (HAD), for work in the history of astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/George_Ellery_Hale_Prize" title="George Ellery Hale Prize">George Ellery Hale Prize</a> (SPD), for lifetime achievement in solar astronomy</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Karen_Harvey_Prize" title="Karen Harvey Prize">Karen Harvey Prize</a> (SPD), for outstanding early career in solar astronomy</li></ul> <p>The AAS also manages an International Travel Grant program, which any astronomer working in the US may apply to for travel to international astronomy-related conferences and other smaller grant and award programs. American Astronomical Society won the <a href="/wiki/2020_Webby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Webby Award">2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Association</a> in the category Web.<sup id="cite_ref-Kastrenakes_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kastrenakes-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_presidents">Past presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Astronomical_Society&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Past presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following past and present members served as president of the society during the listed periods:<sup id="cite_ref-AASPOC_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AASPOC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Newcomb" title="Simon Newcomb">Simon Newcomb</a> (1899–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Charles_Pickering" title="Edward Charles Pickering">Edward Charles Pickering</a> (1905–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Schlesinger" title="Frank Schlesinger">Frank Schlesinger</a> (1919–1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wallace_Campbell" title="William Wallace Campbell">William Wallace Campbell</a> (1922–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cary_Comstock" class="mw-redirect" title="George Cary Comstock">George Cary Comstock</a> (1925–1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_William_Brown" title="Ernest William Brown">Ernest William Brown</a> (1928–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sydney_Adams" title="Walter Sydney Adams">Walter Sydney Adams</a> (1931–1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Norris_Russell" title="Henry Norris Russell">Henry Norris Russell</a> (1934–1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Grant_Aitken" title="Robert Grant Aitken">Robert Grant Aitken</a> (1937–1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Stebbins" title="Joel Stebbins">Joel Stebbins</a> (1940–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlow_Shapley" title="Harlow Shapley">Harlow Shapley</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Struve" title="Otto Struve">Otto Struve</a> (1946–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Harrison_Joy" title="Alfred Harrison Joy">Alfred Harrison Joy</a> (1949–1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Raynolds_McMath" title="Robert Raynolds McMath">Robert Raynolds McMath</a> (1952–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Howard_Menzel" title="Donald Howard Menzel">Donald Howard Menzel</a> (1954–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Willard_Merrill" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Willard Merrill">Paul Willard Merrill</a> (1956–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Maurice_Clemence" title="Gerald Maurice Clemence">Gerald Maurice Clemence</a> (1958–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Spitzer_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Lyman Spitzer Jr.">Lyman Spitzer Jr.</a> (1960–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlyle_Smith_Beals" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlyle Smith Beals">Carlyle Smith Beals</a> (1962–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Goldberg" title="Leo Goldberg">Leo Goldberg</a> (1964–1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengt_Str%C3%B6mgren" title="Bengt Strömgren">Bengt Strömgren</a> (1966–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Edward_Whitford" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Edward Whitford">Albert E. Whitford</a> (1967–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Schwarzschild" title="Martin Schwarzschild">Martin Schwarzschild</a> (1970–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_J._Bok" class="mw-redirect" title="Bart J. Bok">Bart J. Bok</a> (1972–1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kraft_(astronomer)" title="Robert Kraft (astronomer)">Robert Paul Kraft</a> (1974–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Margaret_Burbidge" class="mw-redirect" title="E. Margaret Burbidge">E. Margaret Burbidge</a> (1976–1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_R._King" title="Ivan R. King">Ivan R. King</a> (1978–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Heeschen" title="David S. Heeschen">David S. Heeschen</a> (1980–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Code" title="Arthur Code">Arthur D. Code</a> (1982–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt" title="Maarten Schmidt">Maarten Schmidt</a> (1984–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_F._Burke" title="Bernard F. Burke">Bernard F. Burke</a> (1986–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Edward_Osterbrock" title="Donald Edward Osterbrock">Donald Edward Osterbrock</a> (1988–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Norris_Bahcall" class="mw-redirect" title="John Norris Bahcall">John Norris Bahcall</a> (1990–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_C._Wolff" title="Sidney C. Wolff">Sidney C. Wolff</a> (1992–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Shu" title="Frank Shu">Frank Shu</a> (1994–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Dupree" title="Andrea Dupree">Andrea K. Dupree</a> (1996–1998)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_D._Gehrz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert D. Gehrz (page does not exist)">Robert D. Gehrz</a> (1998–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anneila_I._Sargent" class="mw-redirect" title="Anneila I. Sargent">Anneila I. Sargent</a> (2000–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Pilachowski" title="Catherine Pilachowski">Catherine A. Pilachowski</a> (2002–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Kirshner" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert P. Kirshner">Robert P. Kirshner</a> (2004–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Craig_Wheeler" title="J. Craig Wheeler">J. Craig Wheeler</a> (2006–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Peter_Huchra" class="mw-redirect" title="John Peter Huchra">John Peter Huchra</a> (2008–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debra_Meloy_Elmegreen" class="mw-redirect" title="Debra Meloy Elmegreen">Debra M. Elmegreen</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Helfand" title="David Helfand">David Helfand</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meg_Urry" title="Meg Urry">Meg Urry</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Jones-Foreman" class="mw-redirect" title="Christine Jones-Foreman">Christine Jones-Foreman</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megan_Donahue" title="Megan Donahue">Megan Donahue</a> (2018–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Szkody" title="Paula Szkody">Paula Szkody</a> (2020–2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kelsey_Johnson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kelsey Johnson (page does not exist)">Kelsey Johnson</a> (2022-2024)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Astronomical_Society&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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