MEA Past Presidents (Affiliation at the time of election)

• 1934–35 — S. L. Miller (d) State University of Iowa
• 1935–36 — M. H. Hunter (d) University of Illinois
• 1936–37 — Dale Yoder (d) University of Minnesota
• 1937–38 — J. A. Estey (d) Purdue University
• 1938–39 — John Ise (d) University of Kansas
• 1939–40 — W. Bayard Taylor (d) University of Wisconsin
• 1940–41 — J. E. Kirshman (d) University of Nebraska
• 1941–42 — Hary Gunnison Brown (d) University of Missouri
• 1942–45 — No Meetings
• 1945–46 — Jesse S. Robinson (d) Carleton College
• 1946–47 — C. L. Christenson (d) Indiana University
• 1947–48 — Roy Blough (d) University of Chicago
• 1948–49 — C. Ward Macy (d) Coe College
• 1949–50 — M. M. Bober (d) Lawrence College
• 1950–51 — Paul R. Olson (d) State University of Iowa
• 1951–52 — Frank W. Fetter (d) Northwestern University
• 1952–53 — H. Gordon Hayes (d) Ohio State University
• 1953–54 — Walter A. Morton (d) University of Wisconsin
• 1954–55 — Elmer Wood (d) University of Missouri
• 1955–56 — Hiram L. Jome (d) DePauw University
• 1956–57 — Horace M. Gray (d) University of Illinois
• 1957–58 — Leland J. Gordon (d) Denison University
• 1958–59 — Harold M. Groves (d) University of Wisconsin
• 1959–60 — Ben W. Lewis (d) Oberlin College
• 1960–61 — C. Woody Thompson (d) State University of Iowa
• 1961–62 — Richard L. Kozelka (d) University of Minnesota
• 1962–63 — Joseph D. Coppock (d) Earlham College
• 1963–64 — Leland J. Pritchard (d) University of Kansas
• 1964–65 — Harold W. Davey (d) Iowa State University
• 1965–66 — Harry G. Brainard (d) Michigan State University
• 1966–67 — Ja y W. Wiley (d) Purdue University
• 1967–68 — Richard B. Heflebower (d) Northwestern University
• 1968–69 — Wallace C. Peterson (d), University of Nebraska
• 1969–70 — Taulman A. Miller (d) Indiana University
• 1970–71 — Kalman Goldberg (d), Bradley University
• 1971–72 — Delbert A . Snider (d) Miami University
• 1972–73 — William D. Grampp (d), University of Illinois
• 1973–74 — Joseph P. McKenna (d) University of Missouri–St. Louis
• 1974–75 — Anne O. Krueger, University of Minnesota
• 1975–76 — Royall Brandis (d) University of Illinois
• 1976–77 — Campbell R. McConnell (d), University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• 1977–78 — Richard H. Leftwich (d), Oklahoma State University
• 1978–79 — John F. Due (d), University of Illinois 
• 1979–80 — Walter Adams (d) Michigan State University
• 1980–81 — Burton A. Weisbrod, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 1981–82 — Elizabeth Clayton (d) University of Missouri–St. Louis
• 1982–83 — Robert Eisner (d) Northwestern University
• 1983–84 — Peter O. Steiner (d), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
• 1984–85 — Rendigs Fels (d), Vanderbilt University 
• 1985–86 — Murray L. Weidenbaum (d), Washington University
• 1986–87 — W. Lee Hansen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 1987–88 — Marianne A. Ferber (d) University of Illinois
• 1988–89 — Daniel Hamermesh, Michigan State University
• 1989–90 — Hirschel Kasper (d), Oberlin College
• 1990–91 — Deirdre N. McCloskey, University of Iowa
• 1991–92 — Francine Blau, University of Illinois–Champaign
• 1992–93 — Robert H. Haveman (d), University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 1993–94 — Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago
• 1994–95 — Robert E. Baldwin (d), University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 1995-96 — Werner Sichel (d), Western Michigan University
• 1996-97 — Sherwin Rosen (d) University of Chicago
• 1997-98 — James J. Heckman (d), University of Chicago
• 1998-99 — Stephen A. Woodbury, Michigan State University
• 1999-2000 — Beth Allen, University of Minnesota
• 2000-01 — John J. Siegfried, Vanderbilt University
• 2001-02 — Rebecca M. Blank (d), University of Michigan
• 2002-03 — Robert A. Pollak, Washington University
• 2003-04 — Robert J. Willis, University of Michigan
• 2004-05 — Greg J. Duncan, Northwestern University
• 2005-06 — William E. Becker, Indiana University
• 2006-07 — V. V. Chari, University of Minnesota
• 2007-08 — Patricia B. Reagan, Ohio State University
• 2008-09 — Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University
• 2009-10 — Derek Neal, University of Chicago
• 2010-11 — Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Michigan State University
• 2011-12 — Narayana Kocherlakota, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• 2012-13 — Ping Wang, Washington University
• 2013-14 — Charles Manski, Northwestern University
• 2014-15 — Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
• 2015-16 — Alan V. Deardorff, University of Michigan
• 2016-17 — Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota
• 2017-18 — Ellen McGrattan, University of Minnesota
• 2018-19 — Kerwin Charles, University of Chicago
• 2019-20 — Christopher J. Waller, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• 2020-21 — Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan
• 2021-22 — Mark L. J. Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• 2022-23 — Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame
• 2023-24 — Lisa Barrow, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• 2024-25 — Bhashkar Mazumder, University of California, Irvine 

MEA Past Secretary–Treasurers

• 1934–35 and 1935–36 — Harold M. Groves (d) University of Wisconsin
• 1936–37 to 1938–39 — T. W. Schultz (d) Iowa State College
• 1939–40 to 1959–60 — C. Woody Thompson (d) University of Iowa
• 1960–61 and 1961–62 — John A. Cochran (d), Southern Illinois University
• 1962–63 to 1966–67 — Lloyd D. Orr (d), Indiana University
• 1967–68 to 1981–82 — Allen F. Larsen, St. Cloud State University
• 1982–83 to 1984–85 — DeVon L. Yoho (d), Ball State University
• 1985–86 to 1993–94 — Alan E. Dillingham, Illinois State University
• 1994-95 to 2003-04 — Mark Montgomery, Grinnell College
• 2004-05 to 2014-15 — William D. Ferguson, Grinnell College
• 2015-16 to 2020-21 — Keith R. Brouhle, Grinnell College

(d) Deceased