A who’s who of materials expertise and leadership, ASM Presidents have devoted their vision and efforts to the progress of our society.
» denotes Deceased
Past Presidents
| Year | President | Year | President |
| 2025 | Navin Manjooran | 1972 | » Nathan E. Promisel |
| 2024 | Pradeep Goyal | 1971 | » Thomas E. Leontis |
| 2023 | David B. Williams | 1970 | » Morris Cohen |
| 2022 | Judith A. Todd | 1969 | » Carl H. Samans |
| 2021 | Diana M. Essock | 1968 | » Earl R. Parker |
| 2020 | Dr. Zi-Kui Liu | 1967 | » John Convey |
| 2019 | David U. Furrer | 1966 | » Stewart G. Fletcher |
| 2018 | Frederick E. Schmidt | 1965 | » John A. Fellows |
| 2017 | William E. Frazier | 1964 | » Merrill A. Scheil |
| 2016 | Jon D. Tirpak, PE | 1963 | » Robert J. Raudebaugh |
| 2015 | Sunniva R. Collins | 1962 | » Carl E. Swartz |
| 2014 | C. Ravi Ravindran | 1961 | » William A. Pennington |
| 2013 | Dr. Gernant E. Maurer | 1960 | » Walter Crafts |
| 2012 | Christopher C. Berndt | 1959 | » Clarence H. Lorig |
| 2011 | Mark F. Smith | 1958 | » G. MacDonald Young |
| 2010 | Frederick J. Lisy | 1957 | » Donald S. Clark |
| 2009 | » Roger J. Fabian | 1956 | » Adolph O. Schaefer |
| 2008 | Dianne Chong | 1955 | » George A. Roberts |
| 2007 | Lawrence C. Wagner | 1954 | » James B. Austin |
| 2006 | Reza Abbaschian | 1953 | » Ralph L. Wilson |
| 2005 | Bhakta B. Rath | 1952 | » John Chipman |
| 2004 | Robert C. Tucker, Jr. | 1951 | » Walter E. Jominy |
| 2003 | Donald Muzyka | 1950 | » Arthur E. Focke |
| 2002 | Gordon Geiger | 1949 | » Harold K. Work |
| 2001 | Aziz Asphahani | 1948 | » Francis B. Foley |
| 2000 | Ash Khare | 1947 | » Alfred L. Boegehold |
| 1999 | Hans H. Portisch | 1946 | » Charles H. Herty, Jr. |
| 1998 | Alton D. Romig, Jr. | 1945 | » Kent R. Van Horn |
| 1997 | George Krauss | 1944 | » Marcus A. Grossmann |
| 1996 | » William E. Quist | 1943 | » Herbert J. French |
| 1995 | John V. Andrews | 1942 | » Bradley Stoughton |
| 1994 | » Jack G. Simon | 1941 | » Oscar E. Harder |
| 1993 | » Edward H. Kottcamp, Jr. | 1940 | » James P. Gill |
| 1992 | » William P. Koster | 1939 | » William P. Woodside |
| 1991 | Stephen M. Copley | 1938 | » George B. Waterhouse |
| 1990 | Klaus M. Zwilsky | 1937 | » Edgar C. Bain |
| 1989 | » Richard K. Pitler | 1936 | » Robert S. Archer |
| 1988 | » William G. Wood | 1935 | » Benjamin F. Shepherd |
| 1987 | Raymond F. Decker | 1934 | » William H. Phillips |
| 1986 | » John W. Pridgeon | 1933 | » William B. Coleman |
| 1985 | » M. Brian Ives | 1932 | » Alexander d’Arcambal |
| 1984 | » Donald J. Blickwede | 1931 | » John M. Watson |
| 1983 | » George H. Bodeen | 1930 | » Robert G. Guthrie |
| 1982 | » David Krashes | 1929 | » Zay Jeffries |
| 1981 | » John B. Giacobbe | 1928 | » Frederick G. Hughes |
| 1980 | » Raymond L. Smith | 1927 | » J. Fletcher Harper |
| 1979 | » Elihu F. Bradley | 1926 | » Robert M. Bird |
| 1978 | » Nicholas P. Milano | 1925 | » William S. Bidle |
| 1977 | » Abraham Hurlich | 1924 | » George K. Burgess |
| 1976 | » Robert H. Shoemaker | 1923 | » Tillman D. Lynch |
| 1975 | » Dean K. Hanink | 1922 | » Frank P. Gilligan |
| 1974 | » Joseph F. Libsch | 1921 | » Albert E. White |
| 1973 | » William D. Manly |
ASM Staff Executives
| 2024 | Veronica Becker |
| 2023-2024 | Carrie L. Wilson, Esq. Interim Executive Director |
| 2022-2023 | Sandy Robert |
| 2020-2021 | Ron Aderhold |
| 2016-2019 | Bill Mahoney |
| 2015 | Terry Mosier |
| 2012-2014 | Thom Passek |
| 2002-2012 | Stanley C. Theobald |
| 1996-2001 | Michael J. DeHaemer |
| 1984-1996 | » Edward L. Langer |
| 1959-1983 | » Allan Ray Putnam |
| 1918-1958 | » William Hunt Eisenman |
» denotes Deceased