- Willard Rhodes (1955-1957)
- Mieczyslaw Kolinski (1957-1959)
- Charles Seeger (1959-1961)
- Alan P. Merriam (1961-1963)
- David P. McAllester (1963-1965)
- Mantle Hood (1965-1967)
- Klaus Wachsmann (1967-1969)
- Bruno Nettl (1969-1971)
- Barbara L. Krader (1971-1973)
- Frank J. Gillis (1973-1975)
- Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (1975-1977)
- William P. Malm (1977-1979)
- Gerard Behague (1979-1981)
- John Blacking (1981-1983)
- Carol Robertson (1983-1985)
- Robert Garfias (1985-1987)
- Charlotte Frisbie (1987-1989)
- Mark Slobin (1989-1991)
- Anthony Seeger (1991-1993)
- Charlotte Heth (1993-1995)
- Ruth Stone (1995-1997)
- Kay Kaufman Shelemay (1997-1999)
- Bonnie Wade (1999-2001)
- Ellen Koskoff (2001-2003)
- Timothy Rice (2003-2005)
- Philip V. Bohlman (2005-2007)
- Deborah Wong (2007-2009)
- Gage Averill (2009-2011)
- Harris M. Berger (2011-2013)
- Beverley Diamond (2013-2015)
- Anne Rasmussen (2015-2017)
- Gregory Barz (2017-2019)
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