Past Officers

Past Officers of SPR

Chair of the Organizing Board

R. C. Davis, 1958-60

President

    • Chester W. Darrow, 1960-61 New York, NY
    • John I. Lacey, 1961-62 Denver, CO
    • Albert F. Ax, 1962-63 Detroit, MI
    • Marion A. Wenger, 1963-64 Washington DC
    • Clinton C. Brown, 1964-65 Houston, TX
    • Robert Edelberg, 1965-66 Denver, CO
    • John A. Stern, 1966-67 San Diego, CA
    • William W. Grings, 1967-68 Washington, DC
    • Laverne C. Johnson, 1968-69, Monterey, CA
    • David T. Graham, 1969-70 New Orleans, LA
    • Bernard T. Engel, 1970-71 Philadelphia, PA
    • Robert Roessler, 1971-72 Boston, MA
    • Bernard Tursky, 1972-73 Galveston, TX
    • Frances K. Graham, 1973-74 Salt Lake City, UT
    • Paul A. Obrist, 1974-75 Toronto, CA
    • David Shapiro, 1975-76 San Diego, CA
    • Peter H. Venables, 1976-77 Philadelphia, PA
    • Peter J. Lang, 1977-78 Madison, WI
    • Beatrice C. Lacey, 1978-79 Cincinnati, OH
    • Emanuel Donchin, 1979-80 Vancouver, Canada
    • David T. Lykken, 1980-81 Washington, DC
    • Enoch Callaway, 1981-82 Minneapolis, MN
    • Willliam F. Prokasy, 1982-83 Pacific Grove, CA
    • Edward S. Katkin, 1983-84 Milwaukee, WI
    • Arne Ohman, 1984-85 Houston, TX
    • Jasper Brener, 1985-86 Montreal, Canada
    • Don C. Fowles, 1986-87 Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Michael G. H. Coles, 1987-88 San Francisco, CA
    • Michael Dawson, 1988-89 New Orleans, LA
    • David A. T. Siddle, 1989-90 Boston, MA
    • J. Richard Jennings, 1990-91 Chicago, IL
    • Cornelis H. M. Brunia, 1991-92 San Diego, CA
    • John T. Cacioppo, 1992-93 Rottach-Egern, Germany
    • Stephen W. Porges, 1993-94 Atlanta, GA
    • Gregory A. Miller, 1994-95 Toronto, Canada
    • Marta Kutas, 1995-96 Vancouver, Canada
    • William G. Iacono, 1996-97 Cape Cod, MA
    • Judith M. Ford, 1997-98 Denver, CO
    • Risto Näätänen, 1998-99 Granada, Spain
    • Richard J. Davidson, 1999-2000 San Diego, CA
    • Robert W. Levenson, 2000-2001 Montreal, Canada
    • Margaret M. Bradley, 2001-2002 Washington, DC
    • Connie C. Duncan, 2002-2003 Chicago, IL
    • Bruce N. Cuthbert, 2003-2004 Santa Fe, NM
    • Niels Birbaumer, 2004-2005 Lisbon, Portugal
    • Steven Hackley, 2005-2006 Vancouver, Canada
    • Robert Simons, 2006-2007 Savannah, GA
    • Monica Fabiani, 2007-2008, Austin, TX
    • John Allen, 2008-2009 Berlin, Germany
    • Gabrielle Gratton, 2009-2010 Portland, OR
    • Gary Berntson, 2010-2011 Boston, MA
    • Christopher Patrick, 2011-2012 New Orleans, LA
    • Alfons Hamm, 2012-2013 Florence, Italy
    • Terry Blumenthal, 2013-2014 Atlanta, GA
    • Karen Quigley, 2014-2015 Seattle, WA
    • Ottmar Lipp, 2015-2016 Minneapolis, MN
    • Cindy Yee-Bradbury, 2016-2017 Vienna, Austria
    • Kara Federmeier, 2017-2018 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
    • Ursula Hess, 2018-2019, Washington, DC
    • Bruce D. Bartholow, 2019-2021*
    • Markus Ullsperger, 2021-2022, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Andreas Keil, 2022-2023, New Orleans, LA

Served as President for two years due to the global pandemic 

Secretary-Treasurer

    • Albert F. Ax 1960-62
    • Martine Orne 1962-63
    • Lawrence A. Gustafson 1963-65
    • Betty A. Wieland 1965-68
    • David G. McDonald 1968-72
    • Kenneth M. Kleinman 1972-75
    • Stephen W. Porges 1975-78
    • Rafael Klorman 1978-81
    • Don C. Fowles 1981-84
    • Robert W. Levenson 1984-87
    • Robert J. Gatchel 1987-90
    • Gregory A. Miller 1990-93
    • Steven A. Hackley 1993-96
    • Connie C. Duncan 1996-99
    • Edwin W. Cook, III, 1999-2002

In 2002, the post of Secretary-Treasurer was split into two separate positions (Secretary and Treasurer).

Secretary

    • Robert F. Simons, 2002-2005
    • Gary G. Berntson, 2005-2008
    • Lou Tassinary, 2008-2011
    • Cindy Yee-Bradbury, 2011-2014
    • Bruce Bartholow, 2014-2017
    • Christine Larson, 2017-2022*

*Served as Secretary for five years due to the global pandemic 

Treasurer

    • Edwin W. Cook III, 2002-2003
    • Terry D. Blumenthal, 2003-2006
    • Karen S. Quigley , 2006-2010
    • Diane Filion, 2010-2013
    • Scott Vrana, 2013-2016
    • Greg Hajcak, 2016-2019
    • Erin Hazlett, 2019-2023

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychophysiology

    • Chester W. Darrow, 1969
    • R. C. Davis, 1969
    • Marion A. Wenger, 1970
    • John I. Lacey, 1970
    • Albert F. Ax, 1973
    • Robert Edelberg, 1974
    • William W. Grings, 1978
    • Frances K. Graham, 1981
    • Donald B. Lindsley, 1984
    • Paul A. Obrist, 1985
    • Peter H. Venables, 1987
    • E. N. Sokolov, 1988
    • David Shapiro, 1988
    • Peter J. Lang, 1990
    • John Stern, 1993
    • Emanuel Donchin, 1994
    • Risto Näätänen, 1995
    • David T. Lykken, 1998
    • Steven A. Hillyard, 1999
    • John T. Cacioppo, 2000
    • Arne Öhman, 2001
    • Michael G.H. Coles, 2002
    • Robert M. Stern, 2004
    • Cornelis H.M. Brunia, 2005
    • Marta Kutas, 2007
    • William G. Iacono, 2008
    • Niels Birbaumer, 2009
    • Judy M. Ford, 2010
    • Margaret M. Bradley, 2011
    • Don C. Fowles, 2012
    • Gregory A. Miller, 2013
    • J. Richard Jennings, 2014
    • Robert W. Levenson, 2015
    • Brigitte S. Rockstroh, 2016
    • Bruce N. Cuthbert, 2017
    • Julian Thayer, 2018
    • Monica Fabiani and Gabriele Gratton, 2019
    • Gary Berntson, 2020
    • Cindy Yee-Bradbury, 2022
    • Christopher J. Patrick, 2023