Table 4
The past "Presidents" of ACSM
| Name | Degree | Year(s) | Research Interest/Specialty |
| Joseph B. Wolfe | MD | 1954-58 | Cardiology |
| Louis F. Bishop | MD | 1958-59 | Cardiology |
| Albert S. Hyman | MD | 1959-60 | Cardiology |
| David B. Dill | PhD | 1960-61 | Environmental physiology |
| Peter V. Karpovich | PhD | 1961-62 | Exercise physiology |
| Henry J. Montoye | PhD | 1962-63 | Physical education |
| Allan J. Ryan | MD | 1963-64 | Sports injuries |
| Elsworth R. Buskirk | PhD | 1964-65 | Environmental physiology |
| Bruno Balke | MD | 1965-66 | Exercise physiology |
| Warren R. Guild | MD | 1966-67 | Medical education |
| Carl S. Blyth | PhD | 1967-68 | Exercise physiology |
| Fred L. Allman | MD | 1968-69 | Orthopedics |
| Leonard A. Larson | PhD | 1969-70 | Physical Education |
| John P. Naughton | MD | 1970-71 | Rehabilitative medicine |
| John A. Faulkner | PhD | 1971-72 | Physiology |
| Albert B. Craig | MD | 1972-73 | Medical physiology |
| Howard G. Knuttgen | PhD | 1973-74 | Physiology |
| Charles M. Tipton | PhD | 1974-75 | Exercise physiology |
| Roy J. Shephard | MD/PhD | 1975-76 | Medicine/Exercise physiology |
| David L. Costill | PhD | 1976-77 | Exercise physiology |
| John L. boyer | MD | 1977-78 | Cardiology |
| Jack H. Wilmore | PhD | 1978-79 | Exercise physiology |
| James S. Skinner | PhD | 1979-80 | Exercise physiology |
| David R. Lamb | PhD | 1980-81 | Exercise physiology |
| Henry S. Miller | MD | 1981-82 | Cardiology |
| Michael L. Pollack | PhD | 1982-83 | Exercise physiology |
| William L. Haskell | MD | 1983-84 | Cardiology |
| John A. Bergfeld | MD | 1984-85 | Orthopedics |
| Carl V. Gisolfi | PhD | 1985-86 | Exercise physiology |
| John R. Sutton | MD | 1986-87 | Enviornmental medicine |
| Peter B. Raven | PhD | 1987-88 | Exercise physiology |
| Barbara L. Drinkwater | PhD | 1988-89 | Physiology |
| Lyle J. Micheli | MD | 1989-90 | Orthopedics |
| Neil B. Oldridge | PhD | 1990-91 | Cardiac rehabilitation |
| Brian J. Sharkey | PhD | 1991-92 | Exercise physiology |
| R.C. Cantu | MD | 1992-93 | Neurology |
| Russell R. Pate | PhD | 1993-94 | Exercise physiology |
| Timothy P. White | PhD | 1994-95 | Physiology |
| Steven P. Van Camp | MD | 1995-96 | Cardiology |
| Steven N. Blair | PED | 1996-97 | Epidemiology |
| Charolotte A. Tate | PhD | 1997-98 | Exercise physiology |