Radiation Research Society

The American Radiation Research Society (RRS) is an international professional association for scientists working to investigate the radiation effects from chemistry, physics, and biology perspectives and disseminates knowledge and information related to radiation research. The society was founded in 1952 with Raymond E. Zirkle as its inaugural president. The society publishes the journal Radiation Research since 1954.

Presidents of the Radiation Research Society
A list of the presidents of the society from its foundation to the present.


 * 1952 - Raymond E. Zirkle
 * 1953 - Gioacchino Failla
 * 1954 - Alexander Hollaender
 * 1955 - Austin M. Brues
 * 1956 - Henry S. Kaplan
 * 1957 - Howard J. Curtis
 * 1958 - Milton Burton
 * 1959 - Ernest C. Pollard
 * 1960 - Harvey M. Patt
 * 1961 - Hymer L. Friedell
 * 1962 - Cornelius A. Tobias
 * 1963 - Augustine O. Allen
 * 1964 - Edward Lawrence Powers Jr.
 * 1965 - Arthur C. Upton
 * 1966 - Robley D. Evans
 * 1967 - John L. Magee
 * 1968 - Arnold Hicks Sparrow
 * 1969 - Charles L. Dunham
 * 1970 - John S. Laughlin
 * 1971 - Nathaniel F. Barr
 * 1972 - Alan Douglas Conger
 * 1973 - Victor P. Bond
 * 1974 - Harald H. Rossi
 * 1975 - Robert H. Schuler
 * 1976 - Robert F. Kallman
 * 1977 - Theodore L. Phillips
 * 1978 - Warren K. Sinclair
 * 1979 - William C. Dewey
 * 1980 - Oddvar F. Nygaard
 * 1981 - Mortimer M. Elkind
 * 1982 - H. Rodney Withers
 * 1983 - Edward R. Epp
 * 1984 - Eric J. Hall
 * 1985 - John F. Ward
 * 1986 - John B. Little
 * 1987 - Herman D. Suit
 * 1988 - George M. Hahn
 * 1989 - Joel S. Bedford
 * 1990 - John D. Zimbrick
 * 1991 - Susan S. Wallace
 * 1992 - James A. Belli
 * 1993 - Gordon F. Whitmore
 * 1994 - Helen H. Evans
 * 1995 - Gerald E. Adams
 * 1996 - J. Martin Brown
 * 1997 - C. Norman Coleman
 * 1998 - William A. Bernhard
 * 1999 - Elizabeth L. Travis
 * 2000 - John L. Redpath
 * 2001 - James B. Mitchell
 * 2002 - W. Gillies McKenna
 * 2003 - George Iliakis
 * 2004 - Robert L. Ullrich
 * 2005 - Michael D. Sevilla
 * 2006 - William H. McBride
 * 2007 - Mark W. Dewhirst
 * 2008 - Peter M. Corry
 * 2009 - Kathryn D. Held
 * 2010 - Peter O'Neill
 * 2011 - Jacqueline P. Williams
 * 2012 - Tom K. Hei
 * 2013 - Francis A. Cucinotta
 * 2014 - Gayle E. Woloschak
 * 2015 - Martin Hauer-Jensen
 * 2016 - Charles Limoli
 * 2017 - Kevin Prise
 * 2018 - David Kirsch
 * 2019 - Susan Bailey
 * 2020 - George Don Jones
 * 2021 - Sally A. Amundson
 * 2022 - Julie K. Schwarz
 * 2023 - Jan P. Schuemann