Past Presidents of the Semiotic Society of America

Henry Hiz (1976)                                                        
Eugen Baer (1977)

Thomas G. Winner (1978)                                                     
Max H. Fisch=DD (1979)                                            
Allen Walker Read (1980)                                           
Richard Bauman (1981)                                               
Harley C. Shands=DD (1982)                                      
Irmengard Rauch (1983)                                              
Thomas A. Sebeok (1984)                                           
Donald Preziosi (1985)                                                
Michael Riffaterre (1986)                                            
Naomi S. Baron (1987)                                               
Jonathan Culler (1988)                                    

Bennetta Jules-Rosette (1989)

Robert Scholes (1990)

Linda Waugh (1991)

Nancy Armstrong (1992)

Michael Shapiro (David Savin=DD) (1983)

Richard Lanigan (1994)

Eugen Baer (1995)

Roberta Kevelson (1996)

Myrdene Anderson (1997)

Jean Umiker-Sebeok (1998)

Floyd Merrell (1999)

William Pencak (2000)

John Deely (2001)

Paul Perron (2002)

Vincent Colapietro (2003)

C. W. Spinks (2004)

C. W. Spinks (2005)

Joseph Brent (2006)

Nathan Houser (2007)

Robert Hatten (2008)

DD indicates deceased.

Harley C. Shands died in office;  David Savin died before taking office.