Presidents of the Georgia Historical Society

John M. Berrien
1839-1841

James M. Wayne
1841-1854

John M. Berrien
1854-1856

James M. Wayne
1856-1862

Charles S. Henry
1862-1864

Stephen Elliott
1864-1867

John Stoddard
1867-1868

Edward J. Harden
1868-1873

Andrew J. Cobb
1920-1922

W.W. Gordon
1922-1931

T.M. Cunningham
1931-1937

Herman E. Collidge
1961-1963

Lester Karow
1963-1964

Malcolm Bell, Jr.
1974-1978

Hugh Hill
1978-1980

B.H. Levy, Sr.
1980-1984

William Gabard
1984-1988

Robert V. Martin
1988-1990

Roger K. Warlick
1990-1994

Lisa L. White
1996-2000

Kay T. Hightower
2000-2002

Laurie K. Abbott
2002-2004

Grace G. Phillips
2004-2006

W. Todd Groce
2006-present


Chairmen of the Georgia Historical Society

Donald Kole
2006-2008

Bill Jones III
2008-2012

Robert L. Brown
2012-2014

Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
2014-2016

Vincent J. Dooley
2016-2018

Walter “Sonny” Deriso
2018-2020

Thomas Holder
2020-2022

Shan Cooper
2022-present