Past Presidents
Our past Presidents comprise a distinguished list of leading figures from across the molecular biosciences – individuals who have been integral to driving our activities and support for the bioscience community for over 100 years.
Past Presidents
63 members
President / 2018 - 2021
Professor Sir Pete Downes
President / 2015 - 2017
Professor Sir David Baulcombe
President / 2012 - 2014
Professor Ron Laskey CBE
President / 2009 - 2012
Professor Sir Tom Blundell
President / 2006 - 2008
Professor Sir Philip Cohen
President / 2001 - 2005
Professor Dame Jean Thomas
President / 1996 - 2000
Professor Sir Philip Randle
President / 1990 - 1995
Professor Sir Hans Kornberg
Chairman / 1986 - 1989
H. M. Keir
Chairman / 1984 - 1986
K. S. Dodgson
Chairman / 1980 - 1983
S. V. Perry FRS
Chairman / 1977 - 1980
R. R. Porter CH FRS
Chairman / 1974 - 1977
T. S. Work
Chairman / 1971 - 1974
T. W. Goodwin CBE FRS
Chairman / 1969 - 1971
G. A. D. Haslewood
Chairman / 1967 - 1969
A. Neuberger CBE FRS
Chairman / 1965 - 1967
Helen K. Porter FRS
Chairman / 1963 - 1965
F. C. Happold
Chairman / 1961 - 1963
J. N. Davidson CBE FRS
Chairman / 1959 - 1961
R. A. Morton FRS
Chairman / 1957 - 1959
E. J. King
Chairman / 1955 - 1957
Sir Charles Harington FRS
Chairman / 1953 - 1955
Sir Frank Young FRS
Chairman / 1952 - 1953
Sir Rudolph Peters FRS
Chairman / 1951 - 1952
Sir Charles Dodds FRS
Chairman / 1950 - 1951
F. Dickens FRS
Chairman / 1949 - 1950
H. Raistrick FRS
Chairman / 1948 - 1949
W. T. J. Morgan CBE FRS
Chairman / 1947 - 1948
Margaret M. Murray
Chairman / 1946 - 1947
F. A. Robinson CBE
Chairman / 1945 - 1946
A. C. Chibnall FRS
Chairman / 1944 - 1945
E. C. Dodds FRS
Chairman / 1943 - 1944
J. V. Eyre
Chairman / 1942 - 1943
J. C. Drummond FRS
Chairman / 1941 - 1942
D. P. Cuthbertson
Chairman / 1940 - 1941
G. M. Findlay
Chairman / 1939 - 1940
R. H. A. Plimmer
Chairman / 1938 - 1939
R. A. Peters FRS
Chairman / 1937 - 1938
H. J. Channon
Chairman / 1936 - 1937
P. Haas
Chairman / 1935 - 1936
H. J. Page
Chairman / 1934 - 1935
F. L. Pyman
Chairman / 1933 - 1934
R. Robison
Chairman / 1932 - 1933
C. G. L. Wolf
Chairman / 1931 - 1932
E. Hatschek
Chairman / 1930 - 1931
T. A. Henry
Chairman / 1929 - 1930
T. S. Hele
Chairman / 1928 - 1929
R. A. Peters FRS
Chairman / 1927 - 1928
Ida Smedley-Maclean
Chairman / 1926 - 1927
C. Lovatt Evans FRS
Chairman / 1925 - 1926
H. W. Dudley FRS
Chairman / 1924 - 1925
P. Hartley
Chairman / 1923 - 1924
J. C. Drummond FRS
Chairman / 1922 - 1923
R. H. A. Plimmer
Chairman / 1921 - 1922
S. B. Schryver
Chairman / 1920 - 1921
P. Haas
Chairman / 1919 - 1920
W. M. Bayliss FRS
Chairman / 1918 - 1919
B. Dyer
Chairman / 1917 - 1918
A. Harden FRS
Chairman / 1916 - 1917
G. Barger FRS
Chairman / 1915 - 1916
V. H. Blackman FRS
Chairman / 1914 - 1915
W. M. Bayliss FRS
Chairman / 1913 - 1914
