AIRI Presidents
Top left photo: David Cabrera, Frank Dwyer, and David Issing. Top center photo: Past Presidents with AIRI Founder, Dr. Marcus Krupp, to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of AIRI in La Jolla, California in 2011. Pictured left-right, back row: Randy Main, Chip Morgan, Jane Sheehan, Esq, Ron Erickson, and Larry Keinath, CPA; bottom row: Mary Wooley, Ruth Poole, Marcus A. Krupp, MD and Kim E. Witmer. Top right photo: Dr. Krupp with David Issing, who has served as AIRI’s Executive Director from 2000-2025. Issing reflected, “It was an extreme honor to have met the person who founded this unique and incomparable Association. Dr. Krupp was truly an innovator and a one of a kind. Thank you Dr. Krupp!”; Dr. Krupp passed away in 2014 at the age of 100.
Photos unavailable prior to 1988.
- 1962-1967: Marcus A. Krupp, MD (Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute)
- 1968-1969: William L. Simpson, MD (Detroit Institute of Cancer Research)
- 1970-1971: Richard L. Pharo, MD (Retina Foundation)
- 1972-1973: Clayton S. White, MD (Lovelace Foundation)
- 1974-1975: Earl L. Green, MD (Jackson Laboratory)
- 1976-1977: Mahlon B. Hoagland, MD (Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology)
- 1978-1979: Lewis L. Coriell, MD (Institute for Medical Research)
- 1980-1981: Herbert Hauptman, MD (Medical Foundation of Buffalo)
- 1982-1983: John W. Hein, MD (Forsyth Dental Center)
- 1984-1985: Frederico Welsch, MD (Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology)
- 1986-1987: William G. Thurman, MD (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)
- 1988-1989: John Pratt (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research)
- 1990-1991: Mary Woolley (Medical Research Institute of San Francisco)
- 1992-1993: Gilbert M. Schiff, MD (James N. Gamble Institute)
- 1994-1995: Kenneth P. Trevett, JD (Dana Farber Cancer Institute)
- 1996-1997: David Beck, PhD (Coriell Institute for Medical Research)
- 1998-1999: Patricia Tanski (Buck Institute for Research on Aging)
- 2000-2001: Ruth Poole (Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute)
- 2002-2003: Jane Sheehan, Esq. (Foundation for Blood Research)
- 2004-2005: Randy Main (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
- 2006-2007: Ronald J. Erickson (Neuropsychiatric Research Institute)
- 2008-2009: Chip Morgan (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)
- 2010-2011: Kim E. Witmer (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
- 2012-2013: Larry A. Keinath, CPA (The Wistar Institute)
- 2014-2015: Gregory M. L. Patterson, PhD (Texas Biomedical Research Institute
- 2016-2017: Cary E. Thomas (Scripps Research Institute)
- 2018-2019: Lari Russo, CPA (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- 2020-2021: Tim Hassen, CPA (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)
- 2022-2023: Jeri Bowers (MDI Biological Laboratory)
- 2024: Frank Dwyer (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
- 2024-2026: David Cabrera (Van Andel Institute)