The Alumni Association has been connecting U-M alumni and providing them with unmatched services for more than a century, thanks in large part to the past presidents of the board.
Living Past Presidents
| Name | Location | Term |
| Jack H. Shuler ’40 ENG, JD ’42 | Naples, FL | 1969-71 |
| Frederick C. Matthael Jr. ’47 ENG | Birmingham, MI | 1981-83 |
| Lawrence B. Linderner ’43, JD ’48 | Avon Park, FL | 1983-85 |
| Harold S. Klein ’42 | New York, NY | 1985-87 |
| Verne G. Istock ’62, MBA ’63 | Chicago, IL | 1989-91 |
| Richard D. Rattner ’67 | Birmingham, MI | 1991-93 |
| Robert V. Peterson ’62, JD ’65 | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 1993-95 |
| Thomas A. Roach ’51, JD ’53 | Ann Arbor, MI | 1995-97 |
| Calvin J. Tobin ’49 ARCH | Highland Park, IL | 1997-99 |
| Richard H. Rogel ’70 BUS | Avon, CO | 1999-01 |
| Saul A. Green ’69, JD ’72 | Detroit, MI | 2001-03 |
| Bonnie Proctor ’70, MBA ’74 | Los Altos, CA | 2003-05 |
| John (Joe) Schwarz ’59, MBA ’74 | Battle Creek, MI | 2005-07 |
All Past Presidents
| Name | Term |
| Levi Barbour, 1863 | 1897-1899 |
| William E. Quinby, 1858 | 1999-1900 |
| William J. Cocker, 1869 | 1900-1901 |
| A.C. McLaughlin, 1882 | 1900-1901 |
| Victor H. Lane, 1874 | 1901-1923 |
| Mason P. Rumney, 1908 | 1923-1927 |
| EJ Ottaway, 1894 | 1927-1930 |
| G. Carl Huber, 1887 | 1930-1932 |
| Don T. Hastings | 1932-1934 |
| Emory J. Hyde, 1904 | 1934-1938 |
| R. Spencer Bishop | 1938-1940 |
| Christian F. Matthews, 1919 AB, 1921 LLB LAW | 1940-1944 |
| Walter George Kirkbride, 1900 | 1944-1946 |
| Clair Brinton Hughes, 1912 AB, 1914 JD | 1946-1948 |
| Wyeth Allen, 1915 BME, 1953 HDENG ENG | 1948-1950 |
| Glenn Monroe Coulter, 1916 AB, 1920 JD, 1958 HLLD LAW | 1950-1952 |
| Joseph V. Brady, 1926 AB | 1952-1954 |
| John Paul O’Hara, 1914 JD, 1959 HLLD LAW | 1954-1956 |
| Joseph C. Hooper, 1923 LLB LAW | 1956-1958 |
| William T. White, 1924 AB | 1958-1960 |
| Frank J. Ortman, 192 JD | 1960-1964 |
| Harry M. Martens, 1922 BSCE | 1964-1966 |
| Hugh Armstrong, 1926 BA | 1966-1968 |
| Donald M. Counihan, 1941 BA | 1968-1968 |
| Reino S. Koivunen, 1938 JD | 1968-1969 |
| Jack Hayward Shuler, 1940 BSEL, 1942 JD | 1969-1971 |
| Paul Bigby, 1931 BSEME | 1971-1973 |
| Albert Pickus, 1953 BA | 1973-1975 |
| Margaret Ayers Host, 1938 AB, 1940 CERTT | 1975-1977 |
| Samuel Krugliak, 1938 BA, 1941 JD | 1977-1979 |
| Robert P. Briggs, 1925 AB, 1928 MBA, 1969 HLLD LAW | 1979-1981 |
| Frederick Carl Matthaei, III, 1947 BSEIM | 1981-1983 |
| Lawrence B. Lindemer, 1943 BA, 1948 LLB | 1983-1985 |
| Harold S. Klein, 1942 BA | 1985-1987 |
| Hon. Geraldine Bledsoe Ford, 1948 BA | 1987-1989 |
| Verne G. Istock, 1962 BA, 1963 MBA | 1989-1991 |
| Richard D. Rattner, 1967 BA | 1991-1993 |
| Robert V. Peterson, 1962 BA, 1965 JD | 1993-1995 |
| Regent Emer. Thomas A. Roach, 1951 BA, 1953 JD | 1995-1997 |
| Calvin Jay Tobin, 1949 BAA | 1997-1999 |
| Richard H. Rogel, 1970 BBA | 1999-2001 |
| Saul Adair Green, 1969 BA, 1972 JD | 2001-2003 |
| Bonnie Rae Proctor, 1970 BA, 1974 MBA | 2003-2005 |
| Dr. John Joseph Henry Schwarz, MD, 1959 BA | 2005 -2007 |
