AHA Executive Directors
<p>The day-to-day operations of the Association are led by the executive director. Originally called the executive secretary, 19 historians have held the position since the AHA’s founding in 1884.</p>
<p><strong>1884–1900</strong><br />Herbert Baxter Adams</p>
<p><strong>1900–08</strong><br />Charles Homer Haskins<br />A. Howard Clarke</p>
<p><strong>1908–12</strong><br />Charles Homer Haskins<br />Waldo Gifford Leland</p>
<p><strong>1913–19</strong><br />Evarts Boutell Greene<br />Waldo Gifford Leland</p>
<p><strong>1919–28</strong><br />John Spencer Bassett</p>
<p><strong>1928–33</strong><br />Dexter Perkins</p>
<p><strong>1933–41</strong><br />Conyers Read</p>
<p><strong>1941–53</strong><br />Guy Stanton Ford</p>
<p><strong>1953–62</strong><br />Boyd C. Schafer</p>
<p><strong>1963</strong><br />W. Stull Holt</p>
<p><strong>1964</strong><br />Louis B. Wright</p>
<p><strong>1965–73</strong><br />Paul L. Ward</p>
<p><strong>1974–81</strong><br />Mack Thompson</p>
<p><strong>1981–94</strong><br />Samuel R. Gammon</p>
<p><strong>1994</strong><br />James Gardner (acting)</p>
<p><strong>1995–99</strong><br />Sandria Freitag</p>
<p><strong>1999–2010</strong><br />Arnita A. Jones</p>
<p><strong>2010–</strong><br />James R. Grossman</p>