Past Presidents

The fol­low­ing indi­vid­u­als have served as Pres­i­dent of the North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Soci­ety, known in ear­li­er years as The Catal­y­sis Soci­ety and the Catal­y­sis Soci­ety of North Amer­i­ca. Under the By-Laws, offi­cers serve four-year terms.

Term	Pres­i­dent
Found­ing President	Frank G. Ciapetta
1969–1973	G. Alex Mills
1973–1977	Robert L. Bur­well, Jr.
1977–1981	Vladimir Haensel
1981–1985	W. Kei­th Hall
1985–1989	Mau­rice M. Mitchell, Jr.
1989–1993	Gary L. Haller
1993–1997	Richard D. Gonzalez
1997–2001	M. Albert Vannice
2001–2009	John N. Armor
2009–2017	Enrique Igle­sia
2017–2025	Jing­guang Chen

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Updat­ed On: Nov. 6, 2026