The Alumni Association dates to the 1870s, and the Alumni Council was formed to coordinate alumni service to the University in 1915.
We thank these men and women who have led the Alumni Council since its founding.
| Tenure | Name |
| 1915 | H. W. Forbes '98 |
| 1916 | J. C. Dolan '96 |
| 1920 | William Trench '13 |
| 1922 | Williston Manley '88 |
| 1923 | R. C. Ellsworth '95 |
| 1928 | Homer Vilas '13 |
| 1935 | Edward B. Wilson '12 |
| 1936-38 | L. L. Heaton '05 |
| 1939 | Herbert A. Vance '24 |
| 1940 | Clarence Welch '12 |
| 1941 | Morris Babcock '17 |
| 1942 | Fred Lightfoot '27 |
| 1943 | William R. Gaus '15 |
| 1944-46 | Newton Millham '31 |
| 1946 | Clarence Plantz '21 |
| 1947 | Graham Thomson '41 |
| 1949 | Fred Young '27 |
| 1950 | John Dewell '24 |
| 1951 | Foster Brown '30 |
| 1952 | Garth Shoemaker '35 |
| 1953 | Bertil Dahlstrom '23 |
| 1954-56 | Charles Deal '28 |
| 1956-58 | Leland Lyons '30 |
| 1958-60 | Edward Crawford '35 |
| 1960-62 | Al Viebranz '42 |
| 1962-64 | Garth Kauffman '44 |
| 1964-66 | Walter Hahn '41 |
| 1966-68 | Janet Nevins Young '51 |
| 1968-70 | Roger Pihl '48 |
| 1970-72 | William Davis '50 |
| 1972-74 | Lloyd Cox '52 |
| 1974-76 | Dexter Ford '39 |
| 1976-78 | Helen Aitchison Ellison '45 |
| 1978-80 | Nancy VanVoorhis Brush '53 |
| 1980-82 | Vince Cashman '55 |
| 1982-84 | James Benedict '71 |
| 1984-86 | Richard Brush '52 |
| 1986-88 | Ruth Carling Budlong '59 |
| 1988-90 | Humphrey Tyler '69 |
| 1990-92 | William Bigelow '59 |
| 1992-94 | John Finley '71 |
| 1994-96 | Robert Jay Frank '67 |
| 1996-98 | Kelly McCarthy '86 |
| 1998-2000 | Douglas M. Brown '63 |
| 2000-02 | Jonathan Wheeler '80 |
| 2002-04 | Joseph P. Richardson '63 |
| 2004-06 | Jeffrey D. Honeywell '80 |
| 2006-08 | Alexandra Kirby Taylor '89 |
| 2008-10 | Ken Polk '91 |
| 2010-12 | Deena Giltz McCullough '84 |
| 2012-14 | Stephen Todd '92 |
| 2014-18 | Edward J. Forbes '02 |