Photonics Society Past Presidents
| TERM | NAME |
| 2010 - 2011 | James J. Coleman |
| 2008 - 2009 | John H. Marsh |
| 2006 - 2007 | Alan Willner |
| 2004 - 2005 | H. Scott Hinton |
| 2003 | Giok-Djan Khoe |
| 2002 | Milton Chang |
| 2001 | Phillip J. Anthony |
| 2000 | Gordon W. Day |
| 1999 | Hans Melchior |
| 1998 | J. Gary Eden |
| 1997 | Rodney C. Alferness |
| 1996 | Thomas G. Giallorenzi |
| 1995 | David A. B. Miller |
| 1994 | Tetsuhiko Ikegami |
| 1993 | Suzanne R. Nagel |
| 1992 | Donald R. Scifres |
| 1991 | Michael Ettenberg |
| 1990 | Concetto R. Giuliano |
| 1989 | Melvin I. Cohen |
| 1988 | Frederick J. Leonberger |
| 1987 | Paul F. Liao |
| 1986 | Gary Bjorklund |
| 1985 | Robert L. Byer |
| 1984 | Peter W. Smith |
| 1983 | Richard L. Abrams |
| 1982 | Robert A. Bartolini |
| 1981 | Richard G. Smith |
| 1980 | Arthur N. Chester |
| 1979 | Dean B. Anderson |
| 1978 | Henry Kressel |
