List of presidents of the British Computer Society
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Below is a list of presidents of the British Computer Society from the inception of the BCS in 1957 onwards, with years of office.[1]
- 1957–1960 Prof. Sir Maurice V. Wilkes FRS FREng *
- 1960–1961 Frank Yates CBE FRS *
- 1961–1962 Dudley Hooper *
- 1962–1963 Sid Michaelson *
- 1963–1965 Sir Edward Playfair KCB *
- 1965–1966 Sir Maurice Banks *
- 1966–1967 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma *
- 1967–1968 Stanley Gill *
- 1968–1969 Basil de Ferranti *
- 1969–1970 John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury *
- 1970–1971 Alexander D'Agapeyeff OBE *
- 1971–1972 Sandy Douglas CBE *
- 1972–1973 Graham Morris
- 1973–1974 Ray Barrington
- 1974–1975 Ewart Willey
- 1975–1976 Cecil Marks *
- 1976–1977 Gerry Fisher
- 1977–1978 Paul Samet
- 1978–1979 Frank Sumner
- 1979–1980 Julian Bogod
- 1980–1981 Frank Hooper
- 1981–1982 Peter Hall OBE *
- 1982–1983 Prince Edward, HRH Duke of Kent
- 1983–1984 David Firnberg
- 1984–1985 Ewan Page
- 1985–1986 Robert McLaughlin
- 1986–1987 Sir John Fairclough *
- 1987–1988 Ernest Morris TD
- 1988–1989 Brian Oakley CBE *
- 1989–1990 Dame Stephanie Shirley
- 1990–1991 Alan Roussel
- 1991–1992 Stephen Matheson CB
- 1992–1993 Roger Johnson
- 1993–1994 John Leighfield CBE
- 1994–1995 David Mann
- 1995–1996 Geoff Robinson CBE FREng
- 1996–1997 Ron McQuaker *
- 1997–1998 Sir Brian Jenkins GBE
- 1998–1999 Ian Ritchie CBE FRSE FREng
- 1999–2000 David Hartley
- 2000–2001 Alastair Macdonald CB
- 2001–2002 Geoff McMullen
- 2002–2003 Jason Pod-Woodward *
- 2003–2004 Prof. Dame Wendy Hall
- 2004–2005 David Morriss
- 2005–2006 Charles E. Hughes
- 2006–2007 Prof. Sir Nigel Shadbolt
- 2007–2008 Rachel Burnett
- 2008–2009 Alan Pollard
- 2009–2011 Elizabeth Sparrow
- 2011–2012 Prof. Jim Norton[2]
- 2012–2013 Bob Harvey
- 2013–2014 Roger Marshall
- 2014–2015 Prof. Liz Bacon
- 2015–2016 Jos Creese
- 2016–2017 Ray Long
- 2017–2018 Paul Martynenko
- 2018–2019 Chris Rees
- 2019–2020 Michael Grant
- 2020–2021 Rebecca George OBE
- 2021–2022 John Higgins CBE[3]
- 2022–2023 Mayank Prakash
- 2023–2024 Gillian Arnold
- 2024–2025 Alastair Revell
* Starred entries above are deceased.
References[edit]
- ^ "BCS past presidents". Archive.org. UK: British Computer Society. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Glick, Bryan (17 March 2011). "Industry veteran Jim Norton takes over as BCS president". Computer Weekly.
- ^ "John Higgins CBE announced as new President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT". Press Releases. BCS Press Office. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.