PRESIDENTS OF THE ACADEMY
May 1927 -- October 1929 : Douglas Fairbanks
October 1929 -- October 1931 : William C. DeMille
October 1931 -- October 1932 : M.C. Levee
October 1932 -- April 1933 : Conrad Nagel
April 1933 -- October 1934 : J. Theodore Reed
October 1934 -- October 1935 : Frank Lloyd
October 1935 -- December 1939 : Frank Capra
December 1939 -- October 1941 : Walter Wanger
October 1941 -- December 1941 : Bette Davis
December 1941 -- October 1945 : Walter Wanger
October 1945 -- May 1949 : Jean Hersholt
May 1949 -- May 1955 : Charles Brackett
May 1955 -- May 1958 : George Seaton
May 1958 -- June 1959 : George Stevens
June 1959 -- September 1960 : B.B. Kahane
September 1960 -- July 1961 : Valentine Davies
July 1961 -- May 1963 : Wendell Corey
May 1963 -- May 1967 : Arthur Freed
May 1967 -- May 1970 : Gregory Peck
May 1970 -- May 1973 : Daniel Taradash
May 1973 -- May 1977 : Walter Mirisch
May 1977 -- July 1979 : Howard W. Koch
July 1979 -- July 1983 : Fay Kanin
July 1983 -- July 1985 : Gene Allen
July 1985 -- July 1988 : Robert Wise
July 1988 -- July 1989 : Richard Kahn
July 1989 -- July 1992 : Karl Malden
July 1992 -- July 1993 : Robert Rehme
July 1993 -- July 1997 : Arthur Hiller
July 1997 -- present : Robert Rehme
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