During an American Institute of Architects (AIA) convention in May 1919, 15 architects from 13 states came together to form an organization that would become the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Emil Lorch of Ann Arbor, MI and Emery S. Hall of Chicago, IL were initially elected chairman and secretary respectively. One year later, on May 6, 1920, Lorch was elected NCARB's first president.
1920-22 Emil Lorch, FAIA, Michigan
1923-24 Arthur Peabody, FAIA, Wisconsin
1925 Miller I. Kast, FAIA, Pennsylvania
1926-27 W. H. Lord, FAIA, North Carolina
1928 George D. Mason, FAIA, Michigan
1929-30 Clarence W. Brazer, AIA, Pennsylvania
1931-32 James M. White, FAIA, Illinois
1933 A. L. Brockway, FAIA, New York
1933 A. M. Edelman, AIA, California
1934-35 Joseph W. Holman, AIA, Tennessee
1936-37 Charles Butler, FAIA, New York
1938-39 William L. Perkins, AIA, Iowa
1940-41 Mellen C. Greeley, FAIA, Florida
1942-44 Louis J. Gill, FAIA, California
1945-46 Solis Seiferth, FAIA, Louisiana
1947-49 Warren D. Miller, FAIA, Indiana
1950 Clinton H. Cowgill, FAIA, Virginia
1951 Roger C. Kirchoff, AIA, Wisconsin
1952-53 Charles E. Firestone, FAIA, Ohio
1954-55 Fred L. Markham, FAIA, Utah
1956-58 Edgar H. Berners, FAIA, Wisconsin
1959-60 Walter F. Martens, FAIA, West Virginia
1961 A. Reinhold Melander, FAIA, Minnesota
1962 Chandler C. Cohagen, FAIA, Montana
1963 Paul W. Drake, FAIA, New Jersey
1964 Ralph O. Mott, FAIA, Arkansas
1965 C. J. “Pat” Paderewski, FAIA, California
1966 Earl L. Mathes, AIA, Louisiana
1967 George F. Schatz, FAIA, Ohio
1968-69 Howard T. Blanchard, FAIA, Kansas
1970 Dean L. Gustavson, FAIA, Utah
1971 William J. Geddis, FAIA, Massachusetts
1972 Daniel Boone, FAIA, Texas
1973 Thomas J. Sedgewick, FAIA, Michigan
1974 E. G. Hamilton, FAIA, Texas
1975 John (Mel) O’Brien Jr., AIA, Tennessee
1976 William C. Muchow, FAIA, Colorado
1977 Charles A. Blondheim Jr., FAIA, Alabama
1978 Paul H. Graven, FAIA, Wisconsin
1979 Lorenzo D. Williams, FAIA, Minnesota
1980 John R. Ross, FAIA, California
1981 Dwight M. Bonham, FAIA, Kansas
1982 Thomas H. Flesher Jr., AIA, Oklahoma
1983 Sid Frier, FAIA, Arkansas
1984 Ballard H. T. Kirk, FAIA, Ohio
1985 Robert E. Oringdulph, FAIA, Oregon
1986 Theodore L. Mularz, FAIA, Colorado
1987 Robert L. Tessier, FAIA, Massachusetts
1988 Walter T. Carry, FAIA, Georgia
1989 George B. Terrien, AIA, Maine
1990 Herbert P. McKim, FAIA, North Carolina
1991 Charles E. Garrison, FAIA, Illinois
1992 Robert H. Burke Jr., AIA, Florida
1993 Harry G. Robinson III, FAIA, District of Columbia
1994 Robert A. Fielden, FAIA, Nevada
1995 Homer L. Williams, FAIA, Missouri
1996 Richard W. Quinn, FAIA, Connecticut
1997 Darrell L. Smith, FAIA, Oregon
1998 Ann R. Chaintreuil, FAIA, New York
1999 Susan May Allen, FAIA, Indiana
2000 Joseph P. Giattina Jr., FAIA, Alabama
2001 Peter Steffian, FAIA, Massachusetts
2002 C. William Bevins, FAIA, West Virginia
2003 C. Robert Campbell, FAIA, New Mexico
2004 Robert A. Boynton, FAIA, Virginia
2005 Frank M. Guillot, FAIA, Vermont
2006 H. Carleton Godsey, FAIA, Kentucky
2007 Robert E. Luke, FAIA, Mississippi
2008 Douglas K. Engebretson, FAIA, Massachusetts
2009 Gordon E. Mills, FAIA, Iowa
2010 Andrew W. Prescott, AIA, Maryland