| Prof Berkeley Moynihan | 1909, 1911-1913 |
| Prof. F.M.Caird | 1910 |
| Prof. Thelwell Thomas | 1910, 1923-1924, |
| Prof. Alexis Thomson | 1911 |
| Sir Robert Jones | 1913-1914 |
| Sir William Thorburn | 1920 |
| Sir Harold Stiles | 1921-1922 |
| Prof John Marnoch | 1925-1926 |
| Prof. Arthur Burgess | 1927-1928 |
| Prof. Grey Turner | 1929 – 1930 |
| Prof. Hey Groves | 1931-1932 |
| Prof. Graham Simpson | 1933 – 1934 |
| Prof. R.E. Kelly | 1935-1937 |
| Mr Harold Upcott | 1937-1939 |
| World War II suspension | 1939-1941 |
| Mr G Seymour Barling | 1941 |
| Mr John Morley | 1942-1943 |
| Mr Ernest Finch | 1945 (Spring) |
| Mr Hugh Whitelocke | 1945 (Autumn) |
| Mr J.B. Oldham | 1946 (Spring) |
| Mr J.R. Learmouth | 1946 – 1948 |
| Mr A Wilfrid Adams | 1948-1950 |
| Prof. Lambert Rogers | 1950-1952 |
| Prof. Burton | 1952-1953 |
| Mr Oldham | 1954-1955 |
| Mr Scott Mason | 1955 (Spring) |
| Mr J Lyle | 1955 (Autumn) |
| Mr Hugh Reid | 1956 – 1957 |
| Mr T Millar | 1958 |
| Prof D Chamberlain | 1959 |
| Mr H B Yates | 1960 |
| Mr G Armitage | 1961 |
| Prof. W.C. Wilson | 1962 |
| Prof F.A.R. Stammers | 1963 |
| Mr R.V. Cooke | 1964 |
| Mr R.K. Debenham | 1965 |
| Mr J.S. Loughridge | 1966 |
| Mr R Gordon Paul | 1967 |
| Mr J Cosbie Ross | 1968 |
| Prof. Arthur Mackey | 1969 |
| Mr E Farquharson | 1970 |
| Prof P. Allison | 1971 |
| Mr Thomas Moore | 1972 |
| Mr A Innes | 1973 |
| Mr S Soutar | 1974 |
| Mr Thomas Moore (Acting) | 1975 (Spring) |
| Mr H Shucksmith | 1975 (Autumn) |
| Mr K.C. McKeown | 1976 |
| Mr D.B. Feather | 1977 |
| Mr M Wilson | 1978 |
| Prof G Smith | 1979 |
| Mr D W Short | 1980 |
| Mr A R Anscombe | 1981 |
| Mr D Annis | 1982 |
| Mr D J Robertson | 1983 |
| Mr V Brookes | 1984 |
| Mr M Bell | 1985 |
| Mr P.H.Dickenson | 1986 |
| Prof. Sir Geoffrey Slaney | 1987 |
| Mr K Wood | 1988 |
| Mr D Daly | 1989 |
| Mr C.M Davidson | 1990 |
| Mr J.P.Lythgoe | 1991 |
| Mr I.F. Maclaren | 1992 |
| Prof R.G. Clark | 1993 |
| Mr A W Hargreaves | 1994 |
| Mr D.C. Dunn | 1995 |
| Mr C MacKay | 1996 |
| Mr J Chamberlain | 1997 |
| Prof. J Hardcastle | 1998 |
| Mr M.H.Lyall | 1999 |
| Mr E.A. Benson | 2000 |
| Prof. R.A. Sells | 2001 |
| Mr T Davies | 2002 |
| Mr J Engeset | 2003 |
| Mr J.W.L. Fielding | 2004 |
| Mr C Russell | 2005 |
| Mr J Doran | 2006 |
| Mr A McKay | 2007 |
| Mr R Wood | 2008 |
| Prof R. Spence | 2009 |
| Prof. M. Gough | 2010 |
| Prof. D. Alderson | 2011 |
| Prof. D. Alderson/Mr N.C.M. Armitage | 2012 |
| Mr N.C.M. Armitage | 2013 |
| Mr A. Smith | 2014 |
| Mr K. Horgan | 2015 |
| Prof. S.M. Griffin | 2016 |
| Prof. J. Hutchison | 2017 |
| Prof. J. Hill | 2018 |
| Mr D. Scott-Coombes | 2019 |
