Illinois:
1927-29 Samuel E. Munson, Springfield (See also Illinois Southern/Downstate)
1929- CONTINUED AS Illinois Northern/Upstate and Illinois Southern/Downstate
Illinois Northern/Upstate:
1929-40 James G. Carr, Chicago
1940-44 LeRoy H. Sloan, Chicago
1944-51 Walter L. Palmer, Chicago (Chair, 1947-51)
1951-57 Howard Wakefield, Chicago
1957-66 Wright R. Adams, Chicago
1966-72 Eliot E. Foltz, Winnetka
1972-76 Robert M. Kark, Chicago
1976-80 Armand Littman, Evanston
1980-84 Rolf M. Gunnar, Riverside
1984-88 Whitney W. Addington, Chicago
1988-92 James R. Webster Jr., Chicago
1992-96 C. Anderson Hedberg, Winnetka
1996-00 Warren W. Furey, Hinsdale
1998-99 John F. Schneider, Flossmour (Transitional until Oct. 2, 1999)
2000-04 Serafino Garella, Chicago
2004-08 Patrick J. Fahey, Maywood
2008-12 James J. Foody, Chicago
2012-16 Marie T. Brown, Oak Park
2016-20 Suja M. Mathew, Hinsdale
2020-24 Anne Furey Schultz, Hinsdale
2024-28 Thomas E. Bleasdale, Jr., Rolling Meadows
Illinois Southern/Downstate:
1929-41 Samuel E. Munson, Springfield (See also: Illinois)
1941-49 Cecil M. Jack, Decatur
1949-58 Charles H. Drenckhahn, Urbana
1958-64 Thomas D. Masters, Springfield
1964-70 Edward W. Cannady, East St. Louis
1970-76 Richard Allyn, Springfield (Vice-Chair, 1975-77)
1976-80 Earl Richard Ensrud, Champaign
1980-84 Eli L. Borkon, Carbondale
1984-88 Frank B. Norbury, Jacksonville
1988-92 James T. Dove, Springfield
1992-96 Joseph S. Solovy, Peoria
1996-97 George J. Taylor, Springfield
1997-01 David E. Steward, Springfield
2001-05 Stephen R. Goetter, Decatur
2005-09 Sara Lynn Rusch, Peoria
2009-13 Susan T. Hingle, Springfield (Chair, 2013-14)
2013-17 Janet A. Jokela, Urbana
2017-21 James F. Graumlich, Peoria
2021-25 Vidya Sundareshan, Springfield