List of MLA Presidents
Currently, MLA presidents are elected by the membership each spring. Terms begin on July 1 of each year, with the first year of the term designated as president-elect, the second as president, and the third as past-president. The year indicated is for the start of the person's term as president.
- 2009-10 Larry Neal Clinton-Macomb Public Library
- 2008-09 Kathy Irwin University of Michigan Dearborn
- 2007-08 Josie Parker Ann Arbor District Library
- 2006-07 Leah Black Michigan State University
- 2005-06 Michael McGuire Traverse Area District Library
- 2004-05 Linda Farynk Saginaw Valley State University
- 2003-04 Marcia Warner Public Libraries of Saginaw
- 2002-03 Phyllis Jose Oakland County Reference Library
- 2001-02 Elaine Didier Oakland University Library
- 2000-01 Tom Genson Grand Rapids Public Library
- 1999-00 Denise Forro Michigan State University
- 1998-99 Nancy Bujold Rochester Hills Public Library
- 1997-98 Pamela Grudzien Central Michigan University
- 1996-97 Beverly Papai Farmington Community Library
- 1995-96 Martha Stilwell Kellogg Community College-Battle Creek
- 1994-95 Sandra A. Scherba Cromaine Library, Hartland
- 1993-94 Sandra Yee Eastern Michigan University
- 1992-93 Francis J. Buckley
- 1991-92 Jean Houghton Saginaw Valley State University
- 1990-91 Jule Fosbender Adrian Public Library
- 1989-90 Linda Heemstra Bay County Library System, Bay City
- 1988-89 Colleen Hyslop Michigan State University Libraries
- 1987-88 Clara N.Bohrer Farmington Community Library
- 1986-87 Margaret Auer University of Detroit Library
- 1985-86 A. Micheal Deller Madison Heights/Livonia Public Libraries
- 1984-85 Robert Garen Detroit Public Library
- 1983-84 Eleanor Pinkham Kalamazoo College Library
- 1982-83 Margaret Thomas Farmington Community Library
- 1981-82 Patricia Wilson Rochester Hills (Avon Township) Public Library, Rochester
- 1980-81 Howard Lipton St. Clair Shores
- 1979-80 Carolyn McMillen Michigan State University Libraries
- 1978-79 Robert Raz Grand Rapids Public Library
- 1977-78 Joan Wilcox Oakland County Library Board, Pontiac
- 1976-77 Robert Gaylor Kresge Library, Oakland University, Rochester
- 1975-76 Roberta Cheney Powell Branch, Kalamazoo Public Library
- 1974-75 Bernard Oppeneer Saginaw Public Library
- 1973-74 Mark Crum Kalamazoo Public Library
- 1972-73 Mary Daume Monroe County Library System
- 1971-72 Benard C. Rink Northwestern Michigan College, Petoskey
- 1970-71 Mildred M. Winslow Western Michigan University
- 1969-70 Robert E. Booth Wayne State University
- 1968-69 James Sterling Warren Public Library
- 1967-68 W. J. Kimbrough Lansing Public Library
- 1966-67 Richard Chapin Michigan State University Libraries
- 1965-66 Mary Mitchell Detroit Public Library
- 1964-65 H. G. Johnston Flint Public Library 1963-64 Madalyn M. Bradford Webster Memorial Library, Decatur
- 1962-63 G. Flint Purdy Wayne State University Library
- 1961-62 Ransom L Richardson Flint Public Library
- 1960-61 Robert W. Armstrong Detroit Public Library
- 1959-60 Frederick Wagman University of Michigan Library
- 1958-59 Katharine Harris Detroit Public Library
- 1957-58 Clifford B. Wightman Hackley Public Library, Muskegon
- 1956-57 Clover Flanders University of Michigan Extension Service
- 1955-56 William Chait Kalamazoo Public Library
- 1954-55 Ethel Walker Yarbroff Detroit School Librarian (retired)
- 1953-54 Ruth Warncke Kent County Library
- 1952-53 Frances E. Burnside Jackson Public Library
- 1951-52 Robert M. Orr Grosse Pointe Public Library
- 1950-51 Marian C. Young Detroit Public Library
- 1949-50 Alta Parks Mason Public Library, Ingham County
- 1948-49 Alice Louise LeFevre Western Michigan College, Department of Education
- 1947-48 Hobart R. Coffey University of Michigan, Law Library
- 1946-47 Donald W. Kohlsedt Grand Rapids Public Library
- 1945-46 Adeline Cooke Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham
- 1944-45 Ernest I. Miller Detroit Public Library
- 1943-44 Cecil J. Mettale University of Michigan, Department of Library Science
- 1942-43 Eudocia Stratton Central Michigan College of Education Library, Mt. Pleasant
- 1941-42 Irene C. Hayner University High School, Ann Arbor
- 1940-41 Dorothy T. Hagerman West Side Branch, Grand Rapids Public Library
- 1939-40 Frances A. Hannum Ann Arbor Public Library
- 1938-39 Ruth Rutzen Detroit Public Library
- 1937-38 Ralph A. Ulveling Detroit Public Library
- 1936-37 Maude E. Grill Jackson County Library
- 1935-36 Samuel W. McAllister University of Michigan Library
- 1934-35 Loleta D. Fyan Wayne County Library, Detroit
- 1933-34 C. Tefft Hewitt Hackley Public Library, Muskegon
- 1932-33 Nancy B. Thomas Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham
- 1931-32 C. B. Joeckel University of Michigan Library School
- 1929-30 Elisabeth Knapp Detroit Public Library
- 1928-29 William Webb Flint Public Library
- 1927-28 William Bishop University of Michigan Library
- 1926-27 Gail Curtis State Library, Lansing
- 1925-26 Louis Bailey Flint Public library
- 1924-25 Harold L. Wheeler Hackley Public Library
- 1923-24 Constance Bement State Library, Lansing
- 1922-23 Flora B. Roberts Kalamazoo Public Library
- 1921-22 Alma A. Olson Detroit Public Library
- 1920-21 Annie Pollard Grand Rapids Public Library
- 1919-20 Adam Strohm Detroit Public Library
- 1918-19 Francis L. D. Goodrich University of Michigan Library
- 1917-18 Kathryn G. Sleneau McGregor Public Library, Highland Park
- 1915-16 John S. Cleavinger Jackson Public Library
- 1913-14 Theodore W. Koch University of Michigan Library
- 1912-13 Annie F MacDonell Bay City Public Library
- 1910-11 Nina K. Preston University of Michigan Library
- 1908-09 G. M. Walton State Normal College Library, Ypsilanti
- 1906-07 Samuel Ranck Grand Rapids Public Library
- 1891-1905 H. M. Utley Detroit Public Library
