| 1959-1961 |
JB Firth CBE, DSc, FRIC |
| 1961-1963 |
LC Nickolls MSc, ARCS, DIC, FRIC |
| 1963-1965 |
AK Mant Md, FRCPath |
| 1965-1967 |
EGC Clarke Me, PhD, DSc, FRIC |
| 1967-1969 |
AR Brownlie Ma, LLB, SSC, FCSFS |
| 1969-1971 |
AA Muir CBE, QPM, MA, DL |
| 1971-1973 |
J Grant Msc, PhD, CChem, FRSC |
| 1973-1975 |
D Patterson JP, Msc, PhD |
| 1975-1977 |
EG Davies MSc, FLS |
| 1977-1979 |
A Chapman Chief Supt. |
| 1979-1981 |
SS Kind BSc, MPhil, FIBiol |
| 1981-1983 |
BT Davis MB, ChB, FRCPath |
| 1983-1985 |
RL Williams CBE, MA, DPhil, DSc(Oxon), CChem, FRSC, FCSFS |
| 1985-1987 |
WJ Rodger OBE, BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC |
| 1987-1989 |
BH Knight, MD, BCh, MRCP, FRCPath, DMJPath, Barrister |
| 1989-1991 |
PGW Cobb, CChem, FRSC |
| 1991-1993 |
M Pereira CBE, BSc, FCSFS |
| 1993-1995 |
VJ Emerson BSc, MSc, CChem, FRSC, FCSFS |
| 1995-1997 |
RF Lees OBE, LLB |
| 1997-1999 |
NT Watson BSc, PhD |
| 1999-2001 |
B Caddy BSc, PhD, CChem, MRSC, FCSFS |
| 2001-2003 |
AMC Gallop BSc, DPhil, CBiol, FIBiol, FRSA, FCSFS |
| 2003-2005 |
J Fraser BSc(Hons), CBiol, FIBiol, DipMgt, FCMI, FCSFS |
| 2005-2007 |
ARW Forrest LLM, RCP, FRCPath, CChem, FRSC, FCSFS |
| 2007-2010 |
BWJ Rankin BSc, MSc, CChem, FRSC, FCSFS |
| 2010-2014 |
AV Priston OBE, JP, BSc, PhD, FCSFS |
| 2014-2016 |
T Nelson OBE, MRSC, CChem, FCSFS |
| 2016-2018 |
M Evison BSc, MSc, PhD, FCSFS |
| 2018-2020 |
R Robson BSc Hons, CBiol, FSB, FCSFS |