Presidents
of the Western Regional Science Association
| 1st | 1960 | William Golder | Transportation Institute University of California, Berkeley |
| 2nd | 1961 | Morgan D. Thomas | Department of Geography University of Washington |
| 3rd | 1962 | James N. Tattersall | Department of Economics University of Oregon |
| 4th | 1963 | William S. Peters | Anderson School of Management University of New Mexico |
| 5th | 1964 | John W. Dyckman | Department of Economics University of California, Los Angeles |
| 6th | 1965 | Charles M. Tiebout | Department of Economics University of Washington |
| 7th | 1966 | Fred E. Case | Housing, Real Estate & Urban Land Studies University of California, Los Angeles |
| 8th | 1967 | Paul F. Wendt | Housing, Real Estate & Urban Land Studies University of California, Berkeley |
| 9th | 1968 | Harold L. Buma | Bank of America |
| 10th | 1969 | Bernard Udis | Economic Research Institute University of Colorado |
| 11th | 1970 | Edward L. Ullman | Department of Geography University of Washington |
| 12th | 1971 | Anthony H. Pascal | RAND Corporation Santa Monica, California |
| 13th | 1972 | Donald A. Watson | Bureau of Business & Economic Research University of Oregon |
| 14th | 1973 | Charles L. Leven | Institute for Urban & Regional Studies Washington University, St. Louis |
| 15th | 1974 | Shelly Mark | Department of Resource & Agricultural Economics University of Hawaii |
| 16th | 1975 | Frank G. Mittelbach | Housing, Real Estate & Urban Land Studies University of California, Los Angeles |
| 17th | 1976 | Martin Beckmann | Department of Economics Brown University |
| 18th | 1977 | Parzival Copes | Department of Economics Simon Fraser University |
| 19th | 1978 | David Seymour | Crown Zellerbach San Francisco |
| 20th | 1979 | Werner Hirsch | Department of Economics University of California, Los Angeles |
| 21st | 1980 | Lee Attaway | Leland D. Attaway & Associates San Rafael, California |
| 22nd | 1981 | Niles Hansen | Department of Economics University of Texas, Austin |
| 23rd | 1982 | Sol Rabin | Westmark Services Los Angeles |
| 24th | 1983 | Robert Keyes | West Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 25th | 1984 | Nina Gruen | Gruen Gruen + Associates San Francisco |
| 26th | 1985 | Jack Knetsch | Department of Economics Simon Fraser University |
| 27th | 1986 | Gunter Schramm | World Bank Washington, DC |
| 28th | 1987 | Bernard Malamud | Department of Economics University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 29th | 1988 | Harry W. Richardson | School of Urban & Regional Planning University of Southern California |
| 30th | 1989 | Paul E. Polzin | Bureau of Business & Economic Research University of Montana |
| 31st | 1990 | Michael J. Greenwood | Center for Economic Analysis University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 32nd | 1991 | Kingsley E. Haynes | Institute of Public Policy George Mason University |
| 33rd | 1992 | Theodore Lane | Thomas/Lane & Associates Seattle and San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 34th | 1993 | Richard L. Morrill | Department of Geography University of Washington |
| 35th | 1994 | John E. Keith | Department of Economics Utah State University |
| 36th | 1995 | Antoine S. Bailly | Department de Geographie Universite de Geneve |
| 37th | 1996 | Jon R. Miller | Department of Economics University of Idaho |
| 38th | 1997 | Jack C. Stabler | Department of Agricultural Economics University of Saskatchewan |
| 39th | 1998 | Lay James Gibson | Department of Geography & Regional Development University of Arizona |
| 40th | 1999 | Arthur Getis | Department of Geography San Diego State University |
| 41st
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2000 |
John M. Quigley |
Department of Economics University of California, Berkeley |
| 42nd |
2001 |
Brenda Moscove |
Department of Marketing California State University, Bakersfield |
| 43rd |
2002 |
Roger Stough |
The Institute of Public Policy George Mason University |
| 44th |
2003 |
Koichi Mera |
Marshall School of Business University of Southern California |
| 45th |
2004 |
Juanita Liu |
School of Travel Industry Management University of Hawaii, Manoa |
| 46th |
2005 |
Lee Huskey |
Department of Economics University of Alaska - Anchorage |
| 47th |
2006 |
Jack W. Osman |
Department of Economics San Francisco State University |
| 48th |
2007 |
Geoffrey J. D. Hewings |
Regional Economics Applications
Laboratory (REAL) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 49th |
2008 | T. John Kim |
Department of Urban and Regional
Planning University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |