AUPresses Presidential Addresses
The Association of University Presses presidency is a one-year term, but a three-year service committment. At each annual meeting, the membership appoints a President-elect, a current President takes the seat, and the Past President steps back. All three work together with the AUPresses board, staff, and committees over the following year to carry out the strategic goals and constant mission of the Association and its membership. Annual meeting remarks have traditionally been an opportunity for both the new and the outgoing presidents to share their goals for and perspectives on their terms, special projects, and the broader issues facing scholarly communications. In more recent years, Association presidents have occasionally used their role at the annual meeting in new ways—moderating important plenary discussions, leading brainstorming sessions, and more. If any recent president is not represented by published remarks here, we urge you to read the Letter from the President published in the relevant Annual Report.
Archived Talks
Kathryn Conrad, Inaugural Address, 2019
Jennifer Crewe, Inaugural Address, 2018
Meredith Babb, Inaugural Address, 2015
Barbara Kline Pope, Valedictory Address, 2015
Barbara Kline Pope, Inaugural Address, 2014
Philip Cercone, Inaugural Address, 2013
Peter Dougherty, Valedictory Address, 2013
Peter Dougherty, Inaugural Address, 2012
MaryKatherine Callaway, Valedictory Address, 2012
MaryKatherine Callaway, Inaugural Address, 2011
Richard Brown, Valedictory Address, 2011
Richard Brown, Inaugural Address, 2010
Kathleen Keane, Valedictory Address, 2010
Kathleen Keane, Inaugural Address, 2009
Alex Holzman, Valedictory Address, 2009
Alex Holzman, Inaugural Address, 2008
Sanford Thatcher, Valedictory Address, 2008
Sanford Thatcher, Inaugural Address, 2007
Penelope Kaiserlian, Inaugural Address, 2006
Lynne Withey, Inaugural Address, 2005
Douglas Armato, Inaugural Address, 2004
Seetha Srinivasan, Inaugural Address, 2003
Peter Milroy, Inaugural Address, 2002
Bruce Wilcox, Inaugural Address, 1994
The following speeches have been collected from the AAUP archives for historical reference; please contact AAUP if you would like your address to remain offline.
Donald Ellegood, Inaugural Address, 1981 
Morris Philipson, Valedictory Address, 1981
J.G. Goellner, Inaugural Address, 1979
Matthew Hodgson, Valedictory Address, 1979
Matthew Hodgson, Inaugural Address, 1978
Weldon Kefauver, Inaugural Address, 1977
Willard Lockwood, Valedictory Address, 1977
Willard Lockwood, Inaugural Address, 1976
Robert Barnes, Valedictory Address, 1976
Robert Barnes, Inaugural Address, 1975
Miriam Brokaw, Valedictory Address, 1975
Howard Webber, Inaugural Address, 1974
Thompson Webb Jr, Valedictory Address, 1974
Thompson Webb Jr, Inaugural Address, 1973
Herbert Baily Jr, Valedictory Address, 1973
Herbert Bailey Jr, Inaugural Address, 1972
William Harvey, Valedictory Address, 1972
Marsh Jeanneret, Valedictory Address, 1971
Marsh Jeanneret, Inaugural Address, 1970
William Sloane, Valedictory Address, 1970
Chester Kerr, Midterm Address, 1966
Chester Kerr, Inaugural Address, 1965
Roger Shugg, Valedictory Address, 1965
Roger Shugg, Midterm Address, 1964
Frank Wardlaw, Valedictory Address, 1963
Frank Wardlaw, Midterm Address, 1962
Harold Ingle, Valedictory Address, 1961
