Below are the Presidents of Chelmsford Science and Engineering Society from its founding in 1920 to the present day.
You can find out more about the current President on our Council and Committee page.
| 2017-2018 | Prof David Humber |
| 2016-2017 | Prof David Humber |
| 2015-2016 | Dr Mike Worboys FInstP |
| 2014-2015 | Dr Mike Worboys FInstP |
| 2013-2014 | Chris Neale FIET |
| 2012-2013 | Chris Neale FIET |
| 2011-2012 | Vic Leverett OBE |
| 2010-2011 | Vic Leverett OBE |
| 2009-2010 | Vic Leverett OBE |
| 2008-2009 | Prof P Ingle |
| 2007-2008 | Prof P Ingle |
| 2006-2007 | Dr R Woodcock |
| 2005-2006 | M B McKay FIEE |
| 2004-2005 | Prof Claudio Zizzo |
| 2003-2004 | M B McKay FIEE |
| 2002-2003 | Mr D Tennet OBE |
| 2001-2002 | Mr D Tennet OBE |
| 2000-2001 | Mr A Willis CBE |
| 1999-2000 | Mrs D Guest |
| 1998-1999 | Dr R Woodcock |
| 1997-1998 | Dr J R Mark |
| 1996-1997 | W J McClintock |
| 1995-1996 | A Carnell |
| 1994-1995 | M D Nolan |
| 1993-1994 | G C Davies |
| 1992-1993 | W J R Clark |
| 1991-1992 | J M Colston |
| 1990-1991 | H M Rosenbaum |
| 1989-1990 | G O Chalk |
| 1988-1989 | Dr J C Williams |
| 1987-1988 | M A Selfe |
| 1986-1987 | K A Chittenden |
| 1985-1986 | R B Robertson |
| 1984-1985 | R B Coulson |
| 1983-1984 | Vice Adm Sir Philip Watson KBE |
| 1982-1983 | M Jay |
| 1981-1982 | G D Speake OBE |
| 1980-1981 | I Dick |
| 1979-1980 | Mrs Beryl Platt CBE |
| 1978-1979 | T Mayer |
| 1977-1978 | E J D McCoy |
| 1976-1977 | A Briggs |
| 1975-1976 | R B Coulson |
| 1974-1975 | J W Sutherland |
| 1973-1974 | Dr D J Haines |
| 1972-1973 | F Vernon Mills |
| 1971-1972 | C H Preston |
| 1970-1971 | H R Heap |
| 1969-1970 | E L Snell OBE |
| 1968-1969 | T S Nisbet |
| 1967-1968 | M Morgan |
| 1966-1967 | A G Whitehome |
| 1965-1966 | G H Armstrong |
| 1964-1965 | S R Trevillion |
| 1963-1964 | G D Speake |
| 1962-1963 | A A Gates |
| 1961-1962 | A E Gregg |
| 1960-1961 | T Thearle |
| 1959-1960 | R J Kemp |
| 1958-1959 | R W J Benyon |
| 1957-1958 | G J Corson |
| 1956-1957 | W H Swayne |
| 1955-1956 | B N MacLarty OBE |
| 1954-1955 | R H M Barkham |
| 1953-1954 | A V Sowman |
| 1952-1953 | E G Longman |
| 1951-1952 | F P Best |
| 1950-1951 | F F Christy |
| 1949-1950 | V S Cass |
| 1948-1949 | J L Hilton OBE |
| 1947-1948 | G M Wright |
| 1946-1947 | H J Aylott |
| 1945-1946 | H Astbury |
| 1944-1945 | (War) |
| 1943-1944 | (War) |
| 1942-1943 | (War) |
| 1941-1942 | (War) |
| 1940-1941 | (War) |
| 1939-1940 | (War) |
| 1938-1939 | P Butchard |
| 1937-1938 | S H Long OBE |
| 1936-1937 | Sir Richard Redmayne KCB |
| 1935-1936 | F Christy |
| 1934-1935 | J H Johnson |
| 1933-1934 | T W Cooper |
| 1932-1933 | Lt Col C Hardie DSO |
| 1931-1932 | B St J Sadler |
| 1930-1931 | A Haskins OBE |
| 1929-1930 | Lt Col C Hardie DSO |
| 1928-1929 | H M Dowsett |
| 1927-1928 | T W Cooper |
| 1926-1927 | T Britten |
| 1925-1926 | H M Dowsett |
| 1924-1925 | T W Cooper |
| 1923-1924 | A A Campbell Swinton FRS |
| 1922-1923 | Capt H Riall Sankey CB |
| 1921-1922 | G F Barrett OBE |
| 1920-1921 | T C Dann |
Note that our first President, T C Dann, was also President of the Chelmsford Junior Society of Engineers from 1919 until 1920 when the Society as we know it today was established.