Officers’ names are given in the meeting where they were elected. They assume their duties at the close of the meeting.
| 1958 – I SCAR, The Hague, Netherlands |
Georges R Laclavère, France; Keith E Bullen, Australia; Valter Schytt, IGU. |
| 1958 – II SCAR, Moscow Russia, Formerly USSR |
Georges R Laclavère, France; Keith E Bullen, Australia; Valter Schytt, IGU. (Gordon de Quetteville Robin, Acting Sec, UK). |
| 1959 – III SCAR, Canberra, Australia |
Georges R Laclavère, France; Keith E Bullen, Australia; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1960 – IV SCAR, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Georges R Laclavère, France; Keith E Bullen, Australia; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1961 – V SCAR, Wellington, New Zealand |
Georges R Laclavère, France; Keith E Bullen, Australia; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1962 – VI SCAR, Boulder, United States |
Georges R Laclavère, France; Rodolfo N M Panzarini, Argentina; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1963 – VII SCAR, Cape Town, South Africa |
Laurence M Gould (Larry), USA; Rodolfo N M Panzarini, Argentina; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1964 – VIII SCAR, Paris, France |
Laurence M Gould (Larry), USA; Rodolfo N M Panzarini, Argentina; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1966 – IX SCAR, Santiago, Chile |
Laurence M Gould (Larry), USA; Rodolfo N M Panzarini, Argentina; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1968 – X SCAR, Tokyo, Japan |
Laurence M Gould (Larry), USA; G A Avsiuk, USSR; Gordon de Q Robin, UK. |
| 1970 – XI SCAR, Oslo, Norway |
Gordon de Q Robin, UK; G A Avsiuk, USSR; Richard W Willett (Dick), IUGS. |
| 1972 – XII SCAR, Canberra, Australia |
Gordon de Q Robin, UK; Takeshi Nagata, Japan; Richard W Willett (Dick), IUGS. |
| 1974 – XIII SCAR, Jackson Hole, United States |
Tore Gjelsvik, Norway; Takeshi Nagata, Japan; George A Knox, New Zealand. |
| 1976 – XIV SCAR, Mendoza, Argentina |
Tore Gjelsvik, Norway; Peter Welkner, Chile; George A Knox, New Zealand. |
| 1978 – XV SCAR, Chamonix, France |
George A Knox, New Zealand; Peter Welkner, Chile (resigned 1979); G A Avsiuk, USSR. |
| 1979 | Georges R Laclavère, France (interim Vice-President following the resignation of Peter Welkner). |
| 1980 – XVI SCAR, Queenstown, New Zealand |
George A Knox, New Zealand; Tore Gjelsvik, Norway; Roberto M Martinez Abal, Argentina; G A Avsiuk, USSR. |
| 1982 – XVII SCAR, Leningrad Russia, formerly USSR |
James H Zumberge (Jim), USA; George A Knox, New Zealand; Roberto M Martinez Abal, Argentina; J P De Wit, South Africa; G A Avsiuk, USSR. |
| 1984 – XVIII SCAR, Bremerhaven, Germany |
James H Zumberge (Jim), USA; George A Knox, New Zealand; J P De Wit, South Africa; Gotthilf Hempel, FRGermany; Claude Lorius, France. |
| 1986 – XIX SCAR, San Diego, United States |
Claude Lorius, France; James H Zumberge (Jim), USA; Gotthilf Hempel, FRGermany; Evgenii S Korotkevich, USSR; Antonio C Rocha-Campos, Brazil. |
| 1988 – XX SCAR, Hobart, Australia |
Claude Lorius, France; James H Zumberge (Jim), USA; Evgenii S Korotkevich, USSR; William F Budd (Bill), Australia; Antonio C Rocha-Campos (Tony), Brazil. |
| 1990 – XXI SCAR, São Paulo, Brazil |
Richard M Laws (Dick), UK; Claude Lorius, France; William F Budd (Bill), Australia; Charles R Bentley, USA; Carlos A Rinaldi, Argentina; Antonio C Rocha-Campos (Tony), Brazil. |
| 1992 – XXII SCAR, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina |
Richard M Laws (Dick), UK; Claude Lorius, France; Charles R Bentley, USA; Carlos A Rinaldi, Argentina; Zhaoqin Dong, China; Kryzysztof Birkenmajer (Kris) Birkenmajer, Poland. |
| 1994 – XXIII SCAR, Rome, Italy |
Antonio C Rocha-Campos (Tony), Brazil; Richard M Laws (Dick), UK; Zhaoqin Dong, China; Olav Orheim, Norway; Patrick G Quilty, Australia; Kryzysztof Birkenmajer (Kris), Poland. |
| 1996 – XXIV SCAR, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Antonio C Rocha-Campos (Tony), Brazil; Richard M Laws (Dick), UK; Olav Orheim, Norway; Patrick G Quilty, Australia; Robert H Rutford (Bob), USA; Fred J Davey, New Zealand. (The office of Secretary became a fourth Vice-President in 1997) |
| 1998 – XXV SCAR, *2 Concepción, Chile |
Robert H Rutford (Bob), USA; Antonio C Rocha-Campos (Tony), Brazil; Fred J Davey, New Zealand; José Valencia, Chile; A David M Walker, South Africa; Roland Schlich, France. |
| 2000 – XXVI SCAR, Tokyo, Japan |
Robert H Rutford (Bob), USA; Antonio C Rocha-Campos (Tony), Brazil; José Valencia, Chile; A David M Walker, South Africa; Roland Schlich, France; Christopher G Rapley, UK. |
| 2002 – XXVII SCAR, *3 Shanghai, China |
Jörn Thiede, Germany; Robert H Rutford (Bob), USA; Roland Schlich, France; Christopher G Rapley, UK; Jerónimo López-Martínez, Spain; Clive Howard-Williams, New Zealand. (From 2002, the position of Past-President was reduced to a two-year term) |
| 2004 – XXVIII SCAR, Bremen/Bremerhaven, Germany |
Jörn Thiede, Germany; Robert H Rutford (Bob), USA; Jerónimo López-Martínez, Spain; Clive Howard-Williams, New Zealand; Mahlon ‘Chuck’ Kennicutt II, USA; Hideki Shimamura, Japan (resigned 2005). |
| 2005 | Zhanhai Zhang, China (co-opted to serve as a Vice-President until 2006 following the resignation of Hideki Simamura) |
| 2006 – XXIX SCAR, Hobart, Australia |
Christopher G Rapley, UK (resigned in 2008); Jörn Thiede, Germany; Mahlon ‘Chuck’ Kennicutt II, USA; Zhanhai Zhang, China; Antonio Meloni, Italy; Sergio A Marenssi, Argentina. |
| 2008 – XXX SCAR, Moscow, Russia |
Mahlon ‘Chuck’ Kennicutt II, USA; Christopher G Rapley, UK; Antonio Meloni, Italy; Sergio A Marenssi, Argentina; Ad H L Huiskes, Netherlands; Rasik Ravindra, India. |
| 2010 – XXXI SCAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Mahlon ‘Chuck’ Kennicutt II, USA; Sergio A Marenssi, Argentina; Ad H L Huiskes, Netherlands; Rasik Ravindra, India; Yeadong Kim, Korea. |
| 2012 – XXXII SCAR, Portland, Oregon, USA |
Jerónimo López-Martínez, Spain; Mahlon ‘Chuck’ Kennicutt II, USA; Sergio A Marenssi, Argentina; Yeadong Kim, Korea; Karin Lochte, Germany; Bryan Storey, New Zealand. |
| 2014 – XXXIII SCAR, Auckland, New Zealand |
Jerónimo López-Martínez, Spain; Karin Lochte, Germany; Bryan Storey, New Zealand; Azizan Abu Samah, Malaysia; Terry Wilson, USA. |
| 2016 – XXXIV SCAR, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Steven L Chown, Australia; Jerónimo López-Martínez, Spain; Karin Lochte, Germany; Azizan Abu Samah, Malaysia; Terry Wilson, USA; Jefferson C Simões, Brazil. |
| 2018 – XXXV SCAR Davos, Switzerland |
Steven L Chown, Australia; Jefferson C Simões, Brazil; Catherine Ritz, France; M Ravichandran (Ravi), India; Gary Wilson, New Zealand. |
| 2021 – XXXVI SCAR Online |
Yeadong Kim, Korea; Steven L Chown, Australia; Jefferson C Simões, Brazil; M Ravichandran (Ravi), India; Gary Wilson, New Zealand; Deneb Karentz, USA. |
| 2022 – XXXVII SCAR, Goa, India |
Yeadong Kim, Korea; Jefferson C Simões, Brazil; Marcelo Leppe, Chile; Burcu Özsoy, Türkiye; Deneb Karentz, USA. |
| 2024 – XXXVIII SCAR, Punta Arenas, Chile |
Gary Wilson, New Zealand; Marcelo Leppe, Chile; Burcu Özsoy, Türkiye; Carlota Escutia, Spain; Takuji Nakamura, Japan. |