The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) is an interdisciplinary non-profit professional organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., within the so-called Potomac Chapter of the organization. Founded in 1957, HFES is one of the federated societies of International ergonomics Association. HFES now claims 4500 members worldwide. HFES has 67 active chapters throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe; 42 of these are student chapters, and 23 are technical groups.
Members of HFES address a broad spectrum of issues arising in the growing field of human factors and ergonomics. In addition to the Human Factors journal, produced by an independent contractor, HFES publishes the ANSI/HFES-100 standard for ergonomic workstation setups, approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 2007.
It was founded as the Human Factors Society of America.
Presidents of the society The following is a list of the past president of the society.
1957-1958: Laurence Morehouse 1958-1959: Renato Contini 1959-1960: Arnold M. Small 1960-1961: Stanley N. Roscoe 1961-1962: Jack W. Dunlap 1962-1963: Paul M. Fitts 1963-1964: Alphonse Chapanis 1964-1965: Julien M. Christensen 1965-1966: Ezra V. Saul 1966-1967: Stanley Lippert 1967-1968: John Lyman 1968-1969: Henry M. Parsons 1969-1970: Jack A. Kraft 1970-1971: Ross A. McFarland 1971-1972: Wesley E. Woodson 1972-1973: Stanley Deutsch 1973-1974: Charles O. Hopkins 1974-1975: David Meister 1975-1976: Lewis F. Hanes 1976-1977: Frederick A. Muckler 1977-1978: Richard W. Pew 1978-1979: Gloria L. Grace 1979-1980: Harry L. Snyder 1980-1981: Earl A. Alluisi 1981-1982: William B. Knowles 1982-1983: Robert C. Williges 1983-1984: Douglas H. Harris 1984-1985: Harry L. Davis 1985-1986: Richard J. Hornick 1986-1987: Julien M. Christensen 1987-1988: John D. Gould 1988-1989: Earl L. Wiener 1989-1990: Mark S. Sanders 1990-1991: Thomas B. Sheridan 1991-1992: Kenneth R. Laughery, Sr. 1992-1993: Thomas B. Malone 1993-1994: Deborah A. Boehm-Davis 1994-1995: F. Thomas Eggemeier 1995-1996: Hal W. Hendrick 1996-1997: Arthur D. Fisk 1997-1998: Harold P. Van Cott 1998-1999: David D. Woods 1999-2000: Peter A. Hancock 2000-2001: William C. Howell 2001-2002: David L. Post 2002-2003: Barry H. Beith 2003-2004: Betty M. Sanders 2004-2005: Wendy A. Rogers 2005-2006: Marvin J. Dainoff 2006-2007: Waldemar Karwowski 2007-2008: John F. "Jeff" Kelley 2008-2009: Paul A. Green 2009-2010: Kathleen L. Mosier 2010-2011: Anthony D. Andre 2011-2012: Mica R. Endsley 2012-2013: Eduardo Salas 2013-2014: Francis T. Durso 2014-2015: Andrew S. Imada 2015-2016: William S. Marras 2016-2017: Nancy J. Cooke 2017-2018: Valerie J. Berg Rice 2018-2019: Kermit G. Davis 2019-2020: M. Susan Hallbeck 2020-2021: Peter A. Hancock 2021-2022: Christopher R. Reid 2022-2023: Carolyn Sommerich 2023-2024: Susan Kotowski 2024-2025: Camille Peres
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Further reading [on the legacy of Wesley Woodson, a founder of HFES]
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