Hon. John Cotton Smith
The first ASD Board President, 1816-1821
DOB Feb. 12, 1765 – DOD Dec. 7, 1845
In 1890, the name of school was changed to The American Asylum at Hartford for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
Hon. William Phillips, Jr.
The second ASD Board President, 1821-1822
DOB March 30, 1750 – DOD May 26, 1827
Daniel Wadsworth
The third ASD Board President, 1822-1823
DOB August 8, 1771 – DOD May 26, 1827
Hon. Nathaniel Terry
The fourth ASD Board President, 1823-1839
DOB January 30, 1768 – DOD June 14, 1844
Hon. Thomas S. Williams
The fifth ASD Board President, 1839-1861
DOB June 26, 1777 – DOD December 15, 1861
Hon. William W. Ellsworth
The sixth ASD Board President, 1861-1867
DOB November 10, 1791 – DOD January 15, 1868
Hon. Calvin Day
The seventh ASD Board President, 1867-1884
DOB February 26, 1803 – DOD June 10, 1884
Hon. Francis Buel Cooley
The eighth ASD Board President, 1885-1903
DOB June 21, 1822 – DOD November 25, 1904
In 1895, the name of school was changed to The American School At Hartford for the Deaf
Atwood Collins
The ninth ASD Board President, 1903-1913
DOB September 19, 1851 – DOD May 8, 1926
Prof. Henry Augustus Perkins
The tenth ASD Board President, 1913-1955
DOB November 14, 1873 – DOD July 15, 1959
In 1921, the school was renamed to The American School for the Deaf At West Hartford
Guy B. Holt
The eleventh ASD Board President, 1955-1968
DOB December 16, 1904 – DOD April 11, 1975
Robert Everett Carroll, Jr.
The twelfth ASD Board President, 1968-1972 and 1987-1990
DOB June 6, 1924 – DOD February 12, 2020
Judge Douglass Brownell Wright
The thirteenth ASD Board President, 1972-1975
DOB May 30, 1912 – DOD December 18, 2010
Henry Grant Thomas
The fourteenth ASD Board President, 1975-1979
DOB June 5, 1917 – DOD January 13, 2013
Alex W. Creedon, Jr.
The fifteenth ASD Board President, 1981-1983
Atwood Collins II
The sixteenth ASD Board President, 1982-1986
DOB October 27, 1917 – DOD November 17, 2004
In 1987, Robert Everett Carroll , Jr. (12th ASD Board President) was re-elected as Board President from 1987 to 1989.
James H. Steane II
The seventeenth ASD Board President, 1990-1994
Edgar Buell Butler, Jr.
The eighteenth ASD Board President, 1994-1996
Barbara Warzecha Puffer
The nineteenth ASD Board President, 1996-1999
Brian Clemow
The twentieth ASD Board President, 1999-2002
Fred A. Larson
The twenty-first ASD Board President, 2002-2006
Carleton N. Mowell
The twenty-second ASD Board President, 2006-2010
David W. Carter
The twenty-third ASD Board President, 2010-2014
Harold A. Smullen, Jr.
The twenty-fourth ASD Board President, 2014-2018
Catherine M. Burns
The twenty-fifth ASD Board President, 2018-2020
Jonathan Neal Rubin
The twenty-sixth ASD Board President, 2020-present