Past Presidents of Reed
- William Trufant Foster, 1910–19
- Richard F. Scholz, 1921–24
- Norman F. Coleman, 1925–34
- Dexter M. Keezer, 1934–42
- Arthur F. Scott, 1942–45
- Peter H. Odegard, 1945–48
- E.B. MacNaughton, 1948–52
- Duncan S. Ballantine, 1952–54
- Richard H. Sullivan, 1956–67
- Victor G. Rosenblum, 1968–70
- Paul E. Bragdon, 1971–88
- James L. Powell, 1988–91
- Steven S. Koblik, 1992–2001
- Colin S. Diver, 2002–12
- John R. Kroger, 2012–18
Reed was led by an administrative committee from 1919–21 and from July–December 1924, and by seven acting presidents:
- Frank Loxley Griffin, 1954–56
- Byron L. Youtz, 1967–68
- Ross B. Thompson, summer of 1968 and 1970–71
- George A. Hay, 1980–81
- William R. Haden, 1991–92
- Peter J. Steinberger, 2001–02
- Hugh Porter, 2018–19