Past-Chairs of the Purdue University Senate
| Name | Year(s) Served | ||
| Susan South | 2024 | - | 2025 |
| Brian J. Leung | 2023 | - | 2024 |
| Colleen Brady | 2022 | - | 2023 |
| Stephen P. Beaudoin | 2021 | - | 2022 |
| Deborah L. Nichols | 2020 | - | 2021 |
| Cheryl A. Cooky | 2019 | - | 2020 |
| Natalie J. Carroll | 2018 | - | 2019 |
| Alberto J. Rodriguez | 2017 | - | 2018 |
| David A. Sanders | 2016 | - | 2017 |
| Kirk Alter | 2015 | - | 2016 |
| Patricia Hart | 2014 | - | 2015 |
| David J. Williams | 2013 | - | 2014 |
| Paul Robinson | 2012 | - | 2013 |
| Morris Levy | 2011 | - | 2012 |
| Joan R. Fulton | 2010 | - | 2011 |
| Howard N. Zelaznik | 2009 | - | 2010 |
| Raymond A. DeCarlo | 2008 | - | 2009 |
| George M. Bodner | 2007 | - | 2008 |
| Bernard Y. Tao | 2006 | - | 2007 |
| Timothy L. Skvarenina | 2005 | - | 2006 |
| William L. McBride | 2004 | - | 2005 |
| William A. Harper | 2003 | - | 2004 |
| Terry S. Stewart | 2002 | - | 2003 |
| Linda J. Mason | 2000 | - | 2002 |
| Stanley L. Hem | 1998 | - | 2000 |
| Linda M. Duttlinger | 1996 | - | 1998 |
| A. Charlene Sullivan | 1992 | - | 1996 |
| C. Douglas Sutton | 1991 | - | 1992 |
| James H. Brewster | 1989 | - | 1991 |
| Gunnar Kullard | 1988 | - | 1989 |
| John E. Kadlec | 1987 | - | 1988 |
| Robert D. Sorkin | 1986 | - | 1987 |
| Klaus M. Herrmann | 1985 | - | 1986 |
| William R. Fuller | 1984 | - | 1985 |
| George R. Spratto | 1983 | - | 1984 |
| Karl G. Brandt | 1982 | - | 1983 |
| Hannis W. Thompson Jr. | 1981 | - | 1982 |
| Charles R. Hicks | 1980 | - | 1981 |
| Dorothy R. Mennen | 1979 | - | 1980 |
| Richard W. McDowell | 1978 | - | 1979 |
| Calvin O. Schrag | 1977 | - | 1978 |
| David R. Ford | 1976 | - | 1977 |
| William H. Hayt | 1975 | - | 1976 |
| Emerson M. Babb, Jr. | 1974 | - | 1975 |
| David S. Moore | 1973 | - | 1974 |
| David P. Kessler | 1972 | - | 1973 |
| Robert W. Fox | 1971 | - | 1972 |
| Norbert Muller | 1970 | - | 1971 |
| John J. Sherwood | 1969 | - | 1970 |
| George A. Hawkins | 1967 | - | 1969 |
| Paul F. Chenea | 1964 | - | 1967 |