IRH Directors
- Marshall Clagett, 1959-1964, Department of the History of Science
- Germaine Brée, 1964-65, Department of French and Italian
- Kenneth M. Setton, 1965-1968, History Department
- Emmett L. Bennett, 1968-1969, 1972-73, Sem. II 1973-74, from November 1974-75, Sem. II 1979-80, Department of Classics
- E. David Cronon, 1969-October 1974 (on leave 1972-73 and Sem. II 1973-74), History Department
- Robert M. Kingdon, 1975-1987 (on leave Sem. II 1979-80), History Department
- David C. Lindberg, 1987-1993, Department of the History of Science
- Paul S. Boyer, 1993-2001, History Department
- Sally Banes, 2001-02, Dance Department
- David Lindberg, 2002-03, Department of the History of Science
- David Sorkin, 2003-2007, Department of History and Jewish Studies
- Tejumola Olaniyan, Interim Director, 2011-2012, Department of English and Department of African Languages and Literature
- Susan Stanford Friedman, 2007- (on leave 2011-2012), Department of English and Women's Studies