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, 2001-2002, Dance Department
David Lindberg, 2002-2003, Department of the History of Science
David Sorkin, 2003-2007, Department of History and Center for Jewish Studies
Tejumola Olaniyan, Interim Director, 2011-2012, Department of English and Department of African Languages and Literature
Susan Stanford Friedman, 2007-2017 (on leave 2011-2012), Department of English and Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Ulrich Langer, Interim Director, 2017-2018, Department of French and Italian
Steven Nadler, 2018–, William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy, Evjue-Bascom Professor in Humanities, Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies, and Affiliate Professor of Art History