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Faculty and Postdocs
- 1896–1921: Robert Millikan
- 1896–1897: Assistant in Physics
- 1897–1899: Associate in Physics
- 1899–1902: Instructor in Physics
- 1902–1907: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1907–1910: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1910–1921: Professor of Physics
- 1916–1950: Arthur Dempster
- 1916–1921: Assistant and Instructor in Physics
- 1921–1924: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1921–1924: Assistant Professor
- 1924–1927: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1927–1950: Professor of Physics
- 1921–1925: Robert Mulliken, NRC Fellow
- 1922–1925: H. van Norman Hilberry, Assistant in Physics
- 1923–1924: William Swann, Professor of Physics
- 1923–1924: Tracy Thomas, NRC Fellow in Physics
- 1923–1945: Arthur Compton
- 1923–1929: Professor of Physics
- 1929–1945: Swift Distinguished Service Professor
- 1924–1960: Frank Ross
- 1924–1928: Associate Professor of Astronomy
- 1928–1942: Professor of Astronomy
- 1942–1960: Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
- 1925–1928: Max Mason, President
- 1928–1946: Carl Eckart
- 1928–1931: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1931–1946: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1928–1986: Robert Mulliken
- 1928–1931: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1931–1956: Professor of Physics
- 1956–1961: Professor of Physics
- 1961–1986: Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Chemistry
- 1929–1965: Samuel Allison
- 1929–1942: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1942–1959: Professor of Physics
- 1959–1965: Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1931–1933: John H. Williams, NRC Fellow
- 1937–1938: John Kirkwood, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1937–1946: Michael Ference
- 1937–1944: Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1944–1946: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1937–1947: Louis Henyey
- 1937–1942: Instructor
- 1942–1947: Assistant Professor
- 1937–1995: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1937–1938: Research Associate
- 1938–1946: Assistant Professor to Professor
- 1947–1952: Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
- 1952–1985: Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
- 1986–1995: Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
- 1938–1964: James Franck
- 1938–1947: Professor of Physical Chemistry
- 1947–1964: Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry
- 1939–1940: Bruno Rossi, Research Associate
- 1939–1941: Samuel Weissman, Fellow
- 1939–1942: Alvin Weinberg, Assistant in Mathematical Biophysics
- 1940–1941: Anthony Turkevich, Research Associate in Physics
- 1941–1951: Carl-Gustaf Rossby
- 1941–1943: Professor of Meteorology
- 1943–1951: Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor
- 1945–1954: Enrico Fermi, Professor of Physics, Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1945–1958: Harold Urey
- 1945–1952: Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1952–1958: Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1945–1960: Joseph Mayer
- 1945–1956: Professor
- 1956–1960: Eisendrath Professor
- 1945–2000: John Simpson
- 1945–1947: Instructor in Physics
- 1947–1949: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1949–1954: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1954–1968: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1968–1974: Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor
- 1973–1987: Arthur H. Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1987–2000: Emeritus Arthur H. Compton Distinguished Service of Physics
- 1946–1947: Jule Charney, Research Associate
- 1946–1952: Edward Teller, Professor of Physics
- 1946–1960: Maria Goeppert Mayer
- 1946–1959: Voluntary Professor
- 1959–1960: Professor
- 1946–1964: Leo Szilard, Professor of Biophysics
- 1946–1988: Herbert Anderson
- 1946–1947: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1947–1950: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1950–1977: Professor of Physics
- 1977–1982: Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1982–1988: Distinguished Service Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1946–2002: Anthony Turkevich
- 1946–1948: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- 1948–1954: Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1954–1965: Professor of Chemistry
- 1965–1971: James Frank Professor of Chemistry
- 1971–1986: James Frank Distinguished Service Professor
- 1986–2002: Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
- 1947–2002: Dave Fultz
- 1947–1948: Instructor in Meteorology
- 1948–1960: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Meteorology
- 1960–1992: Professor of Meteorology
- 1992–2002: Emeritus Professor of Geophysical Science
- 1948–1949: Chen Ning "Frank" Yang, Instructor in Physics
- 1948–1960: Irving Segal
- 1948–1953: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- 1953–1957: Associate Professor of Mathematics
- 1957–1960: Associate Professor of Mathematics
- 1948–1978: Gregor Wentzel
- 1948–1969: Professor Physics
- 1969–1978: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1949–1952: Richard Garwin
- 1949–1951: Instructor, Department of Physics and Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1952–1952: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1950–1950: Tsung-Dao Lee, Research Associate in Astronomy
- 1950–1957: Marvin "Murph" Goldberger, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1950–1976: Valentine Telegdi
- 1950–1971: Instructor to Professor
- 1950–1971: Instructor to Professor
- 1971–1976: Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor
- 1950–present: Robert Gomer
- 1950–1977: Instructor to Professor, James Frank Institute
- 1977–1983: Director, James Frank Institute
- 1984–1996: C. W. Eisendrath Distinguished Professor, James Frank Institute
- 1996–present: Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, James Frank Institute
- 1951–1954: John Hulm, Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Metals
- 1952–1952: Sam Treiman, Research Associate in Physics
- 1952–1954: John Cahn, Instructor, Institute for the Study of Metals
- 1952–1954: Murray Gell-Mann, Instructor and Associate Professor, Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1952–1981: Morrel Cohen
- 1952–1960: Instructor to Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1960–1972: Professor of Physics, James Frank Institute
- 1968–1972: Professor of Theoretical Biology
- 1972–1981: Louis Block Professor of Physics and Theoretical Biology
- 1953–1962: Joseph Chamberlain
- 1953–1955: Research Associate, Yerkes Observatory
- 1955–1962: Assistant Professor to Professor, Yerkes Observatory
- 1954–1955: Arthur Rosenfeld, Research Associate, Institute of Nuclear Studies
- 1954–present: Yoichiro Nambu
- 1954–1956: Research Associate
- 1956–1958: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1958–1971: Professor of Physics
- 1971–1976: Distinguished Service Professor
- 1976–1991: Harry Judson Distinguished Service Professor
- 1991–present: Harry Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
- 1955–2009: Albert Crewe
- 1955–1956: Research Associate
- 1956–1977: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1971–1981: Dean, Physical Sciences Division
- 1977–1996: William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor
- 1996–2009: William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
- 1955–present: Eugene Parker
- 1955–1957: Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1957–1962: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1962–1973: Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1973–1987: Distinguished Service Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1987–1995: S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1995–present: S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
- 1956–1957: Jerome Friedman, Research Associate in Physics
- 1957–1960: J. Robert Schrieffer, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1957–present: Hellmut Fritzsche
- 1957–1963: Asssistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1963–2004: Professor of Physics
- 2004–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics, James Frank Institute
- 1960–1968: James Phillips, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1960–1969: Leopoldo Falicov
- 1960–1961: Research Associate, Physics, Institute for the Study of Metals
- 1961–1969: Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1964–1965: Neil Ashcroft, Research Associate
- 1966–2001: Ugo Fano
- 1966–1982: Professor of Physics
- 1982–2001: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1967–1968: Daniel Tsui, Research Associate
- 1967–1980: Robert R. Wilson, Ritzma Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1968–1971: Samuel Aronson, Research Associate in High Energy Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1968–1999: Robert Sachs
- 1968–1986: Professor of Physics
- 1986–1999: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1971–1972: Zachary Fisk, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1971–present: James Cronin
- 1971–1996: Professor of Physics
- 1996–present: Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics
- 1972–1974: Clifford Will, Enrico Fermi Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1972–present: Melvyn Shochet
- 1972–1973: Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1973–1985: Instructor to Associate Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1985–1995: Professor of Physics
- 1995–present: Kersten Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1972–present: Bruce Winstein
- 1972–1976: Senior Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1976–1983: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1983–1997: Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1997–present: Samuel K. Allison Distinguished Service Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1973–1976: Richard Smalley, Research Associate in Chemistry, James Franck Institute
- 1973–1979: Paul Horn, Faculty, James Franck Institute
- 1974–1997: David Schramm
- 1974–1976: Associate Professor of Astrophysics
- 1977–1982: Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1982–1997: Louis Block Professor of Physical Sciences
- 1974–present: Robert Wald
- 1974–1976: Research Associate
- 1974–1976: Research Associate
- 1976–1985: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1985–2002: Professor of Physics
- 2002–present: Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1976–present: Sidney Nagel
- 1976–1984: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1984–2001: Professor of Physics, James Frank Institute
- 2001–present: Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1978–present: Michael Turner
- 1978–1980: Encrio Fermi Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1980–1985: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 1985–1998: Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 1998–present: Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 1978–present: Leo Kadanoff
- 1978–present: Professor of Physics
- 1982–2003: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Mathematics
- 1979–1993: Walter Massey, Professor of Physics
- 1981–1983: James Hartle, Professor of Physics
- 1983–1991: Albert Libchaber
- 1983–1987: Professor of Physics
- 1987–1991: Paul Snowden Distinguished Service Professor of Physics
- 1987–1991: Stuart Freedman, Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1987–present: Robert Rosner
- 1987–1998: Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1998–present: William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor
- 1989–1992: Leon Lederman, Frank L. Sulzberger Professor of Physics
- 1995–2001: Susan Coppersmith, Professor of Physics
- 1998–present: Dean Eastman, Professor to Emeritus Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute
- 2004–present: Eric Isaacs, Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute
PhDs
- 1902: Frank Jewett
- 1911: Harvey Fletcher
- 1915: Arthur Dempster
- 1918: Mervin Kelly
- 1921: Robert Mulliken
- 1923: Samuel Allison
- 1936: Luis Alvarez
- 1937: Michael Ference
- 1937: Louis Henyey
- 1938: Samuel Weissman
- 1939: Alvin Weinberg
- 1941: H. van Norman Hilberry
- 1947: Dave Fultz
- 1948: Geoffrey Chew
- 1948: Esther Conwell
- 1948: Marvin "Murph" Goldberger
- 1948: Jack Steinberger
- 1948: Chen Ning "Frank" Yang
- 1949: Harold Agnew
- 1949: Richard Garwin
- 1949: David Lazarus
- 1949: Marshall Rosenbluth
- 1949: Lincoln Wolfenstein
- 1950: Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1950: John Reynolds
- 1952: John Goodenough
- 1952: Sam Treiman
- 1953: George Wetherill
- 1954: Russell Kulsrud
- 1954: Arthur Rosenfeld
- 1955: James Cronin
- 1955: William Mullins
- 1956: Jerome Friedman
- 1956: James Phillips
- 1958: Mildred Dresselhaus
- 1959: George E. Smith
- 1964: Marvin Cohen
- 1966: Joel Appelbaum
- 1967: Daniel Tsui
- 1969: John Weeks
- 1973: Marc Kastner
- 1979: Gary Horowitz
- 1980: Gerald Gabrielse
- 1980: Chris Greene
- 1995: Deborah Jin
