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Faculty and Postdocs
- 1889–1948: Ernest Merritt
- 1889–1892: Instructor in Physics
- 1892–1903: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1903–1935: Professor of Physics
- 1909–1914: Dean, Graduate School
- 1935–1948: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1901–1903: George Stewart, Instructor in Physics
- 1903–1905: William Coblentz, Carnegie Fellow
- 1914–1915: Joseph Slepian, Instructor
- 1920–1925: H. Marston Morse, Instructor to Assistant Professor
- 1934–1938: M. Stanley Livingston, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1934–1947: John Kirkwood
- 1934–1937: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- 1938–1947: Todd Professor of Chemistry
- 1935–1949: Robert Bacher, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1935–2005: Hans Bethe
- 1935–1975: Assistant Professor to John Wendell Anderson Professor of Physics
- 1975–2005: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1939–1942: Gerald Tape, Instructor
- 1940–1943: Bruno Rossi, Associate Professor
- 1940–1966: Peter Debye
- 1940–1952: Professor of Chemistry
- 1952–1966: Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- 1941–1942: Elliott Montroll, Research Associate
- 1942–1943: Kenneth Greisen, Instructor
- 1943–1944: James Krumhansl, Instructor in Physics
- 1945–1951: Richard Feynman, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1945–2002: Boyce "Mac" McDaniel
- 1945–1987: Assistant Professor to Professor
- 1987–2002: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1946–1948: Ernest Courant, Research Associate in Theoretical Physics
- 1946–1956: Arthur Kantrowitz, Associate Professor to Professor of Aeronautical Engineering and Engineering Physics
- 1946–1965: Philip Morrison, Associate Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1946–1974: William Sears
- 1946–1964: Professor of Aeronautical Engineering and Director, Graduate School of Aeronautical Engineering
- 1963–1974: J. L. Given Professor of Engineering
- 1946–2007: Kenneth Greisen
- 1946–1984: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1975–1979: Professor of Astronomy
- 1984–2007: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1946–present: Dale Corson
- 1946–1947: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1947–1956: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1956–1963: Professor of Physics
- 1959–1963: Dean, College of Engineering
- 1963–1969: Provost
- 1969–1977: President
- 1977–1979: Chancellor
- 1979–present: President Emeritus
- 1947–1948: Freeman Dyson, Commonwealth Fellow
- 1947–1967: Robert R. Wilson, Professor of Physics
- 1948–1955: James Krumhansl, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1948–1965: Henry Booker, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics
- 1951–1953: Freeman Dyson, Professor of Physics
- 1951–1959: Richard Bersohn, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1953–1954: Andrew Sessler, NSF Fellow
- 1953–1958: Albert Overhauser, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1954–1958: Richard Diamond, Assistant Professor
- 1955–present: Toichiro Kinoshita
- 1955–1958: Research Associate
- 1958–1960: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1960–1963: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1963–1992: Professor of Physics
- 1992–1995: Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics
- 1995–present: Goldwin Smith Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1958–1960: Mildred Dresselhaus, NSF Fellow
- 1958–1960: Elliott Lieb, Research Associate, Laboratory of Nuclear Studies
- 1958–2009: Ravi Sudan
- 1958–1959: Research Associate
- 1959–1968: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1968–1975: Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
- 1975–2001: IBM Professor of Engineering
- 2001–2009: IBM Professor Emeritus of Engineering
- 1958–present: Robert Pohl
- 1958–1960: Research Associate
- 1960–1968: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1968–2000: Professor of Physics
- 2000–present: Goldwyn Smith Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1959–2004: James Krumhansl
- 1959–1981: Professor of Physics
- 1981–1990: Horace White Professor of Physics
- 1990–2004: Emeritus Horace White Professor of Physics
- 1959–present: David Lee
- 1959–1968: Instructor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1969–1999: Professor of Physics
- 1999–present: James G. White Distinguished Professor of Physical Science
- 1961–1992: Frank Spitzer, Professor of Mathematics
- 1962–1967: Malcolm Beasley, Research Assistant
- 1963–1988: Kenneth Wilson
- 1963–1974: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1974–1988: James A. Weeks Professor
- 1963–present: Maury Tigner
- 1963–1968: Research Associate
- 1968–1977: Senior Research Associate in Physics
- 1977–1993: Professor of Physics
- 1993–1994: Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics
- 1994–present: Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics Emeritus
- 1964–1965: Stanton Peale, Research Associate, Space Research
- 1964–1978: Robert Balluffi, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
- 1964–present: N. David Mermin
- 1964–1972: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1972–2006: Professor of Physics
- 2006–present: Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus
- 1965–1966: Leonard Susskind, NSF Fellow
- 1965–present: Neil Ashcroft
- 1965–1975: Research Associate to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1975–1989: Professor of Physics, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics
- 1990–2006: Horace White Professor of Physics
- 2006–present: Horace White Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1966–1967: Paul Tedrow, Research Associate
- 1966–1989: Michael Fisher
- 1966–1973: Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics
- 1973–1989: Horace White Professor of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics
- 1966–present: Robert Richardson
- 1966–1967: Research Associate
- 1968–1987: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1987–present: F. R. Newman Professor of Physics
- 1998–2007: Vice Provost, Research
- 2007–present: Senior Science Advisor to the President and the Provost
- 1966–present: John Reppy
- 1966–1987: Associate Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1987–present: John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics
- 1967–1973: Norman Rostoker, IBM Professor of Engineering
- 1969–1972: John Peoples Jr., Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1970–1972: Mitchell Feigenbaum, Research Associate and Instructor
- 1972–1972: Vijay Pandharipande, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1974–present: Saul Teukolsky
- 1974–1983: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1983–1999: Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- 1999–present: Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics and Astrophysics
- 1977–present: John Lumley
- 1977–2005: Willis H. Carrier Professor of Engineering
- 2005–present: Professor Emeritus of Engineering
- 1979–1984: Thomas Everhart, Dean, College of Engineering
- 1980–2000: Robert R. Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1982–1986: Mitchell Feigenbaum, Professor of Physics
- 1982–present: Stephen Pope
- 1982–1987: Associate Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- 1987–1998: Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- 1998–present: Sibley College Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- 1986–present: Francis DiSalvo
- 1986–1996: Professor of Chemistry
- 1996–present: John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science
- 1987–present: Yuri Orlov
- 1987–2008: Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Nuclear Studies
- 2008–present: Professor of Physics and Government
- 1988–2002: Persis Drell
- 1988–1992: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1993–1997: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1998–2002: Professor of Physics
- 2002–present: James York, Professor of Physics
- 2003–present: J. C. Séamus Davis
- 2003–2007: Professor of Physics
- 2008–present: J. G. White Distinguished Professor of Physical Science
PhDs
- 1901: George Stewart
- 1903: William Coblentz
- 1914: Oliver Buckley
- 1939: Robert Marshak
- 1941: James Lander
- 1942: Kenneth Greisen
- 1943: James Krumhansl
- 1943: Boyce "Mac" McDaniel
- 1944: George Carrier
- 1949: William Kraushaar
- 1951: Lowell Bollinger
- 1952: Arthur Ashkin
- 1958: John Hopfield
- 1958: David Thouless
- 1961: Miles Klein
- 1963: Maury Tigner
- 1965: Stanton Peale
- 1965: Leonard Susskind
- 1966: Theodore Fulton
- 1966: Roman Jackiw
- 1966: Donald Kerr
- 1966: Paul Tedrow
- 1967: C. Bruce Tarter
- 1968: Malcolm Beasley
- 1968: E. Ward Plummer
- 1971: John Perdew
- 1972: Joseph Demuth
- 1973: Gerald Dolan
- 1974: Moses Chan
- 1975: David R. Nelson
- 1976: David Ceperley
- 1978: David Bishop
- 1980: Yves Chabal
- 1983: Susan Coppersmith
- 1983: David Tank
- 1984: Laura Greene
