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The Institute for Advanced Study was established in 1930. Although located in close proximity to Princeton University, the Institute has no formal connection to it.
Institute Directors
- 1930–1939: Abraham Flexner
- 1939–1947: Frank Aydelotte
- 1947–1966: Robert Oppenheimer
- 1966–1976: Carl Kaysen
- 1976–1987: Harry Woolf
- 1987–1991: Marvin Goldberger
- 1991–2003: Phillip Griffiths
- 2004–2012: Peter Goddard
- 2012–present: Robbert Dijkgraaf
Faculty and Postdocs
- 1931–1957: John von Neumann
- 1931–1933: Visiting Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1933–1957: Permanent Member and Research Professor
- 1932–1955: Albert Einstein, Professor
- 1933–1955: Hermann Weyl, Professor, School of Mathematics
- 1935–1977: H. Marston Morse
- 1935–1975: Professor of Mathematics
- 1975–1977: Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
- 1936–1936: Stanislaw Ulam, Member
- 1936–1938: Eugene Feenberg, Member
- 1937–1946: Valentine Bargmann, Member
- 1945–1948: Irving Segal, Research Assistant
- 1947–1967: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Director
- 1948–1949: Freeman Dyson, Commonwealth Fellow
- 1948–1949: Jack Steinberger, Member
- 1948–1949: Kenneth Watson, AEC Fellow
- 1948–1950: Kenneth Case, Member
- 1948–1950: Norman Kroll, NRC Fellow
- 1948–1956: Jule Charney, Member
- 1949–1950: Bryce DeWitt, Member
- 1949–1950: Robert Kraichnan, Member and Assistant to Albert Einstein
- 1949–1950: Joaquin "Quin" Luttinger, Jewett Fellow
- 1949–1951: Roy Glauber
- 1949–1950: Member and AEC Fellow
- 1950–1951: Member and Jewett Fellow
- 1949–1966: Chen Ning "Frank" Yang
- 1949–1955: Member
- 1955–1966: Professor
- 1950–1951: Keith Brueckner, Member
- 1950–1951: Eugen Merzbacher, Member
- 1950–1952: Francis Low, Member
- 1951–1952: Murray Gell-Mann, Member
- 1951–1953: Tsung-Dao Lee, Member
- 1952–1954: Toichiro Kinoshita, Member
- 1952–1954: Yoichiro Nambu, Member
- 1953–1955: Stanley Deser, Member
- 1953–present: Freeman Dyson
- 1953–1994: Professor of Physics
- 1994–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1954–1955: Leon Cooper, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1954–1956: Richard Arnowitt, Member
- 1956–1957: Gerald "Gary" Feinberg, Member, School of Mathematics
- 1958–1959: David Pines, Member
- 1959–1960: James Glimm, Member
- 1960–1963: Tsung-Dao Lee, Professor
- 1963–1964: James Hartle, Member
- 1966–present: Stephen Adler
- 1966–1969: Member
- 1969–present: Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1979–2003: New Jersey Albert Einstein Professor
- 1967–1967: Arthur Jaffe, Visitor
- 1967–1968: Daniel Freedman, Member
- 1967–1969: Bruno Coppi, Member
- 1967–1980: Marshall Rosenbluth, Professor of Astrophysical Science
- 1968–1969: William Bardeen, Member
- 1968–2005: John Bahcall
- 1968–1970: Member
- 1971–1997: Professor of Natural Sciences
- 1997–2005: Richard Black Professor of Natural Sciences
- 1969–1972: Curtis Callan, Member
- 1969–1986: Roger Dashen, Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1972–1974: David Campbell, Member
- 1972–1974: Thomas Spencer, Visiting Member
- 1973–1975: Erick Weinberg, Member
- 1981–1983: Gary Horowitz, Member and Albert Einstein Fellow
- 1982–1985: Nathan Seiberg
- 1982–1984: Member
- 1984–1985: Long-Term Member
- 1982–1987: Andrew Strominger, Long-Term Member
- 1987–1989: Nathan Seiberg, Long-Term Member
- 1987–1991: Marvin "Murph" Goldberger, Director
- 1987–present: Edward Witten
- 1987–1997: Professor, School of Natural Sciences
- 1997–present: Charles Simonyi Professor
- 1987–present: Thomas Spencer, Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1989–2000: Frank Wilczek
- 1989–1997: Professor, School of Natural Sciences
- 1997–2000: J. Robert Oppenheimer Professor, School of Natural Sciences
- 1997–present: Nathan Seiberg, Professor
- 2001–present: Juan Maldacena, Professor
