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1866–1868: William Barton Rogers
1868–1877: Edward Pickering
1877–1917: Charles Cross
1917–1922: Edwin Wilson
1922–1930: Charles Norton
1930–1952: John Slater
1952–1961: Nathaniel Frank
1961–1966: William Buechner
1966–1972: Victor Weisskopf
1972–1983: Herman Feschbach
1983–1988: Jerome Friedman
1988–1991: Robert Birgeneau
1991–1997: Ernest Moniz
1998–2007: Marc Kastner
2007–present: Edmund Bertschinger

Faculty and Postdocs

1897–1897: William Coolidge, Assistant in Physics
1901–1905: William Coolidge
- 1901–1903: Instructor in Physical Chemistry
- 1904–1905: Assistant Professor of Physico-Chemical Research
1902–1904: Frank Jewett, Instructor in Physics and Electrical Engineering
1903–1904: Max Mason, Instructor in Mathematics
1904–1905: Richard Tolman, Assistant Technical Analyst
1907–1910: Richard Tolman
- 1907–1909: Instructor in Theoretical Chemistry
- 1909–1910: Research Associate in Physical Chemistry
1910–1913: Frederick Keyes, Research Associate in Physical Chemistry
1912–1916: Jerome Hunsaker, Instructor in Aeronautical Engineering
1916–1919: Frederick Keyes, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry
1919–1920: David Webster II, Assistant Professor of Physics
1919–1938: Vannevar Bush
- 1919–1923: Associate Professor of Electrical Power Transmission
- 1923–1932: Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1932–1938: Vice President and Dean of Engineering
1922–1976: Frederick Keyes
- 1922–1950: Professor of Physical Chemistry
- 1950–1976: Emeritus Professor and Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry
1926–1990: Harold Edgerton
- 1926–1966: Instructor to Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1966–1968: Institute Professor
- 1966–1990: Institute Professor Emeritus
1928–1941: Carl-Gustaf Rossby
- 1928–1932: Associate Professor of Meteorology
- 1932–1941: Professor of Meteorology
1928–1994: Julius Stratton
- 1928–1930: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1930–1935: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1935–1941: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1941–1949: Professor of Physics
- 1949–1956: Provost
- 1951–1956: Vice President
- 1956–1959: Chancellor
- 1957–1959: Acting President
- 1959–1966: President
- 1966–1994: President Emeritus
1929–1987: Charles Draper
- 1929–1930: Research Assistant in Aeronautical Engineering
- 1930–1935: Researcher in Aeronautical Engineering
- 1935–1939: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Aeruonautical Engineering
- 1939–1966: Professor of Aeruonautical Engineering
- 1966–1966: Institute Professor
- 1966–1987: Emeritus Professor
- 1970–1973: President, Charles Stark Draper Laboratories
1930–1932: Thomas Killian, Instructor in Physics
1930–1934: John Kirkwood
- 1930–1931: Research Associate in Physical Chemistry
- 1932–1934: Research Associate
1930–1948: Karl Compton, President
1930–1966: John Slater
- 1930–1951: Professor of Physics
- 1951–1966: Institute Professor
1930–1984: Samuel Collins
- 1930–1936: Research Associate
- 1936–1945: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1945–1949: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- 1949–1964: Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- 1964–1984: Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1931–1932: Robert Bacher, National Research Fellow in Physics
1931–1945: Louis Slichter
- 1931–1932: Associate Professor of Geophysics
- 1932–1945: Professor of Geophysics
1931–1960: Robert Van de Graaff
- 1931–1934: Research Associate
- 1934–1960: Associate Professor of Physics
1931–1985: Philip Morse
- 1931–1934: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1934–1939: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1939–1968: Professor of Physics
- 1968–1985: Professor Emeritus
1932–1934: Norris Bradbury, National Research Fellow in Physics
1933–1934: William Hansen, National Research Fellow
1933–1984: Jerome Hunsaker
- 1933–1952: Professor of Aeuronautical Engineering
- 1952–1984: Emeritus Professor of Aeuronautical Engineering
1934–1967: Francis Bitter
- 1934–1945: Associate Professor of Metallurgy
- 1945–1951: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1951–1960: Professor of Physics
- 1960–1967: Professor of Geophysics
1936–1941: Chaim Pekeris, Associate Geophysicist
1937–1938: Leland Haworth, Lalor Fellow in Physical Chemistry
1937–1939: W. Conyers Herring, NRC Fellow
1938–1941: Chauncey Starr, Research Associate in Physical Chemistry
1938–1986: M. Stanley Livingston
- 1938–1970: Professor of Physics
- 1970–1986: Emeritus Professor of Physics
1939–1940: Marvin Chodorow, Assistant in Physics
1941–1947: Bernhard Haurwitz, Associate Professor of Meteorology
1941–2000: Herman Feshbach
- 1941–1945: Instructor in Physics
- 1945–1947: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1947–1955: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1955–1976: Professor of Physics
- 1976–1983: Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
- 1983–1987: Institute Professor
- 1987–2000: Institute Professor Emeritus
1941–2002: Martin Deutsch
- 1941–1945: Instructor in Physics
- 1945–1987: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1987–2002: Emeritus Professor of Physics
1942–1944: Elias Burstein, Research Associate
1945–1947: John Galt, Research Associate
1945–1947: Charles Kittel, Research Associate Physicist, Research Laboratory of Electronics
1945–1985: Herbert Callen
- 1945–1948: Research Associate
- 1948–1985: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
1945–2002: Victor Weisskopf
- 1945–1946: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1946–1965: Professor of Physics
- 1965–1974: Institute Professor
- 1974–2002: Emeritus Institute Professor
1946–1949: Martin Klein, Research Associate in Physics
1946–1961: Jerome Wiesner, Assistant Professor to Professor of Electrical Engineering
1946–1965: H. Guyford Stever
- 1946–1951: Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering
- 1951–1956: Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering
- 1956–1959: Associate Dean of Engineering
- 1956–1965: Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1946–1985: Bruno Rossi
- 1946–1966: Professor
- 1966–1970: Institute Professor
- 1970–1985: Emeritus Institute Professor
1946–1986: Jerrold Zacharias
- 1946–1966: Professor of Physics
- 1966–1970: Institute Professor
- 1970–1986: Emeritus Institute Professor
1947–1948: Bernd Matthias, Member of Staff, Division of Industrial Cooperation
1947–present: Chia-Chiao Lin
- 1947–1966: Associate Professor to Professor of Applied Mathematics
- 1966–1987: Institute Professor
- 1987–present: Institute Professor Emeritus
1948–1949: Emanuel Piore, Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
1948–1950: Larry Spruch, AEC Postdoctoral Fellow
1949–1949: J. David Jackson, Research Associate
1949–1950: Marvin "Murph" Goldberger, Research Associate in Physics
1949–1965: William Kraushaar
- 1949–1951: Research Associate
- 1951–1965: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
1950–1951: Benjamin Bederson, Staff Member, Research Laboratory of Electronics
1951–1954: George Schulz, Assistant Professor
1951–present: Benjamin Lax
- 1951–1953: Researcher, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1953–1955: Head, Ferrites Group, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1955–1957: Head, Solid State Group, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1957–1958: Associate Head, Communications Division, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1958–1964: Head, Solid State Division, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1964–1965: Associate Director, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1965–1986: Professor of Physics
- 1986–present: Professor Emeritus of Physics
1952–1953: Maurice Webb, Researcher, Project Lincoln
1952–1956: Sidney Drell
- 1952–1953: Research Associate
- 1953–1956: Assistant Professor of Physics
1952–1976: John Goodenough, Research Physicist and Group Leader, Lincoln Laboratory
1953–1955: George Benedek, Staff Member, Lincoln Laboratory
1954–1958: Gordon MacDonald, Assistant to Associate Professor of Geophysics
1954–2003: Hermann Haus
- 1954–1958: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1958–1962: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1962–1973: Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1973–1986: Elihu Thompson Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1986–2003: Institute Professor
1955–1974: Vannevar Bush, Life Member, MIT Corporation
1955–1984: Louis Howard, Assistant Professor to Professor of Mathematics
1955–2001: Clifford Shull
- 1955–1986: Professor of Physics
- 1986–2001: Professor of Physics Emeritus
1955–2008: Harald Enge
- 1955–1956: Instructor in Physics
- 1956–1959: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1959–1963: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1963–1986: Professor of Physics
- 1986–2008: Professor Emeritus of Physics
1956–1981: Jule Charney
- 1956–1966: Professor of Meteorology
- 1966–1981: Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology
1956–2003: Norman Rasmussen
- 1956–1958: Instructor
- 1958–1983: Assistant Professor to Professor of Nuclear Engineering
- 1983–1994: McAfee Professor of Nuclear Engineering
- 1994–2003: Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Engineering
1957–1958: Solomon Buchsbaum, Researcher, Research Laboratory of Electronics
1957–1960: Jürgen Moser, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
1957–2007: Francis Low
- 1957–1968: Professor of Physics
- 1968–1985: Karl Compton Professor of Physics
- 1980–1985: Provost
- 1985–1992: Institute Professor, Laboratory for Nuclear Science
- 1992–2007: Institute Professor Emeritus
1958–present: George Benedek
- 1958–1979: Assistant Professor to Professor in Physics
- 1979–present: Fred H. Caspary Professor of Physics and Biological Physics
1960–1968: James Glimm, Assistant Professor to Professor of Mathematics
1960–1998: Irving Segal
- 1960–1989: Professor of Mathematics
- 1989–1998: Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
1960–present: Mildred Dresselhaus
- 1960–1967: Researcher, Lincoln Laboratories
- 1967–1968: Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 1968–1973: Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 1973–1985: Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1985–present: Institute Professor
1960–present: Jerome Friedman
- 1960–1967: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1967–1988: Professor of Physics
- 1988–1990: William A. Coolidge Professor
- 1990–present: Institute Professor
- 2005–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
1961–1965: David Edwards, Researcher, Lincoln Laboratory
1961–1967: Charles Townes
- 1961–1966: Provost and Professor of Physics
- 1966–1967: Institute Professor
1961–1999: Henry Kendall
- 1961–1967: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1967–1991: Professor of Physics
- 1991–1999: J. A. Stratton Professor of Physics
1961–present: Robert Meservey
- 1961–1963: Physicist, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1963–present: Senior Scientist, Francis Bitter Magnetic Laboratory
1962–present: Ali Javan
- 1962–1978: Associate Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1978–1996: Francis Wright Professor
- 1996–present: Professor Emeritus of Physics
1964–1978: John Cahn, Professor of Materials Science
1964–1994: Jerome Wiesner
- 1964–1966: Dean of Science
- 1966–1971: Provost
- 1971–1980: President
- 1980–1994: Institute Professor and Emeritus President
1964–present: Rainer Weiss
- 1964–1967: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1967–1973: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1973–2001: Professor of Physics
- 2001–present: Professor of Physics, Emeritus
1965–1977: Frank Press, Professor of Geophysics
1965–2005: Philip Morrison
- 1965–1976: Professor of Physics
- 1976–1986: Institute Professor
- 1986–2005: Institute Professor Emeritus
1966–present: Daniel Kleppner
- 1966–1973: Associate Professor, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1974–1985: Professor of Physics
- 1985–2007: Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics
- 2007–present: Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics Emeritus
1967–1976: H. Eugene Stanley
- 1967–1969: Staff Member, Solid State Physics Group, Lincoln Laboratory
- 1969–1971: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1971–1973: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1973–1976: Hermann von Helmholtz Associate Professor of Health Science and Technology
1967–1998: Paul Tedrow, Research Scientist, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
1967–present: Samuel Ting
- 1967–1969: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1969–1977: Professor of Physics
- 1977–present: Thomas Dudley Cabot Institute Professor
1968–1975: Elliott Lieb
- 1968–1973: Professor of Applied Mathematics
- 1973–1975: Professor of Mathematics and Physics
1968–present: David Pritchard
- 1968–1968: Staff Member, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1968–1980: Instructor to Associate Professor, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1980–2001: Professor of Physics, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 2001–present: Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, Research Laboratory of Electronics
1968–present: Bruno Coppi, Professor of Physics
1969–1970: George Bertsch, Assistant Professor of Physics
1969–1973: Steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics
1969–present: Roman Jackiw, Assistant Professor to Jerrold Zacharias Professor of Physics
1973–present: Marc Kastner
- 1973–1989: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1989–present: Donner Professor of Science
- 2007–present: Dean, School of Science
1974–present: John Joannopoulos
- 1974–1983: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1983–1995: Professor of Physics
- 1996–present: Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics
1975–2000: Robert Birgeneau
- 1975–1982: Professor of Physics
- 1982–2000: Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
- 1991–2000: Dean of Science
1976–1978: William Phillips, Chaim Weizmann Fellow
1977–1977: Robert Cava, Temporary Member, Technical Staff, Lincoln Laboratory
1977–present: Jeffrey Goldstone
- 1977–1983: Professor of Physics
- 1983–2004: Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
- 2004–present: Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Emeritus
1977–present: Miklos Porkolab, Professor of Physics
1978–1981: Stephen Pope
- 1978–1981: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- 1981–1981: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1978–1991: Ronald Davidson, Professor of Physics, Plasma Fusion Center
1978–present: Robert Balluffi
- 1978–2006: Professor of Physical Metallurgy
- 2006–present: Emeritus Professor of Physical Metallurgy
1980–present: Daniel Freedman
- 1980–present: Professor of Applied Mathematics
- 2001–present: Professor of Physics
1981–present: Alan Guth
- 1981–1986: Associate Professor
- 1986–1989: Professor
- 1989–1991: Jerrold Zacharias Professor of Physics
- 1992–present: Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics
1981–present: Howard Brenner, William Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering
1981–present: Jagadeesh Moodera, Researcher and Principal Investigator, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
1982–1984: S. James Gates, Jr., Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
1982–present: Patrick Lee
- 1982–1991: Professor of Physics
- 1991–present: William and Emma Rogers Professor of Physics
1986–1987: Nicholas Read, Research Fellow
1989–1990: Lyman Page, Research Fellow
1989–1996: Boris Altshuler, Professor of Physics
1990–present: Wolfgang Ketterle
- 1990–1993: Research Associate
- 1993–1997: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1997–1998: Professor of Physics
- 1998–present: John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics
1991–2001: Lisa Randall
- 1991–1995: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1995–1998: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1998–2001: Professor of Physics
1997–2002: Victoria Kaspi
- 1997–1997: Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Space Research
- 1997–2002: Assistant Professor of Physics
2000–present: Frank Wilczek, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics

PhDs

1910: Richard Tolman
1916: Vannevar Bush
1916: Jerome Hunsaker
1924: Frederick Terman
1929: John Kirkwood
1933: Chaim Pekeris
1935: James Fisk
1936: William Shockley
1937: Leonard Schiff
1939: Marvin Chodorow
1941: Albert Clogston
1941: Martin Deutsch
1942: Herman Feshbach
1943: George Vineyard
1947: Herbert Callen
1947: John Galt
1947: Melvin Lax
1947: Joaquin "Quin" Luttinger
1948: Martin Klein
1949: Manfred Biondi
1949: J. David Jackson
1949: Robert Kraichnan
1949: Benjamin Lax
1950: Robert Balluffi
1950: Edward David Jr.
1950: John Waymouth
1951: Murray Gell-Mann
1953: Robert Noyce
1954: Hermann Haus
1954: George Schulz
1954: Michael Tinkham
1955: Henry Kendall
1956: Norman Rasmussen
1956: Burton Richter
1957: Solomon Buchsbaum
1957: Arthur Poskanzer
1958: J. Dirk Walecka
1962: Rainer Weiss
1965: Dean Eastman
1965: Donald Hamann
1966: Praveen Chaudhari
1969: Francesco Iachello
1970: Noel Clark
1970: Mitchell Feigenbaum
1970: Patrick Lee
1970: George Smoot
1972: Alan Guth
1973: Shirley Ann Jackson
1975: Steven Koonin
1976: William Phillips
1977: S. James Gates, Jr.
1978: Robert Cava
1978: Nathaniel Fisch
1978: Cherry Murray
1979: Robert Laughlin
1982: Andrew Strominger
1983: Gabriel Aeppli
1984: Charles Bennett
1986: Andrew Millis
1988: Eric Isaacs
1988: Robert Willett
1989: Lyman Page
1990: Eric Cornell

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