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DeutschList of presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has had 20 presidents (18 inaugurated, 1 acting then inaugurated, 1 acting) in its 163-year history (as of 2024[update]).
| No. | Term | Name | Term starts | Term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | William Barton Rogers | 1862 | 1870 |
| 2 | 2 | John Daniel Runkle | 1870 | 1878 |
| – | 3 | William Barton Rogers | 1879 | 1881 |
| 3 | 4 | Francis Amasa Walker | 1881 | 1897 |
| 4 | 5 | James Crafts | 1897 | 1900 |
| 5 | 6 | Henry Smith Pritchett | 1900 | 1907 |
| acting | Arthur Amos Noyes | 1907 | 1909 | |
| 6 | 7 | Richard Cockburn Maclaurin | 1909 | 1920 |
| acting | Elihu Thomson | 1920 | 1921 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ernest Fox Nichols | 1921 | 1922 |
| acting | Elihu Thomson | 1922 | 1923 | |
| 8 | 9 | Samuel Wesley Stratton | 1923 | 1930 |
| 9 | 10 | Karl Taylor Compton | 1930 | 1948 |
| 10 | 11 | James Rhyne Killian | 1948 | 1959 |
| 11 | 12 | Julius Adams Stratton | 1959 | 1966 |
| 12 | 13 | Howard Wesley Johnson | 1966 | 1971 |
| 13 | 14 | Jerome Wiesner | 1971 | 1980 |
| 14 | 15 | Paul Edward Gray | 1980 | 1990 |
| 15 | 16 | Charles Marstiller Vest | 1990 | 2004 |
| 16 | 17 | Susan Hockfield | 2004 | 2012 |
| 17 | 18 | L. Rafael Reif | 2012 | 2022 |
| 18 | 19 | Sally Kornbluth | 2023 | Incumbent |