List 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 | Image | Name | Term starts | Term ends | Notes |
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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 | December 6, 2004 | July 1, 2012 | [1][2] | |
17 | 18 | L. Rafael Reif | July 2, 2012 | December 31, 2022 | [3][4] | |
18 | 19 | Sally Kornbluth | January 1, 2023 | Incumbent | [5] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Dr. Susan Hockfield". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. August 26, 2004.
- ^ Nickerson, Nate (February 16, 2012). "Susan Hockfield to step down". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ Bradt, Steve (May 16, 2012). "L. Rafael Reif selected as MIT's 17th president". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ Bradt, Steve (February 10, 2022). "L. Rafael Reif to step down as MIT president". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ Bradt, Steve (October 20, 2022). "Sally Kornbluth is named as MIT's 18th president". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ "Leadership". Massachusetts Institute of Technology.