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1908–1929: William Magie
1929–1930: Karl Compton
1930–1934: Edwin Adams
1935–1949: Henry Smyth
1949–1960: Alan Shenstone
1961–1967: Walker Bleakney
1967–1970: Robert Dicke
1971–1976: Marvin Goldberger
1976–1981: Val Fitch
1981–1987: Sam Treiman
1987–1991: David Wilkinson
1991–1998: Stewart Smith
1998–2001: Curtis Callan
2001–2008: Daniel Marlow
2008–2011: Curtis Callan
2011–present: Lyman Page

Faculty and Postdocs

1900–1965: Luther Eisenhart
- 1900–1905: Instructor in Mathematics
- 1905–1909: Preceptor
- 1909–1929: Professor of Mathematics
- 1925–1933: Dean of the Faculty
- 1929–1945: Dod Professor of Mathematics
- 1933–1945: Dean of the Graduate School
- 1945–1965: Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
1905–1957: Henry Russell
- 1905–1908: Instructor in Astronomy
- 1908–1911: Assistant Professor of Astronomy
- 1911–1927: Professor of Astronomy
- 1927–1947: Research Professor of Astronomy
- 1947–1957: Emeritus Research Professor of Astronomy
1915–1930: Karl Compton
- 1915–1919: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1919–1930: Professor of Physics
1923–1924: Merle Tuve, Instructor in Physics
1924–1986: Henry Smyth
- 1924–1925: Instructor in Physics
- 1925–1929: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1929–1936: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1936–1946: Professor of Physics
- 1946–1966: Joseph Henry Professor of Physics
- 1966–1986: Emeritus Professor of Physics
1925–1938: Tracy Thomas
- 1925–1926: NRC Fellow in Mathematics
- 1926–1938: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Mathematics
1925–1980: Allen Shenstone
- 1925–1938: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1938–1962: Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
- 1962–1980: Class of 1909 Emeritus Professor of Physics and Senior Research Physicist
1926–1927: Robert Brode, National Research Fellow in Physics
1926–1930: George Kistiakowsky
- 1926–1928: International Education Board Fellow in Physical Chemistry
- 1928–1930: Research Associate
1928–1937: Edward Condon
- 1928–1929: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1930–1937: Associate Professor of Physics
1929–1930: Philip Morse, Instructor in Physics
1929–1931: Robert Van de Graaff, NRC Fellow
1930–1931: John von Neumann, Lecturer
1930–1992: Walker Bleakney
- 1930–1932: National Research Fellow
- 1932–1953: Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1953–1963: Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics
- 1963–1969: Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
- 1969–1992: Class of 1909 Emeritus Professor of Physics
1931–1936: Eugene Wigner
- 1931–1934: Research Professor
- 1934–1936: Visiting Professor
1931–1947: Howard Percy "Bob" Robertson
- 1931–1938: Associate Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1938–1947: Professor of Mathematical Physics
1934–1935: Frederick Seitz, Proctor Fellow
1938–1939: Robert Hofstadter, Procter Fellow
1938–1976: John Wheeler
- 1938–1945: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1945–1947: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1947–1966: Professor of Physics
- 1966–1976: Joseph Henry Professor of Physics
1938–1995: Eugene Wigner
- 1938–1971: Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics, Palmer Physics Laboratory
- 1971–1995: Thomas D. Jones Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics
1939–1940: W. Conyers Herring, Instructor in Mathematics
1939–1942: Edward Cruetz, Instructor in Physics
1940–1941: Henry "Heinz" Barschall, Instructor in Physics
1940–1946: Robert R. Wilson, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics
1941–1943: Richard Feynman, Physicist, Isotron Development Project
1941–1943: Irving Segal, Research Associate
1942–1943: Elliott Montroll, Instructor in Physics
1942–1945: James Fletcher, Instructor
1943–1944: Chien-Shiung Wu, Instructor
1945–1945: Herbert Callen, Researcher in Electronics
1945–1979: Edward Frieman
- 1945–1952: Instructor in Physics
- 1952–1953: Research Associate, Project Matterhorn
- 1954–1961: Head, Theoretical Division, Project Matterhorn
- 1961–1964: Head, Theoretical Division, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1961–1979: Professor of Astrophysical Science
- 1964–1979: Associate Director, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1946–1949: John Winckler, Instructor in Physics, Palmer Laboratory
1946–1950: Robert Hofstadter, Assistant Professor of Physics
1946–1951: David Bohm, Assistant Professor of Physics
1946–1989: Valentine Bargmann
- 1946–1947: Visiting Lecturer
- 1948–1976: Associate Professor to Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1976–1989: Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics
1946–1997: Robert Dicke
- 1946–1957: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1957–1975: Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics
- 1975–1984: Albert Einstein Professor of Science
- 1984–1997: Emeritus Albert Einstein Professor of Science
1947–1997: Lyman Spitzer Jr.
- 1947–1952: Professor of Astronomy
- 1952–1982: Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy
- 1982–1997: Charles A. Young Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
1949–1950: Menahem Schiffer, Visiting Professor
1949–1950: Richard Stein, Assistant
1949–2013: Arthur Wightman
- 1949–1971: Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1971–1992: Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1992–2013: Professor Emeritus
1951–1989: Martin Kruskal
- 1951–1959: Research Scientist, Project Matterhorn
- 1959–1961: Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in Astronomy, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1961–1989: Professor of Astrophysical Science, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1952–1999: Sam Treiman
- 1952–1958: Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1958–1963: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1963–1977: Professor of Physics
- 1977–1998: Eugene V. Higgins Professor of Physics
- 1998–1999: Eugene V. Higgins Emeritus Professor of Physics
1953–1993: Thomas Stix
- 1953–1954: Research Assistant, Project Matterhorn
- 1954–1956: Research Associate, Project Matterhorn
- 1956–1961: Associate Head, Experimental Division, Project Matterhorn
- 1961–1978: Co-Head, Experimental Division, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1978–1993: Associate Director of Academic Affairs, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1954–1955: Stephan Berko, National Research Fellow
1954–1955: Louis Howard, Higgins Lecturer in Mathematics
1954–1960: Val Fitch, Instructor to Professor of Physics
1954–1964: Ira Bernstein, Senior Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1954–1969: Francis Chen, Senior Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
1954–present: Russell Kulsrud
- 1954–1959: Physicist, Project Matterhorn
- 1959–1964: Senior Research Associate, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1964–1966: Head, Theoretical Section, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1967–2004: Professor of Astrophysical Science
- 2004–present: Professor Emeritus of Astrophysical Science
1955–1958: David Pines, Assistant Professor
1956–1963: Charles Misner
- 1956–1959: Instructor in Physics
- 1959–1963: Assistant Professor of Physics
1956–1973: John Dawson
- 1956–1962: Research Physicist, Project Matterhorn
- 1962–1964: Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1964–1966: Associate Head, Theoretical Group, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1966–1973: Head, Theoretical Group, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1956–1982: John Greene, Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1957–1978: Marvin "Murph" Goldberger
- 1957–1977: Higgins Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1977–1978: Joseph Henry Professor of Physics
1958–1959: Riccardo Giacconi, Research Associate, Cosmic Ray Laboratory
1958–1961: Ernest Warburton, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics
1958–1971: James Cronin
- 1958–1962: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1962–1964: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1964–1971: Professor of Physics
1961–1963: Bruno Coppi, Member, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1962–1964: Rainer Weiss, Research Associate in Physics
1962–1968: Walter Elsasser, Professor of Geophysics
1963–2002: David Wilkinson, Instructor to Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Emeritus
1964–1966: James Hartle, Instructor in Physics
1964–1967: Curtis Callan
- 1964–1965: Research Fellow
- 1965–1967: Instructor in Physics
1964–1968: Gerald Brown, Professor of Physics
1964–1970: Robert Pollock
- 1964–1969: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1969–1970: Research Physicist
1964–1980: John Hopfield
- 1964–1979: Professor of Physics
- 1979–1980: Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
1965–1966: Kip Thorne, NSF Fellow
1966–1969: George Bertsch, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics
1966–1972: John Schwarz
- 1966–1968: Instructor and Lecturer
- 1968–1969: Lecturer
- 1969–1972: Assistant Professor of Physics
1966–1974: Norman Christ, Instructor to Associate Professor
1967–1977: Miklos Porkolab
- 1967–1968: Research Assistant, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1968–1971: Research Staff Member, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1971–1975: Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1975–1977: Senior Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1967–2002: Harold Furth
- 1967–1978: Co-Head, Experimental Division, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1967–2002: Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
- 1978–1980: Associate Director and Head, Research Department, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1981–1990: Director, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1968–1973: James York
- 1968–1969: Research Associate in Physics
- 1969–1970: Lecturer
- 1970–1973: Assistant Professor of Physics
1969–1971: Eric Adelberger, Assistant Professor
1969–1972: William Kruer
- 1969–1970: Research Associate, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1970–1972: Member, Research Staff, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1969–1996: David Gross
- 1969–1986: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1986–1996: Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
1972–1976: Stuart Freedman
- 1972–1975: Instructor in Physics
- 1975–1976: Lecturer
1972–present: Curtis Callan
- 1972–1986: Professor of Physics
- 1986–1995: Eugene Higgins Professor
- 1995–present: James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
1973–1981: Michael Witherell
- 1973–1975: Instructor in Physics
- 1975–1981: Assistant Professor of Physics
1974–1981: Frank Wilczek
- 1974–1974: Instructor
- 1974–1978: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1978–1980: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1980–1981: Professor of Physics
1975–1982: Michael Aizenman
- 1975–1977: Research Associate in Physics and Mathematics
- 1977–1982: Assistant Professor of Physics
1975–present: Philip Anderson
- 1975–1997: Joseph Henry Professor of Physics
- 1997–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
1975–present: Elliott Lieb, Professor of Mathematics and Physics
1976–present: Val Fitch
- 1976–1983: Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor
- 1983–2005: James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics
- 2005–present: James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor Physics Emeritus
1977–2007: Russell Hulse
- 1977–1980: Member, Technical Staff, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1980–1984: Staff Research Physicist II, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1984–1992: Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1992–2007: Principal Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory
1978–present: Nathaniel Fisch
- 1978–1991: Researcher, Plasma Physics Laboratory
- 1991–present: Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
1979–present: Robert Austin
- 1979–1989: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1989–present: Professor of Physics
1980–1987: Edward Witten, Professor of Physics
1980–1991: William Happer, Professor of Physics
1980–present: Joseph Taylor Jr.
- 1980–1986: Professor of Physics
- 1986–2006: James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics
- 2000–2006: Dean of Faculty
- 2006–present: James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics Emeritus
1982–2007: Bohdan Paczynski
- 1982–1989: Professor of Astrophysics
- 1989–2007: Lyman Spitzer Jr. Professor of Astrophysics
1982–present: Daniel Tsui, Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering
1986–1987: Susan Coppersmith, Visiting Lecturer
1988–2005: Paul Chaikin
- 1988–2001: Professor of Physics
- 2001–2005: Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics
1989–present: Alexander Polyakov
- 1989–1999: Professor of Physics
- 1999–present: Joseph Henry Professor of Physics
1990–present: Lyman Page
- 1990–1991: Instructor in Physics
- 1991–1995: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1995–1998: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1998–2005: Professor of Physics
- 2005–present: Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics
1990–present: Michael Aizenman, Professor of Physics and Mathematics
1990–present: F. Duncan M. Haldane, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
1991–1994: Albert Libchaber, Professor of Physics
1991–present: Ronald Davidson, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
1993–present: William Happer
- 1993–1995: Professor of Physics
- 1995–2003: Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
- 2003–present: Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics
1993–present: Yakov Sinai, Professor of Mathematics
1994–1994: Victoria Kaspi, Higgins Instructor in Physics
1996–2007: Boris Altshuler, Professor of Physics
1996–present: Robert Cava
- 1996–2006: Professor of Chemistry, Materials Institute
- 2006–present: Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry, Materials Institute
1997–present: John Hopfield
- 1997–2001: Professor of Molecular Biology
- 2001–present: Howard A. Prior Professor of Molecular Biology
1998–2000: Lisa Randall, Professor of Physics
1998–present: Paul Steinhardt
- 1998–2001: Professor of Physics
- 2001–present: Albert Einstein Professor of Science
2001–2009: William Brinkman, Senior Research Physicist
2001–present: William Bialek
- 2001–2003: Professor of Physics
- 2003–present: John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor of Physics
2001–present: Frank Stillinger
- 2001–2003: Visiting Research Collaborator, Department of Chemistry
- 2003–present: Senior Scientist, Department of Chemistry
2001–present: David Tank, Professor of Molecular Biology and Physics

PhDs

1899: Henry Russell
1911: Clinton Davisson
1912: Karl Compton
1916: Arthur Compton
1916: Alan Waterman
1921: Henry Smyth
1922: Allen Shenstone
1923: Tracy Thomas
1924: Donald Menzel
1925: Carl Eckart
1929: Kenneth Bainbridge
1929: Thomas Killian
1929: Philip Morse
1932: Edwin McMillan
1934: Frederick Seitz
1936: John Bardeen
1937: W. Conyers Herring
1938: Robert Hofstadter
1938: Lyman Spitzer Jr.
1940: Henry "Heinz" Barschall
1940: Anthony Turkevich
1942: Richard Feynman
1946: John Winckler
1949: Richard Stein
1949: Arthur Wightman
1950: David Pines
1953: Louis Howard
1953: Thomas Stix
1957: Charles Misner
1957: Steven Weinberg
1963: Charles Duke
1963: Robert Pollock
1964: Stephen Adler
1964: Curtis Callan
1964: William Happer
1964: Charles Kennel
1964: Jeremiah Sullivan
1965: George Bertsch
1965: Kip Thorne
1966: Ronald Davidson
1966: Arthur Jaffe
1968: Samuel Aronson
1969: William Kruer
1970: Piermaria Oddone
1972: John Lindl
1972: Melvyn Shochet
1972: Robert Wald
1973: Richard Smalley
1974: Margaret Geller
1974: Sidney Nagel
1974: G. Peter Nanos
1974: Frank Wilczek
1977: Steven Girvin
1979: Robert McKeown
1985: Cumrun Vafa
1993: Victoria Kaspi
1996: Juan Maldacena

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