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).

MIT Presidents
No. TermImageNameTerm startsTerm endsNotes
1 1William Barton Rogers1862 1870
2 2John Daniel Runkle1870 1878
– 3 William Barton Rogers 1879 1881
3 4Francis Amasa Walker1881 1897
4 5James Crafts1897 1900
5 6Henry Smith Pritchett1900 1907
actingArthur Amos Noyes1907 1909
6 7Richard Cockburn Maclaurin1909 1920
actingElihu Thomson1920 1921
7 8Ernest Fox Nichols1921 1922
acting Elihu Thomson 1922 1923
8 9Samuel Wesley Stratton1923 1930
9 10Karl Taylor Compton1930 1948
10 11James Rhyne Killian1948 1959
11 12Julius Adams Stratton1959 1966
12 13Howard Wesley Johnson1966 1971
13 14Jerome Wiesner1971 1980
14 15Paul Edward Gray1980 1990
15 16Charles Marstiller Vest1990 2004
16 17Susan HockfieldDecember 6, 2004 July 1, 2012
17 18L. Rafael ReifJuly 2, 2012 December 31, 2022
18 19Sally KornbluthJanuary 1, 2023 Incumbent

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