History
| William Fairfield Warren | 1873–1903 |
| William E. Huntington | 1904–1911 |
| Lemuel H. Murlin | 1911–1924 |
| Edwin Holt Hughes (acting) | May–Sep 1923 |
| William F. Anderson (acting) | 1925–1926 |
| Daniel L. Marsh | 1926–1950 |
| Harold C. Case | 1950–1967 |
| Arland Christ-Janer | 1967–1970 |
| Calvin B.T. Lee (acting) | 1970 |
| John Silber | 1971–1996 |
| Jon Westling | 1996–2003 |
| John Silber | 2003–2004 |
| Aram Chobanian | 2004–2006 |
| Robert A. Brown | 2006 – present |
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“There is a history in all men’s lives,
Figuring the natures of the times deceased,
The which observed, a man may prophesy,
With a near aim, of the main chance of things
As yet not come to life.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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