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 ().

The followings have served as president of MIT:

+ MIT Presidents Image Name Term starts Term ends 1 William Barton Rogers 186218702 John Daniel Runkle 18701878–William Barton Rogers187918813 Francis Amasa Walker 188118974 James Crafts 189719005 Henry Smith Pritchett 19001907acting Arthur Amos Noyes 190719096 Richard Cockburn Maclaurin 1909January 15, 1920acting Elihu Thomson 192019217 Ernest Fox Nichols 19211922actingElihu Thomson192219238 Samuel Wesley Stratton 192319309 Karl Taylor Compton 1930194810 James Rhyne Killian 1948195911 Julius Adams Stratton 1959196612 Howard Wesley Johnson 1966197113 Jerome Wiesner October 7, 1971September 25, 198014 Paul Edward Gray September 26, 1980October 14, 199015 Charles Marstiller Vest October 15, 1990December 5, 200416 Susan Hockfield December 6, 2004July 1, 201217 L. Rafael Reif July 2, 2012December 31, 202218 Sally Kornbluth January 1, 2023Incumbent

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