Past Directors

Julius A. Stratton
(EE 1923, SM 1926)

• 1946–1949 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1949–1951 Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1951–1955 Vice President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1955–1957 Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1957–1959 Acting President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1959–1966 President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Albert G. Hill

• 1949–1952 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1952–1955 Director, Lincoln Laboratory
• 1970–1975 Vice President for Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jerome B. Wiesner

• 1947–1949 Assistant Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1949–1952 Associate Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1952–1961 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1966–1971 Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1971–1980 President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Henry J. Zimmermann
(SM 1942)

• 1952–1960 Associate Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1961–1976 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Peter A. Wolff

• 1976–1981 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1981–1993 Director, Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory

Jonathan Allen
(PhD 1968)

• 1978–1981 Associate Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
• 1981–2000 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Jeffrey H. Shapiro
(S.B. 1967, S.M. 1968, E.E. 1969, and Ph.D.1970)

• 2000–2011 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Yoel Fink
(Ph.D. 2000)

• 2011–2016 Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics