Current and Former Senior Fellows
Current Senior Fellows
Alan Garber, ex officio
Medicine, Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2013 - present
John Manning, ex officio
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2024 - present
Hopi Hoekstra, ex officio
Evolutionary Biology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2023 - present
Noah Feldman, Chair
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2010 - present (Chair 2020 - present)
Catherine Dulac
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2022 - present
Peter Galison
History of Science
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1996 - present
Tamar Gendler, Acting
Philosophy, Psychology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2026 - present
Jerry Green
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2000 - present
Bertrand I. Halperin
Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2004 - present
Joseph Koerner
History of Art
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2008 - present
Elaine Scarry (on leave AY2026-27)
English
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1994 - present
Naomi Pierce
Biology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1997 - present
Martin Puchner, Acting
Drama, English, Comparative Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2026 - present
Andrew Strominger
Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2000 - present
Eric Nelson
History, Political Theory
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2025 - present
William Todd
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1992 - present
Xiaowei Zhuang
Biophysics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2023 - present
Current Senior Fellows, Active Emeritus
Walter Gilbert, Active Emeritus
Biology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1978 - present (Chair 1996 - 2020)
Barry Mazur, Active Emeritus
Mathematics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2002 - present
Gregory Nagy, Active Emeritus
Classics, Comparative Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1999 - present
Amartya Sen, Active Emeritus
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1990 - 1998, 2004 - present
Maria Tatar, Active Emeritus
Germanic Languages & Literatures
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2010 - present
Former Senior Fellows
(* indicates deceased)
K. Anthony Appiah
Philosophy, Afro-American Studies
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2000 - 2002
Bernard Bailyn *
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1982 - 1986, 1989 - 2005
Lawrence Bacow, ex officio
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2018 - 2023
Walter J. Bate *
English Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1963 - 1967
George D. Birkoff, ex officio *
Mathematics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1935 - 1939
Herbert Bloch *
Latin Language & Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1964 - 1979
Derek Bok, ex officio
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1971 - 1991, 2006 - 2007
Crane Brinton *
Ancient and Modern History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1939 - 1964 (Chair 1943 - 1964)
Reuben A. Brower *
English Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1967 - 1975
Paul Buck, ex officio *
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1942 - 1953
McGeorge Bundy, ex officio *
Political Science
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1953 - 1960
John Clive *
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1975 - 1982
James B. Conant, ex officio *
Chemistry
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1953
Nancy Cott
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2005 - 2010
Charles P. Curtis *
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1936
Paul Doty *
Chemistry, Biochemistry
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1963 - 1981
Burton S. Dreben *
Philosophy, Mathematical Logic
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1976 - 1989 (Chair 1976 - 1989)
John T. Dunlop, ex officio *
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1970 - 1973
Drew Gilpin Faust, ex officio
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2007 - 2018
William S. Ferguson *
Ancient History, Classics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1939 - 1942
James B. Fisk *
Engineering, Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1949
Franklin L. Ford, ex officio *
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1968 - 1974, ex officio 1962 - 1968
Paul A. Freund *
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1968 - 1978
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Acting)
African and African American Studies
Years Served as a Acting Senior Fellow: 2022 - 2024
Claudine Gay, ex officio
Government, African & African American Studies
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2018 - 2024
Howard Georgi
Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1982 - 1998
Andrew Gleason *
Mathematics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1977 - 1996 (Chair 1989 - 1996)
Lawrence J. Henderson *
Physiology, Biochemistry
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1942 (Chair 1933 - 1942)
Frederick L. Hisaw *
Biological Sciences
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1942 - 1962
David H. Hubel *
Neurobiology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1971 - 1996
Howard M. Jones, ex officio *
English Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1943 - 1944
William C. Kirby, ex officio
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2002 - 2006
Jeremy Knowles, ex officio *
Chemistry
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1991 - 2002, 2006 - 2007
David S. Landes *
Economics, History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1987 - 1995
Wassily Leontief *
Economics, Political Economy
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1956 - 1975 (Chair 1965 - 1975)
Jill Lepore
History, Law
Years Served as Acting Senior Fellow: 2021 - 2022
Harry T. Levin *
English & Comparative Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1947 - 1966
Abbott L. Lowell *
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1943
John L. Lowes *
English Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1945
Samuel E. Morison *
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1936 - 1952
Martha Minow
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1997 - 2018
Kenneth B. Murdock, ex officio *
English Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1936
David R. Nelson
Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1989 - 2003
Arthur D. Nock *
History of Religion
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1937 - 1963
Robert Nozick *
Philosophy
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1991 - 2002
David Owen *
History
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1964 - 1968
Stephen Owen *
East Asian Languages & Civilizations
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1986 - 1993
Renato Poggioli *
Slavic & Comparative Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1952 - 1963
Edward M. Purcell *
Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1949 - 1972
Nathan M. Pusey, ex officio *
Classics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1953 - 1971
Williard V. Quine *
Philosophy, Mathematical Logic
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1949 - 1978
Norman Ramsey *
Physics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1971 - 1982
Henry Rosovsky, ex officio *
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1973 - 1984
Neil Rudenstine, ex officio
English & American Literature
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1991 - 2001
Henry L. Shattuck *
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1944 - 1955
Michael D. Smith, ex officio
Computer Science
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2007 - 2018
Robert Solow *
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1975 - 1989
Jurij Striedter *
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1978 - 1990
Lawrence H. Summers, ex officio
Economics
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 2001 - 2006
Helen Vendler *
English
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1980 - 1993
James D. Watson
Genetics, Biochemistry
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1963 - 1971
Alfred N. Whitehead *
Philosophy
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1933 - 1947
Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. *
Law
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1964 - 1976
Nur Yalman *
Anthropology
Years Served as a Senior Fellow: 1993 - 2026