Former Senior Fellows

(* indicates deceased )

  NAME  FIELD YEARS SERVED
AS SENIOR FELLOW
  K. Anthony Appiah Philosophy, Afro-American Studies 2000 - 2002
* Bernard Bailyn History 1982 - 1986, 1989 - 2005
  Lawrence Bacowex officio Economics 2018 - 2023
    * Walter J. Bate English Literature 1963 - 1967
    * George D. Birkoff, ex officio Mathematics 1935 - 1939
    * Herbert Bloch Latin Language & Literature 1964 - 1979
  Derek Bok, ex officio Law 1971 - 1991, 2006 - 2007
    * Crane Brinton Ancient and Modern History 1939 - 1964 (Chair 1943-64)
    * Reuben A. Brower English Literature 1967 - 1975
    * Paul Buck, ex officio History 1942 - 1953
    * McGeorge Bundy, ex officio Political Science 1953 - 1960
    * John Clive History 1975 - 1982
    * James B. Conant, ex officio Chemistry 1933 - 1953
  Nancy Cott History 2005 - 2010
    * Charles P. Curtis Law 1933 - 1936
    * Paul Doty Chemistry, Biochemistry 1963 - 1981
    * Burton S. Dreben Philosophy, Mathematical Logic 1976 - 1989 (Chair 1976 - 89)
    * John T. Dunlop, ex officio Economics 1970 - 1973
  Drew Gilpin Faust, ex officio History 2007 - 2018
    * William S. Ferguson Ancient History, Classics 1939 - 1942
    * James B. Fisk Engineering, Physics 1949     
    * Franklin L. Ford, ex officio History 1968 - 1974, ex officio 1962 - 1968
    * Paul A. Freund Law 1968 - 1978
  Claudine Gay Government, African & African American Studies 2018 - 2024
  Howard Georgi Physics 1982 - 1998
    * Andrew Gleason Mathematics 1977 - 1996 (Chair 1989 - 96)
    * Lawrence J. Henderson Physiology, Biochemistry 1933 - 1942 (Chair 1933 - 42)
    * Frederick L. Hisaw Biological Sciences 1942 - 1962
    * David H. Hubel Neurobiology 1971 - 1996
    * Howard M. Jones, ex officio English Literature 1943 - 1944
  William C. Kirby, ex officio History 2002 - 2006
    * Jeremy Knowles, ex officio Chemistry 1991 - 2002, 2006 - 2007
    * David S. Landes Economics, History 1987 - 1995
    * Wassily Leontief Economics, Political Economy 1956 - 1975 (Chair 1965 - 75)
    * Harry T. Levin English & Comparative Literature 1947 - 1966
    * Abbott L. Lowell Law 1933 - 1943
    * John L. Lowes English Literature 1933 - 1945
    * Samuel E. Morison History 1936 - 1952
  Martha Minow Law 1997 - 2018
    * Kenneth B. Murdock, ex officio English Literature 1933 - 1936
  David R. Nelson Physics 1989 - 2003
    * Arthur D. Nock History of Religion 1937 - 1963
    * Robert Nozick Philosophy 1991 - 2002
    * David Owen History 1964 - 1968
  Stephen Owen East Asian Languages & Civilizations 1986 - 1993
    * Renato Poggioli Slavic & Comparative Literature 1952 - 1963
    * Edward M. Purcell Physics 1949 - 1972
    * Nathan M. Pusey, ex officio Classics 1953 - 1971
    * Williard V. Quine Philosophy, Mathematical Logic 1949 - 1978
    * Norman Ramsey Physics 1971 - 1982
* Henry Rosovsky, ex officio Economics 1973 - 1984
  Neil Rudenstine, ex officio English & American Literature 1991 - 2001
    * Henry L. Shattuck Law 1944 - 1955
  Michael D. Smithex officio Computer Science 2007 - 2018
  Robert Solow Economics 1975 - 1989
    * Jurij Striedter Slavic Languages & Literatures 1978 - 1990
  Lawrence H. Summers, ex officio Economics 2001 - 2006
  Helen Vendler English 1980 - 1993
  James D. Watson Genetics, Biochemistry 1963 - 1971
    * Alfred N. Whitehead Philosophy 1933 - 1947
    * Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. Law 1964 - 1976