Prior to 2016 the chief administrative officer of each of Yale's undergraduate residential colleges was given the honorific title Master, derived from the Latin magister and in common usage in the residential colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. In 2016 the Yale Corporation voted to replace that honorific title with Head of College.

Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1932 - 1938)

Charles Hyde Warren (1938 - 1945)

John Spangler Nicholas (1945 - 1963)

George Deforest Lord (1963 - 1966)

Ronald Myles Dworkin (1966 - 1969)

Kai Theodor Erikson (1969 - 1973)

Robert John Fogelin (1973 - 1977)

Michael George Cooke (1977 - 1982)

Frank William Kenneth Firk (1982 - 1987)

Harry Adams (1987 - 1997)

Janet B. Henrich (1997 - 2002)

Frederick J. Streets (2002 - 2003)  acting

Janet B. Henrich (2003 - 2013)

Margaret Clark (2013 - 2023)

D.S. Fahmeed Hyder (2023 - Present)

The Dean serves as the chief academic officer in Yale's undergraduate residential college system.

Russell Inslee Clark, Jr  (1963 - 1965)

Edwin Storer Redkey  (1965 - 1968)

Paul Terry Magee  (1968 - 1971)

W. Scott Long (1971 - 1978)

C.M. Long (1974 - 1975)  acting

Robert A. Jaeger  (1978 - 1982)

McManus Ramsbottom (1982 - 1986)

Peter B. MacKeith (1986 - 1990)

William Di Canzio (1990 - 1998)

Peter Novak (1998 - 2001)

Laura King (2001 - 2004)

Jasmina Besirevic-Regan (2004 - 2016)

Surjit Chandhoke (2016 - Present)