The office of the dean of Yale College was established in 1884. Prior to that date, the Rector or President oversaw the academic program of Yale College.

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Dean

Henry Parks Wright (1884 - 1909)

Frederick Scheetz Jones (1909 - 1927)

Clarence Whittlesey Mendell (1926 - 1937)

George Henry Nettleton (1937 - 1939)

William Clyde DeVane (1938 - 1963)

Alfred Raymond Bellinger (1953 - 1954)

Edgar John Boell (1963 - 1971)

Georges Claude May (1968 - 1969)

Horace Dwight Taft (1971 - 1981)

Howard Roberts Lamar (1979 - 1985)

Sidney Altman (1985 - 1988)

Donald Kagan (1989 - 1992)

Richard Brodhead (1993 - 2004)

Peter Salovey (2004 - 2008 )

Joseph Gordon (2008  - 2008 )

Mary E. Miller (2008  - 2009 )

Joseph Gordon (2009  - 2009 )

Mary E. Miller (2009 - 2014)

Jonathan Holloway (2014 - 2016)

Marvin Chun (2016 - 2022)

Pericles Lewis (2022 - Present)