List of Department of Physics Chairs

1868-1893 John E. Davies
1893-1925 Benjamin Snow
1925-1935 Charles Mendenhall
1936-1937 John Ransom Roebuck
1938-1947 Leonard R. Ingersoll
1947-1951 Ragnar Oswald Rollefson
1951-1952 Heinz H. Barshall
1952-1956 Ragnar Oswald Rollefson
1956-1957 Heinz H. Barshall
1957-1960 Ragnar Oswald Rollefson
1960-1963 Hugh Richards
1963-1964 Heinz H. Barshall
1964-1966 William. D. Walker
1966-1969 Hugh Richards
1969-1971 Loyal “Randy” Durand
1971-1973 Maurice Barney Webb
1973-1975 Marv Ebel
1975-1977 William L. Kraushaar
1977-1979 Keith Symon
1979-1981 Dave Huber
1981-1984 Don D. Reeder
1984-1985 Dave Huber
1985-1988 Hugh Richards
1988-1991 Martin Olsson
1991-1994 Ludwig Bruch
1994-1997 James Lawler
1997-2000 Lee G. Pondrom
2000-2005 Don D. Reeder
2005-2008 Susan Coppersmith
2008-2011 Akif Baha Balantekin
2011-2014 Robert Joynt
2014-2017 Albrecht Karle
2017-2021 Sridhara Dasu
2021-2024 Mark Eriksson
2024-     Kevin Black