Deans of the College
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Josef Sorett
Dean of the College
2022–Present
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James J. Valentini
Dean of the College
2011–2022
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Michele Moody-Adams
Dean of the College
2009–2011
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Austin E. Quigley
Dean of the College
1995–2009
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Steven Marcus CC’48
Dean of the College
1993–1995
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Jack Greenberg CC’45
Dean of the College
1989–1993
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Robert E. Pollack CC’61
Dean of the College
1982–1989
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Arnold Collery
Dean of the College
1977–1982
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Robert L. Belknap
Acting Dean of the College
1976–1977
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Peter R. Pouncey
Dean of the College
1972–1976
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Carl F. Hovde CC’50
Dean of the College
1968–1972
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David B. Truman
Dean of the College
1963–1967
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John Gorham Palfrey
Dean of the College
1958–1962
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Lawrence Henry Chamberlain
Dean of the College
1950–1958
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Harry James Carman
Dean of the College
1943–1950
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Herbert E. Hawkes
Dean of the College
1918–1943
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Frederick Paul Keppel
Dean of the College
1910–1917
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John Howard Van Amringe CC 1860
Dean of the College
1896–1910