Parsons Deans and Presidents

William Merritt Chase, 1896-98 (remains unofficial head until 1907)

Lawton Parker, 1898

Managing Board?, 1898-1908

Frank Alvah Parsons, 1908-1930

William Odom (Parsons ’10), 1930-1942

Van Day Truex (Parsons ’26), 1942-1952

Pierre Bedard, 1952-1958

Sterling Callisen, 1959-1963

Francis Ruzicka, 1963-1970

[Bayliss – 1964 – part of Ruzicka’s administration?]

[Benjamin  de Brie Taylor – 1969 – part of Ruzicka’s administration?]

David Levy, 1970-1989

Lesley Cadman (Vice Dean), 1981-2007

Charles S. Olton, 1989-1997

H. Randolph Swearer, 1998-2004

Paul Goldberger 2004-2006

Tim Marshall 2006-2008

Joel Towers 2008-present