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Former Deans
Dean Ellen Spencer Mussey (1898-1907)
Dean Emma M. Gillett (1914-1923)
Dean Elizabeth Harris (1923-1924)
Dean Laura Hopkins Halsey (1925-1926)
Dean Grace Hays Riley (1926-1943)
Dean Helen Arthur (1943-1947)
Dean Horatio Rogers (1947-1951)
Dean David R. Bookstaver (1951-1956)
Dean John Sherman Myers (1956-1967)
Dean B.J. Tennery (1967-1970)
Dean Gordon A. Christenson (1971-1977)
Dean Nicholas N. Kittrie (1977-1980)
Dean Thomas Buergenthal (1980-1985)
Dean Frederick Randolph Anderson (1985-1988)
Dean Elliot S. Milstein (1988-1995)
Dean Claudio Grossman (1995-2016)
Dean Camille Nelson (2016-2020)
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