Directors of the Institute

The Institute for Nuclear Studies was founded September, 1945, with Samuel King Allison as Director. Enrico Fermi was a professor at the Institute. Fermi died November 29, 1954 at the age of 53. On November 20, 1955 the Institute was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies. S. K. Allison served as director from 1945 to 1958, and again from 1963 to 1965. The Institute name was shortened to The Enrico Fermi Institute in January of 1968.

List of Directors
1945 - 1958 Samuel K. Allison
1958 - 1963 Herbert L. Anderson
1963 - 1965 Samuel K. Allison
1965 - 1968 Roger H. Hildebrand
1968 - 1973 Robert G. Sachs
1973 - 1978 John A. Simpson
1978 - 1983 Peter Meyer
1983 - 1986 Robert G. Sachs
1986 - 1992 Dietrich Müller
1992 - 1998 Riccardo Levi-Setti
1998 - 2001 Robert N. Clayton
2001 - 2007  James E. Pilcher
2001 - 2007 Stephan Meyer (Deputy Director)
2007 - Simon Swordy