Directors of the Linguistics Program
Henry Arthur Sanders
Chair of Speech, Phonetics and General Linguistics Departments
1932-1939
Charles C. Fries
1945-1949
Hans Kurath
1949-1952
Alert H. Marckwardt
1952-53, 1954-63
Joseph K. Yamagiwa
1953-54
1961-62 (Acting)
Department of Linguistics established in 1963.
Before 1963, an interdepartmental program in linguistics
implemented courses and degree programs in linguistics.
Herbert H. Paper
1963-1968
John C. Catford
1968-1971
William J. Gedney
1971-1974
Kenneth Lee Pike
1974-1977
Kenneth Cushman Hill
1977-1982
Eric S. Rankin
1982 (Interim)
John C. Catford
1984-1986
Robbins Burling
1985 (Interim)
Ann Lesley Milroy
2001-2004
Patrice S. Beddor
2004-2007
Sarah G. Thomason
2007-
