1966–1971: James D. Meindl
1971–1974: David A. Hodges
1974–1977: Lew Terman
1977–1980: Paul R. Gray
1980–1983: Gary Baldwin
1983–1986: W. David Pricer
1986–1989: Bruce Wooley
1990–1992: H.E Mussman
1992–1995: Asad Abidi
1995–1998: Richard C. Jaeger
1998–2001: Stephen H. Lewis
2002–2004: Bernhard Boser
2005–2007: Krishnaswa Nagaraj
2008–2010: Braum Nauta
2010–2013: Un-Ku Moon
2013–2016: Michael Flynn
2016–2019: Jan Craninckx
2019-2022: Pavan Kumar Hanumolu
2022-2025: Dennis Sylvester
James D. Meindl, the John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University and a towering figure from the earliest days of integrated circuitry.
In 1984, electrical engineering professors James D. Meindl (right) and John Hennessy (center) brainstorm with research engineer John Shott about the MIPS project, which simplified computers with RISC architecture. (Image credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service)