Deans

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has had ten distinguished deans serve the School throughout its history. This website seeks to provide a concise profile of the accomplishments of each dean during their respective administration. The text is accompanied by an image of the dean's official portrait and information documenting the artist commissioned to produce the portrait. The artist profiles provide general biographical background as well as information about their artistic style and works. Faculty, staff, students, and guests of HGSE who attend meetings and special events in the stately Eliot-Lyman Room in Longfellow Hall will have noticed these "official" portraits honoring nine past HGSE deans adorning the walls.

	Paul Henry Hanus 1906-1912
	Henry Wyman Holmes 1920-1940
	Francis Trow Spaulding 1940-1945
	Francis Keppel 1948-1962
	Theodore R. Sizer 1964-1972
	Paul N. Ylvisaker 1972-1982
	Patricia Albjerg Graham 1982-1991
	Jerome T. Murphy 1992-2001
	Ellen Condliffe Lagemann 2002-2005
	Kathleen McCartney 2005-present