Back to Ůֱ Leadership Overview Board of Trustees Committees Nipam Patel, Director Courtney Buckley Alison Crawford Samantha Cummis Mary S. Harrington Linda Hyman Scott Koerner Marie Russell Paul Speer Anne W. Sylvester Jennifer Walton MBLDirector History Home MBLthe Ůֱ Leadership MBLDirector History MBLDirectors, 1888 to Present 1888-1907 Charles O. Whitman 1908-1925 Frank R. Lillie 1926-1937 Merkel H. Jacobs 1938-1949 Charles Packard 1950-1965 Philip B. Armstrong 1966-1969 H. Burr Steinbach 1970-1975 James D. Ebert 1976 Keith R. Porter 1977 James D. Ebert 1978-1985 Paul R. Gross 1986 J. Richard Whittaker 1987-1991 Harlyn O. Halvorson 1992-2000 John E. Burris 2001-2005 William T. Speck 2006-2012 Gary G. Borisy 2012-2014 Joan V. Ruderman 2015-2017 Huntington F. Willard 2018-present Nipam Patel