Dearborn Observatory Directors

1865- 1871:     Truman H. Safford
1871- 1876:     Elias Colbert
1876- 1876:     S. W. Burnham
1876- 1879:     Elias Colbert
1879- 1909:     George Washington "Jupiter" Hough
1909- 1909:     Malcolm McNeill
1909- 1929:     Phillip Fox
1920- 1947:     Oliver Justin Lee
1947- 1958:     Kaj Strand
1958 - There was no director and no astronomy department
1959- 1960:     Karl Henize
1960- 1982:     J. A. Hynek
1982- Present:     Melville P. Ulmer