Jay O. Light Named Ninth Dean of Harvard Business School
HBS Deans
| Edwin Francis Gay | Dean, 1908-1919 |
| University of Michigan | 1890 |
| Germany & England for doctorate in European Economic History | 1890-1902 |
| HU's Dept. of Economics, faculty | 1902-1908 |
| Wallace Brett Donham | Dean, 1919-1942 |
| Harvard College | 1898 |
| Harvard Law School | 1900 |
| Donald K. David | Dean, 1942-1955 |
| University of Idaho | 1916 |
| Harvard Business School, MBA | 1919 |
| HBS, research staff, faculty | 1919-1927 |
| Stanley F. Teele | Dean, 1955-1962 |
| Amherst College, AB | 1928 |
| Harvard Business School, MBA | 1930 |
| Harvard University, DCS | 1933 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1935-1955 |
| George P. Baker | Dean, 1962-1970 |
| Harvard College, AB | 1925 |
| Harvard University, MS | 1930 |
| Harvard University, PhD | 1934 |
| Harvard College, faculty | 1928-36 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1936-1940 & 1946-1962 |
| Lawrence E. Fouraker | Dean, 1970-1980 |
| Texas A&M, BA | 1947 |
| Texas A&M, MS | 1948 |
| University of Colorado, PhD | 1951 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1961-1970 |
| John H. McArthur | Dean, 1980-1995 |
| University of British Columbia, BC | 1957 |
| Harvard Business School, MBA | 1959 |
| Harvard University, PhD | 1963 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1962-1980 |
| Kim B. Clark | Dean, 1995-2005 |
| Harvard College, AB | 1974 |
| Harvard University, PhD | 1978 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1978-1995 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1962-1980 |
| Jay O. Light | Appointed Dean 4/24/06, Appointed Acting Dean 8/1/05 |
| Cornell University, BEP | 1963 |
| Harvard Business School, DBA | 1970 |
| Harvard Business School, faculty | 1970-1977, 1979-Present |