Chairs of the WPI Board of Trustees
| 1865-1884 | Stephen Salisbury II |
| 1884-1895 | P. Emory Aldrich |
| 1895-1905 | Stephen Salisbury III |
| 1905-1920 | Charles G. Washburn |
| 1920-1925 | Ira N. Hollis |
| 1925-1939 | Ralph Earle |
| 1939-1952 | Wat Tyler Cluverius |
| 1953 | Francis Roys (acting president of WPI) |
| 1954-1963 | Philip M. Morgan |
| 1963-1968 | Wayne E. Keith '22 |
| 1968-1971 | William E. Hanson '32 |
| 1971-1978 | Milton P. Higgins |
| 1978-1983 | Paul S. Morgan |
| 1984-1990 | Howard G. Freeman '40 |
| 1990-1995 | M Howard Jacobson |
| 1995-2000 | John M. Nelson |
| 2000-2002 | Ronald L. Zarrella '71 |
| 2002-2003 | Warner S. Fletcher (interim chair) |
| 2003-2005 | F. William Marshall Jr. |
| 2005-2010 | Donald K. Peterson '71 |
| 2010- | Stephen E. Rubin 74' |
