ECL Departmental Chairs
| 1901-1909 | C. Alphonso Smith |
| 1909-1914 | Edward Kidder Graham |
| 1914-1925 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw |
| 1925-1930 | James Finch Royster |
| 1930 | Howard Mumford Jones |
| 1930-1945 | George Raleigh Coffman |
| 1945-1946 | Administrative Committee |
| 1946-1952 | Clifford P. Lyons |
| 1952-1958 | William Dougald MacMillan |
| 1958-1963 | C. Hugh Holman |
| 1963-1966 | George M. Harper |
| 1966-1971 | C. Carroll Hollis |
| 1971-1972 | James R. Gaskin |
| 1972-1978 | William R. Harmon |
| 1978-1981 | James R. Gaskin |
| 1981-1991 | Joseph M. Flora |
| 1991-1996 | Laurence Avery |
| 1996-1997 | Darryl J. Gless |
| 1997-2001 | William L. Andrews |
| 2001-2007 | James P. Thompson |
| 2007-2008 | Bland Simpson |
| 2008-2017 | Beverly W. Taylor |
| 2017-present | Mary Floyd-Wilson |