Cranbrook Academy of Art Artists-in-Residence and Faculty, 1929-Present

Presidents/Directors
Eliel Saarinen 1932-1946
Zoltan Sepeshy 1946-1966
Glen Paulsen 1966-1970
Wallace Mitchell 1970-1977
Roy Slade 1977-1994
Susanna Torre, Director 1994-1995
Gerhardt Knodel, Director 1995-2007
Reed Kroloff, Director 2007-2014
Christopher Scoates, Director 2014-2018
Susan Ewing, Director 2018-2021
Rod Spearin, Interim Director 2021-2022
Paul Sacaridiz, Director 2022-2023
Judy Dyki, Michael Stone-Richards, Lynn Tomaszewski, Interim Leadership Team, 2023-present

Architecture Department
Eliel Saarinen 1932-1950
Eero Saarinen 1939-1941 (assistant)
Robert Snyder 1951-1965
Glen Paulsen 1966-1971
Russell C. Lewis 1971-1972
Robert Tucker 1973-1975
Gerald Exline 1976-1978
Daniel Libeskind 1978-1985
Dan Hoffman 1986-1996
Peter Lynch 1996-2005
William Massie 2005-2016
Ceren Bingol (interim) 2016-2018
Gretchen Wilkins 2018-present

Ceramics Department
Ruth Erikson Allen 1931
Waylande Gregory 1932-1933
Marshall Fredericks 1934-1935, 1937-1942
Maija Grotell 1938-1966
Richard DeVore 1966-1978
George Mason 1978-1979
Jun Kaneko 1979-1986
Graham Marks 1986-1992
Tony Hepburn 1992-2008
Anders Ruhwald 2008-2017
Ian McDonald 2017-present

Design Department
Pipsan Saarinen Swanson 1932-1935
Rachel de Wolfe Raseman 1934 (interior design)
William Comstock 1937-1938
Charles Eames 1939-1941
Walter Baermann 1941-1942
Frank Greer 1942-1943
[Department closed part of 1943-1944]
Howard Dearstyne 1944-1946
Norman Nagle 1946-1948
Theodore Luderowski 1949-1956
Kenneth Isaacs 1956-1957
Charles McGee 1957-1960
Howard Brown 1960-1967
Katherine and Michael McCoy 1971-1995

2-D Design Department
Andrew Blauvelt (interim) 1995-1996
Laurie and P. Scott Makela 1996-1999
Laurie Haycock Makela 1999-2001
Elliott Earls 2001-present

3-D Design Department
Peter Stathis 1996-2000
Scott Klinker 2001-present

4-D Design Department
Carla Diana 2018-present

Fiber Department
Loja Saarinen 1932-1935, 1937-1942
Maja Anderson Wirde 1929-1933
Lilliam Holm 1934-1937
Marianne Strengell 1937-1962
Robert Sailors 1944-1947
Glen Kaufman 1962-1966
Robert Kidd 1967-1969
Gerhardt Knodel 1970-1996
Margo Mensing 1996-1997
Jane Lackey 1997-2007
Mark Newport 2007-2023
Joey Quiñones 2023-present

Metalsmithing Department
John C. Burnett 1929-1930 (ironworker)
Arthur Nevill Kirk 1929-1933 (silversmith)
Charles Price 1936
Harry Bertoia 1938-1943
Hermann Garfield [Hermann Gurfinkel]1945-1947
Richard Thomas 1948-1984
Gary Griffin 1984-2006
Iris Eichenberg 2006-present

Painting Department
Frank L. Allen 1930-1932
Zoltan Sepeshy 1931-1966 (Emeritus 1967-1974)
John Cunningham 1932
Wallace Mitchell 1936-1942,1945-1950
Clifford B. West 1943
Donald Willett 1964-69
George Ortman 1970-1992
Beverly Fishman 1992-2019
Martha Mysko and Willie Wayne Smith 2019-present

Photography Department
Richard C. Jackson 1971
Carl Toth 1972-2007
David Hilliard (interim) 2007-2008
Liz Cohen 2008-2017
Danielle Dean 2017-2019
Shanna Merola (interim) 2019-2020
Chris Fraser 2020-present

Printmaking/PrintMedia Department
Laurence Barker 1960-1970
Bob Evermon 1969-1973
Irwin Hollander 1973-1975
Connor Everts 1976-1981
Steve Murakishi 1981-2002
Randy Bolton 2002-2016
Susan Goethel Campbell (interim) 2016-2018
Emmy Bright and Cooper Holoweski (interim) 2018-present

Sculpture Department
Geza Maroti 1927-1929
David Evans 1929-1930
Carl Milles 1931-1953
Marshall Fredericks 1934-1942
Janet de Coux 1942-1944
Jon Jonson 1944-1947
William McVey 1947-1953
John Risley 1951-1952
Glenn Chamberlain 1954-1956
Morris Brose 1956-1957
Berthold Schiwetz 1957-1963
Julius Schmidt 1964-1968
Jeremy Samson 1970-1972
Kenneth Fadeley 1973-1976
Michael Hall 1970-1990
Dana Duff (interim) 1990-1991
Heather McGill 1991-2017
Rebecca Ripple 2017-present

Original Departments that were Discontinued

Bookbinding
Jean Eschman 1929-1933

Cabinetmaking
Tor Berglund 1929-1932

Printing
Henry P. Roberts 1929-1930
Edward Alonzo Miller 1930-1933