San Diego Historical Society

| Dr. Edgar L. Hewett | November 1915 - April 1929 |
| Wesley Bradfield, Associate Director | ? |
| Dr. Lyman Bryson, Associate Director | May 1, 1928 - April 1929 |
| Dr. Clinton Abbott | 1929 |
| Malcolm J. Rogers, Acting Director | 1933 - 1935 |
| Malcolm J. Rogers | 1935 - 1936 |
| Dr. Edward L. Hardy | 1936 - 1942? |
| Malcolm Farmer | 1946 - 1950 |
| Dr. Spencer L. Rogers | 1971 - 1972 |
| General Lowell English | 1972 - 1981 |
| --with Dr. Rogers as Scientific Director | |
| --with Barton Wright as Scientific Director | 1978 - 1982 |
| Dr. Douglas Sharon | 1981 - present |