Editing Fermilab (section)

== Laboratory directors ==
Since its founding in 1967, Fermilab has been led by 7 directors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/people.html |title=Fermilab Directors |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>

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!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!Director
!Term start
!Term end
!{{abbr|Refs.|References}}
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|1
|[[File:Robert R. Wilson 1970 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Robert Rathbun Wilson]]
|1967
|May 31, 1978
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|2
|[[File:HD.3F.001 (11086394836) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Leon M. Lederman]]
|June 1, 1979
|June 30, 1989
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/lederman_named_next_director.html |title=Leon Lederman Named Next Fermilab Director |date=October 26, 1978 |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[File:JohnPeoples FNAL 09-0363-08D.jpg|70px]]
|[[John Peoples, Jr.|John Peoples]]
|July 1, 1989
|June 30, 1999
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/peoples_director_designate.html |title=John Peoples is Fermilab's Director Designate |date= April 21, 1989 |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>
|-
|4
|[[File:Michael Witherell 420044 by Christopher Michel 242025 01.jpg|70px]]
|[[Michael S. Witherell]]
|July 1, 1999
|June 30, 2005
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/witherell_appointed_director.html |title=Distinguished Physicist Michael Witherell Appointed Director of Fermilab |date=March 5, 1999 |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[File:Piermaria Oddone.jpg|70px]]
|[[Piermaria Oddone]]
|July 1, 2005
|June 30, 2013
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Fermilab director Oddone announces plan to retire next year|url=http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/14177501-418/fermilab-director-oddone-announces-plan-to-retire-next-year.html|access-date=July 10, 2013|newspaper=The Beacon-News|date=August 2, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213627/http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/14177501-418/fermilab-director-oddone-announces-plan-to-retire-next-year.html|archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/oddone_named_director.html |title=Pier Oddone of Berkeley Lab Named Fermilab Director |date=November 19, 2004 |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>
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|Jack Anderson
|July 1, 2013
|September 2, 2013
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|-
|6
|[[File:Nigel Lockyer 2016.jpg|70px]]
|[[Nigel Lockyer]]
|September 3, 2013
|April 17, 2022
|<ref>{{cite news |title=New Fermilab director named |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130621/NEWS07/130629955/new-fermilab-director-named |access-date=July 10, 2013 |newspaper=Crain's Chicago Business |date=June 21, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114203543/http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130621/NEWS07/130629955/new-fermilab-director-named |archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.fnal.gov/2013/06/nigel-lockyer-canadas-triumf-lab-named-fermilab-director/ |title=Nigel Lockyer of Canada’s TRIUMF lab named Fermilab director |date=June 20, 2013 |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>
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|7
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|[[Lia Merminga]]
|April 18, 2022
|January 13, 2025
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Lia Merminga appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |url=https://news.fnal.gov/2022/04/lia-merminga-appointed-director-of-fermilab/ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |publisher=Fermilab News |date=April 5, 2022}}{{dead link|date=May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/merminga_appointed_director.html |title=Lia Merminga appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |date=April 5, 2022 |publisher= Fermilab}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.fnal.gov/historical/people/merminga_landing.html |title=Lia Merminga (Director from 2022 to 2025) |publisher=Fermilab}}</ref>
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|interim
|[[File:Young-Kee Kim (8695664327).jpg|70px]]
|[[Young-Kee Kim]]
|January 13, 2025
|present
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Press Release: Fermilab undergoes leadership change |url=https://news.fnal.gov/2025/01/fermilab-undergoes-leadership-change/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |agency=Fermi News |publisher=Fermilab |date=13 January 2025}}</ref>
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