Editing Arecibo Observatory (section)

== List of directors ==
Source(s):<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Altschuler |first1=Daniel |last2=Salter |first2=Chris |title=Early history of Arecibo Observatory |journal=Physics Today |date=June 2014 |volume=67 |issue=6 |pages=12 |doi=10.1063/PT.3.2402 |bibcode=2014PhT....67f..12A |doi-access=}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=November 2020}}
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* 1960–1965: [[William E. Gordon]]
* 1965–1966: John W. Findlay
* 1966–1968: [[Frank Drake]]
* 1968–1971: [[Gordon Pettengill]]
* 1971–1973: [[Tor Hagfors]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2007 |title=Tor Hagfors, astronomy professor and Arecibo pioneer, dies at age 76 |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/01/tor-hagfors-astronomy-professor-and-arecibo-pioneer-dies-76 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=Cornell Chronicle |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120204516/https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/01/tor-hagfors-astronomy-professor-and-arecibo-pioneer-dies-76 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1973–1982: Harold D. Craft Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christiansen |first=Jen |title=Pop Culture Pulsar: The Science Behind Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures Album Cover |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-culture-pulsar-the-science-behind-joy-division-s-unknown-pleasures-album-cover/ |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=Scientific American Blog Network |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023018/https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-culture-pulsar-the-science-behind-joy-division-s-unknown-pleasures-album-cover/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1982–1987: [[Donald B. Campbell]]
* 1987–1988: [[Riccardo Giovanelli]]
* 1988–1992: Michael M. Davis
* 1992–2003: [[Daniel R. Altschuler]]
* 2003–2006: [[Sixto González|Sixto A. González]]
* 2006–2007: Timothy H. Hankins
* 2007–2008: Robert B. Kerr<ref name="Watson2015">{{cite journal |last1=Watson |first1=Traci |title=Arecibo Observatory director quits after funding row |journal=Nature |date=November 2015 |volume=527 |issue=7577 |pages=142–143 |doi=10.1038/nature.2015.18745 |pmid=26560275 |bibcode=2015Natur.527..142W |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* 2008–2011: Michael C. Nolan
* 2011–2015: Robert B. Kerr<ref name="Watson2015"/>
* 2016–2022: Francisco Córdova
* 2022–2023: Olga Figueroa
* Arecibo C3, A STEM Education Center : 2023–present: [[Wanda Díaz-Merced|Wanda Liz Díaz Merced]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announces-over-5m-funding-create-new-stem |title=NSF announces over $5M in funding to create new STEM education and research center at the Arecibo Observatory site |date=September 25, 2023 |access-date=2023-10-26 |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026144348/https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announces-over-5m-funding-create-new-stem |url-status=live }}</ref>{{div col end}}