| Portrait,Name,Post,Took office,Left office,Division,Ref(s) | |
| -,Douglass Houghton,State Geologist,1837,1845 (death),First Geological Survey,- | |
| Office suspended (1845–1859),-,-,-,-,-,- | |
| -,Alexander Winchell,State Geologist,"March 9, 1859",1862,Second Geological Survey,- | |
| Office suspended (1862–1869),-,-,-,-,-,- | |
| -,Alexander Winchell,State Geologist,"April 24, 1869","April 17, 1871",Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Carl Rominger,State Geologist,1871,1885,Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Charles E. Wright,State Geologist,1885,1888 (death),Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Marshman E. Wadsworth,State Geologist,1888,1893,Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Lucius L. Hubbard,State Geologist,"July 3, 1893",1899,Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Alfred Church Lane,State Geologist,1899,1909,Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Roland C. Allen,State Geologist,1909,1919,Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Richard A. Smith,State Geologist,1919,1920,Third Geological Survey Michigan Geological and Biological Survey,- | |
| -,Richard A. Smith,Division Chief and State Geologist,1920,1946,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation",- | |
| -,Gerald E. Eddy,Division Chief and State Geologist,1946,1951,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation",- | |
| -,Franklin G. Pardee,Division Chief and State Geologist,1951,1952,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation",- | |
| -,William L. Daoust,Acting State Geologist,1952,1954,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation",- | |
| -,William L. Daoust,Division Chief and State Geologist,1954,1964,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Conservation",- | |
| -,Gerald E. Eddy,State Geologist,1964,1971,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources",- | |
| -,Arthur E. Slaughter,State Geologist,1971,1976,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources",- | |
| -,Arthur E. Slaughter,State Geologist,1976,1977,"Third Geological Survey Division of Geology, Department of Natural Resources",- | |
| -,Arthur E. Slaughter,State Geologist,1977,1981,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources",- | |
| -,R. Thomas Segall,State Geologist,1981,1996,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Natural Resources",- | |
| -,Harold R. Fitch,State Geologist,1996,2002,"Third Geological Survey Geological Survey Division, Department of Environmental Quality",- | |
| -,Harold R. Fitch,State Geologist,2002,2004,"Third Geological Survey Geological and Land Management Division, Department of Environmental Quality",- | |
| -,Harold R. Fitch,State Geologist,2004,2011,"Third Geological Survey Office of Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Quality",- | |
| -,Alan E. Kehew,Director,2011,2013,Third Geological Survey WMU Department of Geosciences,- | |
| -,John A. Yellich,Director,2013,—,Third Geological Survey WMU Department of Geosciences,- | |