| STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS | |
| Horatio S. Earle | 1905–1909 |
| Townsend A. Ely | 1909–1913 |
| Frank F. Rogers | 1913–1929 |
| Grover C. Dillman | 1929–1933 |
| Murray D. VanWagoner | 1933–1940 |
| G. Donald Kennedy | 1940–1942 |
| Lloyd B. Reid | 1942–1943 |
| Charles M. Ziegler | 1943–1957 |
| John C. Mackie | 1957–1964 |
| STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION | |
| Ardale W. Ferguson, Benton Harbor* | 1964–1968 |
| Charles H. Hewitt, Grosse Pointe Farms* | 1964–1975 |
| Wallace D. Nunn, East Tawas | 1964–1971 |
| Richard F. VanderVeen, Grand Rapids | 1964–1969 |
| Louis A. Fisher, Grosse Pointe Shores | 1968–1972 |
| Claude J. Tobin, Escanaba | 1969–1973 |
| E. V. Erickson, Grand Haven* | 1971–1975 |
| Peter B. Fletcher, Ypsilanti* | 1972–1978 |
| Carl V. Pellonpaa, Ishpeming | 1973–1978 |
| Hannes Meyers Jr., Zeeland* | 1975–1978 |
| Weston E. Vivian, Ann Arbor | 1976–1978 |
| STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION | |
| Hannes Meyers Jr., Zeeland* | 1978– |
| Carl V. Pellonpaa, Ishpeming | 1978– |
| Weston E. Vivian, Ann Arbor | 1978– |
| William C. Marshall, Lansing | 1979– |
| Lawrence C. Patrick Jr., Detroit | 1979– |
| Rodger D. Young, Rochester | 1979– |
| DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS | |
| Howard E. Hill | 1965–1967 |
| Henrik E. Stafseth | 1967–1972 |
| John P. Woodford | 1972– |
*Commission Chairman
The support of the Michigan Road Builders Association in the publication of this history is gratefully acknowledged.
