Qian Zhongshu, an internationally renowned learned scholar, was the first dean;other famous scholars like Xu Yanmou, Luo Kainan, Liu Chongde, Zhao Zhentao once taught in this department.

• 学贯中西的钱钟书先生是首任系主任，徐燕谋、罗暟岚、刘重德、赵甄陶等著名学者曾先后执教于此。