Endowed Chairs and Professorships

Endowed chairs and professorships are one the highest academic awards that the University can bestow on a faculty member, with some named entities being as old as the University itself. Thus, it is both an honor to the named holder of the appointment and also an enduring tribute to the donor who helped establish it.


Current Chairholders

A list of current endowed chairholders is maintained on the Provost’s website.

Endowed chairs and professorships are governed by the Policy Relating to the Naming of University Assets and the Policy on the Approval of Contracts and Designation of Signing. For questions related to the establishment or disestablishment of an endowed chair, please contact the Academic Personnel Office.