Named Professorships

Named or endowed professorships recognize faculty members who have made major contributions to an academic field. They are considered to one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive. Arts & Sciences is pleased to include nearly 60 named professorships held by its faculty members.


Faculty NameNamed Professorship
Ackerman, Joseph J. H.William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Chemistry
Allman, JeanJ.H. Hexter Professorship in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences
Arvidson, Raymond E.James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
Azariadis, Constantine C.Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences
Baugh Jr, John GMargaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences
Blankenship, Robert E.Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences
Boldrin, MicheleJoseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences
Bornstein, Daniel EStella Koetter Darrow Professor of Catholic Studies in Arts & Sciences
Bowen, John R.Dunbar-Van Cleve Professorship in Arts and Sciences
Boyer, Pascal R.Luce Professor of Collective and Individual Memory in Arts and Sciences
Buhro, William E.George E. Pake Professor in Arts & Sciences
Calvert, Randall L.Thomas Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs & Political Science in Arts & Sciences
Clark, John W.Wayman Crow Professor of Physics
Early, Gerald L.Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters
Elgin, Sarah C.Viktor Hamburger Professor in Arts & Sciences
Fields, Wayne D.Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Chair in English
Gibson, James L.Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government
Hegel, Robert E.Liselotte Dieckmann Professor of Comparative Literature in Arts & Sciences
Hirst, Derek M.William Eliot Smith Professor of History
Kelton, Kenneth F.Arthur Holly Compton Professor in Arts & Sciences