Many of our faculty hold endowed professorships, chairs, and named scholarly appointments. They have used the endowments to initiate new areas of research, to support graduate student work, and to bring prestigious visiting scholars to the department. Students, in turn, benefit from their association with top-notch faculty engaged in innovative research and teaching.

An endowed chair embodies the highest honor the university can bestow on prominent faculty. By providing dedicated resources for research and teaching opportunities, these positions enable our most gifted faculty to excel in their scholarly activities. Similarly, faculty who hold a named professorship are celebrated for teaching, research, and the caliber of thinking that inspires both.

Andersen Faculty Scholar

Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair

James W. Bayne Professor

Cannon Faculty Scholar

Caterpillar Distinguished Professor

Ralph & Catherine Fisher Professor

C.J. Gauthier Professor

Grayce Wicall Gauthier Chair

Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor

Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Professor

Kritzer Faculty Fellow

Kritzer Faculty Scholar

Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor

Tungchao Julia Lu Professor

John, Alice and Sarah Nyquist Chair

Alexander D. Rankin Professor

Schaller Faculty Scholar

Hermia G. Soo Professor

Shao Lee Soo Professor

Stoecker Faculty Fellow

University Scholar

W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor

Willett Faculty Scholar

Donald Biggar Willett Professor