Harvard University Professor
At Harvard University, the title of University Professor is an honor bestowed upon a very small number of its tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have attained particular distinction and influence.[1] The University Professorship is Harvard's most distinguished professorial post.[2]
This honor was created in 1935 by Harvard's President and Fellows for "individuals of distinction ... working on the frontiers of knowledge, and in such a way as to cross the conventional boundaries of the specialties."[1] The number of University Professors has increased with new endowed gifts to the university. In 2006, there were 21 University Professors at Harvard.[3] As of 2017, there are 26 Harvard University Professors.[4]
Present Harvard University Professors
- Adams University Professor - Eric Maskin[5]
- Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor - Carolyn Abbate[6]
- John Cogan University Professor - Stephen Greenblatt[7]
- James Bryant Conant University Professor - Stephen Owen
- James Bryant Conant University Professor - Danielle Allen
- Charles W. Eliot University Professor - Lawrence H. Summers[8]
- John Franklin Enders University Professor - Marc Kirschner[9]
- Alphonse Fletcher University Professor - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.[3]
- Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor - George M. Whitesides[10]
- Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor - Charles M. Lieber[11]
- Gerhard Gade University Professor - Barry C. Mazur[12]
- Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor - William Julius Wilson[2]
- Kolokotrones University Professor - Paul Farmer[13]
- Thomas W. Lamont University Professor - Amartya Sen
- Bishop William Lawrence University Professor - Michael Porter[14]
- Carl M. Loeb University Professor - Laurence H. Tribe[10]
- John and Natty McArthur University Professor - Rebecca M. Henderson[15]
- Samuel W. Morris University Professor - Dale W. Jorgenson
- Joseph Pellegrino University Professor - Peter L. Galison[16]
- Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor - Ann M. Blair[17]
- A. Kingsley Porter University Professor - Helen Vendler[18]
- Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor - Martha Minow[16]
- Timken University Professor - Irwin Shapiro[19]
- Robert Walmsley University Professor - Cass Sunstein[20]
- Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor - Gary King[9]
- Xander University Professor - Douglas A. Melton[15]
References
- 1 2 "University Professorships". Harvard University Office of News and Public Affairs. 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-21. Note, this does not include all Professors at the campus.
- 1 2 "Three Named University Professors". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-05-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- 1 2 "Gates named Fletcher University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 2006-10-26. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "University Professorships | Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ "Maskin named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Abbate named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 20, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Greenblatt named University Professor of the Humanities". Harvard University Gazette. September 21, 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Summers named Charles W. Eliot University Professor". Harvard Gazette. June 30, 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- 1 2 Kavoussi, Bonnie J. (August 3, 2009). "King, Kirschner Named University Professors". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- 1 2 Vittor, Evan M. (June 8, 2004). "New Title To Honor Tribe, Whitesides". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Chemist Charles M. Lieber receives Harvard's highest faculty honor". Harvard Gazette. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ Kamath, Vasant M. (November 3, 1998). "Mazur Named University Professor". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Paul Farmer appointed University Professor". Harvard Gazette. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ Gavel, Doug (December 7, 2000). "Michael Porter named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Faculty Two named University Professors". Harvard Gazette. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Minow named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ↑ "Ann Blair named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 23, 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ Donadio, Rachel (December 10, 2006). "The Closest Reader". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. October 16, 1997. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sunstein a University Professor". Harvard Gazette. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.