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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.

Endowed chairs and professorships are crucial for recruiting and retaining the highest-quality faculty. The greatest institutions have the best minds, the most-creative researchers and the most-engaged teachers. Building a base of faculty talent enriches the academic environment, which attracts exciting and stimulating research collaborations and the brightest students. Recognizing the continued contributions of senior-level faculty as well as providing funds to push the frontiers of their scholarship are key functions of the endowed positions.

One chair or professor can touch hundreds of lives through the courses they teach, the students they mentor, or through their own academic work. Having endowed faculty means students get to rub elbows with the most talented scholars in the world. Students have the opportunity to work in research labs, for example. They do not learn only from textbooks, but from the real world of innovation and discovery. Donors provide funds for the overall improvement of the university, but some have personal interests in specific areas of study. By funding endowed chairs, donors can convene the brightest minds to focus on particular problems or issues and spur advances in those areas.

The Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) is pleased to present the current Endowed Chair and Professorship holders at 捆绑SM社区.

Information about the Endowed Chair/Professor appointment process can be found on the page: Endowed Chair Appointment or Reappointment Process.
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