Current Endowed Professorships
We are grateful
to the donors whose gifts of endowed professorships make it possible
for the School to continue attracting and retaining faculty of the highest
caliber. It is an honor to recognize our exceptional teacher-scholars
by linking their names with those of our generous supporters.
Click on a chair title below to view more detail.
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Vicki and William Abrams Professorship in the Natural Sciences
The Society of Alumni
Allen Memorial Professorship
Martin K. Alloy, W’62, and Lawrence J. Ansin, W’62
Martin K. Alloy and Lawrence J. Ansin Chair in International Relations
Anonymous
Arthur Hobson Quinn Professorship
W. Norman Brown Professorship of South Asian Studies
James B. Pritchard Chair for Biblical Archaeology and Related Fields
Julian, W’31, and Janice Smith Bers, Ed’39
Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professorship in the Social Sciences
Janice and Julian Bers Professorship in the History and Sociology of Science
Anna, Harriet, and Maria Blanchard
Blanchard Chair of Chemistry
David and Mary Boies, Par’05
David Boies Professorship
Christopher H. Browne, C‘69
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professorship in the School of Arts and Sciences
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professorship in the School of Arts and Sciences
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professorship in the School of Arts and Sciences
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professorship in the School of Arts and Sciences
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professorship in the School of Arts and Sciences
Edward White Clark and Clarence H. Clark
Clark Research Professorship in Assyriology
Class of 1939
Class of 1939 Professorship
Charles Day
Charles and William L. Day Professorship
Karen and Paul W. DiMaura, C ’65
DiMaura Chair
Mariano DiVito
Mariano DiVito Professorship of Italian Studies
William Donner
Donner Chair of Science
Abraham and Rose Ellis
Abraham M. Ellis Professorship of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literature
James, LAR’39, and Nan Farquhar
James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professorship in History of Art
Richard L. Fisher, C’63, G’67
Richard L. Fisher Professorship in English
Estate of Reese W. Flower
Reese W. Flower Professorship of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Robert A. Fox, C’52
Frederic Fox Leadership Professor
Robert A. Fox Chair in Leadership
Robert A. Fox Chair in Leadership
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., C’28, HON’56
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Professorship
Colonel Earle Hepburn, C’13, L’15
Hepburn Professorship
Stephen J. Heyman, W’59
Bess Heyman Professorship
Elliot Jaffe, W'49, and Roslyn E. Jaffe
Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Endowed Professorship in Film Studies
Edmund, W’25, and Louise Kahn
Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professorship in the School of Arts and Sciences
Harry P. Kamen, C’54
Harry P. Kamen Endowed Professorship
Edward W. Kane, C ’71
Edward W. Kane Endowed Professorship in English
Herbert D., W’51, and Eleanor M. Katz
Joseph Meyerhoff Chair in Modern Jewish History
Paul K. Kelly, C’62, WG’64
Kelly Family Professorship
William R. Kenan, Jr.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship
E. Otis Kendall
E. Otis Kendall Professorship
Josephine Rankin Kennedy
Davidson Kennedy Professorship in the College
James Joo-Jin Kim, W ’59, G ’61, Gr ’63,
James Joo-Jin Kim Professorship in Economics
Friends, students, and colleagues of Lawrence R. Klein
Lawrence R. Klein Chair in Economics
Natalie I. Koether, CW’61, L’65
Catherine Bryson Professorship
Gustave C. Kuemmerle, W’1898
Gustave C. Kuemmerle Memorial Professorship
Eugene Langberg, CCC’42, G’45
Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professorship in Physics
Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professorship in Physics
Cathy and Marc Lasry
Lasry Family Professorship in Race Relations
Leonard A. Lauder, W’54
Lauder Chair in International Relations
Leonard Lauder, W’54
Lauder Professorship of Political Science
Henry Charles Lea
Henry Charles Lea Professorship in History
Jerry Lee
Jerry Lee Assistant Professor of Criminology
Subbarao Makineni
Hirschmann-Makineni Professorship in Chemistry
Estate of Ruth Meltzer, CCC’38
Ruth Meltzer Professorship of Classical Hebrew Literature
Merck Company Foundation
P. Roy Vagelos Professorship in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Merrill Lynch & Co. and colleagues of Donald T. Regan, HON'72
Donald T. Regan Professorship in English
Florence R. C. Murray Charitable Trust
Florence R. C. Murray Professorship in the Humanities
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. Professorship and Curator of Egyptology
Roy and Jeannette Nichols
Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair in American History
Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair in American History
Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair in American History
William W. Rhodes, C’10, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Thompson
William Warren Rhodes-Robert J. Thompson Chair in Chemistry
E. Dale Saunders
E. Dale Saunders Professor of Japanese Studies
Bernard G. Segal, C’28, L’31, HON’69
Geraldine R. Segal Professorship in American Social Thought
Geraldine R. Segal Professorship in American Social Thought
Geraldine R. Segal Professorship in American Social Thought
Henry Seybert
Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy
Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer, CW'65 and David Shapiro, GM'47
Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professorship in 19th Century European Art
Alvin V., W’60, Hon’95, and Sally Shoemaker
Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professorship in Anthropology
Florence Sayre Skinner
James M. Skinner Professorship of Science
Madan Lal and Promilla Sobti
Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India
Saul P. Steinberg, W’59
Vartan Gregorian Professorship of English
Judith S. Rodin Professorship
A. M. Rosenthal Professor of English
Dorothy Swaine Thomas, HON’70
Dorothy S. Thomas Professorship in Sociology
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professorship in History
P. Roy, C’50, HON’99, and Diana T., PAR’90, Vagelos
Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair in Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Frederick J. Warren, ME’60, WG’61
Frederick J. Warren Chair in Demography
M. Mark, CHE’21, and Esther K. Watkins
M. Mark and Esther K. Watkins Assistant Professorship in the Humanities
George A. Weiss, W’65
Hum Rosen Professorship
Dr. Robert Weiss Professorship in Music
Friends of John Welsh
John Welsh Centennial Professorship of History and English Literature
Charles K. Williams II, GR’78, HON’97
Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Chair in Roman Architecture
Edwin B. Williams, C’14, G’24
Edwin B. and Leonore R. Williams Professorship in Romance Languages
James L. Wood, C’1887
Mary Amanda Wood Professorship in Physics
William Zellerbach, W’42
Zellerbach Family Professorship
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