Professorships and Chairs

20-plus LAS faculty are named this year.

The generosity of our alumni and friends has made it possible to recognize excellence in our talented faculty, including the following new professorships and chairs in the 2008-09 academic year:

  • Ralph Nuzzo, G. L. Clark Professor of Chemistry
  • Huimin Zhao, Centennial Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Evan Delucia, G. William Arends Professorship in Integrative Biology
  • Kara Federmeier, Helen Corley Petit Scholar (2008-09)
  • Firouz Gahvari, Leiby S. Hall Chair in Economics
  • Vicki Mahaffey, Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professorship
  • Greg McFarquhar, Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar
  • Barry Pittendrigh, C.L. Metcalf and W.P. Flint Chair in Insect Toxicology
  • M. Scott Poole, Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar
  • Chad Rienstra, I.C. Gunsalus Scholar 2008-2009
  • Brent Roberts, Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar
  • Hugh Robertson, Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar
  • Carol Symes, Helen Corley Petit Scholar (2008-09)
  • Susan Tolman, Lynn M. Martin Professorial Scholar
  • Jeremy Tyson, Helen Corley Petit Scholar (2008-09)
  • Barbara Wilson, Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professor
  • James Barrett, Leslie A. Watt Professorial Scholar
  • Dale Brashers, David Swanson Professorial Scholar
  • Dana Dlott, William H. & Janet G. Lycan Professor
  • Stephen Long, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor
  • Zaida Luthey-Schulten, William H. & Janet G. Lycan Professor
  • Donald Wuebbles, Harry E. Preble Professor
  • Brigit Kelly, Harry E. Preble Professor

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