Professorships

The University has a number of professorships, preceptorships, and fellowships supported by endowed and term funds, which have been made available by gifts and bequests of alumni and friends of Princeton.

A. Watson Armour, III, University Professorship (1994)

Established through a bequest from A. Watson Armour III, Class of 1933.

1995 - 2015	C. G. Emerson	Slavic Languages and Literatures
2016 -	D. Garber	Philosophy

Albert Einstein Professorship in Science (1974)

Given by the International Business Machines Corporation.

1975 - 1984	R. H. Dicke	Physics
1984 - 2000	P. J. Peebles	Physics
2001 -	P. J. Steinhardt	Physics

Avalon Foundation University Professorship in the Humanities (1962)

Established by a gift of the Avalon Foundation of New York and formerly the "Avalon Foundation Chair in the Humanities" from 1962 through 2010.

1962 - 1970	W. J. Oates	Council of the Humanities
1972 - 1982	E. D. Sullivan	Council of the Humanities
1982 - 1988	A. B. Kernan	English
1988 - 2003	E. Showalter	English
2011 -	S. A. Stewart	English

Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professorship (2003)

Established by a gift from Bert G. Kerstetter '66 to honor excellence in teaching, research, or scholarship.

2003 - 2013	A. M. Slaughter	School of Public and International Affairs and Politics
2015 -	Y. Xie	Sociology and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

Class of 1943 University Professorship (1963)

Established by the members of the Class of 1943 and their friends for the support of a chair in a traditional or new area of scholarship.

1965 - 1970	S. N. Hampshire	Philosophy
1970 - 1977	L. Lapidus	Chemical Engineering
1979 - 1997	D. E. Stokes	Politics and School of Public and International Affairs
1998 - 2002	D. K. Lewis	Philosophy
2002 - 2012	C. West	African American Studies
2007 -	M. A. Cook	Near Eastern Studies
2009 -	L. Barkan	Comparative Literature

Henry Putnam University Professorship (1962)

Established to provide for recognition of a scholar of extraordinary ability in any discipline; supported by the Henry W. Putnam Fund.

1962 - 1968	J. W. Milnor	Mathematics
1968 - 1969	R. H. Wilhelm	Chemical Engineering
1969 - 1973	A. Mendel	Music
1975 - 1999	V. H. Brombert	Romance Languages and Literatures, Comparative Literature
2001 -	A. T. Grafton	History
2009 - 2016	J. M. Cooper	Philosophy
2015 -	D. Conley	Sociology
2016 -	M. Johnston	Philosophy
2018 -	Keith Andrew Wailoo	History and Public Affairs

Herbert E. Jones, Jr. '43 University Professorship (1984)

Established by a gift from Herbert E. Jones, Jr., Class of 1943.

1984 -	C. L. Fefferman	Mathematics
07/01/21 - 1/15/22	Amit Singer	Mathematics

Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professorship in the Humanities (1994)

Established through a bequest from Althea Ward Clark in memory of her husband, Howard G.B. Clark, Class of 1921.

1994 - 1998	R. E. Banks	Humanities and Creative Writing
1998 -	P. B. Muldoon	Humanities and Creative Writing

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professorships (1982) (1985)

Established by a gift from the James S. McDonnell Foundation in memory of James S. McDonnell '21. Six professorships generally in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics, engineering and applied science, international affairs and economics, mathematics and physics, neuroscience and psychology, and philosophy and religion.

1982 - 1993	V. L. Fitch	Physics
1982 - 1997	A. Jameson	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1982 - 1983	W. A. Lewis	Economics and School of Public and International Affairs
1982 - 1990	G. A. Miller	Psychology
1983 - 1986	C. E. Black	History
1985 - 1995	H. S. Bienen	Politics and School of Public and International Affairs
1985 -	R. E. Tarjan	Computer Science
1986 - 2006	J. H. Taylor	Physics
1992 - 2005	S. R. Forrest	Electrical and Computer Engineering
1993 - 1995	A. J. Libchaber	Physics
1995 -	C. G. Callan	Physics
1995 - 2010	A. M. Treisman	Psychology
1998 - 2007	P. Benacerraf	Philosophy
2006 - 2016	I. Rodriguez-Iturbe	Civil and Environmental Engineering
2009 - 2017	G. H. Harman	Philosophy
2009 - 2013	A. J. Wiles	Mathematics
2011 -	D. W. C. MacMillan	Chemistry
2015 -	L. A. Page, Jr.	Physics
2016 -	S. A. Levin	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2018 -	Eddie Steven Glaude, Jr.	African American Studies

John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professorship (1988)

Established by a gift from John J. F. Sherrerd '52 and Kathleen Compton Sherrerd. To be held in the departments of the Social Sciences, and in particular in the Department of Economics or in the School of Public and International Affairs.

1989 - 2010	A. Dixit	Economics
2012 -	C. A. Sims	Economics

John von Neumann Professorship in Applied and Computational Mathematics (1985)

Established by a gift from the International Business Machines Corporation.

1986 - 1987	J. H. Conway	Visiting Professor
1987 - 2013	J. H. Conway	Mathematics
2015 -	P. Constantin	Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics

Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professorships (1990)

Established by a gift from Laurance S. Rockefeller, Class of 1932. Two professorships for senior faculty associated with the Princeton University Center for Human Values, and one visiting professorship associated with the Center.

1990 - 2004	A. Gutmann	Politics and University Center for Human Values
1996 - 1997	J. J. Waldron	Politics and University Center for Human Values
2002 - 2014	K. A. Appiah	Philosophy and University Center for Human Values
2005 -	P. N. Pettit	Politics and University Center for Human Values
2021 -	Emily Greenwood	Classics and University Center for Human Values

Michael Henry Strater University Professorship (1985)

Established through a bequest from Michael Henry Strater, Class of 1951.

1987 - 1994	Y. S. Yu	East Asian Studies
1994 - 1999	G. Shimura	Mathematics
2001 - 2004	B. Engquist	Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics
2005 -	H. V. Poor	Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ronald O. Perelman Professorship of Jewish Studies (1997)

Established by a grant from Ronald O. Perelman.

1998 - 2013	P. Schäfer	Religion
2013 -	L. F. Batnitzky	Religion

Sherman Fairchild University Professorship (1984)

Established by the University in the sciences or in engineering in grateful recognition of a major grant by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.

1986 - 2008	H. Kobayashi	Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
2017 -	F. Duncan Haldane	Physics

Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching (2000)

Established by Laurance S. Rockefeller, Class of 1932, during the Anniversary Campaign for Princeton, to support a distinguished visiting professor at the University Center for Human Values.

2000 - 2001	M. S. Williams
2001 - 2002	J. D. Moon
2002 - 2003	J. B. Schneewind
2003 - 2004	J. Tatum
2004 - 2005	D. Jamieson
2005 - 2006	W. Sinnott-Armstrong
2006 - 2007	J. Haidt
2007 - 2008	D. Marquis
2009 - 2010	F. Oz-Salzberger
2010 - 2011	J. Seery
2011 - 2012	L. S. Temkin
2012 - 2013	P. P. Brooks
2013 - 2014	Q. Skinner
2014 - 2015	D. Edelstein
2016 - 2017	S. J. Brison

Stanley Kelley, Jr., Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching (2001)

Established by an anonymous alumnus during the Anniversary Campaign for Princeton, in honor of Stanley Kelley, Jr., Professor of Politics, Emeritus.

2001 - 2002	D. Colander	Economics
2002 - 2003	J. Patterson	Astrophysical Sciences
2003 - 2004	H. Abelove	English
2007 - 2008	K. R. Morgan	Classics
2007 - 2008	S. Sherman	English
2007 - 2008	M. van Zuylen	French and Italian
2008 - 2009	M. Doody	Comparative Literature
2008 - 2009	E. Weitz	History
2009 - 2010	K. Kern	Religion and Study of Women & Gender (Visiting Associate Professor)
2009 - 2010	B. Thornton Dill	Sociology
2010 - 2011	C. Camic	Sociology
2010 - 2011	A. Smock	Comparative Literature
2011 - 2012	L. Bersani	English and French and Italian
2011 - 2012	C. D. Impey	Astrophysical Sciences
2013 - 2014	A. Riggsby	Classics
2013 - 2014	K. Devlin	Mathematics
2014 - 2015	H. Love	Gender and Sexuality Studies
2016 - 2017	H. Lu	American Studies

Visiting Professorships for Distinguished Teaching

1997 - 1998	F. Morgan	Mathematics
1997 - 1998	T. F. Ruiz	History
1998 - 1999	A. Szegedy-Maszak	Classics
1998 - 1999	Z. Warhaft	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1999 - 2000	J. Bell Burnell	Physics
1999 - 2000	B. W. Kernighan	Computer Science
2000 - 2001	G. E. van der Vink	Geosciences
2001 - 2002	R. W. Hanson	Molecular Biology

William R. Kenan, Jr. Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching (2002)

Established by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to support a distinguished teaching professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

2002 - 2003	C. Rogers	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2003 - 2004	E. V. Denardo	Operations Research and Financial Engineering
2004 - 2005	James Smith	Civil and Environmental Engineering
2004 - 2005	E. V. Denardo	Operations Research and Financial Engineering
2006 - 2007	R. D. De Veaux	Operations Research and Financial Engineering
2006 - 2007	E. J. Coyle	Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007 - 2008	U. V. Vazirani	Computer Science
2009 - 2010	J. B. Grotberg	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2010 - 2011	J. B. Khurgin	Electrical and Computer Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2011 - 2012	C. M. Clark	Computer Science and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2012 - 2013	D. Giammar	Civil and Environmental Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2012 - 2013	F. A. Morrison	Chemical and Biological Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2013 - 2014	W. K. George, Jr.	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2013 - 2014	D. A. Nolan	Operations Research and Financial Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2014 - 2015	I. Paya-Zaforteza	Civil and Environmental Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2015 - 2016	E.S. Fisher	Chemical and Biological Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
2016 - 2017	E.S. Fisher	Chemical and Biological Engineering and Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

A. Barton Hepburn Professorship (1919)

The gift of A. Barton Hepburn. [Formerly "A. Barton Hepburn Professorship of Organic Chemistry" from 1919-2011.]

1920 - 1937	L. Jones
1940 - 1965	E. S. Wallis
1966 - 1997	E. C. Taylor
2000 - 2004	D. E. Kanne
2006 - 2011	D. W. C. MacMillan
2012 - 2016	G. K-L. Chan
2017 - 2021	A. G. Doyle

Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professorship of Religion (1976)

Established from a bequest from the estate of Agate Brown Collord and her husband, George L. Collord, Class of 1891.

1977 - 2003	J. F. Wilson
2007 - 2009	L. E. Schmidt
2014 -	J. L. Weisenfeld

Albert Baldwin Dod Professorship of Mathematics (1869)

The gift of Samuel B. Dod, Class of 1857, in memory of his father, Albert Baldwin Dod, Class of 1822, Professor of Mathematics, 1830-1845.

1869 - 1898	J. T. Duffield
1898 - 1928	H. B. Fine
1929 - 1945	L. P. Eisenhart
1948 - 1953	E. Artin
1954 - 1974	A. W. Tucker
1975 - 2012	E. M. Stein
2016 -	P. D. Seymour

Albert G. Blanke, Jr. Professorship in Geological and Geophysical Sciences (1992)

Established by a gift from Albert G. Blanke, Jr., Class of 1932, and Mrs. Albert G. Blanke, Jr.

1992 - 1997	A. Navrotsky
1997 - 2018	F. Morel

Albert G. Milbank Professorship (1950)

Two professorships endowed by the Milbank Memorial Fund, in memory of Albert G. Milbank, Class of 1896, Trustee of the University, 1927-1944.

1951 - 1961	F. S. Dunn
1965 - 2001	R. A. Falk
2001 -	Μ. Oppenheimer	School of Public and International Affairs and Geosciences
2004 -	G. J. Ikenberry	School of Public and International Affairs and Politics

Andrew Fleming West Chair in Classics (1937)

The gift of the Carnegie Corporation and other donors in honor of Andrew Fleming West, Class of 1874, Giger Professor of Latin, 1883-1928, and Dean of the Graduate School, 1901-1928.

1938 - 1939	D. L. Page
1939 - 1940	I. M. Linforth
1940 - 1941	J. V. A. Fine
1941 - 1943	H. W. Prescott
1943 - 1949	A. C. Johnson
1949 - 1962	W. J. Oates
1962 - 1978	S. D. Atkins
1978 - 1989	W. R. Connor
1993 - 1995	A. Laks
2000 - 2002	F. Graf
2003 - 2017	B. D. Shaw
2017 -	H.I. Flower

Annan Professorship in English (2003)

Established from the bequest of Helen Annan Scribner in memory of her father James E. Annan, Class of 1855.

2005 - 2010	S. A. Stewart
2011 -	J. S. Dolan	English and Lewis Center for the Arts

Anthony H.P. Lee '79 Professorship in Mathematics (2020)

Established by a gift from Anthony H.P. Lee '79 P11 P14.

2020 -

Allan M. Sly

Mathematics

Arthur Allan Patchett Professorship in Organic Chemistry (2001)

Established by the Merck Company Foundation to honor Arthur Allan Patchett '51 and his distinguished career at the Merck Research Laboratories.

2003 -

E. J. Sorensen

Arthur LeGrand Doty Professorship of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1937)

The gift of Arthur LeGrand Doty, Class of 1892.

[Formerly "Arthur LeGrand Doty Professorship of Electrical Engineering" until April 2021.]

1938 - 1958	C. H. Willis
1963 - 1981	W. C. Johnson
1981 - 1986	B. W. Arden
1986 - 2010	D. Tsui
2013 - 2017	M. Chiang
2020 -	Andrea Goldsmith

Ataturk Professorship in Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies (1992)

Established by a challenge grant from the government of Turkey and made possible by gifts from private and corporate donors honoring the legacy of the founder and the first president of the Turkish Republic.

1992 - 1993	B. Lewis	Near Eastern Studies (honorary)
1993 - 2013	H. Lowry	Near Eastern Studies

Augustine Family Professorship in Engineering (2018)

Established by a gift from Norman R. Augustine ’57 *59 and Margareta E. Augustine.

B. C. Forbes Professorship of Public Affairs (1982)

Established in honor of B. C. Forbes, founder of Forbes Magazine, by the Forbes Foundation, his son, Malcolm S. Forbes, Class of 1941, and his grandsons, Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Class of 1970, and Christopher Forbes, Class of 1972.

1984 - 2005	M. N. Danielson
2004 -	H. Milner	School of Public and International Affairs and Politics

Bayard Dodge Professorship of Near Eastern Studies (1972)

Established by gifts from members of the Dodge family and other related families in honor of Bayard Dodge, Class of 1909, twin brother of Cleveland E. Dodge, Class of 1909.

1975 - 1986	C. Issawi
1993 - 1999	A. Hammoudi
2007 -	H. Modarressi

Blair Professorship of Geology (1864)

The gift of John I. Blair, Trustee of Princeton, 1866-1899.

1864 - 1884	A. Guyot
1886 - 1930	W. B. Scott
1933 - 1934	A. H. Phillips
1937 - 1956	W. T. Thom, Jr.
1958 - 1959	A. F. Buddington
1964 - 1969	H. H. Hess
1970 - 1984	A. G. Fischer
1988 - 2007	J. Suppe
2008 -	J. Tromp

Charles A. Young Professorship of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation (1927)

The gift of the Class of 1897, in memory of Charles August Young, Professor of Astronomy, 1877-1905.

1927 - 1947	H. N. Russell
1952 - 1982	L. Spitzer, Jr.
1982 - 2002	J. P. Ostriker
2002 - 2007	S. D. Tremaine
2007 -	D. N. Spergel
2020 -	Eliot Quataert

Charles and Marie Robertson Professorship of Public and International Affairs (1995)

Created by the Board of Trustees in honor of Charles Robertson, Class of 1926, and his wife Marie, to commemorate their extraordinary gift to the School of Public and International Affairs.

1995 - 1999	Κ. S. Rogoff
1999 - 2009	B. H. Singer
2009 - 2015	T. J. Trussell
2015 -	R. Rogerson

Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professorship in English (1988)

Established by the gift of C. Barnwell Straut, Class of 1947, in honor of his father.

1992 - 1994	E. L. Keeley
1995 - 2013	M. Wood	English and Comparative Literature
2015 -	M. A. DiBattista	English and Comparative Literature

Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie Chair in the History of Science (2017)

Established by gifts from Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie.

Charles C. Fitzmorris Professorship in Computer Science (2000)

Established through a bequest of Charles C. Fitzmorris, Class of 1933.

2002 - 2009	K. Li
2011 -	S. Arora

Charles Phelps Smyth '16 *17 Professorship in Chemistry (2000)

Established by an anonymous donor in memory of Charles Phelps Smyth '16 * 17.

2000 -

H. A. Rabitz

Christopher Binyon Sarofim '86 Professorship in American Art (1986)

Established by Mr. and Mrs. Fayez Sarofim and the Brown Foundation, Ιnc., in honor of Christopher Binyon Sarofim '86.

1988 - 2007	J. Wilmerding
2018 -	Rachael Ziady DeLue

Class of 1877 Professorship of Zoology (1909)

The gift of the Class of 1877.

1909 - 1933	C. F. W. McClure
1937 - 1960	E. G. Butler
1963 - 1969	C. S. Pittendrigh
1969 - 1975	V. G. Dethier
1975 - 1988	R. M. May
1988 - 1989	J. Terborgh
1989 - 2008	Ρ. R. Grant
2008 -	D. I. Rubenstein

Class of 1900 Professorship of Modern Languages (1928)

The gift of the Class of 1900.

1929 - 1946	C. Gauss
1956 - 1968	E. B. O. Borgerhoff
1969 - 2001	T. J. Ziolkowski
2009 -	M. W. Jennings

Class of 1909 Professorship of Physics (1937)

The gift of the Class of 1909.

1938 - 1962	A. G. Shenstone
1963 - 1969	W. Bleakney
1969 - 1976	V. L. Fitch
1978 - 1987	G. T. Reynolds
1988 - 1991	W. Happer
1992 - 2017	A. J. S. Smith
2015 -	A. Yazdani
2017 -	H. L. Verlinde

Class of 1913 Lectureship in Architecture (1930)

Gift of the Class of 1913.

1930 - 1956	E. B. Smith
1956 - 1960	M. G. Salvadori
1961 - 1967	L. I. Κahn
1967 - 1970	T. Maldonado
1970 - 1971	J. R. Passonneau
1971 - 1975	R. Gutman
1990 - 1991	A. H. Colquhoun
1995 -	M. I. Gandelsonas

Class of 1913 Professorship of Political Economy (1938)

The gift of the Class of 1913.

1938 - 1970	O. Morgenstern
1970 - 1979	A. Rees
1979 - 2001	G. C. Chow
2012 -	B. E. Honoré

Class of 1921 Bicentennial Chair in the History of American Law and Liberty (1976)

Established by the Class of 1921 on the occasion of its 55th Reunion.

1978 - 1986	S. N. Κatz
1992 - 2019	H. Hartog
2021 -	Laura F. Edwards

Class of 1950 Professorship in Engineering and Applied Science (1986)

The anonymous gift of a member of the Class of 1950.

1986 - 1989	W. R. Schowalter	Chemical Engineering
1989 - 1998	R. Jackson	Chemical Engineering
1998 -	P. G. Debenedetti	Chemical and Biological Engineering

Cleveland E. Dodge Professorship of Near Eastern Studies (1972)

Established by gifts from members of the Dodge family and other related families in honor of Cleveland E. Dodge, Class of 1909, twin brother of Bayard Dodge, Class of 1909.

1974 - 1986	B. Lewis
1986 - 2007	M. A. Cook
2007 - 2013	A. P. Hamori

Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professorship of Physics (1927)

The gift of Thomas D. Jones, Class of 1876, in memory of Cyrus Fogg Brackett, Henry Professor of Physics, 1873-1909.

1927 - 1930	K. Compton
1931 - 1950	R. W. Ladenburg
1953 - 1955	W. Bleakney
1955 - 1957	D. R. Hamilton
1957 - 1975	R. H. Dicke
1976 - 1982	V. L. Fitch
1982 - 2002	D. T. Wilkinson
2003 - 2014	W. Happer
2014 - 2015	L. A. Page, Jr.
2015 -	D. A. Huse

D. T. Suzuki Professorship in Buddhist Studies (1998)

Established by a gift from an anonymous donor.

1999 -

S. F. Teiser

Damon B. Pfeiffer Professorship in the Life Sciences (1967)

Established with funds from the bequest of Damon B. Pfeiffer, Class of 1902.

1968 - 1972	N. Sueoka
1975 - 1976	B. Alberts
1977 - 2013	J. R. Fresco
2016 -	E. R. Gavis

David B. Jones Professorship of Chemistry (1927)

The gift of Miss Gwethalyn Jones in memory of her father, David B. Jones, Class of 1876, trustee of the University, 1901-1908.

1927 - 1958	H. S. Taylor
1958 - 1963	C. P. Smyth
1963 - 1983	W. Kauzmann
1983 - 2007	M. Jones
2008 -	A. Selloni

David Hunter McAlpin Professorship of the History of Photography and Modern Art (1972)

The gift of an anonymous donor.

1972 - 2002	P. C. Bunnell
2002 -	E. A. McCauley

David K. E. Bruce Professorship of International Affairs (1983)

Established to recognize the distinguished career in international service of David K. E. Bruce, Class of 1919.

1988 - 2002	R. Ullman
2002 -	A. Kohli	School of Public and International Affairs and Politics

David M. Siegel '83 Professorship in Computer Science (2013)

Established by a gift from Tudor Investment Corporation.

2013 - 2015	R. E. Schapire
2016 - 2019	T. A. Funkhouser
2020 -	S.M. Rusinkiewicz

David Magie '97 Class of 1897 Professorship (1984)

Established by a bequest of David Magie '97, Class of 1897.

1987 - 1988	E. Gruen	Visiting Professor
1989 - 1990	B. Shaw	Visiting Professor
1991 - 1992	G. Clemente	Visiting Professor
1991 - 1992	G. Fowden	Visiting Professor
1992 - 1993	G. Fowden	Visiting Professor
1993 - 2007	J. Ober
2009 -	N. Luraghi
2018 -	Michael A. Flower

David R. Coffin Professorship of Renaissance Architecture (2019)

Established by a bequest from Edward Roberts ’60.

Dayton-Stockton Professorships of History (1943)

The gift of Maria Stockton Dayton in memory of her husband, William Lewis Dayton, Jr., Class of 1858, and her father, Major General Robert Field Stockton, Class of 1851.

1949 - 1973	J. R. Strayer
1969 - 1980	C. E. Schorske
1973 - 1987	C. C. Gillispie
1981 - 1993	A. J. Mayer
1998 - 2005	R. S. Wilentz
2004 -	W. C. Jordan
2005 -	G. Prakash

Dodge Professorship of History (1915)

The gift of Mrs. William Church Osborn.

1915 - 1932	D. C. Munro
1933 - 1952	W. P. Hall
1952 - 1963	R. R. Palmer
1963 - 1990	L. Stone
1993 - 2000	A. T. Grafton
2000 - 2010	C. Palmer
2007 - 2011	S. M. Garon	History and East Asian Studies
2011 -	D. N. Cannadine

Donald Drew Egbert Professorship of Modern Architecture (2019)

Established by a bequest from Edward Roberts '60.

2020 -

C. Barber

Art and Archaeology

Donald E. Stokes Professorship in Public and International Affairs (1997)

Established in memory of Donald E. Stokes, Class of 1951, to recognize his distinguished scholarship and teaching and his long and effective leadership of the School of Public and International Affairs from 1974-1992.

1999 - 2012	L. M. Bartels
2012 -	B. Canes-Wrone

Donald R. Dixon '69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professorship (2005)

Established by Donald R. Dixon '69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon to support a distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

2009 -

H. A. Stone

Dorman T. Warren Professorship of Psychology (1954)

The gift of Howard Crosby Warren, Class of 1889, founder of the Department of Psychology and its first chairman, in memory of his father.

1946 - 1950	E. G. Wever
1957 - 1967	J. L. Kennedy
1969 - 1987	L. J. Kamin
1989 - 2012	J. M. Darley	Psychology and School of Public and International Affairs
2012 -	E. Gould	Psychology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Dorothy Krauklis '78 Professorship for the Arts (2018)

Established by a gift from The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation.

2021 -

Deana Lawson

Dusenbury Professorship of Geological and Geophysical Sciences (2008)

Established through a bequest from Duncan C. Dusenbury in memory of his brothers, William A. Dusenbury and Edgar T. Dusenbury.

2009 -

D. M. Sigman

Dwight D. Eisenhower Professorship in International Affairs (1979)

Established in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, 1953-1961, by gifts from James H. Lemon, Class of 1925, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Robertson, Class of 1926.

1979 - 1998	R. G. Gilpin, Jr.
1998 - 2016	A. S. Deaton

Edward and Virginia Taylor Professorship in Bioorganic Chemistry (2015)

Established by a gift from Edward C. Taylor H10, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, Emeritus.

Edwards Professorship of American History (1910)

The gift of George Κ. Edwards, Class of 1889.

1910 - 1925	R. M. McElroy
1925 - 1947	T. J. Wertenbaker
1950 - 1965	W. F. Craven
1965 - 1976	A. S. Link
1982 - 1991	J. M. McPherson
1991 - 2005	N. I. Painter
2005 - 2007	M. C. Stansell
2018 -	Tera W. Hunter

Edwin Grant Conklin Professorship of Biology (1933)

Created by the Board of Trustees in honor of Edwin Grant Conklin, Professor of Biology from 1908-1933.

1933 - 1956	W. W. Swingle
1956 - 1969	G. Fankhauser
1969 - 1977	F. H. Johnson
1984 - 2013	E. C. Cox
2016 -	Z. Gitai

Emory L. Ford Professorship of Spanish (1961)

The gift of Emory L. Ford, Class of 1896.

1916 - 1932	C. C. Marden
1937 - 1939	F. C. Tarr
1940 - 1953	A. Castro
1954 - 1955	S. de Madariaga
1956 - 1975	R. S. Willis
1980 - 1983	A. K. Forcione
1983 - 1986	S. Molloy
1999 - 2010	A. Dίaz-Quiñones
2014 -	M. G. Nouzielles

Ewing Professorship of Greek Language and Literature (1877)

Given by the residuary legatees of the Estate of John C. Green, in honor of Charles Ewing, Class of 1798, Trustee of the College, 1820-1832, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1824-1832.

1877 - 1902	S. S. Orris
1910 - 1936	E. Y. Robbins
1938 - 1940	W. K. Prentice
1946 - 1949	W. J. Oates
1949 - 1972	J. V. A. Fine
1975 - 1992	D. J. Furley
1992 - 2010	F. I. Zeitlin
2010 -	A. L. Ford

Fernholz Professorship of Mathematics (2019)

Established by a gift from the Fernholz Foundation; to be appointed jointly with the Institute of Advanced Study.

Ferris Professorship of Journalism and Public Relations (1959)

Established with funds from the bequests of Edwin F. Ferris of the Class of 1899, and his widow, M. E. Cornelia Ferris.

1964 - 1973	I. Dilliard
1973 - 1974	L. L. King
1974 - 1975	J. A. McPhee
1975 - 1976	H. Johnson
1975 - 1976	J. A. McPhee
1976 - 1977	V. S. Navasky
1976 - 1977	R. K. Massie
1977 - 1978	D. Oberdorfer
1977 - 1978	J. A. McPhee
1978 - 1979	H. Johnson
1978 - 1979	J. A. McPhee
1979 - 1980	B. Clark
1979 - 1980	J. Bernstein
1979 - 1980	G. Wolff
1980 - 1981	R. Donovan
1980 - 1981	J. A. McPhee
1981 - 1982	G. Emerson
1981 - 1982	J. Bernstein
1981 - 1982	J. A. McPhee
1982 - 1983	D. Oberdorfer
1982 - 1983	L. Franks
1983 - 1984	R. G. Eder
1983 - 1984	W. Guzzardi
1983 - 1984	J. A. McPhee
1984 - 1985	R. Steel
1984 - 1985	J. A. McPhee
1985 - 1986	G. Emerson
1985 - 1986	R. K. Massie
1985 - 1986	F. du Plessix Gray
1986 - 1987	D. Oberdorfer
1986 - 1987	J. A. McPhee
1987 - 1988	J. Herbers
1987 - 1988	J. A. McPhee
1988 - 1989	J. Schell
1988 - 1989	J. Kramer
1989 - 1990	P. Taylor
1989 - 1990	J. A. McPhee
1990 - 1991	J. A. McPhee
1990 - 1991	D. Shipler
1991 - 1992	J. Darnton
1991 - 1992	J. Treglown
1991 - 1992	C. Kaiser
1991 - 1992	G. Wolff
1992 - 1993	R. Mudd
1992 - 1993	G. Emerson
1992 - 1993	J. A. McPhee
1993 - 1994	N. R. Gibbs
1993 - 1994	J. A. McPhee
1993 - 1994	R. Mudd
1994 - 1995	B. Crossette
1994 - 1995	J. Hoagland
1994 - 1995	D. Remnick
1995 - 1996	R. Eder
1995 - 1996	J. A. McPhee
1995 - 1996	P. Taylor
1995 - 1996	M. Viorst
1996 - 1997	J. Alter
1996 - 1997	C. Grimes
1996 - 1997	G. Kolata
1996 - 1997	J. A. McPhee
1996 - 1997	I. Wilkerson
1997 - 1998	L. Cockburn
1997 - 1998	J. A. McPhee
1997 - 1998	J. Strouse
1997 - 1998	L. Weschler
1997 - 1998	C. Wren
1998 - 1999	N. Hentoff
1998 - 1999	J. A. McPhee
1998 - 1999	J. Sanders
1998 - 1999	A. Steinbech
1998 - 1999	S. Schmemann
1998 - 1999	R. Stengel
1999 - 2000	E. Bronner
1999 - 2000	M. McCray
1999 - 2000	J. A. McPhee
1999 - 2000	M. K. Mills
2000 - 2001	J. Abramson
2000 - 2001	R. Begleiter
2000 - 2001	J. Darling
2000 - 2001	J. A. McPhee
2000 - 2001	M. A. Ressa
2000 - 2001	M. T. Vitez
2001 - 2002	M. Dobbs
2001 - 2002	B. Gellman
2001 - 2002	J. A. McPhee
2001 - 2002	R. Oster Sachs
2001 - 2002	A. Wolff
2002 - 2003	J. A. McPhee
2002 - 2003	J. Achenbach
2002 - 2003	D. Liu
2002 - 2003	C. Sims
2002 - 2003	P. Godwin
2003 - 2004	J. Dwyer
2003 - 2004	C. Hedges
2003 - 2004	E. Thomas
2003 - 2004	M. Fisher
2003 - 2004	J. Gerth
2003 - 2004	J. A. McPhee
2004 - 2005	J. A. McPhee
2004 - 2005	J. Bartholet
2004 - 2005	G. M. Gaul
2004 - 2005	E. F. Lounsberry
2004 - 2005	J. Stein
2004 - 2005	R. Eder
2004 - 2005	R. Gutman
2004 - 2005	D. Maraniss
2005 - 2006	F. Bondy
2005 - 2006	R. Cohen
2005 - 2006	K. Carpenter
2005 - 2006	C. Lewis
2005 - 2006	J. A. McPhee
2005 - 2006	P. Hirsch
2005 - 2006	G. Moriba-Meadows
2005 - 2006	F. Taubman
2006 - 2007	W. Bogdanich
2006 - 2007	L. Cohen
2006 - 2007	B. Demick
2006 - 2007	M. Duffy
2006 - 2007	N. Gibbs
2006 - 2007	G. Marcus
2006 - 2007	J. A. McPhee
2006 - 2007	M. Mendoza
2006 - 2007	T. R. Reid
2006 - 2007	R. Tang
2007 - 2014	E. Thomas
2007 - 2008	R. Christgau
2007 - 2008	C. Duff
2007 - 2008	J. Grimaldi
2007 - 2008	D. Kuttab
2007 - 2008	C. Lane
2007 - 2008	J. A. McPhee
2008 - 2009	T. Cambanis
2008 - 2009	B. Gellman
2008 - 2009	J. P. Kelly
2008 - 2009	K. Kiely
2008 - 2009	P. Maass
2008 - 2009	J. A. McPhee
2008 - 2009	C. Pierpont
2008 - 2009	E. Rosenthal
2009 - 2010	M. Gottlieb
2009 - 2010	D. Grech
2009 - 2010	W. Hamilton
2009 - 2010	A. Knight
2009 - 2010	J. Mayer
2009 - 2010	R. Mondello
2009 - 2010	T. Weber
2009 - 2010	J. Willse
2009 - 2010	J. A. McPhee
2010 - 2011	J. A. McPhee
2010 - 2011	R. Bernstein
2010 - 2011	J. Richman
2010 - 2011	E. Sciolino
2010 - 2011	J. B. Steele
2010 - 2011	L. J. Wertheim
2011 - 2012	J. A. McPhee
2011 - 2012	D. Klaidman
2011 - 2012	L. Pitts, Jr.
2011 - 2012	A. Stanley
2011 - 2012	D. Amos
2011 - 2012	J. Stephens
2012 - 2013	J. Becker
2012 - 2013	O. Bennett-Jones
2012 - 2013	D. B. Henriques
2013 - 2014	J. A. McPhee
2013 - 2014	S. D. Drummond
2013 - 2014	C. A. Giacomo
2013 - 2014	W. M. McGraw
2013 - 2014	A. E. Nutt
2013 - 2014	D. Kocieniewski
2013 - 2014	K. B. Richburg

Forrest G. Hamrick Professorship in Engineering (1989)

Established through the bequest of Forrest G. Hamrick, Class of 1931.

1989 - 1998	S. Orszag	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1998 -	R. B. Lee	Electrical and Computer Engineering

Frederick D. Petrie Professorship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2000)

Established by a gift from Frederick D. Petrie '30 to provide support in the field of conservation biology, ecology, and global environment.

2000 -

S. W. Pacala

Frederick H. Schultz Class of 1951 Professorship of International Economic Policy (1986)

Established by the gift of Frederick H. Schultz, Class of 1951, to further the study of international economic policy.

1988 - 1997	P. Volcker
2001 - 2002	F. D. Barton
2002 - 2003	W. G. Βarrοn
2003 - 2004	W. Shorris
2004 - 2005	D. Tarullo
2005 - 2006	J. Klein
2006 - 2007	J. Fischer
2007 - 2008	W. Frist
2008 - 2009	F. Vendrell

Garrett Professorship in Foreign Affairs (1952)

Established by John W. Garrett, Class of 1895, in memory of his brother, Horatio W. Garrett, also Class of 1895, and later supplemented by members of the Garrett family in memory of John and a third brother, Robert, Class of 1897.

1953 - 1969	T. C. Young
1970 - 1993	L. C. Brown
2009 -	M. S. Hanioglu

George Dutton '27 Professorship in Architecture (1994)

Created by the Board of Trustees in recognition of a gift from George Dutton '27.

1994 - 2008	R. Lerner
2008 -	S. T. Allen

George Henry Davis 1886 Professorship of American History (1964)

Established from the George Henry Davis 1886 and Shelby Cullom Davis 1930 Fund for the support of the Department of History.

1964 - 1973	W. F. Craven
1976 - 1991	A. S. Link
1991 - 2004	J. M. McPherson
2005 - 2007	R. S. Wilentz
2011 -	R. S. Wilentz

George J. Magee Professorship of Geoscience and Geological Engineering (1970)

Established with funds accumulated from the gift in 1872 of George J. Magee, Class of 1860, for the purpose of improving the standards of the engineering profession.

1970 - 1996	W. E. Bonini
1997 - 2008	G. Nolet
2009 - 2019	J. L. Sarmiento
2021 -	Catherine A. Peters

George M. Moffett Professorship of Biology (1952)

The gift of George M. Moffett, Class of 1904.

1952 - 1965	A. K. Ρarpart
1966 - 1990	J. T. Bonner
1992 - 2016	S. Levin
2016 -	L. O. Hedin

George Van Ness Lothrop Professorship in Engineering (2003)

Established from a bequest of Marion Lewis Lothrop in honor of her husband George Van Ness Lothrop '08 *10.

2003 - 2005	H. V. Poor	Electrical and Computer Engineering
2005 -	S. Malik	Electrical and Computer Engineering

Giger Professorship of Latin (1883)

The gift of George Musgrave Giger, Class of 1841, Professor of Greek and Latin, 1847-1865.

1883 - 1928	A. F. West
1940 - 1971	G. E. Duckworth
1981 - 1985	J. A. Hanson
1988 - 1999	R. E. Fantham
2000 -	D. C. Feeney

Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professorship (1950)

Established by 600 friends of Gordon S. Rentschler, Class of 1907, Charter Trustee of the University, 1926-1948, to provide undergraduate students with "a deeper and richer understanding of the problems and opportunities of human organization in a free society."

1950 - 1969	L. V. Chandler
1969 - 1981	B. G. Malkiel
1982 -	A. Blinder

Gordon Wu '58 Professorship of Chinese Studies (1981)

Gift of Gordon Υ. S. Wu, Class of 1958.

1981 - 1994	D. Twitchett
1994 - 2001	Ying Shih Yü
2002 -	W. J. Peterson
2011 - 2017	B. A. Elman
2020 -	Anna M. Shields

Gordon Υ. S. Wu Professorship of Engineering (1996)

Established through a gift of Gordon Y S. Wu, Class of 1958.

1996 - 2006	D. B. Billington	Civil Engineering
1998 - 2002	A. G. Evans	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2008 -	P. J. Ramadge	Electrical and Computer Engineering
2012 -	J. L. Rexford	Computer Science

Harold H. Helm '20 Professorship of Economics and Banking (1970)

Originally the Class of 1920 Professorship in Economics and Banking, this professorship was established anonymously in 1970 by a gift from Harold H. Helm, Class of 1920, in honor of his Class on the occasion of their fiftieth Reunion. It was renamed in Harold Helm's honor after his death in 1985.

1971 - 1996	S. M. Goldfeld
1998 - 2004	M. D. Woodford
2004 - 2012	C. A. Sims
2012 -	N. Kiyotaki

Harold T. Shapiro *64 Professorship in Economics (2001)

Established through the gifts of trustees, alumni, and friends, in honor of Harold T. Shapiro, Graduate Class of 1964, and his tenure as Princeton's 18th president, 1987-2001.

2002 - 2003	F. R. Gul
2004 - 2005	P. Krusell
2005 - 2006	S. Morris
2012 -	S. J. Redding

Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professorship (1937)

Given by Mary S. Paine, on behalf of her deceased husband, Silas H. Paine, and herself, in memory of their son, Harrington Spear Paine, Class of 1898.

1940 - 1954	G. F. Thomas
1957 - 1982	R. P. Ramsey
1982 -	E. H. Pagels

Harry C. Wiess Professorship in the Life Sciences (1983)

Established by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. James A. Elkins, Jr., in memory of her father, Harry C. Wiess, Class of 1909, Trustee of the University, 1945-48.

1984 - 1999	A. J. Levine
2000 - 2019	V. A. Zakian

Henry Burchard Fine Professorship of Mathematics (1926)

The gift of Thomas D. Jones, Class of 1876, in honor of Dean Fine, Class of 1880, Dod Professor of Mathematics, 1898-1928.

1926 - 1932	O. Veblen
1933 - 1953	S. Lefschetz
1953 - 1959	E. Artin
1959 - 1968	S. Bochner
1968 - 1971	N. E. Steenrod
1972 - 1978	D. C. Spencer
1978 - 1986	K. Iwasawa
1986 - 1987	W. P. Thurston
1987 - 1988	G. Faltings
1988 - 1989	G. Shimura
1989 - 1990	E. Stein
1990 - 1991	A. J. Wiles
1991 - 1992	S. Klainerman
1992 - 1993	C. Fefferman
1993 - 1994	J. Mather
1994 - 1995	S. B. Kochen
1995 - 1996	P. C. Sarnak
1996 - 1997	F. J. Almgren
1997 - 1998	N. M. Katz
1998 - 1999	C. L. Fefferman
1999 - 2000	N. M. Katz
1999 - 2000	P. D. Seymour
2001 - 2002	S. B. Kochen
2001 - 2002	J. Κοllár
2001 - 2002	J. J. Kohn
2003 - 2004	D. Gabai
2004 - 2005	S-Y. A. Chang
2004 - 2005	Z. Szabo
2005 - 2006	P. C-P. Yang
2005 - 2006	E. M. Stein
2006 - 2007	N. M. Katz
2006 - 2007	I. C. Daubechies
2007 - 2008	E. B. Lindenstrauss
2007 - 2008	Z. Sazbó
2008 - 2009	János Kollár
2008 - 2009	Manjul Bhargava
2009 - 2010	C. L. Fefferman
2009 - 2010	G. Tian
2010 - 2011	A. J. Wiles
2010 - 2011	I. Y. Rodnianski
2011 - 2012	D. Gabai
2011 - 2012	Z. Sazbó
2012 - 2013	C. M. Skinner
2013 - 2014	P. D. Seymour
2013 - 2014	S-Y. A. Chang
2014 - 2015	S-W. Zhang
2014 - 2015	S. M. Morel
2015 - 2016	Y. G. Sinai
2015 - 2016	F. C. S. C. Marques
2016 - 2017	A. Naor
2016 - 2017	A. Singer
2017 - 2018	P.S. Ozsvath
2017 - 2018	F. Coda Marques
2018 - 2019	Allan M. Sly
07/01/19 - 01/15/20	Christopher Skinner
01/16/20 - 06/30/20	Assaf Naor
07/01/20 - 01/15/21	Charles L. Fefferman
01/16/21 - 06/30/21	Zoltán Szabó
07/01/21 - 01/15/22	Shou-Wu Zhang

Henry Charles Lea Professorship of History (1939)

The gift of Arthur H. Lea, in memory of his father, Henry Charles Lea, LL.D. 1896.

1939 - 1941	R. J. Sontag
1942 - 1949	J. R. Strayer
1949 - 1964	E. H. Harbison
1966 - 1981	J. Blum
1981 - 1996	N. Z. Davis
1998 - 2013	D. T. Rodgers
2014 -	J. I. Adelman

Henry Fairfield Osborn Professorship of Biology (1927)

By anonymous gift, in honor of Henry Fairfield Osborn, Class of 1877, member of the Princeton Faculty, 1880-1891, and president of the American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1932.

1927 - 1933	E. G. Conklin
1933 - 1956	E. N. Harvey
1956 - 1959	W. W. Swingle
1960 - 1968	E. G. Butler
1968 - 1972	R. H. MacArthur
1975 - 2005	M. S. Steinberg
2007 - 2018	G. M. Schupbach

Henry L. Hillman Professorship in Molecular Biology (1987)

Established by gifts from Henry L. Hiliman, Class of 1941, and the Hillman Foundation, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1993 - 2003	M. Weigert
2003 -	D. W. Τank
2007 - 2021	L. W. Enquist
2021 -	Ileana M. Cristea

Holmes Professorship of Belles-Lettres (1857)

The gift of Silas Holmes, supplemented in 1880 by additional gift of Robert L. Stuart.

1857 - 1860	M. B. Hope
1860 - 1870	J. H. McIlvaine
1870 - 1871	J. C. Welling
1872 - 1875	J. S. Hart
1875 - 1899	J. O. Murray
1899 - 1900	B. Perry
1900 - 1926	G. M. Harper
1933 - 1937	C. G. Osgood
1938 - 1946	G. H. Gerould
1952 - 1967	W. Thorp
1968 - 1973	L. R. Thompson
1973 - 1977	E. D. H. Johnson
1977 - 1994	A. W. Litz, Jr.
1995 -	L. C. Mitchell

Howard A. Prior Professorship in the Life Sciences (1986)

Established in recognition of gifts from Howard A. Prior, Class of 1928, and his family.

1986 - 2001	S. M. Tilghman
2001 - 2008	J. J. Hopfield
2012 -	N. Wingreen

Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Professorship of the History of Architecture (1931)

The gift of sundry contributors in memory of Howard Crosby Butler, Class of 1892, Professor of Art and Archaeology, 1905-1919, Professor of the History of Architecture, 1919-1922, founder of the School of Architecture, and first Master in Residence of the Graduate College.

1931 - 1956	E. B. Smith
1959 - 1967	R. Stillwell
1968 - 1970	D. D. Egbert
1970 - 1988	D. R. Coffin
1996 - 2013	J. A. Pinto
2019 -	Beatriz Colomina

Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry (1961)

Established by an anonymous donor in honor of the former dean of the Graduate School.

1964 - 1988	K. M. Mislow
1991 -	J. Groves

Hughes-Rogers Professorship (1976)

Given through a bequest by Miss Elizabeth Hughes in memory of her parents, Edward Smallwood Hughes, Class of 1882, and Minerva Rogers Hughes.

1976 - 1995	R. E. Quandt
1995 -	H. S. Farber

IBM Chair in International Studies (1968)

Established by the International Business Machines Corporation.

1968 - 1980	H. H. Eckstein
1982 - 1984	R. C. Tucker
1987 -	E. N. Suleiman

Ira W. DeCamp Professorship of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values (1995)

Endowed by the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation to support a professorship in the area of bioethics associated with the University Center for Human Values.

1999 -

P. Singer

Jacob Viner Professorship of International Economics (1988)

Created by the Board of Trustees in honor of Jacob Viner, Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance.

1988 - 1992	W. H. Branson
1992 -	G. M. Grossman

James A. Elkins, Jr., Professorship in the Life Sciences (1983)

Established by a gift from his wife and his immediate family in honor of James A. Elkins, Jr., Class of 1941, Trustee of the University, 1971-1975.

1984 - 2021	T. E. Shenk
2021 -	Coleen T. Murphy

James Holderbaum Professorship of Renaissance and Modern Sculpture (2019)

Established by a bequest from Edward Roberts ’60.

James Madison Professorship of Political Economy (1969)

Created by the Board of Trustees in honor of James Madison, Class of 1771.

1969 - 1982	W. A. Lewis
1984 - 2018	U. E. Reinhardt
2019 - 2019	Alan B. Krueger

Jean Labatut Professorship in Architecture (1988)

Established from a bequest from the estate of Jean Labatut, distinguished professor of Architecture at Princeton, 1928-1967.

1990 - 1991	Rodolfo Machado
1991 - 1992	Fritz Neumeyer
1992 - 1993	Juan Navarro Baldeweg
1993 - 1994	Enric Miralles
1994 - 1995	Peter Eisenman
1995 - 1996	Antoine Grumbach
1996 - 1997	Nasrine Seraji

John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professorship in Physics (2001)

Established by the Battelle Memorial Institute to honor former Princeton faculty member and Battelle trustee John Archibald Wheeler on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

2003 -

W. Bialek

John Foster Dulles Professorship in International Affairs (1992)

Established by the family and admirers of John Foster Dulles, Class of 1908, to recognize his distinguished service in world affairs.

1992 - 2000	W. H. Branson
2001 - 2009	T. J. Trussell

John L. Weinberg Professorship of Economics and Business Policy (1981)

The gift of John L. Weinberg, Class of 1947.

1985 - 1989	S. J. Grossman
1991 - 1995	B. D. Bernheim
1995 - 2019	H. S. Rosen

John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professorship (1991)

Established by John L. Weinberg, Class of 1947, and Goldman Sachs & Co., in honor of Mr. Weinberg's retirement as chairman and senior partner, to bring distinguished visitors in the areas of economics and public policy to the School of Public and International Affairs' Center of Domestic and Comparative Policy Studies.

1993 - 1994	I. Garfinkel
1994 - 1995	L. Mead
1995 - 1997	J. J. Serra-Puche
1996 - 1997	D. Windlesham
1998 - 1999	T. Kato
1999 - 2000	F. P. Hitz
2000 - 2001	R. V. Luna
2001 - 2002	J. F. Matlock, Jr.
2003 - 2004	W. G. Barron, Jr.
2004 - 2005	C. Kojm
2005 - 2006	P. Goldmark
2005 - 2006	C. Kojm
2006 - 2007	E. Lahera
2006 - 2007	P. Goldmark
2006 - 2007	J. Leach
2007 - 2008	S. Ahmed
2008 - 2009	J. A. Leach
2008 - 2009	S. N. Simon
2008 - 2013	H. Price
2009 - 2011	J. B. Bolten
2010 - 2011	J. Corzine
2012 - 2013	J. Romalis
2014 - 2015	M. B. Coven
2015 - 2016	M. B. Coven
2016 - 2017	M.B. Coven & B. Jealous
2017 - 2018	M.B. Coven, B. Jealous, A. Shorris, S. Strauss
2018 - 2019	M.B. Coven, B. Jealous, S. Strauss
2019 - 2020	M.B. Coven, M. Edwards, S. Strauss

Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professorship of Economics (1929)

The gift of Joseph Douglas Green, Class of 1895, augmented later by contributions from other members of the Class of 1895.

1938 - 1952	D. A. McCabe
1953 - 1957	S. E. Howard
1958 - 1968	R. A. Lester
1968 - 1992	W. J. Baumol
1995 -	O. C. Ashenfelter

Joseph Henry Professorship of Physics (1872)

The gift of John C. Green in honor of Joseph Henry, Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1832-1848.

1873 - 1909	C. F. Brackett
1910 - 1929	W. F. Magie
1933 - 1943	E. P. Adams
1946 - 1966	H. D. Smyth
1966 - 1976	J. A. Wheeler
1977 - 1978	M. L. Goldberger
1978 - 1996	P. W. Anderson
1999 -	A. M. Polyakov

June K. Wu '92 Professorship in Engineering (2018)

Established by a gift from Sir Gordon Y.S. Wu ’58 and June K. Wu ’92.

2020 -

Clifford P. Brangwynne

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Kennedy Foundation Professorship of Latin Language and Literature (1877)

Given by the residuary legatees of the Estate of John C. Green, in honor of his friend and associate, Robert Lenox Kennedy.

1877 - 1905	W. A. Packard
1910 - 1924	F. F. Abbott
1933 - 1941	D. R. Stuart
1946 - 1964	P. R. Coleman-Norton
1971 - 1976	F. C. Bourne
1977 - 1995	T. J. Luce, Jr.
1997 -	R. A. Kaster
2019 -	Y. Baraz

Khedouri A. Zilkha Professorship of Jewish Civilization in the Near East (1983)

Established by the Zilkha Foundation in memory of Khedouri A. Zilkha.

1984 - 2008	A. L. Udovitch
2009 - 2013	M. R. Cohen
2015 -	M. Rustow	Near Eastern Studies and History

Knox Taylor Professorship of Geosciences (1927)

The gift of two anonymous donors in honor of Knox Taylor, Class of 1895, Trustee of the University, 1918-1922.

1928 - 1959	P. MacClintock
1964 - 1987	S. Judson
1988 - 2004	W. J. Morgan
2005 - 2017	S. G. H. Philander

Louis W. Fairchild '24 Professorship (1982)

Created through a fund established by Mr. Fairchild in 1980 and by a subsequent gift in his memory from his sister, Elizabeth F. Martindale.

1982 - 2006	J. V. Fleming
2007 -	D. J. Fuss

Lyman Spitzer, Jr., Professorship of Theoretical Astrophysics (1989)

Established by his family in honor of Lyman Spitzer, Jr., Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation, Emeritus.

1989 - 2007	B. Paczynski
2016 - 2019	J. M. Stone
2021 -	Eve C. Ostriker

Lynn Bendheim Thoman, Class of 1977, and Robert Bendheim, Class of 1937, Professorship in Economics and Public Policy (1992)

1992 - 2019

A. B. Krueger

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professorship (2005)

Established in honor of Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941, by the Forbes Foundation, and his sons, Christopher Forbes, Class of 1972, and Steve Forbes, Class of 1970.

2005 - 2010	K. S. Newman	Sociology and School of Public and International Affairs
2013 -	J. E. Zelizer	School of Public and International Affairs and History

Margareta Engman Augustine Professorship in Engineering (2018)

Established by a gift from Norman R. Augustine ’57 *59 and Margareta E. Augustine.

2021 -

Glaucio H. Paulino

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials

Marquand Professorship of Art and Archaeology (1883)

The gift of Frederick Marquand, brother of Henry G. Marquand, one-time president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and uncle of Allan Marquand, Class of 1874, founder of the Princeton Department of Art and Archaeology.

1883 - 1910	A. Marquand
1910 - 1933	F. J. Mather, Jr.
1938 - 1946	C. R. Morey
1946 - 1956	A. M. Friend, Jr.
1959 - 1966	R. W. Lee
1966 - 1970	D. R. Coffin
1970 - 1987	J. R. Martin
1992 - 2009	Y. Shimizu
2007 -	T. D. Kaufmann

McCormick Professorship of Jurisprudence (1897)

The gift of Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick, Sr., and her sons, Cyrus H. McCormick, Class of 1879, and Harold F. McCormick, Class of 1895, in honor of Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr.

1898 - 1910	W. Wilson
1912 - 1914	W. F. Willoughby
1918 - 1946	E. S. Corwin
1947 - 1968	A. T. Mason
1968 - 1995	W. F. Murphy
1999 -	R. P. George

McCosh Professorship of Philosophy (1896)

Given by alumni in memory of James McCosh, President of the College, 1868-1888.

1898 - 1913	A. T. Ormond
1914 - 1919	N. K. Smith
1933 - 1935	R. B. C. Johnson
1936 - 1940	E. G. Spaulding
1941 - 1946	T. M. Greene
1956 - 1970	L. Wood
1977 - 1998	S. A. Kripke
1998 - 2008	B. C. van Fraassen
2009 -	M. A. Smith

McGraw Professorship in Writing (1992)

Established by a gift of Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Class of 1941. Initially a series of seminars in writing and publishing (Harold W. McGraw Jr. Seminars in Writing and Publishing 1984 1992), later endowed as a professorship.

1984 - 1985	J. N. Wilford
1985 - 1986	H. E. Salisbury
1986 - 1987	W. Greider
1987 - 1988	W. Sullivan
1988 - 1989	S. S. Taylor, Jr.
1989 - 1990	J. Gleick
1990 - 1991	R. Gilman
1991 - 1992	D. Tannen
1992 - 1993	S. Freedman
1993 - 1994	K. E. Meyer
1994 - 1995	L. Y. Jones
1995 - 1996	M. Browne
1996 - 1997	T. Rafferty
1997 - 1998	J. Weiner
1998 - 1999	A. Steinbach
1999 - 2000	M. Levitas
2000 - 2001	P. Span
2001 - 2002	J. P. Willse
2004 - 2005	J. Eilperin
2005 - 2006	M. Jefferson
2005 - 2006	E. Kendall
2006 - 2007	J. Keller
2007 - 2008	A. S. Berg
2008 - 2009	A. Ross
2009 - 2010	P. Salopek
2010 - 2011	A. V. Hull
2011 - 2012	J. M. Gorman
2012 - 2013	A. Guillermoprieto
2013 - 2014	F. A. Bruni, Jr.

Meredith Howland Pyne Professorship of French Literature (1930)

Given by the family of Meredith Howland Pyne, Jr., Class of 1921, who died of injuries sustained in World War I.

1930 - 1931	A. Maurois
1930 - 1931	P. Laumonier
1931 - 1932	W. A. Nitze
1931 - 1932	F. Baldensperger
1937 - 1950	G. Chinard
1954 - 1981	A. Hoog
1981 - 2013	F. Rigolot
2011 - 2012	H. S. Kay
2016 -	D. M. Bellos

Murray Professorship of English Literature (1899)

Established by the alumni in honor of James Ormsbee Murray, Dean of the Faculty, 1883-1899.

1899 - 1913	H. van Dyke
1914 - 1919	A. Noyes
1919 - 1923	H. van Dyke
1933 - 1936	J. D. Spaeth
1938 - 1944	C. W. Kennedy
1952 - 1970	G. E. Bentley
1970 - 1980	D. W. Robertson
1981 - 1989	T. McFarland
1991 - 2003	T. P. Roche, Jr.
2003 -	C. L. Johnson

Musgrave Professorship of Sociology (1892)

In honor of Professor George W. Musgrave, D.D., 1845, Trustee of Princeton, 1859-1882.

1892 - 1925	J. H. Westcott	Latin
1933 - 1943	A. C. Johnson	Latin
1946 - 1949	J. V. A. Fine	Latin
1956 - 1970	F. R. B. Godolphin	Latin
1971 - 1989	M. J. Levy, Jr.	School of Public and International Affairs
1992 - 2013	G. F. Rozman	Sociology
2013 -	M. A. Centeno	Sociology and School of Public and International Affairs

Nissan Professorship in Japanese Studies (2008)

Established by the gift of the Nissan Motor Company.

2009 - 2010	D. L. Howell
2011 -	S. M. Garon	History and East Asian Studies

Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professorship in War and Society (2002)

Established by Norman B. Tomlinson '48 in memory of his father, Norman B. Tomlinson '16 for a professorship in the Department of History.

2003 - 2017

J. T. Gross

Norman John Sollenberger Professorship in Engineering (1989)

Established by the gift of Gordon Υ. S. Wu, Class of 1958, in honor of Norman John Sollenberger, Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus.

1989 - 1995	M. Shinozuka	Civil Engineering
1996 - 2015	E. Çinlar	Civil and Environmental Engineering
2015 -	S. Sundaresan	Chemical and Biological Engineering

Norman R. Augustine '57 *59 Professorship in Engineering (2018)

Established by a gift from Norman R. Augustine ’57 *59 and Margareta E. Augustine.

P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Professorship in Chinese and Japanese Art (1999)

Established by the family of P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang in their honor.

2001 - 2016

J. Silbergeld

Paul M. Wythes '55 P86 and Marcia R. Wythes P86 Professorship in Computer Science (2009)

Established by a gift from Paul M. Wythes '55 P86 and Marcia R. Wythes P86 to support a tenured member of the faculty in the Department of Computer Science.

2009 -

K. Li

Philip and Beulah Rollins Professorship of History (1962)

Established through the allocation of funds from the bequest of Philip and Beulah Rollins for the advancement of the study of history.

1962 - 1985	E. F. Goldman
1986 - 2011	P. R. Brown
2012 - 2015	A. N. H. Creager
2015 - 2019	A. G. Rabinbach

Phillip Υ. Goldman '86 Professorship in Computer Science (1997)

Established by a gift of Phillip Υ. Goldman, Class of 1986, and Susan R. Goldman.

1998 -

D. P. Dobkin

Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professorship in Engineering (1990)

Established through gifts of Pomeroy Smith, Class of 1946, and his wife Betty Perry Smith.

1991 - 2007	J. Wei	Chemical Engineering
2007 - 2017	Y. G. Kevrekidis	Chemical and Biological Engineering
2017 - 2019	I. A. Aksay	Chemical and Biological Engineering
2020 - 2020	C. M. Nelson	Chemical and Biological Engineering
2020 -	Rodney D. Priestley	Chemical and Biological Engineering

Ralph W. Dornte *31 Professorship in Chemistry (1991)

Established by the bequest of Ralph W. Dornte of the Graduate Class of 1931.

2001 - 2002	E. I. Stiefel
2002 - 2005	W. S. Warren
2006 -	R. Car	Chemistry and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials

Robert C. Gunning *55 and R. Brandon Fradd ’83 Professorship in Mathematics (2008)

Established by a gift from R. Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983. [Formerly "The R. Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professorship in Mathematics" from 2008-2010, then named The Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professorship in Mathematics (2010-2021)].

2010 -

M. Bhargava

Robert E. Kahn Professorship (2007)

Established by the gift of Robert E. Kahn *64 to support the teaching and research of a tenured faculty member in computer science or electrical engineering.

2007 - 2013	L. L. Peterson	Computer Science
2013 -	E. W. Felten	Computer Science and School of Public and International Affairs

Robert E. Kuenne Professorship in Economics and Humanistic Studies (2012)

Established by Janet Kuenne P85, Leslie and Christopher Kuenne '85, and Carolyn and David Jeppsen, in honor of Robert E. Kuenne, Professor of Economics, Emeritus.

2012 - 2020

M. Fleurbaey

School of Public and International Affairs and University Center for Human Values

Robert F. Goheen Professorship in the Humanities (1986)

Established in honor of Robert F. Goheen, Class of 1940 and President of the University, 1956-1972, through gifts to A Campaign for Princeton.

1989 - 2006	C. A. Morrison
2016 -	B. A. Holmes	Classics

Robert H. Goddard Professorship of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (1954)

Established in 1954 in memory of Robert H. Goddard, pioneer in rocket research, as part of the jet propulsion program of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, endowed in large part by a gift of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation.

1960 - 1970	L. Crocco
1970 - 1972	D. duP. Donaldson	Visiting Lecturer with rank of Professor
1981 - 1988	F. A. Williams
1988 - 1999	I. Glassman
1995 -	C. Κ. Law

Robert J. H. Janson-LaPalme *60 Visiting Professorship in Art and Archaeology (2001)

Established by a gift from Mrs. Lillian Marks to bring a visiting scholar to teach European art of the period 1200-1800 A.D.

2005 - 2006	W. Liedtke
2006 - 2007	J. B. Scott
2009 - 2010	D. Howard
2011 - 2012	D. Rosand
2012 - 2013	M. Kemp
2014 - 2015	C. Bynum
2016 - 2017	P. Parshall
2017 - 2018	M. Ainsworth
2019 - 2020	P. Parshall

Roger S. Berlind '52 Professorship in the Humanities (1986)

The gift of Roger S. Berlind, Class of 1952.

1986 - 2015	J. C. Oates	Lewis Center for the Arts, Creative Writing
2016 - 2021	T. K. Smith	Lewis Center for the Arts, Creative Writing

Rosengarten Professorship of Modern and Contemporary History (1990)

Established by the gift of Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr., Class of 1927.

1995 - 2006	R. L. Tignor	History
2005 -	P. G. Nord	History
2007 - 2012	S. Kotkin	History
2013 -	M. D. Gordin	History

Russell Wellman Moore Professorship of Chemistry (1913)

The gift of Russell Wellman Moore, Class of 1883, and Mrs. Moore.

1913 - 1917	L. W. McCay
1933 - 1937	W. Foster
1937 - 1945	A. W. C. Menzies
1945 - 1960	N. H. Furman
1965 - 1972	A. V. Tobolsky
1976 - 1991	D. S. McClure
1995 - 2004	G. McLendon
2006 -	R. J. Cava	Chemistry and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials

S. Daniel Abraham Professorship in Middle Eastern Policy Studies (2005)

To support the research and teaching of public policy pertaining to the Middle East by a faculty member in the School of Public and International Affairs.

2005 -

D. Kurtzer

Visiting Professor

Scheide Professorship of Music History (1981)

The gift of William H. Scheide, Class of 1936.

1981 - 1987	P. Brainard
1988 - 1995	K. Levy
1995 - 2001	H. Powers
2001 - 2009	P. G. Jeffery
2009 - 2016	S. G. Burnham
2016 -	W. Heller

Shelby Cullom Davis '30 Professorship of European History (1966)

Established from the George Henry Davis 1886 and Shelby Cullom Davis 1930 Fund for the support of the Department of History.

1966 - 1973	C. C. Gillispie
1973 - 1983	C. E. Black
1984 - 2007	R. C. Darnton
2012 - 2018	J. F. Haldon

Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professorship in History (2001)

Established from the George Henry Davis 1886 and Shelby Cullom Davis 1930 fund for the support of the Department of History.

2003 -

L. Colley

Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professorship in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions (2004)

Established by a gift from Sidney Lapidus, Class of 1959, and Ruth Lapidus. [Formerly "Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professorship in the American Revolutionary Era" from 2004-2010.]

2005 - 2006	P. D. Morgan
2007 - 2010	R. S. Wilentz
2011 -	D. A. Bell

Sin-I Cheng (程心一) Professorship in Engineering Science (2018)

Established by a gift from Irene T. Cheng K*52, in honor of Professor Sin-I Cheng *52.

2021 -

Clarence W. Rowley

Smith Family Professorship of History (2021)

Established by a gift from Bradford L. Smith '81 and Kathryn Surace-Smith '81

Squibb Professorship in Molecular Biology (1983)

Established with funds granted by the Squibb Corporation.

1988 - 1991	J. Rothman
1993 -	E. Wieschaus
2007 - 2022	B. Bassler

Stanley G. Ivins '34 and Henrietta Bauer Ivins Professorship in Economics (2016)

Established by a bequest from Henrietta Bauer Ivins W34.

2017 -

U. K. Mueller

Stephen C. Macaleer '63 Professorship in Engineering and Applied Science (2000)

Established through a gift of the RJM Foundation.

2001 - 2006	D. A. Saville	Chemical Engineering
2007 - 2015	C. A. Floudas	Chemical and Biological Engineering
2015 -	A. Kahn	Electrical and Computer Engineering

Stephen R. Forrest Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013)

Established by a gift from Gregory H. Olsen in honor of Professor Stephen R. Forrest.

[Formerly "Stephen R. Forrest Professorship in Electrical Engineering" until April 2021.]

2013 -

J. C. Sturm

Stuart Professorship of Communications and Public Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs (1987)

Established by Robert D. Stuart, Jr., '37, his family, and the Quaker Oats Company to enable a distinguished scholar to study the impact of the media—especially television—on public and international affairs.
[Formerly "Stuart Professorship of Communications and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School" from 1987-2020.]

1991 - 1999	L. M. Bartels
2001 - 2002	C. Wren
2002 - 2003	E. W. Thomas
2005 -	P. E. Starr	Sociology and School of Public and International Affairs

Stuart Professorship of Psychology (1883)

Established by Mrs. Robert L. Stuart in memory of her husband, Robert L. Stuart, and his brother, Alexander Stuart, for the endowment of a professorship in psychology. Augmented by additional gifts from Mrs. Stuart in 1888, 1889, and 1891.

1893 - 1904	J. M. Baldwin
1904 - 1907	F. Thilly
1907 - 1914	N. K. Smith
1914 - 1934	H. C. Warren
1938 - 1947	H. S. Langfeld
1953 - 1955	H. Cantril
1962 - 1972	F. A. Geldard
1974 - 1975	R. L. Solomon
1977 - 1993	E. Ε. Jones
1994 - 2012	P. N. Johnson-Laird
2015 -	J. N. Shelton

Stuart Professorships in the Department of Philosophy (1883)

Established by Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, in memory of her husband, Robert L. Stuart, and his brother, Alexander Stuart, for the endowment of professorships in the Department of Philosophy, including ethics, logic, metaphysics, and the history of philosophy. Augmented by additional gifts from Mrs. Stuart in 1888, 1889, and 1891.

1884 - 1888	J. McCosh
1884 - 1898	A. T. Ormond
1884 - 1913	F. L. Patton
1897 - 1932	J. G. Hibben
1918 - 1935	W. Fite
1936 - 1955	R. Scoon
1938 - 1955	W. T. Stace
1956 - 1973	C. G. Hempel
1956 - 1976	G. Vlastos
1979 - 1998	P. Benacerraf
1979 - 1980	W. Kaufmann
1981 - 1982	R. Rorty
1989 - 1991	M. Frede
1995 - 1998	D. K. Lewis
1998 - 2009	J. M. Cooper
1998 - 1999	M. D. Wilson
1999 - 2009	G. H. Harman
2009 - 2016	D. Garber
2009 -	G. A. Rosen
2016 -	H. P. Halvorson

Theodora D. '78 and William H. Walton III '74 Professorship in Engineering (2013)

Established by a gift from Theodora D. '78 and William H. Walton III '74.

2013 -

Y. L. Loo

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Theodore A. Wells '29 Professorships (1995)

Established with funds from a trust founded by Theodore A. Wells, Class of 1929, and a bequest by Margery A. Wells for the purpose of supporting the teaching of economics, with emphasis on the principles of free enterprise.

1995 - 1997	D. E. Card
1999 - 2013	J. A. Scheinkman
2006 - 2011	C. E. Rouse	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2007 -	R. J-M. Benabou	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2007 -	W. Pesendorfer	Economics
2013 -	E. A. Rossi-Hansberg	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2014 - 2017	A. R. Mian	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics

Thomas D. Jones Professorship of Mathematical Physics (1927)

The gift of Miss Gwethalyn Jones in honor of her uncle, Thomas D. Jones, Class of 1876, Trustee of the University, 1909-1912.

1928 - 1929	H. Weyl
1938 - 1971	Ε. P. Wigner
1971 - 1992	A. S. Wightman
1992 - 1996	E. H. Lieb
1996 - 1998	D. Gross
1997 - 1998	Y. G. Sinai
2000 - 2001	I. R. Klebanov
2001 - 2002	S. Klainerman
2002 - 2003	M. Aizenman
2005 - 2006	E. Lindenstrauss
2005 - 2006	G. Tian
2006 - 2007	I. R. Klebanov
2007 - 2008	I. Rodnianski
2008 - 2009	M. Aizenman
2009 - 2010	A. Okounkov
2010 - 2011	W. Bialek
2011 - 2012	M. Bhargava
2011 - 2012	S. Klainerman
2012 - 2013	D. A. Huse
2013 - 2014	A. D. Ionescu
2014 - 2015	C. G.Callan, Jr.
2015 - 2016	M. C. Dafermos
2016 - 2017	M. Aizenman
2017 - 2018	I. Y. Rodnianski
2019 - 2020	Mihalis Dafermos
2020	Alexandru Ionescu
2020 - 2021	Fredrick D. Haldane

Thomas J. Wu '94 Professorship in Engineering (2018)

Established by a gift from Sir Gordon Y.S. Wu ’58 and Thomas J. Wu ’94.

2018 -

Amilcare Porporato

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Thomas M. Siebel Professorship in the History of Science (2015)

Established by a gift from the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation.

2015 -

A. N. H. Creager

History

Uwe Reinhardt Professorship in Economics (2018)

Established by a gift from Gilchrist Berg ’73 in memory of Professor Uwe Reinhardt.

2018 -

Leeat Yariv

Economics

Van Zandt Williams, Jr. Class of 1965 Professorship in Chemistry (2007)

Established by family, friends, and classmates in honor of Van Zandt Williams, Jr. '65.

2010 -

T. W. Muir

Walker Professorship of Economics and International Finance (1931)

Maintained by the Walker Foundation of International Finance, endowed in 1928 by friends and relatives of the late James T. Walker, Class of 1927.

1931 - 1943	E. W. Kemmerer
1945 - 1949	F. D. Graham
1950 - 1960	J. Viner
1960 - 1971	F. Machlup
1971 - 2004	P. B. Kenen
2009 - 2012	P. J. Kehoe
2015 -	M. A. Aguiar

Walter Cerf *41 Professorship of Philosophy (2004)

Established from the bequest of Walter Cerf, graduate Class of 1941, in support of the Department of Philosophy.

2004 - 2016

M. Johnston

Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professorship in the Language, Literature, and Civilization of Spain (1975)

Endowed by the Good Samaritan Foundation in honor of Mr. Carpenter, a Trustee of the Foundation.

1976 - 1982	E. L. King
1985 - 2001	A. K. Forcione
2002 - 2011	R. E. Piglia
2014 -	R. Gallo

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professorship (1984)

Established with funds granted by Warner-Lambert Company, in honor of Ward S. Hagan, Class of 1948, chairman of the company, 1979-1985.

1986 -	T. J. Silhavy
2007 - 2009	Y. Shi
2012 -	Y. Kang

Wilke Family Professorship in Bioengineering (2020)

Established by a gift from Jeffrey A. Wilke '89 and Liesl D. Wilke '89.

2020 -

Celeste M. Nelson

Chemical and Biological Engineering

William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professorship of Ancient and Modern Literature (1919)

The gift of Mrs. Annie S. Paton.

1919 - 1929	R. W. Rogers
1929 - 1954	P. K. Hitti
1969 - 1972	A. H. Marckwardt
1972 - 1977	A. W. Litz, Jr.
1977 - 1987	T. R. Weiss
1988 - 2007	U. Knoepflmacher
2011 -	N. Smith

William and Edna Macaleer Professorship of Engineering and Applied Science (1986)

Given in their honor by their children, six of whom graduated from Princeton between 1955 and 1979.

1986 - 2004	A. C. Yao	Computer Science
2005 - 2013	J. C. Sturm	Electrical and Computer Engineering
2014 -	J. A. Smith	Civil and Environmental Engineering

William Church Osborn Professorship of Public Affairs (1952)

Created by the Board of Trustees in honor of William Church Osborn, Class of 1883, Charter Trustee of the University, 1914-1942, and one of the organizers of the School of Public and International Affairs.

1952 - 1953	D. H. Wallace
1954 - 1959	S. K. Bailey
1964 - 1986	A. J. Coale
1986 - 1998	A. S. Deaton
1998 - 2019	R. D. Arnold
2020 -	Kathryn J. Edin

William H. Danforth Professorship of Religion (1955)

Endowed by the Danforth Foundation in honor of its president, William H. Danforth, father of Donald Danforth, Class of 1920, Charter Trustee of the University.

1956 - 1968	R. B.Y. Scott
1968 - 1971	K. K. S. Ch'en
1972 - 1978	P. H. Ashby
1978 - 1992	M. L. Diamond
1995 - 2006	J. G. Gager, Jr.
2007 -	M. Himmelfarb

William J. Sinclair Professorship of Geosciences (1946)

Established by the will of William J. Sinclair, member of the Geology Faculty, 1905-1935.

1946 - 1971	G. L. Jepsen
2005 -	B. B. Ward

William L. Knapp '47 Professorship of Civil Engineering (2005)

Established by the gift of Priscilla S. Knapp in memory of her husband, William L. Knapp '47, to support the teaching and research of a tenured member of the faculty in the study of civil engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

2005 - 2017	G. W. Scherer	Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
2017 -	P.R. Jaffe	Civil and Environmental Engineering

William O. Baker *39 Professorship in Computer Science (1986)

Established in honor of William O. Baker *39, trustee of the University, 1964-1986, through the bequest of Stephen H. Condit, a friend of the University.

1986 - 2022

R. Sedgewick

William P. Boswell Professorship of World Politics of Peace and War (1982)

The gift of William P. Boswell, a member of the Class of 1942, in honor of the Class.

1984 - 1985	R. J. Vincent	Visiting Professor
1985 - 1986	J. Galtung	Visiting Professor
1986 - 1987	R. Vayrynen	Visiting Professor
1987 - 1988	J. L. Gaddis	Visiting Professor
1987 - 1988	O. R. Young	Visiting Professor
1988 - 1989	R. Engler	Visiting Professor
1989 - 1998	G. Downs
1998 - 2020	J. S. Gowa
2011 - 2019	T. J. Christensen

William Shubael Conant Professorship of Music (1952)

The gift of William Shubael Conant, Class of 1890.

1953 - 1965	R. H. Sessions
1966 - 1984	M. B. Babbitt
1995 - 2001	P. T. Westergaard
2001 - 2014	P. Lansky
2015 -	S. Mackey

William Stewart Tod Professorship (1939)

The gift of John Kennedy Tod, in memory of his brother, William Stewart Tod, Class of 1884.

1939 - 1961	D. G. Μυnrο
1964 - 1979	K. Knorr
1981 - 1985	H. S. Bienen
1985 - 1998	J. Waterbury
1998 - 2001	J. L. Hochschild
2002 - 2009	M. Rothschild	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2009 - 2016	E. Shafir	Psychology and School of Public and International Affairs
2021 -	Patrick T. Sharkey	Sociology and School of Public and International Affairs

Woodrow Wilson Professorship of Literature (1926)

The gift of Edward W. Bok, "to commemorate Mr. Wilson's mastery of spoken and written English."

1926 - 1932	G. M. Harper
1933 - 1946	R. K. Root
1952 - 1962	D. A. Stauffer
1954 - 1977	C. H. Baker
1977 - 1990	S. Hynes
1990 - 1998	A. Rampersad
2001 - 2015	V. A. Smith
2015 - 2020	D. E. Nord
2021 -	Andrew Cole

A. Barton Hepburn Professorship (2008)

Created by Board of Trustees in recognition of a gift from A. Barton Hepburn.

2008 - 2016	P. J. DiMaggio	Sociology and School of Public and International Affairs
2016 -	A. McClintock	Gender and Sexuality Studies

Alexander Stewart 1886 Professorships (2007)

Established from the bequest of Janet H. Stewart in memory of her brother, Alexander Stewart.

2007 - 2017	A. C. Case	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2007 - 2019	S. E. Morris	Economics
2008 -	D. A. Prentice	Psychology and Public Affairs

Anderson Family Professorship in Energy and the Environment (2011)

Established by a gift from Dwight W. Anderson, Class of 1989.

2020 -

Christos Maravelias

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Anthony B. Evnin '62 Professorship in Genomics (1999)

Established by a gift from Anthony B. Evnin, Class of 1962, Trustee of the University.

2003 - 2015	D. Botstein	Molecular Biology and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
2015 -	M. Levine	Molecular Biology and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

Arthur W. Marks '19 Professorships (1992)

Two professorships established from the bequest of Arthur W. Marks '19.

1992 - 2002	R. Fagles	Comparative Literature
1992 - 2017	W. B. Russel	Chemical Engineering
2002 - 2009	L. Barkan	Comparative Literature
2006 - 2011	E. A. Carter	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics
2009 -	D. Heller-Roazen	Comparative Literature
2012 - 2019	C. J. Greenhouse	Anthropology
2017 -	P. M. Monteiro	Spanish and Portuguese
2020 -	Tania Lombrozo	Psychology

Chemical Bank Chairman's Professorship (1986)

Given by the Chemical Bank in recognition and appreciation of the contributions of four Princetonians who were successive chairmen of Chemical Bank: Harold H. Helm, Class of 1920; William S. Renchard, Class of 1928; Donald C. Platten, Class of 1940; and John F. McGillicuddy, Class of 1952.

1987 - 1988	J. E. Stiglitz	Economics
1988 - 2011	B. G. Malkiel	Economics
2015 - 2017	M. Golosov	Economics
2017 -	D. S. Lee	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics

Class of 1943 Professorships (2014)

Established from a gift by the members of the Class of 1943, and their friends for the support of a chair in a traditional or new area of scholarship.

2014 -	M. Lane	Politics
2014 -	S-J. Leslie	Philosophy

Class of 1987 Professorship in Behavioral Science and Public Policy (2013)

Established by a gift from an anonymous donor.

2016 -

E. Shafir

Psychology and School of Public and International Affairs

Claude and Lore Kelly Professorship in European Studies (2008)

Established by Claude C. Kelly, Jr. '49 and Lore K. Kelly.

2011 -

H. James

History and School of Public and International Affairs

Cotsen Professorship in the Humanities (1987)

Supported by the Cotsen endowment in the humanities established in 1986 by Lloyd Cotsen '50 in honor of his late wife, Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen, and their children, Corinna, Tobey, Lloyd and Noah.

1987 - 2016	E. J. Champlin	Classics
2008 -	S. L. Bermann	Comparative Literature
2016 -	J. T. Katz	Classics

Donner Chair of Science (1958)

Endowed by a grant from the Donner Foundation, Inc. The income on the endowment is used to support teaching and research in the physical sciences at Princeton, as part of the national effort in basic scientific research and teaching.

1959 - 1966	D. F. Hornig	Chemistry
1966 - 1975	A. B. Pardee	Biochemistry
1976 - 1985	J. W. Tukey	Statistics
1987 - 2008	G. Scoles	Chemistry
2009 -	J. Kollár	Mathematics

Doris Stevens Professorship in Women's Studies (1986)

Established by the gift of a foundation created by Jonathan Mitchell, Doris Stevens's husband.

1993 - 1995	K. Luker	Sociology
1999 - 2007	C. Armstrong	Art and Archaeology
2013 - 2020	R. Kunzel	History and Gender and Sexuality Studies

Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professorship (1985)

Established in the humanities by the gift of Edmund N. Carpenter II '43, his wife, Carroll, and the Good Samaritan Foundation

1989 - 1990	A. Nehamas	Visiting Professor
1990 -	A. Nehamas	Philosophy

Edward E. Matthews, Class of 1953, Professorship in Finance (2003)

Established by a gift from Marie and Edward E. Matthews '53.

2005 - 2017

D. J. Abreu

Economics

Edwards S. Sanford Professorship (1971)

Established from the bequest of Edwards S. Sanford, Class of 1905.

1971 - 1999	W. C. Fong	Art and Archaeology
1999 - 2003	M. W. Doyle	School of Public and International Affairs and Politics
2005 - 2007	J. M. Rabaté	Comparative Literature
2006 -	C. R. Beitz	Politics
2008 -	M. K. Brunnermeier	Economics
2011 -	P. J. Chirik	Chemistry
2014 -	A. A. Jamal	Politics

Edwin S. Wilsey Professorship (1972)

Established from the bequest of Edwin S. Wilsey, Class of 1904.

1972 - 1999	S. H. Lam	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2001 -	W. A. Massey	Operations Research and Financial Engineering
2008 -	N. E. Leonard	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Evans Crawford 1911 Professorship (2011)

Created in honor of a bequest from Evans Crawford and Aileen W. Clancy.

2011 -

D. R. Marlow

Physics

Evnin Professorship in Neuroscience (2012)

Established by Anthony B. Evnin '62, Luke B. Evnin '85, and Tim W. Evnin '87.

2015 -

H. S. Seung

Computer Science and Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Frederick L. Moore, Class of 1918, Professorship in Finance (2003)

Established by a gift from Edward B. Goodnow '47.

2006 -

J. Fan

Operations Research and Financial Engineering

Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professorship in Energy and the Environment (2011)

Established by a gift from Gerhard R. Andlinger, Class of 1952. Professorships for faculty associated with the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.

2011 - 2019	E. A. Carter	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics
2016 -	E. U. Weber	School of Public and International Affairs, Psychology, and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
2022 -	Emily A. Carter	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professorship of Social Sciences (1991)

Established by a gift from Gerhard R. Andlinger '52. To be held in the Social Sciences, preferably in the Department of Sociology.

1992 - 2021	R. J. Wuthnow	Sociology
2021 -	Mitchell Duneier	Sociology

Henry DeWolf Smyth Professorship (1990)

Established in memory of Henry DeWolf Smyth '18 *21, professor of physics. To be held in the sciences (preferably in physics).

1992 - 2001	P. Piroué	Physics
2001 - 2006	P. M. Chaikin	Physics
2005 - 2014	L. A. Page, Jr.	Physics
2014 -	S. T. Staggs	Physics

Henry G. Bryant Professorship (1952)

The gift of Henry G. Bryant, Class of 1883.

1952 - 1969	H. Sprout	Geography and International Relations
1973 - 2005	J. Wolpert	Geography, Public Affairs, and Urban Planning
2005 -	D. S. Massey	School of Public and International Affairs and Sociology

Henry R. Luce Professorship in Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture (2002)

Established by the Henry Luce Foundation to strengthen critical dialogue between cognitive science and computer science, and humanities and social sciences.

2003 - 2017	D. N. Osherson	Psychology
2018 -	Thomas L. Griffiths	Psychology and Computer Science

Henry W. Putnam Professorship (1959)

Established by the Board of Trustees with a part of the funds bequeathed by Henry W. Putnam.

1959 - 1984	H. M. Davies	Religion
1987 - 2013	A. J. Raboteau	Religion
2011 -	J. M. Currie	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2013 -	M. R. Beissinger	Politics

Henry Wendt III '55 Professorship (2004)

Established by a gift from Henry Wendt III, Class of 1955. To support teaching and research in contemporary East Asian Studies.

2007 - 2017	D. Leheny	East Asian Studies
2019 -	James M. Raymo	Sociology

Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professorships (1984)

Two professorships established by a gift from their son, T. Edmund Beck, Class of 1926.

1984 - 1985	J. N. Frank	Comparative Literature
1986 - 1987	J. K. Shearman	Art and Archaeology
1987 - 1988	H. F. Sonnenschein	Economics
1989 - 1994	J. Y. Campbell	Economics
1994 - 2005	B. S. Bernanke	Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
2002 - 2014	A. Portes	Sociology
2006 -	M. W. Watson	Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2014 -	A. W. Patten	Politics

Hugh Leander and Mary Trumbull Adams Professorship for the Study of Investment and Financial Markets (2014)

Established with income received from a trust created by Hugh Trumbull Adams '35.

2014 -

W. Xiong

Economics

Hugh Trumbull Adams '35 Professorship (2012)

Established with income received from a trust created by Hugh L. Adams P35 to support a professorship in economics, engineering, government, or history.

2012 -

M. R. Martonosi

Computer Science

Hughes-Rogers Professorships (2007)

Established from the bequest of Miss Elizabeth F. Hughes in memory of her parents, Edward Smallwood Hughes, Class of 1882, and Minerva Rogers Hughes.

2007 -	N. J. Goldman	School of Public and International Affairs
2007 - 2012	C. H. Paxson	School of Public and International Affairs and Economics
2008 - 2016	H. S. Shin	Economics
2009 -	D. Gabai	Mathematics
2012 - 2015	A. Wimmer	Sociology
2016 - 2019	V. K. Agawu	Music
2017 -	W. A. Gleason	English
2020 -	Wallace D. Best	Religion and African American Studies

Huo Professorships in Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience (2017).

Established by a gift from Yan Huo *94.

2019 -	K. A. Norman	Psychology and Neuroscience
2019 -	N. D. Daw	Neuroscience and Psychology

J. N. Allison Professorship in Environmental Studies (2021)

Established by a gift from an anonymous donor.

Joanna and Greg Zeluck '84 P13 P18 Professorship in Asian Studies (2013)

Established by a gift from Joanna and Gregory M. Zeluck '84 P13.

2013 -

M. Kern

East Asian Studies

John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professorship in Public Policy and Finance (2017).

Established by Andrea Berry Laporte S67, Christopher Palmer Laporte, Sr. '99, and Timothy Marshall Laporte '05.

2017 -

A. Mian

School of Public and International Affairs and Economics

John H. Scully '66 Professorship in Finance (1992)

Established by a gift from John H. Scully, Class of 1966.

1998 - 2005	P. Bolton	Economics
2007 - 2016	H. Hong	Economics

John N. Woodhull Professorship (1870)

The gift of John N. Woodhull, Class of 1828. [Formerly the "John N. Woodhull Professorship of Modern Languages" from 1870-2009.]

1870 - 1892	J. Kargé	Modern Languages
1896 - 1900	G. M. Harper	Modern Languages
1900 - 1905	A. G. Cameron	Modern Languages
1910 - 1938	W. U. Vreeland	Modern Languages
1938 - 1943	H. W. Hewett-Thayer	Modern Languages
1952 - 1965	I. O. Wade	Modern Languages
1968 - 1977	V. Lange	Germanic Languages and Literatures
1978 - 2003	K. D. Uitti	Romance Languages and Literatures
2009 -	J. P. Burgess	Philosophy

John P. Birkelund '52 Professorship in History and International Affairs (2012)

Established by John P. Birkelund '52 to support a joint appointment within the Department of History and the School of Public and International Affairs.

2012 -

S. Kotkin

History and School of Public and International Affairs

John Work Garrett Professorship in Politics (2008)

Established in grateful recognition of gifts from John Work Garrett, Class of 1895, and Robert Garrett, Class of 1897.

2009 - 2016	A. H. Meirowitz	Politics
2017 -	T. Mendelberg	Politics

Joseph C. Elgin Professorship of Engineering (1997)

Established through a gift of Gordon Y.S. Wu, Class of 1958.

1997 -

S. Y. Chou

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professorship (2011)

Established by a gift from Peter L. Briger, Jr., Class of 1986, and Devon Briger in honor of their mothers.

2012 -

B. T. Grenfell

Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and School of Public and International Affairs

L. G. Pathy '56 Visiting Professorship in Canadian Studies (2001)

Established by a gift from Laurence G. Pathy '56 to attract distinguished Canadian academics to Princeton for a year to teach and conduct scholarly activities.

2001 - 2002	J. Hart	History
Spring 2002	M. Fournier	Sociology
Fall 2002	Y. Cohen	History
Spring 2003	J. Lynes	English
Fall 2003	M. Sproule-Jones	Urban Studies
Spring 2004	M. Peterman	English
2007 - 2008	A. Ray	History
Fall 2008	J. Sangster	Gender & Women's Studies
Spring 2011	J. Borrows	Law
2013 - 2014	N. Ricci	Writing
2018 - 2019	C. Callison	Journalism

Laurance S. Rockefeller Professorship (1999)

Established by a gift from Laurance S. Rockefeller, Class of 1932. Four professorships for faculty associated with the University Center for Human Values.

1999 -	S. Macedo	Politics and University Center for Human Values
2001 -	C. L. Eisgruber	School of Public and International Affairs and University Center for Human Values
2005 - 2008	K. L. Scheppele	School of Public and International Affairs and University Center for Human Values
2008 -	K. L. Scheppele	School of Public and International Affairs, University Center for Human Values, and Sociology
2011 - 2012	M. Fleurbaey	School of Public and International Affairs and University Center for Human Values
2016 -	E. Harman	Philosophy and University Center for Human Values
2016 -	A. B. Stilz	Politics and University Center for Human Values
2018 -	Andrew Chignell	Religion and University Center for Human Values

Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professorship in the Economics of Education (2010)

Established by a gift from John S. Katzman, Class of 1981.

2011 -

C. E. Rouse

School of Public and International Affairs and Economics

Leonard L. Milberg '53 Professorship in Irish Letters (2013)

Established by a gift from Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953, in honor of Paul B. Muldoon.

2015 - 2018

C. E. Wills

English

Leonard L. Milberg '53 Professorship of American Jewish Studies (2018)

Established by a gift from Leonard L. Milberg '53, in honor of Benjamin and Eve Milberg.

2018 -

E. H. Schor

English

Lewis Bernard Professorship of Natural Science (2017)

Established by a gift from the Gilder Foundation.

2018 -

Salvatore Torquato

Chemistry

Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professorship (2001)

Established through a gift of Lloyd Cotsen '50 for faculty with scholarly interest in the study of children's literature.

2002 -

V. A. Zelizer

Sociology

Luisa and Robert Fernholz '62 Professorship of Mathematics (2015)

Established by a gift from Luisa and Robert Fernholz '62.

M. Taylor Pyne Professorship (1913)

The gift of Moses Taylor Pyne, Class of 1877, Trustee of Princeton, 1885-1921.

1913 - 1928	P. van Dyke	History
1939 - 1950	H. H. Bender	Indo-Germanic Philology
1954 - 1968	G. F. Thomas	Religion
1968 - 1979	T. S. Κuhn	History of Science
1983 - 1999	J. L. Gossman	Romance Languages and Literatures
1999 - 2013	M-H. Huet	French and Italian
2014 -	M. Koortbojian	Art and Archaeology

Maurice P. During Professorship (2010)

Established from the bequests of Maurice P. During, Class of 1922, and his mother, Mrs. Elmire During.

2010 - 2018	M. Duneier	Sociology
2018 -	Matthew Desmond	Sociology

Maurice P. During Professorship in Demographic Studies (1972)

Established from the bequests of Maurice P. During, Class of 1922, and his mother, Mrs. Elmire During.

1972 - 1999	C. F. Westoff	Sociology
1999 - 2021	M. Tienda	Sociology and School of Public and International Affairs
2021 -	Sanyu A. Mojola	Sociology and Public Affairs

Olden Street Professorship in American Studies (2019)

Established by a gift from an anonymous donor.

Otto A. Hack '03 Professorship in Finance (2001)

Established by a gift from Mary and Randall A. Hack, Class of 1969.

2002 -

Y. Aït-Sahalia

Economics

Paul M. Wythes '55 Professorship of Engineering and Finance (1998)

Established by a gift from Marcia R. and Paul M. Wythes, Class of 1955, term (1986-1990) and Charter Trustee (1995-2005) of the University.

1997 - 2000	H. M. Soner	Civil Engineering and Operations Research
2002 -	R. Carmona	Operations Research and Financial Engineering

Paula Chow Professorship in International and Regional Studies (2020)

Established by a gift from Yan Huo *94 and Xue Fang *95.

2020 -

Michael F. Laffan

History

Philip Mayhew Professorship in English, European, and American or Comparative Literature (2015)

Established by a bequest from Philip R. Mayhew '56.

2021 -

Eduardo L. Cadava

Ritter Professorship (2020)

Established by a gift from Gordon P. Ritter '86 and Amy J. Metzler Ritter S86.

Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professorship in Neuroscience (2011)

2012 -

J. D. Cohen

Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Robert Garrett Professorship in Politics (2008)

Established in grateful recognition of gifts from Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, and John Work Garrett, Class of 1895.

2011 -

C. Boix

School of Public and International Affairs and Politics

Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professorship

Established as a gift from Robert H. Niehaus, Class of 1977. To support teaching and research in contemporary Muslim studies, especially in the region of the Middle East.

2006 -

M. Q. Zaman

Near Eastern Studies and Religion

Robert Porter Patterson Professorship (1952)

Created by the Board of Trustees in memory of Robert Porter Patterson, and in grateful recognition of his services as chairman of the Forrestal Memorial Committee, which assisted the University in providing the expanded facilities for research in science and engineering represented by the Forrestal Research Center (now the Forrestal Campus).

1953 - 1963	A. A. Nikolsky	Aeronautical Engineering
1963 - 1989	S. M. Bogdonoff	Aeronautical Engineering
1995 - 2011	G. L. Brown	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2011 - 2013	R. B. Miles	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2013 -	Y. Ju	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robert Schirmer Professorship (1972)

Established from the bequest of Robert Schirmer, Class of 1921.

1972 - 1980	L. H. Lockwood	Music
1982 - 2001	M. Graves	Architecture
2002 -	M. S. Brownlee	Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature
2008 -	S. E. Gikandi	English

Roger Williams Straus Professorship of Social Sciences (1967)

Established by the Roger Williams Straus Memorial Foundation.

1967 - 1976	F. H. Harbison	Economics
1976 - 1993	M. Bressler	Sociology
1993 - 2005	H. Rosenthal	Politics
2005 - 2020	C. H. Achen	Politics
2020 -	Jan-Werner Müller	Politics

Sanjay Swani '87 Professorship in India Studies (2017).

Established by a gift from the Swani Family Foundation.

2019 -	A. Ramaswami	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton Environmental Institute

Sheila and David Manischewitz ’59 Professorship (2021)

Established by a gift from Sheila S. Manischewitz W59 P89 P91 P95 g23.

Shirley M. Tilghman Professorship (2016)

Established by a gift from G. Lynn Schostack W69 H69.

2017 -

N. Yan

Molecular Biology

Susan Dod Brown Professorships (2006)

Established through the allocation of funds from the Susan Dod Brown Fund.

2007 - 2010	A. Z. Panagiotopoulos	Chemical Engineering
2007 -	N. W. McCarty	School of Public and International Affairs and Politics
2008 -	F. R. Gul	Economics
2010 -	J. Biehl	Anthropology
2010 -	E. F. Wood	Civil and Environmental Engineering
2019 -	C. B. Arnold	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Theodora Shelton Pitney Professorship in Environmental Studies (2000)

Established by the gift of an anonymous donor in honor of Theodora Shelton Pitney.

2001 - 2006	I. Rodriguez-Iturbe	Civil and Environmental Engineering
2008 -	M. A. Celia	Civil and Environmental Engineering

Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Professorship in Humanities and the Environment (2015)

Established by a gift from Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron '74.

2015 -

R. Nixon

English and High Meadows Environmental Institute

Townsend Martin, Class of 1917, Professorship (1975)

Established from the bequest of Townsend Martin, Class of 1917.

1976 - 2000	E. Miner	English and Comparative Literature
2000 -	H. F. Foster	Art and Archaeology
2010 - 2017	K. A. Wailoo	History and School of Public and International Affairs
2019 -	F. Wherry	Sociology

Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professorship in Spanish Civilization and Culture (1982)

Established in honor of her late husband, Walter Samuel Carpenter III, Class of 1938, by his widow, Muriel duPont Carpenter.

1983 - 1989	S. Stein	History
2001 - 2014	J. I. Adelman	History

Wilbur H. Gantz III '59 Professorship in Neuroscience (2013)

Established by a gift from Wilbur H. Gantz III, Class of 1959.

2015 -

C. D. Brody

Molecular Biology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Willard Thorp Professorship in American Studies (2017)

Established by a bequest from John T. Maltsberger ’55.

William Nelson Cromwell Professorships (1949)

Two professorships established by the bequest of William Nelson Cromwell for the support of teaching and research in the field of law.

1964 - 1969	W. M. Beaney	Politics
1999 - 2002	G. Kateb	Politics
2002 - 2005	P. N. Pettit	Politics and University Center for Human Values
2002 - 2017	L. Rosen	Anthropology
2006 -	K. E. Whittington	Politics

William R. Harman '63 and Mary-Love Harman Professorship in Genomics (2010)

Established by a gift from William R. Harman '63 and Mary-Love Harman.

2010 - 2014	L. Kruglyak	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Integrative Genomics
2014 -	J. D. Storey	Molecular Biology and Integrative Genomics

William R. Kenan, Jr., Professorships (1968)

Two professorships established with funds from a trust founded by William R. Kenan, Jr.

1969 - 1989	R. Geddes	Architecture
1990 - 1995	A. Vidler	Architecture
1995 -	M. C. Boyer	Architecture
2004 - 2011	I. C. Daubechies	Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics
2011 - 2015	P. Constantin	Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics
2017-	S.R. Kulkarni	Electrical and Computer Engineering

William S. Tod Professorships (2007)

Established with funds from the William S. Tod Fund.

2007 - 2021	S. S. McLanahan	School of Public and International Affairs and Sociology
2007 - 2018	E. S. Glaude, Jr.	Religion and African American Studies
2009 - 2012	A. Okounkov	Mathematics
2014 -	G. D. Scholes	Chemistry
2018	Alexandre Mas	Economics and School of Public and International Affairs
2021 -	Gene A. Jarrett	English

William Sauter LaPorte '28 Professorship in Regional Studies (2006)

Established with funds from the bequest of William Sauter LaPorte '28 to support instruction and research, with special regard for non-Western nations and cultures.

2007 -

T. W. Hare

Comparative Literature

Eugene Higgins Professorships

Princeton University shares with Columbia, Harvard, and Yale universities in a trust fund established by the will of Eugene Higgins, a Columbia University graduate of the Class of 1882, who died in 1948. Income from the fund is expended by a committee comprised of the presidents of the four universities, together with the president of the United States Trust Company, which administers the trust. The income is devoted to "education in natural and physical sciences" and the "general advancement of science by investigation, research, and experimentation" in the four universities. In conformity with the objectives of the trust, Princeton University has established Eugene Higgins Professorships in the sciences, supported by income received from the fund.

1949 - 1978	M. G. White	Physics
1950 - 1979	M. Schwarzschild	Astrophysical Sciences
1950 - 1970	W. Feller	Mathematics
1950 - 1971	E. G. Wever	Psychology
1955 - 1975	J. Turkevich	Chemistry
1957 - 1977	M. L. Goldberger	Physics
1960 - 1965	A. V. Tobolsky	Chemistry
1969 - 1976	P. von R. Schleyer	Chemistry
1971 - 1972	D. C. Spencer	Mathematics
1971 - 1978	K. Iwasawa	Mathematics
1971 - 2002	B. A. Campbell	Psychology
1977 - 1978	S. B. Treiman	Physics
1978 - 1993	B. M. Dwork	Mathematics
1978 - 1980	J. J. Hopfield	Physics
1979 - 2011	J. E. Gunn	Astrophysical Sciences
1980 - 1982	D. T. Wilkinson	Physics
1981 - 2007	T. G. Spiro	Chemistry
1982 - 1986	J. H. Taylor	Physics
1986 - 1995	C. G. Callan, Jr.	Physics
1986 - 1996	D. J. Gross	Physics
1991 - 1992	W. P. Thurston	Mathematics
1994 - 2009	A. J. Wiles	Mathematics
1993 - 2007	D. Kahneman	School of Public and International Affairs and Psychology
1995 - 2003	W. Happer	Physics
1996 - 2017	E. Lieb	Physics
1999 - 2017	F. D. M. Haldane	Physics
2002 -	P. Sarnak	Mathematics
2003 -	N-P. Ong	Physics
2005 - 2012	J. D. Cohen	Psychology
2007 - 2010	J. Altman	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2007 -	N. A. Bahcall	Astrophysical Sciences
2007 -	S. T. Fiske	Psychology
2007 -	A. J. Smits	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2007 - 2011	K. Steiglitz	Computer Science
2008 -	B. Chazelle	Computer Science
2008 - 2015	P. J. Holmes	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2008 - 2018	S. Verdú	Electrical and Computer Engineering
2009 - 2017	G. Tian	Mathematics
2010 -	S-Y. A. Chang	Mathematics
2011 -	A. W. Appel	Computer Science
2011 -	C. F. Gmachl	Electrical and Computer Engineering
2011 -	S. Klainerman	Mathematics
2012 -	I. R. Klebanov	Physics
2012 -	R. A. Register	Chemical and Biological Engineering
2015 -	J.E. Schwarzbauer	Molecular Biology
2017 -	MD Z. Hasan	Physics
2018 - 2019	N.J. Kasdin	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2019 -	P.C. Yang	Mathematics
2019 -	Jason Petta	Physics

Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professorships in the Humanities (1975)

Established with funds granted by the Andrew Mellon Foundation to enable the University to make additional appointments of non-tenured faculty members in the humanities.

1977 - 1983	C. Kanda	Art and Archaeology
1977 - 1983	C. G. Normore	Philosophy
1979 - 1986	D. M. Van Leer	English
1980 - 1986	G. W. Most	Classics
1985 - 1988	R. Freidin	Philosophy

Andrew W. Mellon Professorship (Term)

Established by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

1987 - 1988	D. L. Bromwich	English
1987 - 1990	A. Gutmann	Politics
1987 - 1988	J. E. DeJean	Romance Languages and Literatures
1988 - 1993	A. T. Grafton	History
1989 - 1992	J. L. Stout	Religion
1991 - 1995	P. F. Brown	Art and Archaeology

Eugene and Mary Wigner Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Physics (2002)

Established by family and friends in memory of Eugene P. Wigner, Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics from 1938-1971 and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1963, and his wife, Mary W. Wigner.

2009 - 2012

B. A. Bernevig

Physics

King Faisal Visiting Professorship in Islamic Studies (1990)

Supported through gifts from the King Faisal Foundation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1991 - 1992

Μ. M. al-Azami

Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Studies Fund Professorship of Byzantine History (1989)

Supported by the Stanley J. Seeger fund for Hellenic Studies.

1991 - 1995

J. Herrin

History

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