List of University Professors at Harvard University
At Harvard University, the title of University Professor is an honor bestowed upon a very small number of its tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have attained particular distinction and influence.[1] The University Professorship is Harvard's most distinguished professorial post.[2]
This honor was created in 1935 for "individuals of distinction ... working on the frontiers of knowledge, and in such a way as to cross the conventional boundaries of the specialties."[1] The number of University Professors has increased with new endowed gifts to the university. In 2006, there were 21 University Professors.[3] As of 2022[update], there are 25 University Professors.[4]
Present Harvard University Professors
- Carolyn Abbate[5] - Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
- Danielle Allen - James Bryant Conant University Professor
- Ann M. Blair[6] - Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor
- Peter Galison[7] - Joseph Pellegrino University Professor
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.[3] - Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
- Annette Gordon-Reed[8] - Carl M. Loeb University Professor
- Stephen Greenblatt[9] - John Cogan University Professor
- Rebecca M. Henderson[10] - John and Natty McArthur University Professor
- Gary King[11] - Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor
- Marc Kirschner[11] - John Franklin Enders University Professor
- Mikhail Lukin[12] - Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor
- Eric Maskin[13] - Adams University Professor
- Barry Mazur[14] - Gerhard Gade University Professor
- Douglas A. Melton[10] - Xander University Professor
- Martha Minow[7] - Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor
- Michael Porter[15] - Bishop William Lawrence University Professor
- Amartya Sen - Thomas W. Lamont University Professor
- Arlene H. Sharpe[16] - Kolokotrones University Professorship
- Irwin I. Shapiro[17] - Timken University Professor
- Lawrence Summers[18] - Charles W. Eliot University Professor
- Cass Sunstein[19] - Robert Walmsley University Professor
- Drew Gilpin Faust[20] - A. Kingsley Porter University Professor
- Robert J. Sampson[21] - Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor
- Sir Oliver Hart[22] - Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
- Catherine Dulac[23] - Samuel W. Morris University Professor
Past Harvard University Professors
- Paul Farmer (late)[24] - Kolokotrones University Professor
- Dale W. Jorgenson (late) - Samuel W. Morris University Professor
- Cornel West - Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, resigned chair and left Harvard in 2002[25]
- Stephen Owen - James Bryant Conant University Professor
References
- ^ a b "University Professorships". Harvard University Office of News and Public Affairs. 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-21. Note, this does not include all Professors at the campus.
- ^ "Three Named University Professors". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-05-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ a b "Gates named Fletcher University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 2006-10-26. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ "University Professorships | Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Abbate named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 20, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Ann Blair named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 23, 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Minow named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Annette Gordon-Reed named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. July 28, 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Greenblatt named University Professor of the Humanities". Harvard University Gazette. September 21, 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Faculty Two named University Professors". Harvard Gazette. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b Kavoussi, Bonnie J. (August 3, 2009). "King, Kirschner Named University Professors". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Quantum Physicist Mikhail Lukin Appointed University Professor | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "Maskin named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Kamath, Vasant M. (November 3, 1998). "Mazur Named University Professor". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Gavel, Doug (December 7, 2000). "Michael Porter named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Harvard names three new University Professors". Harvard Gazette. 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. October 16, 1997. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Summers named Charles W. Eliot University Professor". June 30, 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Sunstein a University Professor". Harvard Gazette. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Donadio, Rachel (December 10, 2006). "The Closest Reader". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Three Harvard Scholars Named University Professors, Highest Faculty Distinction | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "Oliver Hart named University Professor, highest faculty honor". Harvard Gazette. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "Three Harvard Scholars Named University Professors, Highest Faculty Distinction | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "Paul Farmer appointed University Professor". Harvard Gazette. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Cornel West Quitting Harvard. The Washington Post. April 13, 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
