Endowed Chairs

Emerita & Emeritus 

Disciplinary Endowed Chairs

Henry Frank Arnold, Jr. (1963)

Bachelor of Arts, The University of the South; Master of Arts, Harvard University; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University

Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus

Julie Kay Berebitsky (1997)

Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Davis; Master of Arts, The George Washington University; Doctor of Philosophy, Temple University

Jessie Ball duPont Professor and Professor of History, Emerita

John Lawson Bordley, Jr. (1970)

Bachelor of Science, Davidson College; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University

F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

Charles Donald Brockett (1979)

Bachelor of Arts, Whittier College; Doctor of Philosophy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biehl Professor of International Studies, Emeritus

Frederick Hailey Croom (1971)

Bachelor of Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Doctor of Philosophy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gaston Swindell Bruton Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

D. Elwood Dunn (1981)

Bachelor of Arts, Cuttington University; Doctor of Philosophy, American University

Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Politics, Emeritus

John J. Gatta, Jr. (2005)

Bachelor of Arts, University of Notre Dame; Master of Arts, Cornell University; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Emeritus

Harold J. Goldberg (1974)

Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York at Buffalo; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

David E. Underdown Chair of Modern European History, Emeritus

Francis Xavier Hart (2014)

Bachelor of Science, Manhattan College; Master of Science, Syracuse University; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University

Tom Costen Professor of Physics, Emeritus

Karen Kuers (1994)

Bachelor of Science, Spring Hill College; Master of Science, Texas A&M International University; Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Georgia

Annie Overton Brinkley Snowden Professor of Forestry, Emerita

David Macrae Landon (1974)

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University; Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University

Bishop Frank A. Juhan Professor of Theatre Arts, Emeritus

Yasmeen Mohiuddin (1982)

Bachelor of Arts, University of Karachi; Master of Arts, University of Karachi; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University; Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University

Ralph Owen Distinguished Professor of Economics, Emerita

Richard A. O'Connor (1978)

Bachelor of Arts, The College of William and Mary; Master of Arts, Cornell University; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University

Biehl Professor of International Studies and Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus

William Brown Patterson, Jr. (1980)

Bachelor of Arts, The University of the South; Master of Arts, University of Oxford; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University

Francis S. Houghteling Professor of History, Emeritus

Charles Richard Perry (1974)

Bachelor of Arts, Davidson College; Master of Arts, Harvard University; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Emeritus

Eugene Wyatt Prunty (1989)
Bachelor of Arts, The University of the South; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University; Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Carlton Professor of English

 John Vincent Reishman II (1969)

Bachelor of Arts, University of Notre Dame; Master of Arts, University of Notre Dame; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia

Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus

Dale Edward Richardson (1973)

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University; Master of Arts, University of Virginia; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University

Nick B. Williams Professor of English, Emeritus

Barclay Ward (1975)

Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Iowa

Alfred Negley Professor of Politics, Emeritus

University Endowed Chairs

 James Franklin Peterman (1980)
Bachelor of Arts, Kenyon College; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
The Class of 1961 Chair of the College and Professor of Philosophy

George Wilkinson Poe (1988)

Bachelor of Arts, Davidson College; Master of Arts, Middlebury College; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University Class of 1961

Chair of the College and Professor of French, Emeritus

Donald Brandreth Potter, Jr. (1980)

Bachelor of Arts, Williams College; Master of Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts

Amherst Robert M. Ayres Jr. Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Geology, Emeritus

John Douglas Seiters (1971)

Bachelor of Arts, The University of the South; Master of Arts, Florida State University; Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University

Class of 1961 Chair of the College and Professor of Classical Languages, Emeritus

Gerald Lafayette Smith (1969)

Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University

Robert M. Ayres Jr. Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Religion, Emeritus

Samuel Ruthven Williamson, Jr. (1988)

Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University; Master of Arts, Harvard University; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University

Robert M. Ayres Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History, Emeritus