Harvard University Professor

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 2020, there are 25 University Professors.[4]

Present Harvard University Professors

• Adams University Professor - Eric Maskin[5]
• Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor - Carolyn Abbate[6]
• John Cogan University Professor - Stephen Greenblatt[7]
• James Bryant Conant University Professor - Stephen Owen
• James Bryant Conant University Professor - Danielle Allen
• Charles W. Eliot University Professor - Lawrence Summers[8]
• John Franklin Enders University Professor - Marc Kirschner[9]
• Alphonse Fletcher University Professor - Henry Louis Gates Jr.[3]
• Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor - George M. Whitesides[10]
• Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor - Charles M. Lieber[11]
• Gerhard Gade University Professor - Barry Mazur[12]
• Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor - William Julius Wilson[2]
• Kolokotrones University Professor - Paul Farmer[13]
• Thomas W. Lamont University Professor - Amartya Sen
• Bishop William Lawrence University Professor - Michael Porter[14]
• Carl M. Loeb University Professor - Annette Gordon-Reed[15]
• John and Natty McArthur University Professor - Rebecca M. Henderson[16]
• Samuel W. Morris University Professor - Dale W. Jorgenson
• Joseph Pellegrino University Professor - Peter Galison[17]
• Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor - Ann M. Blair[18]
• A. Kingsley Porter University Professor - Helen Vendler[19]
• Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor - Martha Minow[17]
• Timken University Professor - Irwin I. Shapiro[20]
• Robert Walmsley University Professor - Cass Sunstein[21]
• Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor - Gary King[9]
• Xander University Professor - Douglas A. Melton[16]

References

1. "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.
2. "Three Named University Professors". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-05-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
3. "Gates named Fletcher University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 2006-10-26. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
4. "University Professorships | Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
5. "Maskin named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
6. "Abbate named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 20, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
7. "Greenblatt named University Professor of the Humanities". Harvard University Gazette. September 21, 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
8. "Summers named Charles W. Eliot University Professor". June 30, 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
9. Kavoussi, Bonnie J. (August 3, 2009). "King, Kirschner Named University Professors". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
10. Vittor, Evan M. (June 8, 2004). "New Title To Honor Tribe, Whitesides". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
11. "Chemist Charles M. Lieber receives Harvard's highest faculty honor". Harvard Gazette. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
12. Kamath, Vasant M. (November 3, 1998). "Mazur Named University Professor". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
13. "Paul Farmer appointed University Professor". Harvard Gazette. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
14. Gavel, Doug (December 7, 2000). "Michael Porter named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
15. "Anette Gordon-Reed named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. July 28, 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
16. "Faculty Two named University Professors". Harvard Gazette. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
17. "Minow named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
18. "Ann Blair named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 23, 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
19. Donadio, Rachel (December 10, 2006). "The Closest Reader". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
20. "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. October 16, 1997. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
21. "Sunstein a University Professor". Harvard Gazette. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.