Posted on May 1, 1994

Professors Thomas C. Werner and Kenneth G. DeBono were named to endowed professorships this winter. From the left are Dean of the Faculty James Underwood; Werner, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences; DeBono, the Gilbert R. Livingston P

Two faculty members have been named to endowed professorships­one of the College's principal ways of honoring and supporting its outstanding teachers and scholars. Honored during a ceremony in early March were: 

  • Kenneth G. DeBono, installed as the Gilbert
    R. Livingston Professor of Behavioral Sciences; 
  • Thomas C. Werner, installed as the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences.


Kenneth G. DeBono graduated from Grinnell College and received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Minnesota and Michigan State University before joining the Union faculty in 1986. His teaching and research interests include the psychology of advertising, attitudes and social behavior, social cognition, and applied social psychology. He has contributed numerous articles to a wide range of journals.
The Gilbert R. Livingston Chair in Behavioral Sciences is supported by a bequest from Gilbert R. Livingston, of the Class of 1924. Mr. Livingston was a long-time Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.



Thomas C. Werner graduated from Juniata College and received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the Chemistry Department in 1971 and was chair of the department from 1985 to 1991. His areas of special­ization include modern analytical chemistry, chemical instrumentation, and spectral interpretation, and he has published numerous articles in journals. He is a board member of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.



The Florence B. Sherwood Chair in Physical Sciences is supported by a bequest from John L. Sherwood, of the Class of 1899, who was president of the Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company in Brooklyn, N.Y.