Twelve faculty members have received endowed professorships in recognition of their teaching, scholarship and service, Therese McCarty, dean of faculty, has announced.
Several are existing positions while others were positions created by recent gifts to the College's endowment. The recipients, to be honored at a faculty dinner on June 8, are the following:
Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics: Suthathip Yaisawarng
Frank Bailey Professor of Classics: Mark S. Toher
John Bigelow Professor of History: Mark W. Walker
Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Philosophy: Raymond F. Martin
Joseph C. Driscoll Professor of Sociology and Marine Policy: Ilene M. Kaplan
Agnes S. Macdonald Professor of Mechanical Engineering: Ann Anderson
John Howard Payne Professor of Music: Hilary Tann
Florence B. Sherwood Professor of History and Culture: Teresa A. Meade
Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Sciences: Robert Olberg
William D. Williams Professor of Classics: Hans-Friedrich O. Mueller
William D. Williams Professor of Mathematics: William Zwicker
William D. Williams Professor of Philosophy: Robert B. Baker