Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chairs and Professorships
The McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and the McKnight Presidential Endowed Professorship are among the highest honors for faculty at the University. Recipients are recommended by their college dean and chosen at the discretion of the president based, in part, on their academic and research accomplishments and their contributions to advancing the University among its peers.
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chairs
Name |
Department |
| Cicchetti, Dante | Institute of Child Development |
| Georg, Gunda | Medicinal Chemistry |
| Georgopoulos, Apostolos | Neuroscience |
| Glazman, Leonid | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Moen, Phyllis | Sociology |
| Phillips, Ronald | Genomics |
| Snyder, Mark | Psychology |
| Tilman, David | Ecology |
| Ugurbil, Kamil | Radiology |
| Verfaillie, Catherine | Stem Cell Biology |
| Wagner, John | Hematology and Oncology |
McKnight Presidential Endowed Professors
Name |
Department |
| Bryson, John | Planning and Public Affairs |
| Dong, Zigang | Hormel Institute |
| Hansen, Vicki | Planetary Geology, UMD |
| Hecky, Robert | Biological Limnology, UMD |
| Lougee, Wendy | Library Science |
| Stokes Paulsen, Michael | Law |
| Wilkins, David | American Indian Studies |
| Wolf, Susan | Law |
| Yu, Mimi | Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention |
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