III. G. ENDOWED CHAIRS

Faculty Handbook

(Source: Dean of the Faculty, September 2025)

Endowed Chairs are awarded by CAT consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding under which each Endowed Chair was created. In awarding these Chairs, CAT considers both length of service to the college and the criteria for faculty appointment and advancement specified in Article IV of the Faculty Constitution, namely teaching, scholarship and service to the Reed community (and to external communities where relevant). Endowed Chairs can only be held by tenured members of the faculty. An Endowed Chair may be left unoccupied. On retirement the holder of an Endowed Chair may continue to use the title of the chair, should he or she so wish, so long as “Emeritus” is added to the end of the title; the Endowed Chair itself can be awarded to another member of the faculty.

Amgen-Perlmutter Professor of Biology	Jay Mellies
Reginald F. Arragon Professor of German and Humanities	Jan Mieszkowski
James A. Borders Professor of Physics	Joel Franklin
David W. Brauer Professor of Physics	Lucas Illing
Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics	Noelwah Netusil
Richard E. Crandall Professor of Computer Science	James D. Fix
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Associate Professor of Bioinformatics	Anna Ritz
Elizabeth C. Ducey Professor of Asian Studies and Humanities	Charlene Makley
David Eddings Professor of English and Humanities	Nathalia King
Robert H. and Blanche Day Ellis Professor of Political Science and Humanities	Peter J. Steinberger
Thomas Lamb Eliot Professor of Religion and Humanities	Kristin Scheible
Margret Geselbracht Professor of Chemistry	Mir Bowring
Jane Neuberger Goodsell Professor of Art History and Humanities	Kris Cohen
Daniel B. Greenberg Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies	Chris Koski
Ruth C. Greenberg Professor of American Indian Studies	Not at present held
F. L. Griffin Associate Professor of Mathematics	Angélica Osorno
George Hay Professor of Economics	Jon Rork
Omar and Althea Hoskins Professor of Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Humanities	Ellen Millender
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology	Jennifer Corpus
A.A. Knowlton Professor of Physics	Alison Crocker
Ronald A. Laing Professor of Biology	Kara Cerveny
Dr. Lester B. Lave Professor of Economics	Denise Hare
Patricia and Clifford Lunneborg Professor of Psychology	Kathy Oleson
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of French and Humanities	Ann Delehanty
Judy Massee Professor of Dance	Carla Mann
Thormund A. Miller & Walter Mintz Professor of Economics	Not at present held
Walter Mintz Professor of Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Humanities	Nigel J. Nicholson
Roger M. Perlmutter Professor of Biology	Suzy Renn
Roger M. Perlmutter Associate Professor of Computer Science	Adam Groce
Cornelia Marvin Pierce Professor of History and Humanities	Jacqueline Dirks
Katharine Piggott Professor of Mathematics	James Pommersheim
John C. Pock Professor of Sociology	Marc Schneiberg
Laurens N. Ruben Professor of Biology	Keith Karoly
Richard F. Scholz Professor of History and Humanities	David Garrett
Arthur F. Scott Professor of Chemistry	Kelly Chacón
Joshua C. Taylor Professor of Art History and Humanities	Dana E. Katz
Moe and Izetta Tonkon Professor of German Studies, Jewish Studies, and Humanities	Katja Garloff
Howard Vollum Professor of Biology	Sarah Schaack
Margaret Rosemary Weitkamp Professor of Philosophy and Humanities	Meg Scharle
R.P. Wollenberg Professor of Music	Mark Burford
John B. & Elizabeth M. Yeon Professor of Spanish and Humanities	Elizabeth Drumm

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