ENDOWED PROFESSORS 2012 - 2013
The Endowed Professorships Program was established by the Louisiana Board of Regents in 1990-91. The Endowed Professorship program is designed to broaden opportunities for faculty enhancement on diverse types of campuses.
Endowed Professorships help recruit superior new faculty and/or retain faculty whose research, teaching, and/or public service have uniquely contributed to the missions of their departments and institutions. A major purpose of the Endowed Professorships program is to create stronger economic development ties between the private sector and higher education.
An Endowed Professorship is established by pairing a 60% private-sector gift with a 40% Board of Regents award through a permanent trust fund - the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund. The minimum private investment required to establish an Endowed Professorship is $60,000. This gift is then eligible to receive the Board of Regent’s $40,000 match, creating a $100,000 Endowed Professorship.
Endowed Professorships are flexible and intended to meet the needs of widely varying disciplines, campuses, and academic units in one or more of the following ways:
- to provide salary or discretionary spending supplements that will increase the retention of exemplary professors
- to enhance research competitiveness in achieving Federal funding
- to improve research ties with industry by linking industrial researchers with faculty
- to strengthen the capacity of departments to achieve regional, interstate and/or national eminence in education or research
The endowed professorship is a distinction awarded by the university to a scholar or teacher in recognition of past and potential original contributions to the individual's academic discipline. In addition to the academic honor given to the individual, an endowed professorship provides funding for support of his or her teaching, research, and service responsibilities.
Mayme and Tom Scott Professorship in Teaching Excellence
Deborah Cofer Distinguished Professorship in Undergraduate Education
Match Pending
James E. Cofer Distinguished Professorship in Undergraduate Education
Match Pending
Tommy and Mary Barham Endowed Professorship in English
Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Professorship in Music
Capital One Professorship in Mathematics
Dr. Preston Jones
Kitty DeGree Professorship
in Biology
Dr. John Carr
Endowed Professorship
in English
Dr. Helen Lock
Vernon McCory 1st Amendment Professorship in Mass Communication
Mr. Christopher Mapp
L.M. McKneely Professorship in English Literature
Dr. Sandra Hill
L.M. McKneely Professorship in Humanities
Dr. Bette Kauffman
Dr. William R. Hammond Professorship in Liberal Arts
Dr. James Boldin
Endowed Professorship in Geosciences
Dr. Anne Case Hanks
Lillian L. and Fred A. Marx Endowed Professorship in Biology
Dr. Kim Tolson
A. Dale Magoun Professorship in Mathematics
Not Determined
Entergy Endowed Professorship in Computer Information Systems
Dr. James Wood
Abell Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship
Dr. Laurie Babin
George T. Walker Professorship in Entrepreneurship
Dr. E. Michelle McEacharn
Beach Endowed Professorship in the School of Construction
Mr. Greg C. Smith
Clark Boyce Professorship in Construction
Director, School of Construction
Endowed Professorship in Electrical / Mechanical in School of Construction
Dr. David Manry
Kitty DeGree Professorship in Computer Information Systems
Dr. William Barnett
Kitty DeGree Professorship in Computer Sciences
Dr. Jose Cordova
Dr. Henry Hu Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship
Dr. Henry Cole
Bruce and Lizabeth Boulware Professorship in Management
Hood / DeFatta Professorship in Accounting
Dr. Thomas Hodge
Louisiana Real Estate Commission Endowed Professorship in Finance
John L. Luffey, Sr. Endowed Professorship in Accounting
Dr. Dorothy Davis
Northeast Chapter Associated General Contractors of America Professorship "A"
Dr. Bobby Ensminger
Northeast Chapter Associated General Contractors of America Professorship "B"
Dr. Hollis Bray
Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship
Dr. Donna Luse
State Farm Professorship in Insurance
Dr. Christine Berry
Thurman Potts Professorship in Construction
Director, School of Construction
Clarke M. Williams, Jr. Professorship in Computer Sciences [Communicative Software Design]
Dr. Lon Smith
Michelle McEacharn Endowed Professorship in Accounting
Not Determined
Alumni Professorship in Accounting
Match Pending
John and Rosemary Luffey Professional in Residence Endowed Professorship
Match Pending
Governor James A. Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professorship in Agriculture
Mayme and Tom Scott Professorship in Agriculture
Dr. James Casey
Frances Davis Hammond Professorship in Education
Dr. Wendel Ray
Entergy Professorship in Instructional Technology in Teacher Education
Dr. Mike Beutner
Mary Ellen Walker Professorship in Early Childhood Education
Ms. Susan Jennings
Chase Professorship in Teacher Education
Dr. Lynn Clark
BellSouth Endowed Professorship in Science Education
Dr. Ava Pugh
Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Education
Dr. Veronica Lewis
Endowed Professorship in Education Administration
Dr. Amy Dagley
Lucy Shackelford Professorship in Kinesiology
Dr. Lisa Colvin
The Upshaw Family Professorship for the College of Education and Human Development
George L. "Chip" Luffey Professorship in Kinesiology
Dr. Elward Kendall Alford
Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship for the Speech and Hearing Clinic
Ms. Sarah Hayes
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Professorship in Nursing (B)
Dr. Belinda Morgan
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Amy Kincannon
Sister Ligouri Lawton Professorship in Nursing
Dr. Emily Doughty
Endowed Professorship in Gerontology
Dr. Brandy Renee McCann
ULM Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Catherine Campbell
Sister Jerome Crowley Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Donna Glaze
Endowed Professorship in Communicative Disorders
Linda Bryan
Sister Anne Marie Twohig Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Connie Lewis
Pfizer Inc. - B.J. and Mary Robison Professorship in Gerontology
Not Determined
Pfizer, Inc. - B. J. Robison Professorship in Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Sylvester
Waste Management Professorship in Toxicology
Dr. Kevin Baer