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At Harvard University, the title of University Professor is an honor bestowed upon a very small number of its tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have attained particular distinction and influence. [1] The University Professorship is Harvard's most distinguished professorial post. [2]

This honor was created in 1935 by Harvard's President and Fellows for "individuals of distinction ... working on the frontiers of knowledge, and in such a way as to cross the conventional boundaries of the specialties." [1] The number of University Professors has increased with new endowed gifts to the university. In 2006, there were 21 University Professors. [3] As of 2020, there are 25 University Professors. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "University Professorships". Harvard University Office of News and Public Affairs. 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-21. Note, this does not include all Professors at the campus.
  2. 1 2 "Three Named University Professors". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-05-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  3. 1 2 "Gates named Fletcher University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 2006-10-26. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  4. ↑ "University Professorships | Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Maskin named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Abbate named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 20, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Greenblatt named University Professor of the Humanities". Harvard University Gazette. September 21, 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Summers named Charles W. Eliot University Professor". June 30, 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  9. 1 2 Kavoussi, Bonnie J. (August 3, 2009). "King, Kirschner Named University Professors". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Vittor, Evan M. (June 8, 2004). "New Title To Honor Tribe, Whitesides". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Chemist Charles M. Lieber receives Harvard's highest faculty honor". Harvard Gazette. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  12. ↑ Kamath, Vasant M. (November 3, 1998). "Mazur Named University Professor". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Paul Farmer appointed University Professor". Harvard Gazette. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Gavel, Doug (December 7, 2000). "Michael Porter named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Anette Gordon-Reed named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. July 28, 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  16. 1 2 "Faculty Two named University Professors". Harvard Gazette. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Minow named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Ann Blair named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 23, 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  19. ↑ Donadio, Rachel (December 10, 2006). "The Closest Reader". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. October 16, 1997. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Sunstein a University Professor". Harvard Gazette. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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