List of University Professors at Harvard University

AtHarvard University, the title of University Professor is Harvard's most distinguished professorial post,^[1] and is bestowed upon 25 of its tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have attained particular distinction and influence.^[2] The position was created in 1935, and allows scholars to work across disciplines and at any of Harvard's schools.^[2]

The number of University Professors has increased with new endowed gifts to the university. In 2006, there were 21 University Professors.^[3] As of 2022, there are 25 University Professors.^[4]

Biologists or medical researchers

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Marc Kirschner^[5] – John Franklin Enders University Professor
Douglas A. Melton^[6] – Xander University Professor
Arlene H. Sharpe^[7] – Kolokotrones University Professorship
Catherine Dulac^[8] – Samuel W. Morris University Professor

Economists

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Rebecca M. Henderson^[6] – John and Natty McArthur University Professor
Eric Maskin^[9] – Adams University Professor
Sir Oliver Hart^[10] – Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
Michael Porter^[11] – Bishop William Lawrence University Professor
Amartya Sen – Thomas W. Lamont University Professor
Lawrence Summers^[12] – Charles W. Eliot University Professor

Historians

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Ann M. Blair^[13] – Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor
Peter Galison^[14] – Joseph Pellegrino University Professor
Annette Gordon–Reed^[15] – Carl M. Loeb University Professor
Drew Gilpin Faust^[16] – A. Kingsley Porter University Professor

Political scientists

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Danielle Allen – James Bryant Conant University Professor
Gary King^[5] – Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor

Other disciplines

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Carolyn Abbate^[17] – Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
Henry Louis Gates Jr.^[3] – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
Stephen Greenblatt^[18] – John Cogan University Professor
Mikhail Lukin^[19] – Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor
Barry Mazur^[20] – Gerhard Gade University Professor
Martha Minow^[14] – Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor
Irwin I. Shapiro^[21] – Timken University Professor
Cass Sunstein^[22] – Robert Walmsley University Professor
Robert J. Sampson^[23] – Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2024)

Paul Farmer (late)^[24] – Kolokotrones University Professor
Dale W. Jorgenson (late) – Samuel W. Morris University Professor
Cornel West – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, resigned chair and left Harvard in 2002^[25]
Stephen Owen – James Bryant Conant University Professor

^ "Three Named University Professors". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-05-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

^ ^a ^b "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.

^ ^a ^b "Gates named Fletcher University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 2006-10-26. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

^ "University Professorships | Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

^ ^a ^b Kavoussi, Bonnie J. (August 3, 2009). "King, Kirschner Named University Professors". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ ^a ^b "Faculty Two named University Professors". Harvard Gazette. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Harvard names three new University Professors". Harvard Gazette. 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-01-28.

^ "Three Harvard Scholars Named University Professors, Highest Faculty Distinction | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

^ "Maskin named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Oliver Hart named University Professor, highest faculty honor". Harvard Gazette. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

^ Gavel, Doug (December 7, 2000). "Michael Porter named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Summers named Charles W. Eliot University Professor". June 30, 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

^ "Ann Blair named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 23, 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

^ ^a ^b "Minow named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

^ "Annette Gordon-Reed named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. July 28, 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

^ Donadio, Rachel (December 10, 2006). "The Closest Reader". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Abbate named University Professor". Harvard Gazette. November 20, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Greenblatt named University Professor of the Humanities". Harvard University Gazette. September 21, 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Quantum Physicist Mikhail Lukin Appointed University Professor | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

^ Kamath, Vasant M. (November 3, 1998). "Mazur Named University Professor". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. October 16, 1997. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Sunstein a University Professor". Harvard Gazette. February 19, 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ "Three Harvard Scholars Named University Professors, Highest Faculty Distinction | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

^ "Paul Farmer appointed University Professor". Harvard Gazette. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

^ Cornel West Quitting Harvard. The Washington Post. April 13, 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

List of University Professors at Harvard University

Contents

Present Harvard University Professors

Biologists or medical researchers

Economists

Historians

Political scientists

Other disciplines

Past Harvard University Professors

References

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