
Endowed and Named Faculty Support Funds
Endowed and named faculty support funds provide reliable and lasting support for generation after generation of faculty. These gifts honor nationally and internationally known scholars, educators, researchers and leaders in their fields – empowering them to undertake groundbreaking research, develop exceptional learning opportunities for students and forge new paths in their field.
Read the stories below to learn about the 180+ endowed and named faculty support funds across Oregon State University, and meet the visionary donors who have created them.
College of Agricultural Sciences
Paul
G. and Sandra A. Arbuthnot Professor
Baggett-Frazier
Vegetable Breeder Professor
Bob
and Barbara Bailey Master Gardener Professor
Terence
Bradshaw Leadership Academy Professor
Emery
Castle Chair in Resource and Rural Economics
Endowed
Chair for Marine Mammal Research
Endowed
Faculty in Whale Habitats
N.B.
and Jacqueline Giustina Professor in Turf Management
Glenn
and Mildred Harvey Professor
Grover
Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Urban Landscapes
Hatfield
Marine Science Center Endowed Director
William
C. Hoffman Professorship in Animal and Rangeland Sciences
George
R. Hyslop Professor for Oregon Grass Seed Research and
Education
Jacobs-Root
Endowed Professor in Food Science and Technology
Klamath
Basin Potato
Endowed Faculty Scholar
Warren
Kronstad Wheat Research Chair
Dr.
Hiram G. Larew Endowed Faculty Scholar
Reub
A. Long Professor
Bob
and Phyllis Mace Watchable Wildlife Chair
Hector
Macpherson Endowed Professor in Land EconomicsBruce
and Mary Lou Mate Animal-borne Technology Professorship
Miner
Faculty Scholar in Biological and Ecological Engineering
Miner
Professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering
Morrow
Professor for Natural Resources Extension Education and Applied
Research
Northwest
Berry Production and Management Professor
Nor'Wester
Professor in Fermentation Science
Richard
and Betty O'Brien Professor of Extension Viticulture
Oregon
Dairy Farmers Association Faculty
Scholar in Dairy Production and Management
Oregon
Dairy Industries - Bodyfelt Professor
Oregon
Hazelnut Industry Endowed Professor
Oregon
Potato Research/Extension Professor in honor of Marty Myers
Oregon
Wheat Faculty Scholar
Walther
H. Ott Professor in Poultry Science
Polar
Marine Science Endowed Professorship in the Marine Mammal
Institute
Harold
E. and Leona M. Rice Professor in Systematic Entomology
Jaclyn
J. Rusch Faculty Scholar in Food Science
Y.
Sherry Sheng and Spike Wadsworth Garden Biodiversity
Professor
Withycombe
Chair
in Reproductive Physiology
James
and Judith Atwood Youde Faculty Scholar
College of Business
Betty
S. Henry Amundson Faculty Scholar in Ethics
Shirley
E. Droschkey Professor
Sara
Hart Kimball Dean of the College of Business
L.
W. "Bill" Lane Professor in Family Business Management
Scott
and Loni Parrish Chair in the College of
Business
Mary
Ellen Phillips Professor in Financial Accounting
Al
Reser Chair in Entrepreneurship
Laura
B. Smith Faculty Scholar
Toomey
Faculty Fellow
Jack
and Virginia Wilborn Endowed Professor in Business
College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Barrow Family Chair in Mineral Resource Geology
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Endowed Chair in Ocean and Climate Sciences
Dole Professor in Geosciences
George and Danielle Sharp Endowed Faculty Scholar in Field Geology
Rohm Professor in Oceanographic Education
Robert S. Yeats Professor in Earthquake Geology and Active Tectonics
College of Education
Susan Root Collins Faculty Scholar
Patricia Valian Reser Faculty Scholar in Education
College of Engineering
Ron and Judy Adams Faculty Scholar
Amonsen-Voss Endowed Faculty Chair in Engineering Innovation
Boeing Professor of Mechanical Engineering Design
Callahan Faculty Scholar in Chemical Engineering
Robert and Meredith Chapman Professorship in Water Supply and
Reclamation
CH2M HILL Professor in Civil Engineering
College of Engineering Dean's Professor
Culbertson Faculty Scholar
Cecil and Sally Drinkward Professor in Structural Engineering
Miles Lowell and Margaret Watt Edwards Distinguished Chair in
Engineering
Richard and Gretchen Evans Professor in Humanitarian Engineering
Michael and Judith Gaulke Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
Michael and Judith Gaulke Chair in Ocean Innovation
Bruce and Linda Hamilton Endowed Faculty in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science
Ralph W. and Gail H. Hendrickson Professorship in Mechanical, Industrial
and Manufacturing Engineering
Eric H.I. and Janice Hoffman Professor in Civil and Construction
Engineering
Glenn Willis Holcomb Professor in Structural Engineering
Peter and Rosalie Johnson Chair in Chemical, Biological & Environmental
Engineering
Kearney Dean of Engineering
Kearney Faculty Scholar
James and Shirley Kuse Chair in Chemical Engineering
Brent and Elaine Leback Professor in Engineering
Ruth and Andrew Lim Faculty Scholar
John and Jean Loosley Faculty Fellow
Jack R. Meredith Endowed Faculty Scholar
Nesbitt Faculty Scholar in Energy Engineering
Jim and Billie Plasker Faculty Fellow in Geomatics
Hal Pritchett Chair in Construction Engineering Management
Scott and Carol Schaeffer Endowed Chairs
Henry W. and Janice J. Schuette Endowed Chair in Nuclear Engineering and
Radiation Health Physics
Henry W. and Janice J. Schuette Professor in Nuclear Science and
Engineering
Stephen Slavens Faculty Scholar in Chemical, Biological, and Environmental
Engineering
Doug and Jana Tindall Civil and Construction Engineering Faculty
Scholar
Tykeson Faculty Scholar in Energy Systems Engineering
Warwick Family Engineering Faculty Scholar
Welty Faculty Fellow
James R. Welty Professor in Thermal-Fluid Sciences
Tom and Carmen West Faculty Scholar
Robert C. Wilson Faculty Scholar
College of Forestry
Dodd
and Nancy Fischer Family College of Forestry Faculty Fellow
Cheryl
Ramberg Ford and Allyn C. Ford Dean of the College of
Forestry
Ford
Chair in Advanced Wood Manufacturing
Ford
Chair in Integrative Forestry and Manufacturing
N.B.
and Jacqueline Giustina
Professor in Forest Management
Edmund
Hayes Professor in Silviculture Alternatives
JELD-WEN
Chair in
Wood-Based Composite Sciences
Gene
D. Knudson Forestry Chair
Wes
Lematta Professor in Forest Engineering
Maybelle
Clark Macdonald Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural
Resources
Maybelle
Clark Macdonald Professor of Teaching Excellence in Forestry
Ward
K. Richardson
Family Forestry Faculty Endowment
Ruth
H. Spaniol Chair of Renewable Resources
Starker
Chair in Private and
Family Forestry
Faye
and Lucille Stewart Professor in Forest Engineering
Richard
Strachan Chair in Forest Operations Management
Richard
Strachan Faculty Scholar in Fire and
Silviculture
Richard
Strachan Faculty Scholar in Logging Technology
College of Health
Chair
of Equity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities
Celia
Strickland Austin and G. Kenneth Austin III Endowed
Professor
Hallie
Ford Director for the Center for Healthy Children and
Families
IMPACT
for Life Faculty Scholar
Barbara
Emily Knudson Chair in Family Policy
Jo
Anne Leonard Endowed Professor of the Center for Healthy Aging
Research
Cheryl
J. Lutz Miller Professor
Moore
Family Center Endowed Director
Moore
Family Endowed Program Manager
Jo
Anne Leonard Petersen Chair in Gerontology and Family Studies
Robert
and Sara Rothschild Endowed Chair in Global Health
Katherine
E. Smith Healthy Children and
Families Professor
Ann
Worthington Endowed Faculty Scholar in Neurodegenerative Disease
College of Liberal Arts
U.G. Dubach Chair in Political Science
Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Chair in the Humanities
Raymond Oelke Endowed Faculty Fellow in the Arts
Hundere Chair in Religion and Culture
Oregon Professor of English
Gene and Eleanor Otwell Chair for University Orchestras
Patricia Valian Reser Chair
Patricia Valian Reser Professor of Music
Patricia Valian Reser Artist in Residence
Cairns K. Smith
Faculty Scholar
College of Science
Chuck and Robin Armstrong and Family Professor in Basic ScienceTerence Bradshaw Chemistry Professor
Thomas P. Cavaiani Professor in Mathematics
Bert and Emelyn Christensen Professor
Joel Davis Faculty Scholar in Mathematics
College of Science Faculty Scholar
Excellence in Microbiology Faculty Scholar
Dr. Russ and Dolores Gorman Faculty Scholar
Milton Harris Chair of Materials Science
Eileen and Norbert Hartmann Faculty Scholar
Nambiar Family Faculty Scholar
Helen M. and Paul J. Janos Endowed Chair of Mycorrhiza Ecology
Emile F. Pernot Distinguished Professor in Microbiology
Patricia Valian Reser Faculty Scholar
Harold E. and Leona M. Rice Professor in Systematic Entomology
Wayne and Gladys Valley Chair in Marine Biology
Whiteley Faculty Scholar
Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
Lois Bates Acheson Dean
Camden Faculty Scholar
Camden Professor
Al and Sandy Hansen Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and Prevention
Chris and Tom Levy Professor in Small Animal Health
Dr. Kris Otteman and Dr. Jeff Brant Faculty Fellow in Small Animal Medicine
Glen Pfefferkorn and Morris Wendorf Endowed Professor of Camelid Medicine
Erin and Mary Power Endowed Faculty Scholar
Hatfield Marine Sciences Center, Marine Mammal Institute
Endowed Chair for Marine Mammal Research
Hatfield Marine Science Center Endowed Director
Endowed Faculty in Whale Habitats
Linus Pauling Institute
Joan H. Facey Linus Pauling Institute Professor
Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Chair in Healthspan Research
Linus Pauling Institute Endowed Chair and Director
Ava Helen Pauling Chair
Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Healthy Aging Research
Helen P. Rumbel Professor in Micronutrient Research
Margaret W. Terrill Linus Pauling Research Innovator Faculty Scholar