Academic Chairs

  • CampusAcademic ChairDate Established
    UA Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry 10/27/1956
    UA Frank P. Samford Chair of Insurance 11/17/1973
    UA Garry Neil Drummond Endowed Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering 5/14/1977
    UA Chair of Real Estate 5/13/1978
    UA Bidgood Chair of Finance and Economics 6/13/1978
    UA Sparkman Chair in Law and World Commerce 9/22/1979
    UA Distinguished Visiting Professor in Music 9/16/1981
    UA Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting 9/16/1982
    UA Chair in Creative Writing 11/4/1982
    UA Larry Drummond Chair of Computer Engineering 6/26/1986
    UA EBSCO Endowed Chair of Library and Information Studies 4/2/1987
    UA Charles E. Tweedy, Jr., Endowed Chair in the School of Law 10/29/1993
    UA Ray E. Loper Endowed Chair of Geology 2/5/1988
    UA Chair in Magnetic Information Technology 3/24/1988
    UA Aaron M. Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies 6/17/1988
    UA John S. Stone Endowed Chair of Law 10/28/1988
    UA Robert Hunt Cochrane/91Ô­´´ Bankers Endowed Chair of Banking 5/5/1989
    UA Hugh Culverhouse Endowed Chair of Accountancy 89-10/27
    UA Steven J. Ross/Hugh F. Culverhouse Endowed Chair of Accountancy 6/26/1992
    UA Tom Bevill Endowed Chair of Law 9/17/1993
    UA The 91Ô­´´ Shakespeare Festival Theatre Endowed Chair 12/14/1995
    UA Francis H. Hare Endowed Chair of Law 12/12/1996
    UA Frank E. Spain Endowed Chair of Law 12/12/1996
    UA The John F. and Mary Sue Saxon Endowed Presidential Chair 93-10/29
    UA Doddridge Franklin Saxon Memorial Endowed Presidential Chair 4/10/1992
    UA Martha Lucinda Luker Saxon Memorial Endowed Presidential Chair 4/10/1992
    UA The 91Ô­´´ Academic Chair in the College of Human Environmental Sciences 12/12/1996
    UA The 91Ô­´´ Academic Chair in the School of Social Work 12/12/1996
    UA The Gerald Leon Wallace, M.D., Endowed Chair of Family Medicine 4/18/1997
    UA Health South Endowed Chair in Health Care Management 97-04/18
    UA Charles Grayson Summersell Endowed Chair of Southern History 9/19/1997
    UA Robert F. Barfield Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering 9/19/1997
    UA William D. Jordan Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering 9/19/1997
    UA Durr-Fillauer Chair in Business Ethics 6/26/1998
    UA Ehney A. Camp, Jr., Endowed Chair in Finance and Investment 9/18/1998
    UA William A. Powell, Jr., Endowed Chair in Finance and Banking 9/18/1998
    UA The University Chair in Manufacturing Management 11/19/1999
    UA Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Academic Chair in Mental Health 2/4/2005
    UA John and Mary Louise Loftis Bickley Endowed Teaching Chair in Insurance and Financial Services 4/7/2006
    UA D. Paul Jones, Jr. and Charlene Angelich Jones – Compass Bank Endowed Chair of Law 2006
    UA J. Craig Smith Chair for Integrity in Business 4/6/2007
    UA D. Paul Jones, Jr., and Charlene Angelich Jones – Compass Bank Endowed Chair in Services Marketing 6/15/2007
    UA Wallace D. Malone Jr. Endowed Chair in Financial Management 9/4/2019
    UA The 91Ô­´´ Endowed Chair of Sports Medicine for Family Physicians 9/18/2009
    UA Paul W. Bryant and Mary Harmon Bryant Chair of Excellence in Education 9/13/2013
    UA The Fayard Endowed Chair in Accounting 2/6/2015
    UA Fitzpatrick Endowed Chair in Value Investing 6/19/2015
    UA Morris L. Mayer Endowed Chair for Teaching Excellence in Marketing 4/7/2017
    UA Hugh Culverhouse Jr. Endowed Chair of Constitutional Law 11/3/2017
    UA S. Paul Garner – David H. Hitt Endowed Chair of Accountancy 2/9/2018
    UA G. Hilton Dean Endowed Chair of Accountancy 9/17/2020
    UA Camilla Huxford Endowed Chair in Orchestral Studies 9/17/2021
    UA Fayard Endowed Chair in Literacy Education 9/17/2021
    UA Holle Endowed Chair in Communication Arts 11/5/2021
    UA Mike and Kathy Mouron Endowed Chair of Business 11/5/2021
    UA Howard Gray and Lois Boozer Douglas Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences 6/10/2022
    UA Robert W. Hodgkins Endowed Chair of Law 9/16/2022
    UA Roberta M. and John L. Rhoads Endowed Chair in Human Nutrition 9/16/2022
    UA John L. and Margaret E. Rhoads Endowed Chair of Accounting 9/16/2022
    UA Capstone College of Nursing Quasi-Endowed Chair 11/4/2022
    UA Lucy and Steve Weinstein Endowed Chair of Theatre and Dance 2/2/2024
    UA Stuart R. Bell Distinguished Chair of Engineering 11/8/2024
    UA D. Paul Jones Jr. and Charlene Jones Endowed Chair of Law 2/7/2025
      UA Total = 63  
  • CampusAcademic ChairDate Established
    UAB John G. Kelton, M.D., Endowed Chair in Hematology-Oncology 2/3/2023
    UAB Kathryn and Raymond Harbert Endowed Chair in Psychiatry 2/4/2022
    UAB The Protective Life Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging Research 6/4/2021
    UAB Goodrich Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery 2/7/2020
    UAB SK Bioscience Endowed Chair in Pneumonia Research 4/9/2021
    UAB Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2/15/2001
    UAB Bruce F. Connell, M.D., Endowed Chair in Plastic Surgery 6/4/2020
    UAB Ruth Lawson Hanson Chair of Medicine in Diabetes and Metabolism 6/20/1967
    UAB Anna Lois Waters Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology 3/4/1970
    UAB John D. Sherrill Chair of Orthopedic Surgery 9/12/1970
    UAB Mary Gertrude Waters Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine 10/20/1972
    UAB Charles Byron Ireland Chair of Psychiatric Research 4/14/1973
    UAB Fay Fletcher Kerner Chair of Surgery 10/19/1973
    UAB Charles H McCauley Chair of Microbiology 2/1/1978
    UAB Dental Alumni-Joseph F. Volker Chair of Clinical Dentistry 4/21/1982
    UAB Charles A. McCallum Chair in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 5/7/1985
    UAB Ben S. Weil Chair of Industrial Distribution 1/23/1986
    UAB Wayne H. and Sara Crews Finley Chair of Medical Genetics 6/26/1986
    UAB Howard L. Holley Research Chair in Rheumatology 9/27/1996
    UAB Heman E. Drummond Endowed Chair of Psychiatry 9/9/1988
    UAB L.R. Jordan Chair in Health Services Administration 12/9/1988
    UAB James Johnston Hicks Chair of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 3/23/1989
    UAB William C. Bailey, M.D., Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Disease 11/6/2015
    UAB James R. Rosen Chair of Dental Research 90-09/28
    UAB Ben Vaughn Branscomb Chair of Medicine in Respiratory Disease 11/2/1990
    UAB Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics 2/28/1992
    UAB Alfred Habeeb Chair in Anesthesiology 4/10/1992
    UAB Kathy Ireland Chair for Psychiatric Research 4/10/1992
    UAB Wallace R. Bunn Chair in Telecommunications 4/10/1992
    UAB James Garber Galbraith Chair in Neurosurgery 9/18/1992
    UAB Katharine Reynolds Ireland Chair of Pediatrics 10/30/1992
    UAB Marie L. O'Koren Endowed Chair in Nursing 9/18/1992
    UAB Newman H. Waters Chair of Clinical Pharmacology 10/30/1992
    UAB Spencer Chair in Medical Science Leadership 9/18/1992
    UAB J. W. and Virginia Goodwin - Warren D. Blackburn, Jr. Research Chair in Rheumatology 4/30/1993
    UAB James C. and Elizabeth T. Lee Chair of Biochemistry 4/30/1993
    UAB Geropsychiatry Research Chair 6/28/1993
    UAB John S. Odess Chair in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 9/15/2017
    UAB Evalina B. Spencer Chair of Oncology 9/23/1994
    UAB Merle M. Salter Chair of Radiation Oncology 9/15/1995
    UAB Nathan E. Miles Endowed Chair of Ophthalmology 4/19/1996
    UAB Basil I. Hirschowitz Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology 12/12/1996
    UAB Jeanne and Ann Griffin Chair for Women’s Cancer Research 12/12/1996
    UAB Lionel M. Bargeron, Jr., M. D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology 12/12/1996
    UAB Benjamin Monroe Carraway, M.D. Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology 4/18/1997
    UAB Dr. Champ Lyons Endowed Chair in General Surgery 4/18/1997
    UAB Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair in Radiology 6/21/2002
    UAB Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Chair in Nursing 6/17/2005
    UAB Alice McNeal, M.D. Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology 9/18/1998
    UAB Ellen Gregg Shook Culverhouse Chair in Gynecologic Oncology 9/18/1998
    UAB Leonard H. Robinson Endowed Chair in Pathology 9/18/1998
    UAB Margaret Cameron Spain Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology 9/18/1998
    UAB Martha Ann and David L. May Endowed Chair in Cancer Research 6/25/1999
    UAB Jeanne V. Marks Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Disease 6/16/2017
    UAB EyeSight Foundation of 91Ô­´´ Endowed Chair of Ophthalmology 11/19/1999
    UAB Edwin M. Dixon Endowed Chair in Neonatology 6/23/2000
    UAB John H. Blue Chair in General Surgery 4/20/2001
    UAB Charles A. Alford, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 4/20/2001
    UAB Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair in Cancer Genetics 9/19/1997
    UAB Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology 6/22/2001
    UAB Elesabeth Ridgely Shook Endowed Chair in Psychiatry 9/13/2001
    UAB Webb Chair in Nutrition Sciences 9/13/2001
    UAB A. D. Pacifico, M.D., Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery 2/15/2002
    UAB Gwen McWhorter, Ed.D., Endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine 2/15/2002
    UAB Charles E. Flowers, Jr., Endowed Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9/20/2002
    UAB Nancy R. and Eugene C. Gwaltney Family Endowed Chair in Medical Research 2/7/2003
    UAB Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery 10/1/2004
    UAB UAB Cardiovascular Surgical Research Chair 11/5/2004
    UAB Elmer and Glenda Harris Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Disease 11/5/2004
    UAB John N. Whitaker Endowed Chair in Neurology 2/4/2005
    UAB Julius N. Hicks Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 9/16/2005
    UAB Caldwell Marks Endowed Chair in Cancer Oncology 5/11/2011
    UAB Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology 2/3/2006
    UAB Anton J. Bueschen, M.D. Endowed Chair in Urologic Surgery 2/3/2006
    UAB Marguerite Jones Harbert – Gene V. Ball, M.D. Endowed Chair in Rheumatology 2/3/2006
    UAB John T. and Juanelle D. Strain Endowed Chair in Neurology 2/3/2006
    UAB Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging 2/3/2006
    UAB Women’s Committee of the Spain Rehabilitation Center Endowed Chair in Rehabilitation Neuroscience Research 4/7/2006
    UAB Endowed Chair in Developmental Psychology 6/16/2006
    UAB Albert F. LoBuglio Endowed Chair for Translational Cancer Research 9/15/2006
    UAB Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership 9/15/2006
    UAB Charles A. and Patsy W. Collat Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery 9/15/2006
    UAB Wells Fargo Endowed Chair in Business Administration 2/4/2011
    UAB Nancy R. and Eugene C. Gwaltney Family Endowed Chair in Juvenile Diabetes Research 4/6/2007
    UAB Holt A. McDowell, Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair of Vascular Surgery 4/6/2007
    UAB Anderson Family Endowed Chair in Medical Education, Research & Patient Care 6/15/2007
    UAB The Arthritis Foundation, 91Ô­´´ Chapter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology 6/15/2007
    UAB Eleanor E. Kidd Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine 6/15/2007
    UAB Robert Y. Kim Outstanding Educator Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology 6/15/2007
    UAB F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry 6/15/2007
    UAB Jim Straley Endowed Chair in AIDS Research 6/15/2007
    UAB Ruby F. Meredith Outstanding Clinician in Radiation Oncology Endowed Chair 11/9/2007
    UAB J. Max Austin, Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Oncology 6/20/2008
    UAB Alma B. Maxwell – UAHSF Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research 9/19/2008
    UAB Griffith R. Harsh III Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery 9/18/2009
    UAB James K. Kirklin Endowed Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery 11/5/2010
    UAB Hilda B. Anderson Endowed Chair in Nephrology 2/4/2011
    UAB Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair for the Dean of the School of Nursing 2/4/2011
    UAB James C. Lee, Jr. Endowed Chair for the Dean of the School of Medicine 2/4/2011
    UAB Featheringill Endowed Chair for Cardiac Arrhythmia Research 4/8/2011
    UAB Dr. Tinsley R. Harrison Endowed Chair in Medical Resident Education 11/4/2011
    UAB Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences 2/3/2012
    UAB Warren Family Endowed Chair in Neurology 4/12/2013
    UAB Thomas E. Androeli, M.D., Endowed Chair in Nephrology 9/12/2013
    UAB Robert G. Luke, M.D., Endowed Chair in Transplant Nephrology 9/13/2013
    UAB

    Regional Oncology Active Research (ROAR) Southeast Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology

    9/13/2013
    UAB Bee McWane Reid Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Neurobiology 2/7/2014
    UAB Charlene A. Jones Endowed Chair in Neuroimmunology 6/13/2014
    UAB T. Michael and Gillian Goodrich Endowed Chair of Engineering Leadership 6/13/2014
    UAB Susan and Dowd Ritter/RPB Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Research 2/6/2015
    UAB Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology 2/6/2015
    UAB Olivia Turlington Miller Endowed Chair of Cancer Genetics 4/10/2015
    UAB O’Neal-Sokol Breast Cancer Research Foundation of 91Ô­´´ Endowed Chair 9/18/2015
    UAB Christine S. Ritchie, M.D., Endowed Chair in Palliative Leadership 11/6/2015
    UAB Department of Medicine Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Diseases 16-04/08
    UAB Sharon A. Spencer Distinguished Endowed Chair in Translational Radiation Oncology 2/3/2017
    UAB Eivor and Alston Callahan, D.D., Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology 4/7/2017
    UAB Goodrich Endowed Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 6/16/2017
    UAB Blue Cross and Blue Shield of 91Ô­´´ Endowed Chair in Health Economics 9/15/2017
    UAB J. Benjamin Younger, M.D. – Roensch Family Endowed Chair in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 2/9/2018
    UAB W. Stancil Starnes-ProAssurance Endowed Chair for Physician Wellness 4/6/2018
    UAB Anderson Family Endowed Chair in Urology 6/8/2018
    UAB Meyer Foundation William J. Koopman, M.D., Endowed Chair in Immunology and Rheumatology 9/21/2018
    UAB UAHSF Endowed Chair in Cancer Biology 4/12/2019
    UAB DCI Edwin A. Rutsky, M.D., Distinguished Endowed Chair in Nephrology 9/6/2019
    UAB Edward E. Partridge, M.D., Endowed Chair for Cancer Disparity Research 9/6/2019
    UAB Kelley and C.T. Fitzpatrick Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology 11/8/2019
    UAB Edward A. Ernst, M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology 2/3/2017
    UAB Glenn Cobbs, M.D., Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases 9/17/2020
    UAB Wyatt and Susan Haskell Endowed Chair for Medical Excellence 11/5/2020
    UAB Moon H. Nahm, M.D. Endowed Chair 11/5/2021
    UAB Jay M. McDonald, M.D. Endowed Chair in Laboratory Medicine 4/8/2022
    UAB Ray L. Watts, M.D.-Heersink Endowed Chair in Neurology 6/10/2022
    UAB Mary Heersink Endowed Chair in Global Health 6/10/2022
    UAB J. Frank Barefield, Jr., Endowed Chair in Communities and Crime  9/16/2022
    UAB Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Chair 11/4/2022
    UAB Louise T. Chow, Ph.D.-Heersink Endowed Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics 11/4/2022
    UAB Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., F.A.C.S. Endowed Chair in the Department of Surgery 11/4/2022
    UAB Helen and Robert Whitley Endowed Chair of Pediatrics 11/4/2022
    UAB Endowed Chair in Immunology 4/14/2023
    UAB Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute Endowed Chair 6/9/2023
    UAB Heersink Endowed Chair in Psychiatry 11/3/2023
    UAB Benjamin Russell Endowed Chair in Geriatrics 2/2/2024
    UAB John Durr Elmore, M.D., Endowed Chair in Psychiatry 2/2/2024
    UAB Rebecca Gale-Heersink Endowed Chair 4/12/2024
    UAB Doreen C. Harper, Ph.D., RN, FAAN Endowed Chair 9/5/2024
    UAB Heersink Endowed Chair in Mental Health Research 9/5/2024
    UAB Neil E. Christopher, M.D., Endowed Chair in Family and Community Medicine 2/7/2025
      UAB Total = 148  
  • CampusAcademic ChairDate Established
    UAH Eminent Scholar Chair in Computer Engineering 10/29/1987
    UAH Eminent Scholar Chair in Management 10/29/1987
    UAH Eminent Scholar Chair in Systems Engineering and Simulation 9/9/1988
    UAH Pei-Ling Chan Chair in Physics 5/5/1989
    UAH Eminent Scholar Chair in Propulsion 9/22/1989
    UAH Eminent Scholar Chair in Humanities 2/28/1992
    UAH Eminent Scholars Foundation King-McDonald Endowed Chair 6/19/2009
    UAH Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Eminent Scholar in Biological Sciences 4/8/2011
    UAH Baba Budha Eminent Scholar Chair in Global Understanding (Specialization in Indian Studies) 9/15/2011
    UAH Aerojet Rocketdyne Chair in Space Science 6/16/2017
    UAH King-McDonald Scholars Chair 11/5/2021
    UAH Ashok K. Singhal Endowed Chair in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 9/5/2024
      UAH Total = 12  

Endowed Professorships

  • CampusProfessorshipDate Established
    UA ACIPCO Endowed Engineering Professorship in Metallurgical Engineering Fund 5/3/1984
    UA 91Ô­´´ Power Foundation Endowed Professorship 2/4/2005
    UA Alton C. and Cecile C. Craig Endowed Professorship of Law 4/30/1993
    UA Alton N. Scott Sponsored Professorship In Engineering I 11/8/2002
    UA Alton N. Scott Sponsored Professorship In Engineering II 11/8/2002
    UA Alton N. Scott Sponsored Professorship In Engineering III 11/8/2002
    UA Alumni Professorship of Law 9/18/1987
    UA Behringer Endowed Distinguished Professorship 4/21/2000
    UA Board of Visitors Research Professor of Accounting  
    UA Bob and Marie Robinson Endowed Professorship in Interpersonal Communication 2/7/2025
    UA Bromberg Family Endowed Professorship in Marketing 6/10/2022
    UA Bruno Endowed Professor of Retail Marketing  
    UA Chambliss Family Endowed Professorship in Nursing Leadership in the Capstone College of Nursing 2/7/2025
    UA Charles E. Tweedy Visiting Professor of Law  
    UA Charles O. Stokes Professor of Law  
    UA Cudworth Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering  
    UA Cudworth Professorship of Environmental Engineering 5/3/1990
    UA Cudworth Professorship in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering  
    UA Dai-ichi Life Teaching Chair in Actuarial Sciences and Risk Management 2/5/2016
    UA Distinguished Visiting Professor in Creative Writing 11/4/1982
    UA Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Music 9/16/1981
    UA Douglas Arant Professorship of Law  
    UA Dr. A.E. Maumenee Jr. Endowed Professorship in Athletic Training 6/4/2020
    UA Edgar L. Clarkson Professorship of Law 9/25/1986
    UA Elton B. Stephens Endowed Law Professorship 4/2/1987
    UA Endowed Shelby Distinguished Associate Professor 2/3/2023
    UA Endowed Shelby Distinguished Professor 2/3/2023
    UA Ernst & Young Endowed Professorship of Accounting 9/16/2005
    UA Fitzpatrick Endowed Professorship in Value Investing 4/9/2010
    UA Frank A. Rose Memorial Endowed C&BA Professorship of Leadership 6/26/1992
    UA Frank M. Bainbridge–Walter L. Mims Professorship of Law 1992
    UA Frederick Moody Blackman-Sarah McCorkle Moody Outstanding Professor 11/15/1984
    UA George Lindahl III Endowed Professorship 2/6/2009
    UA Gordon Rosen Endowed Professorship and Scholarship of Law 4/30/1993
    UA Herbert D. Warner Professor of Law  
    UA Helen M. Goetz Endowed Professorship 2/9/2018
    UA Helen and Pat O'Sullivan Endowed Professorship in the College of Education 4/12/2013
    UA Henry Upson Sims Professorship of Law 10/27/1978
    UA Hudson Strode Endowed Professorship in English 4/2/1987
    UA Hugh Culverhouse Endowed Professorship of Accountancy 2/6/2021
    UA Ira Drayton Pruitt Memorial Endowed Professorship of Law 9/28/1990
    UA J. Nicholene Bishop Professorship of Biology 2/10/1989
    UA James M. Kidd Sr. Professorship of Law 4/21/2000
    UA James Patrick and Elizabeth Brannan Hayes Professorship of Business Administration 9/20/1984
    UA James R. Cudworth Professorship of Aerospace Engineering 9/20/1984
    UA James R. Cudworth Professorship of Computational Mechanics 9/20/1984
    UA James R. Cudworth Professorship of Engineering Hydrology 9/20/1984
    UA James R. Cudworth Memorial Engineering Professorship 9/20/1984
    UA Jere L. Beasley Professor of Law  
    UA Jerry W. Powell and Carolyn W. Powell Professor of Practice for Law and Business 11/8/2024
    UA Joe A. Chambliss Endowed Business Professorship 11/8/2024
    UA John R. Miller Endowed Managerial Professorship 2/3/1983
    UA John R. Miller Professor of Business Administration 1/12/1984
    UA John R. Miller Professor of Human Resources Management 1/12/1984
    UA Joseph D. Peeler Endowed Professorship of Law 2/10/1989
    UA Lyman F. Holland Jr. and Leannah P. Holland Endowed Visiting Assistant Professorship 11/8/2024
    UA M. Christian Mitchell Endowed Professorship in Real Estate 9/5/2024
    UA Marc Ray Clement Professor of Law  
    UA Marie Drolet Bristol - EBSCO Endowed Professorship in the School of Library and Information Studies 12/15/1994
    UA Marillyn Hewson Endowed Professorship in Cyber Security 11/9/2018
    UA Marilyn Williams Elmore and John Durr Elmore Endowed Professorship 2/6/2015
    UA Marvin L. Mann Endowed Professorship 9/5/2024
    UA Minnie Caddell Miles Commerce & Business Professorship 4/21/1982
    UA Pam and Glenn Eubanks Endowed Professorship in Real Estate and Professional Services 4/12/2013
    UA Pauline Foster - EBSCO Endowed Professorship in the School of Library and Information Studies 2/17/1995
    UA Professorship in Physical Medicine 4/6/1974
    UA Ralph H. Cassel Endowed Professorship 2/5/2021
    UA Ramsay Professor of Chemistry  
    UA Ray E. Loper Quasi-Endowed Professor of Geology 2/4/2024
    UA Regina S. and N. Hugh Mathews Endowed Professorship in Civil Engineering 9/5/2024
    UA Reese Phifer Professorships 12/12/1996
    UA Reichhold-Shumaker Professorship of Chemical Engineering 11/10/1983
    UA Richard Leon Chambers Endowed Professorship in Middle East Studies 9/15/2018
    UA Robert and Mary Cobb Endowed Professorship in Business 9/17/2021
    UA Robert Roddy--Paul Garner Endowed Professorship in Accounting 2/28/1994
    UA Robert S. Vance Professor of Law  
    UA

    Robin D. Rogers Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurial Chemistry

    6/7/2024
    UA Russell Professorship in Business Administration 5/19/1982
    UA

    Sidney A. and Angela B. Tankersley Endowed Professorship in Metallurgical Engineering in the College of Engineering

    2/7/2025
    UA The Coach Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professorship 9/14/2000
    UA The Frank Schultz Endowed Professorship 6/15/2007
    UA The Joe Lane Endowed Professorship in Accounting 6/23/1995
    UA The Southern Progress Corporation Endowed Professorship 11/10/2006
    UA The Thad J. and Nona F. Gomillion Endowed Professorship in Civil Engineering 4/7/2017
    UA Thomas E. McMillan Professor of Law  
    UA Thomas D. Russell Professor of Business Administration 5/19/1982
    UA Thomas D. Russell Professor of Marketing  
    UA Thomas E. Skinner Professorship of Law 4/21/2000
    UA Tom Bevill Visiting Professor of Law  
    UA University Research Professorship of Law 9/18/1987
    UA Ventress Family Endowed Professorship 11/14/2008
    UA Victor Hugo Friedman Professorship in Southern History 6/6/1949
    UA Visiting Sparkman Professor of Law  
    UA Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis Professorship of Law 6/16/2017
    UA Will and Maggie Brooke Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship 6/17/2016
    UA William Alfred Rose Professorship of Law 6/16/1983
    UA William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship in English 4/9/2010
    UA Yetta G. Samford Jr. Endowed Professorship in Legal Ethics 9/6/2019
      UA Total = 98  
  • CampusProfessorshipDate Established
    UAB Abroms Endowed Professorship for the Department of Otolaryngology 2/7/2020
    UAB 91Ô­´´ Industries Professorship of Environmental Engineering 4/19/1996
    UAB Albert Oberman, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease 6/8/2018
    UAB Alfred Habeeb Professorship in Anesthesiology 12/13/1991
    UAB Alumni & Friends Professor of Accounting 12/7/1990
    UAB Amy Theos, M.D., 91Ô­´´ Dermatology Society Endowed Professorship in Pediatric Dermatology 6/9/2023
    UAB Anderson Family Endowed Professorship in Nephrology 4/9/2020
    UAB Antoine Lavoisier Endowed Professorship of Energetics and Healthy Lifestyles 9/19/2014
    UAB Anupam Agarwal, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Nephrology 6/9/2023
    UAB Baker-Dean Endowed Professorship in Interventional Cardiology 2/18/2000
    UAB Bergman/Pinkston Endowed Professorship in Physical Therapy 2/2/2007
    UAB Beverly C. Walters, M.D., Endowed Professorship for Neurosurgery 4/14/2023
    UAB Breast Cancer Research Foundation of 91Ô­´´ Endowed Professorship 9/17/2020
    UAB Brigham Family Endowed Professorship in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 4/9/2021
    UAB Bruce Harris, Jr., M.D., Endowed Professorship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 5/7/1999
    UAB C. Bruce Alexander Endowed Professorship in Pathology 4/7/2017
    UAB Burton Multiple Sclerosis Endowed Research Professorship in Neurology 4/14/2023
    UAB C. E. Butterworth Endowed Professorship in Nutrition Science 9/27/1996
    UAB Cardiovascular Research Professorship 2/23/1980
    UAB Charles and Alice Hohenberg Professorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 6/21/1996
    UAB Charles S. Ackerman Endowed Professorship in Neurology 4/9/2010
    UAB Charles S. Ackerman Endowed Professorship in Parkinson’s Disease 11/4/2022
    UAB DCI Edwin A. Rutsky, M.D., Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Nephrology 6/17/2016
    UAB David Hart White Endowed Professorship for Brain Cancer Research 4/9/2021
    UAB David Hill Chestnut Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology 2/8/2013
    UAB David G. Warnock, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Academic Nephrology 2/4/2022
    UAB Dennis Endowed Professorship in Glaucoma Research 4/6/2018
    UAB Department of Medicine Endowed Professorship in Lung Biology 9/18/2015
    UAB Department of Radiology Visiting Professor Endowment Fund 10/27/1989
    UAB Detraz Endowed Professorship in Polycystic Kidney Disease 4/6/2018
    UAB Don Speed Endowed Professorship for Orthodontics 9/5/2024
    UAB Donna Brown Banton Endowed Professorship in Nursing 6/17/2005
    UAB Dr. Charles W. Breaux, Sr. and Ann K. Breaux Endowed Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery 2/3/2023
    UAB Dr. James A. Schafer, Ph.D., NRTC Endowed Professorship 2/3/2017
    UAB Dr. James and Vicki Orr Endowed Professorship in Women's Oncology 4/8/2022
    UAB Dr. Thomas W. Jones Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 11/2/2012
    UAB Dr. Tommy Weatherford/Dr. Kent Palcanis Endowed Professorship in Dentistry 6/19/2015
    UAB Dr. Robert B. Adams Endowed Professorship in Pathology 2/7/2014
    UAB Edward W. Hook, III, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Infectious Disease 6/7/2019
    UAB Emmett G. and Beverly S. Parrish Endowed Professorship 11/9/2001
    UAB Emmet O’Neal II Endowed Professorship in Lung Cancer Research 9/16/2022
    UAB Endodontics Alumni Endowed Professorship 11/3/2023
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Airway Biology 9/15/2017
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Airways Disease 2/3/2017
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Basic Research 11/6/2015
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Cancer Pathobiology 4/13/2012
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Diabetes Prevention and Control 4/12/2013
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Diabetes Science 4/12/2024
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Emergency Medicine 9/17/2021
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Environmental Medicine 9/18/2015
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Experimental Cancer Therapeutics 12/4/2013
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Family and Community Medicine 11/9/2001
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 4/12/2019
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Genetics 2/4/2022
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Healthcare Communication 4/12/2024
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Infectious Disease 4/7/2017
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Infectious Disease Translational Research 6/17/2016
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Informatics Quasi Endowment 6/19/2015
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Immunology 4/8/2016
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Lung Cellular and Molecular Biology 2/8/2019
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Medicine 2/6/2014
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Mental Health Research 4/12/2024
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research Quasi Endowment 6/17/2016
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Nephrology Quasi Endowment 9/21/2018
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Pediatrics 11/8/2019
    UAB Endowed Professorship in Polar or Marine Biology 9/13/2001
    UAB Eric W. Baum, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Dermatology 2/7/2014
    UAB Fouad H. Fouad Endowed Professorship in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering 6/9/2023
    UAB G. Neal Kay Endowed Professorship in Clinical Electrophysiology 2/8/2019
    UAB Gene P. Siegal Endowed Professorship in Pathology 2/5/2021
    UAB George D. Barber, Jr., Foundation Professorship in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 6/28/1993
    UAB Gero-Psychiatry Research Professorship 10/29/1987
    UAB Gustavo R. Heudebert, M.D., MACP, Endowed Professorship in General Internal Medicine 2/7/2020
    UAB Hale-Stephens ROAR Endowed Professorship for Distinctive Radiation Oncology Research 11/9/2018
    UAB Hazel Gore, M.B.B.S., Endowed Professorship in Women’s Health Pathology 4/8/2011
    UAB Heersink Endowed Professorship in Graduate Medical Education 9/5/2024
    UAB Heersink Endowed Professorship in International Medical Education 9/5/2024
    UAB Heersink Endowed Professorship in Medical Education 9/5/2024
    UAB Heersink Endowed Professorship in Sports and Exercise Medicine  9/1/2023
    UAB Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Professorship in Psychiatry 6/7/2024
    UAB Howard W. Houser Endowed Professorship in Health Administration 2/7/2014
    UAB J. Benjamin Younger, MD, Endowed Professorship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 9/14/2000
    UAB J. Claude Bennett Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology and Immunology 2/3/2012
    UAB James E. Elder, M.D. Endowed Professorship for Graduate Education in Dermatology 4/13/2012
    UAB J. Frank Barefield, Jr., Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship 9/16/2022
    UAB James and Pat Estes Alzheimer's Disease Endowed Professorship 6/7/2019
    UAB James H. Halsey, Jr., M.D. Endowed Professorship of Neurology 2/3/2017
    UAB James P. Hayes, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Gastrointestinal Oncology 4/13/2012
    UAB James Patrick & Elizabeth Hayes Professor of Economics 12/9/1988
    UAB James K. Kirklin, M.D., Endowed Visiting Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgical Sciences 6/19/2015
    UAB Jane H. Brock-Florence Nightingale Endowed Professorship in Nursing 6/8/2018
    UAB Jane Knight Lowe Professorship of Medicine in Rheumatology 9/25/1986
    UAB Jarman F. Lowder Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience 6/15/2012
    UAB Jay M. McDonald, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Experimental Pathology 9/17/2010
    UAB Jean B. Morris Endowed Professorship in honor of Chi-Tsou Huang, M.D., for Excellence in Clinical Care, Research and Teaching 2/5/2016
    UAB Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., Endowed Professorship in Innovation and Advancement through Mentorship 6/10/2022
    UAB Jiri Mestecky Endowed Professorship 4/8/2022
    UAB Joe A. Chambliss Prostate Cancer Research and Innovation Endowed Professorship 4/14/2023
    UAB John A. and Ruth R. Jurenko Endowed Professorship in Neurology 2/8/2013
    UAB John C. Hauth Endowed Professorship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine 11/6/2015
    UAB John S. Jemison, Jr. Visiting Professorship in Humanities 9/25/1986
    UAB John W. Poynor Endowed Professorship for Otolaryngology 9/21/2018
    UAB Kent and Phoebe Palcanis Endowed Professorship 6/7/2024
    UAB Kirby I. Bland, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Surgery 4/6/2018
    UAB Koikos-Petelos-Jones-Bragg ROAR Endowed Professorship for Cancer Research 9/16/2022
    UAB Lemak-IVY ROAR Endowed Professorship for Novel Radiation Oncology Clinical Research 11/9/2018
    UAB Mark H. Deierhoi, M.D. Endowed Professorship 4/12/2019
    UAB Marnix E. Heersink Endowed Professorship in Biomedical Innovation 6/9/2023
    UAB Marshall Urist, M.D., Endowed Professorship 4/8/2022
    UAB Martha Robinson Tankersley Endowed Professorship in Transplant Clinical Excellence 6/10/2022
    UAB Mary and Bill Battle Endowed Professorship in Multiple Myeloma 4/9/2021
    UAB Mary Gertrude Waters Professor of Cardiology 12/4/1976
    UAB Mary J. Bradford Endowed Professorship in Gastroenterology 9/18/1998
    UAB Maurice S. Albin, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 9/15/2017
    UAB Max and Lorayne Cooper Endowed Professorship in Ophthalmology Residency Training 2/7/2014
    UAB Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.-Heersink Endowed Professorship 6/10/2022
    UAB Michael S. Saag, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Infectious Diseases 6/7/2019
    UAB Ona M. Faye-Peterson Endowed Professorship in Pathology 2/5/2021
    UAB Parkinson Association of 91Ô­´´ Endowed Professorship in Neurology 9/17/2021
    UAB Patrick H. Linton Professorship in Psychiatry 12/4/1987
    UAB Patsy W. and Charles A. Collat Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience 4/4/2014
    UAB Paul W. Burleson, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Internal Medicine 4/6/2018
    UAB Peter D. Waite Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2/5/2016
    UAB Quetelet Endowed Professorship in Public Health 2/3/2012
    UAB R.C. Bourge Endowed Professorship in Advanced Heart Disease 2/3/2023
    UAB Regions Institute for Financial Education Endowed Professorship 4/8/2016
    UAB Research Professorship in Rheumatic Disease 10/2/1971
    UAB Robert B. Kyle Professorship of Rehabilitation Medicine 4/6/1974
    UAB Robert C. Bourge and Cutessa D. Bourge Endowed Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease 4/8/2016
    UAB Robert C. and Cutessa D. Bourge Endowed Professorship in Transplant Nephrology 2/8/2019
    UAB Robert W. Mowry Endowed Professorship in Pathology 4/11/2008
    UAB S. Richardson Hill, Jr, Professorship in Endocrinology 6/17/1988
    UAB Sallie W. Dean Endowed Professorship in Accounting 4/14/2023
    UAB Sarah Katherine Bateh Endowed Professorship in Rett Syndrome 4/7/2017
    UAB Simon Gelman, M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology 11/9/2001
    UAB Sir David Cox Endowed Professorship in Biostatistics 9/17/2010
    UAB Sponsored Professorship in Epidemiology 9/27/1996
    UAB Stephen G. Rostand, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Nephrology 6/7/2019
    UAB Strange Family Endowed Professorship in Surgical Sciences 6/9/2023
    UAB Tate Jordan Thomas Professorship in Psychiatric Medicine 12/15/1994
    UAB The 91Ô­´´ School of Dentistry Alumni Association Endowed Professorship 9/18/2015
    UAB Thomas E. Andreoli Professor in Nephrology 11/9/2001
    UAB Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting Endowed Professorship in Comprehensive Dentistry 4/13/2012
    UAB Thomas W. Jones Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 11/2/2012
    UAB Triton Endowed Professorship in Bacteriology 4/7/2017
    UAB Triton Endowed Professorship in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science 11/3/2023
    UAB Triton Endowed Professorship in Health Equity Research 4/8/2022
    UAB Triton Endowed Professorship in Microbiology 9/1/2023
    UAB Triton Endowed Professorship in Neurobiology 2/3/2023
    UAB Triton Endowed Professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery 9/5/2024
    UAB UAB Alumni and Friends Professor of Accounting 12/7/1990
    UAB UAHSF SOM Endowed Professorship in Regenerative and Translational Medicine 6/7/2019
    UAB United Therapeutics Endowed Professorship in Pulmonary Vascular Disease 2/7/2014
    UAB 91Ô­´´ at Birmingham Professorship in Cardiovascular Surgery 8/17/1980
    UAB Ventress Family Endowed Professorship 11/14/2008
    UAB Vera Hauptfeld-Dolejsek, Ph.D., Endowed Professorship in Transplant Immunology 4/9/2021
    UAB Victor Darley-Usmar Endowed Professorship in Molecular Pathology 4/8/2011
    UAB Virginia B. Spencer Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience 9/14/2012
    UAB Virginia Loeb Weil Endowed Professorship in Medical Education 2/8/2013
    UAB Vishnu Reddy Translational Research in Pathology Endowed Professorship 2/9/2018
    UAB Vivian Conatser-Turner Endowed Professorship in Psychiatry 4/7/2017
    UAB Wallace R. Bunn Professorship in Telecommunications 12/13/1991
    UAB White-McKee Endowed Professorship in Ophthalmology 4/6/2018
    UAB Will Ferniany Endowed Professorship in Healthcare Leadership 2/4/2022
    UAB William A. Lell, M.D. - Paul N. Samuelson, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology 11/7/2003
    UAB William C. Carter, Ph.D. Endowed Professorship in French and Proust Studies 9/16/2011
    UAB William D. Jordan, Jr., M.D., Endowed Professorship in Vascular Sciences 2/3/2017
    UAB William D. Jordan, Jr., M.D., Endowed Professorship in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy 2/3/2017
    UAB William E. Dismukes Endowed Professorship in Infectious Diseases 6/20/2008
    UAB William H. Coleman, Sr., M.D., Huntsville Family Medicine Endowed Professorship 2/8/2019
    UAB William "Student" Sealy Gosset Endowed Professorship in Biostatistics 11/4/2008
    UAB William Austin Brown Endowed Professorship 9/17/2020
    UAB William O’Neal Brown, D.M.D., Endowed Professorship for the School of Dentistry 2/4/2022
      UAB Total = 173  
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    UAH King-McDonald Eminent Scholars Professorship 11/5/2021
      UAH Total = 1  
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    UAS John H Blue Visiting Professorship in Surgery 10/15/1980
    UAS 91Ô­´´ Trustee Professor 4/7/2017
    UAS Total = 2

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