{"id":89,"date":"2017-08-21T15:11:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T22:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/giving\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:38:29","slug":"chairs-professorships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/giving\/endowed-giving\/chairs-professorships\/","title":{"rendered":"Endowed Faculty Chairs and Professorships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-right-sidebar right-sidebar\" id=\"right-sidebar\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adam R. Johnson<br>Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor in Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/04\/faculty-johnson.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-2531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/04\/faculty-johnson.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/04\/faculty-johnson-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A named professorship is an honor to have, and I feel like I have been recognized for the work I have done and will continue to do for the department and the college. Thank you for your support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is a listing of the endowed faculty positions. Harvey Mudd College thanks these donors for their generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Professorship in the Humanities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthony W. LaFetra Family Chair of Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assistant Professor of Climate and Mathematics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atwood Endowed Chair of Engineering Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barbara Stokes Dewey Assistant Professorship in the Life Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benediktsson-Karwa Chair in Mathematics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burton Bettingen Professorship in Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C.F. Braun and Co. Fellowship in Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Csilla and Walt Foley Endowed Professorship in Computer Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donald A. Strauss Endowed Professorship in Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Endowed Chair in Biology to the Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Endowed Chair in Physics to HCCE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fletcher Jones Professorship in Engineering Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment &#8211; Endowed Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hixon Professorship in Sustainable Environmental Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hixon-Riggs Early Career Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iris and Howard Critchell Assistant Professorship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. Stanley and Mary Wig Johnson Professorship in Engineering Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Howard Kindelberger Professorship in Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jenna and Paul Segal Endowed Professorship in Artificial Intelligence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Stauffer Chair in Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John V. Sell Endowed Professorship in Computer Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph B. Platt Chair in Effective Teaching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jude and Eileen Laspa Endowed Professorship of Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenneth A. and Diana G. Jonsson Professorship in Mathematics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Louisa and Robert Miller Professorship in the Humanities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria M. Klawe Professor of Climate and Computer Science in the Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McGregor-Girand Chair in STEM Equity Innovation and Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Chair in Arts and the Humanities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norman F. Sprague Jr. Professorship in the Life Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oliver C. Field Professorship in Manufacturing and Engineering Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R. Michael Shanahan Dean of the Faculty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R. Michael Shanahan Endowed Professorship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professorship in Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert and Barbara McAlister Endowed Professorship in Math<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruth and Harvey Berry Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smallwood Family Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stuart Mudd Professorship in Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susan and Bruce Worster Professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Union Oil Company Engineering Design Fellowship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vivian and D. Kenneth Baker Professorship in the Life Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair in Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellowship in the Humanities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a listing of the endowed faculty positions. 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