Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships

Past and Current Thurnau Professors

2008

• James Cogswell, Jr., Professor of Art
• Sherman Jackson, Professor of Near Eastern Studies
• Robert Megginson, Associate Dean and Professor of Mathematics
• Dana Muir, Professor of Business Law
• Ann Marie Sastry, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering
• Peter Washabaugh, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

2007

• Peter Chen, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Anne Curzan, Associate Professor of English
• David Gerdes, Associate Professor of Physics
• James Holloway, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
• Carla O'Connor, Associate Professor of Educational Studies Program
• Andrew Shryock, Associate Professor of Anthropology

2006

• Alec Gallimore, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Annemarie Palincsar, Associate Dean, School of Education, Professor of Reading and Literacy and Education
• Thad Polk, Associate Professor of Psychology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Peter Sparling, Professor of Dance
• Steven Wright, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Georgette Zirbes, Professor of Art

2005

• James Barber, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Freda Herseth , Associate Professor of Voice
• Timothy McKay, Associate Professor of Physics
• Lester Monts , Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Musicology
• Takeshi Takahara, Professor of Art
• Alford Young, Jr., Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Professor of Afroamerican/African Studies

2004

• William Gehring, Associate Professor of Psychology
• J. Wayne Jones, Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
• Elizabeth Moje, Associate Professor of Education
• Scott Moore, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Systems
• Robert Owen, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Long Range Planning and Professor of Marine Geochemistry

2003

• William Alexander, Professor of English Language and Literature
• H. Scott Fogler, Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Richard Hume, Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• Timothy R.B. Johnson, Bates Professor of Diseases of Women and Children and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Women's Studies
• Yili Liu, Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering

2002

• Annette W. LeCuyer, Associate Professor of Architecture
• Edward L. Parmentier, Professor of Music
• Kenneth Grant Powell, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Paul G. Rasmussen, Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Macromolecular Science & Engineering
• Robert H. Sharf, Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Elliot Soloway, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

2001

• Richard B. Brown, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Susan H.C. Brown, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
• Bunyan Bryant, Professor of Natural Resources
• Brian P. Coppola, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• Laura J. Olsen, Associate Professor of Biology
• Noel C. Perkins, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

2000

• Susan E. Alcock, Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics
• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Professor of Education
• Michael D. Gordon, Professor of Computer and Information Systems
• Lorraine M. Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychology
• Robert Krasny, Professor of Mathematics
• H. Robert Reynolds, Professor of Music (Conducting)
• John Whittier-Ferguson, Associate Professor of English
• Alan S. Wineman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

1999

• Julia Potter Adams, Associate Professor of Sociology
• Dionissios N. Assanis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Vincent E. Castagnacci, Professor of Art
• Susan J. Douglas, Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication
• A. Roberto Frisancho, Professor of Anthropology
• Khalil Najafi, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Christopher M. Peterson, Professor of Psychology

1998

• Tomas Almaguer, Associate Professor of Sociology and American Culture
• Frederick R. Amrine, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures
• Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
• Yale N. Patt, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Theresa L. Tinkle, Associate Professor of English
• Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

1997

• Luis O. Gòmez, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Sally Haslanger, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies
• James L. Hilton, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Diane M. Kirkpatrick, Professor of History of Art
• Valerie A. Kivelson, Associate Professor of History
• Michael G. Parsons, Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Phillip E. Savage, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

1996

• Kathleen M. Canning, Associate Professor of History
• Paul N. Courant, Professor of Economics & Public Policy
• Anthony H. Francis, Professor of Chemistry
• Bruce H. Karnopp, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Michael M. Martin, Professor of Biology
• David S. Potter, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin

1995

• Frances Aparicio, Professor of Spanish and American Culture
• June M. Howard, Associate Professor of English Language and Women's Studies
• Pramod P. Khargonekar, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Professor of Political Science
• Perry J. Samson, Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• John D. Speth, Curator, Museum of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology

1994

• Elizabeth S. Anderson, Associate Professor of Philosophy
• Morton Brown, Professor of Mathematics
• Rebecca J. Scott, Professor of History
• John H. Vandermeer, Professor of Biology
• Rob Van der Voo, Professor of Geological Sciences
• R. Brent Wagner, Associate Professor of Music

1993

• Richard I. Ford, Professor of Anthropology
• Richard G. Lawton, Professor of Chemistry
• Terrence J. McDonald, Professor of History
• Kim Lane Scheppele, Associate Professor of Political Science
• James C.G. Walker, Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences and Professor of Geological Sciences
• Robert Weisbuch, Professor of English Language and Literature

1992

• H. Don Cameron, Professor of Greek and Latin
• Patricia Y. Gurin, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies
• Philip J. Hanlon, Professor of Mathematics
• George J. Siedel, III, Professor of Business Law
• Herbert G. Winful, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

1991

• William James Adams, Professor of Economics
• Susan Boehm, Associate Professor of Nursing
• Jean P. Krisch, Associate Professor of Physics
• Donald J. Sinta, Professor of Music
• Ralph G. Williams, Associate Professor of English

1990

• Burton Barnes, Stephen H. Spurr Professor of Forestry
• Seyhan Ege, Professor of Chemistry
• Yi-Tsi Feuerwerker, Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
• Eric Rabkin, Professor of English
• Thomas Senior, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

1989

• Frank Beaver, Professor of Communication
• Mark Chesler, Professor of Sociology
• Peter Railton, Professor of Philosophy
• David Shappirio, Professor of Biological Sciences
• James Wilkes, Professor of Chemical Engineering

1988

• Harm Buning, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Edna Coffin, Professor of Modern Hebrew, Near Eastern Studies
• James Dapogny, Professor of Music (Theory)
• Lewis Kleinsmith, Professor of Biology
• Jack Meiland, Professor of Philosophy
• William Stapp, Professor of Resource Planning and Conservation
• Frank Yates, Professor of Psychology

THURNAU PROFESSORSHIPS