DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSORSHIPS
Boyd Professors
Faculty members who are designated as Boyd Professors
have attained both national and international distinction for outstanding teaching,
research, or other creative achievement. The Boyd Professorship is the highest
professorial rank awarded by the University. Faculty members currently
designated as Boyd Professor at LSU are:
ARTHUR G. BEDEIAN Management
MEREDITH M. BLACKWELL Biological Sciences
C. DINOS CONSTANTINIDES Music
WILLIAM J. COOPER, JR. History
ROBERT A. GODKE Animal Science
THOMAS R. KLEI Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology
JIMMIE D. LAWSON Mathematics
ROBERT F. O'CONNELL Physics and Astronomy
WILLIAM H. PATRICK, JR. Oceanography and Coastal
Sciences
WILLIAM A. PRYOR Chemistry
HARRY H. ROBERTS Oceanography and Costal Sciences
CHARLES W. ROYSTER History
DAVID J. SMITH English
GEORGE Z. VOYIADJIS Civil and Environmental Engineering
ISIAH M. WARNER Chemistry
Emeriti
RICHARD D. ANDERSON Mathematics
ALVIN L. BERTRAND Sociology
VANCE BOURJAILY English
JAMES M. COLEMAN Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
MARY L. GOOD Engineering
SEAN P. McGLYNN Chemistry
ARTHUR J. RIOPELLE Psychology
LEWIS P. SIMPSON English
SHIRLEY C. TUCKER Plant Biology
H. JESSE WALKER Geography and Anthropology
The William A. Read Professorship of English Literature
and the Nicholson Professorship of Mathematics are comparable to the Boyd Professorship.
Those holding these professorships are:
HUI-HSIUNG KUO Nicholson Professor of Mathematics
J. GERALD KENNEDY William A. Read Professor
of English Literature
Alumni
Professors
Selection as an Alumni Professor is based on reputation
for excellence in instruction, especially in undergraduate teaching; record
of active and continuing interest and participation in areas of professor-student
relations; dedication to an academic field; and outstanding professional relationships
with other faculty and staff members. Faculty members currently holding the
title of Alumni Professor at LSU are:
FRANK K. CARTLEDGE Class of 1941 Alumni Professor
Chemistry
MICHAEL L. CRESPO Robert Stobaugh Alumni ProfessorArt
WILLIAM H. DALY Greater Houston Alumni Chapter
Endowed Alumni Professor Chemistry
CECIL L. EUBANKS Class of 1942 Alumni Professor
Political Science
JEFFREY S. HANOR Past Presidents of the LSU
Alumni Association Alumni Professor Geology and Geophysics
JOHN R. MAY Donald and Norma Nash McClure Alumni
Professor English
ANNA K. NARDO Major Morris S. and DeEtte A.
Anderson Memorial Alumni Professor English
JAMES G. OXLEY William E. "Bud" Davis Alumni
Professor Mathematics
JAMES A. RICHARDSON John Rhea Alumni Professor
Economics
KARL A. ROIDER Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni
Professor History
TERESA A. SUMMERS Cliff and Nancy Spanier Alumni
Professor Human Ecology
FRANK B. WICKES Julian R. and Sidney Nicolle
Carruth Alumni Professor Music
EDWARD F. ZGANJAR Demarcus D. Smith Alumni Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Emeriti
SAM ADAMS Education
THOMAS R. BEARD Economics
ARTHUR R. COLMER Microbiology
HERMAN E. DALY Economics
GRESDNA A. DOTY Theatre
JACK E. GUERRY Music
SAM B. HILLIARD Geography
MARY FRANCES HOPKINS Speech Communication
GEORGE G. KENT, JR. Zoology
JOHN L. LOOS History
BURL L. NOGGLE History
JAMES P. PAYNE, JR. Economics
ROBERT S. REICH Landscape Architecture
MARION D. SOCOLOFSKY Microbiology
EDWIN O. TIMMONS Psychology
LSU Foundation Professors
Like the Boyd Professorship and the Alumni Professorship,
LSU Foundation Professorships are University-wide awards. Funded through the
generosity of the LSU Foundation, these professorships are awarded by the University
in recognition of exemplary distinction in research, scholarship, and the arts.
PETER P. CHEN LSU Foundation Murphy J. Foster
Professor
JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON LSU Foundation Hopkins
P. Breazeale Professor
J. JEFFERSON HUMPHRIES LSU Foundation Professor
JAMES OLNEY LSU Foundation Henry J. Voorhies
Professor
Other Distinguished Chairs and Professorships
The University's other distinguished professorships
and chairs and the faculty members who hold them are as follows:
Endowed Chairs
MICHAEL BEARDSLEY Fred Jones Greer, Jr. Endowed
Chair in Media Business and Ethics
ARNOLD H. BOUMA Charles T. McCord, Jr., Endowed
Chair of Geology
ALVIN C. BURNS Ourso Distinguished Chair of Marketing
THOMAS D. CLARK, JR. Ourso Distinguished Professor
of Business and Dean
TIMOTHY COOK Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., Chair in
Political Communication
WILLIAM M. CREADY Thomas H. Daigre Endowed Chair
of Business Administration
H. BARRY DELLINGER Patrick F. Taylor Chair in
Environmental Impact of Hazardous Waste
WILLIAM B. DICKINSON Manship Chair of Mass Communication
DON W. FINN Ourso Distinguished Chair in Accounting
JAMES GILL Contractors' Educational Trust Fund
Chair
JOSEPH F. HAIR, JR. Alvin C. Copeland Endowed
Chair of Franchising
R. CARTER HILL Ourso Distinguished Chair in
Economics
JAMES E. HILLIARD Cherie H. Flores Endowed Chair
of M.B.A. Studies
SHANE A. JOHNSON Hermann Moyse, Jr./Louisiana
Bankers' Association Chair of Banking
MICHAEL KHONSARI Dow Chemical Endowed Chair
in Rotating Machinery
JI-CHAI LIN Lloyd F. Collette Chair
ROY J. MARTIN Gordon D. Cain Endowed Chair in
Agriculture
JOHN B. METCALF Freeport McMoRan Chaired Professor
of Engineering
KEVIN W. MOSSHOLDER H. Norman Saurage, Jr./Community
Coffee Company, Inc., Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship
KELLEY PACE Louisiana Real Estate Commission
Endowed Chair of Real Estate
PEGGY W. PRENSHAW Fred C. Frey Chair of Southern
Studies
JORGE PULLIN Hearne Research Chair in Theoretical
Physics
HELMUT SCHNEIDER Ourso Family Distinguished
Professorof Information Systems
P. DAVID SHIELDS James C. Flores Endowed Chair
of M.B.A. Studies
MILTON D. TERRELL Freeport McMoRan Corporation
Endowed Chair in Economics
PRIYA VASHISHTA Floating Point Systems Professor
of Computational Methods
ISIAH M. WARNER Philip W. West Chair in Air
Quality/Environmental Analytical Chemistry
VINCENT LEE WILSON Claiborne Gasoline Co. Chair
of Air Quality and Environmental Toxicology
ANDRZEJ WOJTANOWICZ Texaco Chair in Environmental
Engineering
Endowed Professors
SUMANTA ACHARYA L. R. Daniel, Jr., Professor
of Mechanical Engineering
DONALD D. ADRIAN Rubicon Professor of Engineering
PRATUL K. AJMERA McDermott International, Inc.
Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
WILLIAM B. ANDERSON Howard and Nantelle Mitchiner
Gittinger Professor of Mass Communication
BARBARA C. APOSTOLOU Arthur Andersen and Company
Endowed Professor
NICHOLAS G. APOSTOLOU U. J. LeGrange Endowed
Professor of Accounting
THOMAS M. ARNOLD Union National Life Insurance
Company Business Partnership Professor
R. RICHARD AVENT Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Armstrong,
Jr., Professor of Engineering
ZAKI A. BASSIOUNI Chevron Professor of Engineering;
John W. Rhea, Jr., Professor of Engineering
ARTHUR G. BEDEIAN Ralph and Kacoo Olinde Distinguished
Professor of Management
THOMAS D. BIDNER Meryal Newsom Annison Memorial
Endowed Professorof Animal Science
ABHIJIT BISWAS Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence
in Teaching Professor
WILLIAM C. BLACK Piccadilly, Inc. Business Administration
Business Partnership Professor
TERRY M. BRICKER Moreland Family Professor of
Basic Sciences
MICHAEL F. BURNETT J. C. Floyd Endowed Professor
of Agriculture
ALEXANDER W. BUTLER Charles Clifford Cameron
Distinguished Professor
GARY R. BYERLY Robey H. Clark Distinguished
Professor
JOHN T. CAPRIO George C. Kent Endowed Professor
of Biological Sciences
CONSTANCE K. CARROLL Aloysia Landry Barineau
Memorial Endowed Professor of Music
JIMMY L. CHAMBERS Weaver Brothers Endowed Professorship
for Excellence in Forestry
LUI-HEUNG CHAN Department of Geology and Geophysics
Charles L. Jones Endowed Professor
TIMOTHY D. CHANDLER Robert H. and Patricia A.
Hines Professor of Management
COURTLAND M. CHANEY Marjory B. Ourso Center
for Excellence in Teaching Professor
TRYFON T. CHARALAMPOPOULOS Ted and Esther Walker
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
YOUNG CHUN Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence
in Teaching Professor
THOMAS J. CLEIJ Gordon A. and Mary Cain Professor
of Chemical Engineering
ANDREI CODRESCU MacCurdy Distinguished Professor
of English
ARMANDO B. CORRIPIO Jay Affolter Endowed Professor
D. LARRY CRUMBLEY KPMG Peat Marwick Endowed
Professor
ANNE CUNNINGHAM Douglas L. Manship, Sr., Professor
of Mass Communication
JOHN W. DAY, JR. Louisiana Environmental Studies
Distinguished Professor
LOUIS A. DAY Doris Westmoreland Darden Professor
DONALD R. DEIS Ernst & Young Endowed Professor
WILLIAM E. DOLL, JR. Vira Franklin and James
R. Eagles Endowed Professor
KERRY M. DOOLEY BASF Endowed Professor
CARVILLE EARLE Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography
JAY D. EDWARDS Fred B. Kniffen Professor of
Geography and Anthropology
PIUS EGBELU Bert S. Turner Endowed Professor
AHMED A. EL-AMAWY Chevron Endowed Professor
RAY E. FERRELL, JR. Frank W. and Patricia Harrison
Family Professor
JOHN W. FLEEGER George C. Kent Endowed Professor
of Life Sciences
DONALD E. FRANKE Mr. and Mrs. Herman E. McFatter
Endowed Professor in Animal Science
BARBARA S. FUHRMANN E. B. "Ted" Robert Professor
of Education
W. KENNETH FULTON, JR. Stephanie Landry Barineau
Endowed Professor of Choral Studies
JAMES C. GARAND Emogene Pliner Professor of
Political Science
RONALD G. GARAY F. Walker Lockett, Jr., Distinguished
Professor
TERRY G. GESKE J. Franklin Bayhi Endowed Professor
JAMES H. GILL Contractors' Educational Trust
Fund Professorship for Applied Professional Ethics
ROBERT GRAYSON Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick School
of Music Endowed Professor
GREGORY L. GRIFFIN George H. Nusloch II Endowed
Professor of Chemical Engineering
MARK S. HAFNER George H. Lowery, Jr. Professor
of Biological Sciences
DOUGLAS P. HARRISON Alexis and Marguerite Voorhies
Endowed Professor
STACIA HAYNIE Remal Das and Lachmi Devi Bhatia
Memorial Professor of Mass Communication
JOHN B. HENDERSON William and Letitia Bell Endowed
Professor of History
DARRELL HENRY Campanille Charities Professor
of Geology and Geophysics
MICHAEL A. HENSON James McLaurin Shivers Professor
JAN W. HERLINGER Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor
of Music
STANLEY E. HILTON Jane Lucas DeGrummond Endowed
Professor of History
MARTIN A. HJORTSØ George H. Nusloch II
Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering
PAUL E. HOFFMAN Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill
Distinguished Professor
JERRY L. HOUSEHOLDER Buquet and LeBlanc, Inc.,
Distinguished Professor of Commercial Construction
ANDREA HOUSTON Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence
in Teaching Professor
SHIH-ANG HSU Louisiana Environmental Studies
Distinguished Professor
K. E. HUGHES, II U. J. LeGrange Endowed Professor
MARTIN E. HUGH-JONES Mary Louise Martin Professor
of Veterinary Medicine
MASAMICHI INOUE Texaco Distinguished Professor
of Oceanography
JEANNE J. JENDRZEJEWSKI Elena and Albert LeBlanc
Professor of the Laboratory School
CAROLE L. JURKIEWICZ Milton J. Womack Professor
of Developing Scholars
KATHERINE P. KEMLER Carl Prince Matthies Memorial
Professor
NEIL R. KESTNER Charles H. Barré Endowed
Professor
ANDREW A. KING Jack and Mary Frances HopKins
Professor of Speech Communication
GERALD M. KNAPP Fred B. and Ruth B. Zigler Endowed
Professor
F. CARL KNOPF Robert D. and Adele Anding Professor
of Chemical Engineering
FAIK A. KORAY Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence
in Teaching Professor
KONSTANTIN G. KOUSOULAS Paula and Milton W.
Shepard Professor of Veterinary Medicine
DAVID KURPIUS Mary P. Poindexter Professor
NINA O. LAM Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies
Professor of Geography
WILLIAM R. LANE John L. Davidson Teaching Professor
JULIUS P. LANGLINAIS H. Mark Krause, Jr., Professor
of Petroleum Engineering
AMELIA M. LEE Mary E. Baxter Lipscomb Memorial
Endowed Professor of Kinesiology
ALEXANDRE LEUPIN Florence Kidd and Isaac M.
Gregorie, Sr., Professor
MARC LEVITAN Charles P. Siess, Jr., Professor
of Engineering
XIGEN LI Scripps Howard Professor in Media and
Politics
LAURA F. LINDSAY John H. Bateman Endowed Professor
KAM-BIU LIU James J. Parsons Professor of Geography
TIM LOUWERS Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence
in Teaching Professor
WILLIAM LUDWIG Julian R. and Sidney Nicolle
Carruth Professor
JOHN W. LYNN George C. Kent Endowed Professor
of Biological Sciences
DAVID MADDEN Donald and Velvia Crumbley Endowed
Professor
RICHARD A. MAGILL Helen "Bessie" Silverberg
Pliner Professor
RONALD F. MALONE Chevron Endowed Professor of
Engineering
LAWRENCE MANN, JR. Edward McLaughlin Professor
of Engineering
ALAN H. MARSHAK F. Hugh Coughlin/CLECO Professor
of Electrical Engineering
DARYL McKEE Marjory B. Ourso Center for Excellence
in Teaching Professor
W. DOUGLAS McMILLIN South Central Bell Business
Partnership Professor
E. I. MELETIS Gerald Cire and Lena Grand Williams
Endowed Professor
WILLIAM J. MOORE Gulf Coast Coca-Cola Bottling
Co., Inc., Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
JAMES V. MORONEY Mary Lou Applewhite Professor
of Biological Sciences
NANCY NELSON Elena and Albert LeBlanc Professor
of Education
ROBERT J. NEWMAN South Central Bell Business
Partnership Professor
RONALD W. NIEDRICH Kearny-Jolly College of Business
Administration Endowed Professor
DIMITRIS E. NIKITOPOULOS Alexis and Marguerite
Voorhies Endowed Professor
THOMAS C. OWEN Lewis, Kathryn, and Benjamin
Price Professor of History
THEODORE PALIVOS Mack Hornbeak Endowed Professor
SU-SENG PANG Jack Holmes Professor of Engineering
JOHN H. PARDUE Elizabeth Howell Stewart Endowed
Professor
SUZANNE D. PAWLOWSKI E. Robert Theriot Professor
KATHLEEN PERKINS Margaret Champagne Womack Professor
of Addictive Disorders
DAVID PERLMUTTER Bart. R. Swanson Endowed Professor;
Professor of Media and Public Affairs
RALPH W. PIKE, JR. Paul M. Horton Professor
of Chemical Engineering
WILLIAM F. PINAR St. Bernard LSU Alumni Association
Endowed Professor of Education
ELIZABETH PODLAHA Clarence M. Eidt, Jr., Endowed
Professor of Chemical Engineering
DOROTHY P. PROWELL Austin C. Thompson Distinguished
Professor
ALLAN G. PULSIPHER Marathon Oil Company Professor
in Energy Policy
DANNY D. REIBLE Chevron Endowed Professor of
Engineering
JAMES V. REMSEN, JR. John Stauffer McIlhenny
Distinguished Professor of Natural Science
JOHN REYNOLDS Julian R. and Sidney Nicolle Carruth
Developing Scholar Professor
JOSEPH V. RICAPITO Joseph S. Yenni Memorial
Professor of Italian Studies
MALCOLM RICHARDSON J. F. Taylor Professor of
English
MILES E. RICHARDSON Doris Z. Stone Latin American
Studies Professor of Anthropology
HARRY H. ROBERTS James P. Morgan Distinguished
Professor in Coastal Studies
STEVEN R. ROSE Betty J. Stewart Endowed Professor
of Social Work Practice with Children
RONALD D. ROSS Penniman Family Professor
KELLY A. RUSCH Formosa Plastics Corporation
Endowed Professor
HARLEY E. RYAN, JR. Louisiana Department of
Insurance Professor
G. ELLIS SANDOZ, JR. Herman Moyse, Jr. Endowed
Professor
GARY C. SANGER Marjory B. Ourso Professor for
Academic Excellence
JOHN J. SANSALONE Louisiana Land and Exploration
Co. College of Engineering Endowed Professor
KERRY S. SAULEY Marjory B. Ourso Center for
Excellence in Teaching Professor
ALVIN R. SCHUPP Martin D. Woodin Endowed Professor
in Agricultural Business
ROGER K. SEALS Irma-Louise Rush Stewart Endowed
Professor
BARUN SEN GUPTA Dr. Henry V. Howe Distinguished
Professor
FATHER JAAK SEYNAEVE Seynaeve Professor of Religious
Studies
BRUCE G. SHARKY Dr. Robert S. Reich Teaching
Professor
GLENN B. SINCLAIR Richard J. and Katherine J.
Juneau Distinguished Professor
JOACHIM SINGELMANN David J. Kriskovich Distinguished
Professor
VIJAY P. SINGH Arthur K. Barton Endowed Professor
MARY J. SIRRIDGE Erich and Lea Sternberg Honors
Professorof Philosophy
VESTOR C. SLAWSON Latter & Blum Distinguished
Professor
MYRON B. SLOVIN Bank One/Chuck McCoy Distinguished
Professor of Financial Institutions
JOHN R. SMITH Campanile Charities Professor
KEVIN SMITH LSU Foundation James C. Bolton Professor
HERNDON SPILLMAN Carolyn Botkin Mattax Professor
of Organ Studies
GEORGE G. STANLEY Philip W. and Foymae Kelso
West Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
ARTHUR M. STERLING William G. Reymond Endowed
Professor
GREGORY W. STONE ExxonMobil Professor of Marine
Geology
GLENN E. SUMNERS U. J. LeGrange Endowed Professor
JUDITH L SYLVESTER Blue Cross/Blue Shield of
Louisiana Professor of Health Communications; Huie-Dellmon Professor
CHARLES B. TEDDLIE Jo Ellen Levy Yates Professor
LOUIS J. THIBODEAUX Jesse Coates Professor of
Engineering in Department of Chemical Engineering
KARSTEN E. THOMPSON Malcolm C., Jr., and Gene
Perdue Lowe Professor of Chemical Engineering
EMILY TOTH Robert Penn Warren Distinguished
Professor of English
MEHMET T. TUMAY Georgia Gulf Corporation Distinguished
Professor of Engineering
KALLIAT T. VALSARAJ Ike East Professor of Chemical
Engineering
LONNIE R. VANDEVEER Warner L. Bruner Professor
of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
SATISH E. VERMA Harry Clayton Sanders, Sr.,
Endowed Professor
GEORGE Z. VOYIADJIS Bingham Cushman Stewart Distinguished
Professor
WARREN N. WAGGENSPACK E. S. "Ned" Adler Memorial
Endowed Professor
JAMES H. WANDERSEE W. H. "Bill" LeBlanc Alumni
Association Professor
EDWARD F. WATSON, III Marjory B. Ourso Center
for Excellence in Teaching Professor
MICHAEL WELSCH Robert H. and Patricia A. Hines
Endowed Professor
DAVID M. WETZEL F. J. Haydel, Jr./ Kaiser Aluminum
Professor
RICHARD D. WHITE, JR. Marjory B. Ourso Center
for Excellence in Teaching Professor
JOHN H. WHITTAKER Urmila Gopal Singhal Professor
of Religions of India
WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS Marjory B. Ourso Professor
and Associate Dean
EUGENE R. WITTKOPF R. Downs Poindexter Distinguished
Professor of Political Science
HAO MING WU G. Lee Griffin Distinguished Professor
CORNELIA YARBROUGH Derryl and Helen Haymon Endowed
Professor of Music
KEMIN ZHOU Oskar R. Menton Endowed Professor
of Electrical Engineering