Endowed Positions at Stanford

Endowed positions are gifted by donors to support outstanding faculty, staff, and campus leaders. Through these meaningful investments, donors help enhance the Stanford community and strengthen the university’s future.

University, Presidential, and Provostial Professorships

The information presented in the table below is arranged alphabetically by title.

Title	Current Holder
The Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professorship	To Be Named
The Paul Pigott Professorship in Physical Sciences	Zhi-Xun Shen
The Precourt Family Professorship	Sally M. Benson
The Jay Precourt Professorship	Arun Majumdar
The Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professorship	Thomas Blom Hansen
The Edward Ricketts Provostial Professorship	Larry Crowder
The Sapp Family Provostial Professorship	Carla J. Shatz
The Sequoia Capital Professorship	Fei-Fei Li
The Shriram Family Directorship of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program	John L. Hennessy
The Frederick Emmons Terman Professorship	Jenny S. Martinez
The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professorship in the Arts and Humanities	Alexander Nemerov
The UPS Foundation Professorship	Sarah Billington
The Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professorship	Wah Chiu
The Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professorship	To Be Named
The Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professorship	To Be Named