Examples of 'endowed chair' in a sentence

Meaning of "endowed chair"

An endowed chair is a prestigious position or academic appointment in a university or institution. It is typically established through a significant monetary donation that provides ongoing funds to support a professorship in a specific field or discipline. The funds allow the endowed chair holder to pursue research, teaching, and other scholarly activities
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  • An endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity.

How to use "endowed chair" in a sentence

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The endowed chair is pending final approval.
This same leader created an endowed chair for compassion.
An endowed chair is among the most important gifts to higher education.
Professor Jones is selected to fill an endowed chair.
This is the second endowed chair established in his honor.
The University of Utah honored President Nelson in June 2018 with an endowed chair in surgery.
You currently hold an endowed chair in Economics here.
An Endowed Chair at Yale has been named for her.
She is a full member and holds the Endowed Chair in Molecular Oncogenesis.
He had an endowed chair for one year at the University of Oklahoma.
I am a middle-aged psychology professor who holds an endowed chair at a major research university.
He holds an endowed chair as the Majid Khadduri professor.
Funds are being sought to establish an endowed chair in Swenson 's name.
He holds an endowed chair at Ewha Womans University.
In June 2009, Harvard University announced that it will establish an endowed chair in LGBT studies.

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He holds a lifetime endowed chair in developmental psychology at Cornell.
An endowed Chair in Brown 's English Department now exists in his name.
It is the world 's first endowed chair devoted to a single species.
O An endowed chair supports the CTN leader.
The university will establish an endowed chair for German literature named after Reich-Ranicki.
I was offered an endowed chair at the University of Edinburgh.
This was the first endowed chair in the history of Suffolk University.
Hillsdale College has an endowed chair in History and Political Science in her name.
What? I was offered an endowed chair at the University of Edinburgh.
Dr. Manuel Casanova holds an endowed chair at the University of Kentucky.
She 's is an Endowed Chair at CalTech.
Horstmann was named to an endowed chair in epidemiology and pediatrics in 1969.
In 1986, Princeton University established an endowed chair through the Doris Stevens Foundation in women 's studies.

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Uganda is endowed with abundant gifts of nature
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