SEFS Endowed Professorships
Thanks to the generosity of friends and supporters of the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, we have a number of endowed positions available to support the teaching and research of our faculty. These endowments provide funds that appointed faculty members can use to support graduate students and supplement the resources available for their research, teaching, and engagement activities. We are grateful for the support and confidence in our work that these gifts represent.
| Title | Funded | Current Holder(s) | Description of Academic Area(s) |
| B. Bruce Bare Endowed Professorship in Forest Resources | 2009 | B. Bormann | Sustainable forest and natural resource management, with particular emphasis on the integration of natural and human elements inherent in such systems. |
| Corkery Family Environmental and Forest Sciences Director’s Endowed Chair | 1992 | D. Brown | National and/or international recognition in the field of forest resources, including economic, social, and ecological sustainability of the world’s forest resources |
| Jack and George Corkery Professorship in Forest Sciences | 2020 | D. Butman B. Harvey |
Expertise in the field of forest resources including the economic, social, and/or ecological sustainability of the world’s forest resources. |
| Denman Endowed Professorship in Sustainable Resource Sciences | 2004 | L. Graumlich | Sustainable resource sciences, dedicated to sustaining the economic, social, and ecological values of our world’s natural resources; academic expertise in forestry, resource management, environmental science, and natural resource issues |
| Denman Chair in Bioresource Science and Engineering | 2006 | R. Gustafson | Science and engineering associated with the manufacture of products from natural resources; achieved distinction in the fields of chemistry, engineering, or material science as they are applied to pulp and paper, the production of energy, and the manufacture of chemicals and products from wood and other natural resources |
| Denman Professorship in Pulp & Paper Science | 1994 | R. Bura | Bioresource Science and Engineering; expertise in pulp and paper science |
| Byron and Alice Lockwood Endowed Professorship in Forest Resources | 2008 | S.-H. Kim | Sustainable management of natural resources |
| James W. Ridgeway Professorship in Forest Resources | 2004 | J. Marzluff | Forest management and/or sustainable resource sciences |
| David R. M. Scott Endowed Professorship in Forest Resources | 2005 | P. Tobin | Sustainable resource management and science, including in the disciplines of silviculture and forest ecology |
| Rachel A. Woods Professorship in Reforestation | 1998 | J. Bakker | (R)eforestation, to include not only biological science but also public policy and managment |
| MCMC Resources Endowed Professorship | 1998 | – | Expertise in forest engineering; belief in continuing the College’s tradition of multi-disciplinary teaching |
| Orin and Althea Soest Chair in Urban Horticulture | unitrust | J. Lawler | Urban Horticulture |
| The Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professorship in Paper Science and Engineering in the College of Forest Resources | 2007 | A. Dichiara | Expertise in paper science and engineering that is “directly applicable to the forest products industry” |
| McLachlan/MCMC endowed professorship | 2023 | L. M. Moskal | Expertise in sustainable forest management and forest engineering in a multi-disciplinary context |
In addition to these endowed professorships we have benefitted from the gift of term professorships funded by a gift given in memory of John C Garcia, an alumnus of our program, by his family.
| Title | Funded | Current Holder | Description of Academic Area(s) |
| John C. Garcia Term Professorship | 2021 | L. Prugh S. Shah |
Environmental and Forest Sciences |