
Faculty & Research
One professor can touch the lives of many through the courses they teach, the students they mentor or through their academic work.
Together, we are only as strong as our faculty — they’re the heart of our University. Supporting our endowed faculty and research will:
- Attract and retain outstanding teaching and research faculty.
- Draw top-notch students who want to work with leading scholars.
- Secure research grants and private support.
- Expand the University’s profile and participation across networks.
- Foster media attention and bring in national conferences.
Supporting them is not a choice; it’s a necessity. Endowed faculty give students the opportunity to learn from the most talented scholars in the world to solve global grand challenges.
Funding Endowed Positions
An endowed chair, professorship or fellowship is one of the highest academic honors that the University can bestow on a faculty member, and it lasts for as long as the University exists. It is both an honor to the named holder of the position and an enduring tribute to the donor who establishes it.
- Chair ($2.5 million): A chair is the most prestigious named position. This senior exceptional faculty member has achieved the rank of full professor in his/her field.
- Professorship ($1 million): A professorship recognizes a gifted faculty member who has achieved the rank of full professor and national or international prominence
- Fellowship ($500,000): A fellowship recognizes the University’s desire to support scholarly endeavors in teaching or research. The Dean of the college/school and the appropriate University Vice President deem how endowment income is used based on the University’s strategic priorities and the academic pursuits of the fellowship holder.
Filled Endowed Positions
Endowed Chairs

- Funded by numerous donors in honor of Earl Strinden

- Funded by Brian and Terrie Dahl & Howard and Ann* Dahl

- Funded by Rodney* and Barbara Burwell

- Funded by Henry and Judee Herr

- Funded by Greg and Cindy* Page
Endowed Professors

- Funded by Greg and Cindy* Page

- Funded by Henry and Judee Herr

- Funded by Paul Korus
Endowed Fellows

- Funded by Lawrence Suda

- Funded by Dale Morrison*

- Funded by Paul Korus

- Funded by the Pancratz Family Foundation

- Funded by Ruth Maurine Clow*

- Funded by Phil and Patricia Gisi

- Funded by Terry and Diane* Severson
Endowed Chairs

- Funded by Dr. David and Lola Monson

- Funded by Neuropsychiatric Research Institute

- Funded by Sanford Health

- Funded by the Eva L. Gilbertson Foundation
Endowed Professors

- Funded by Carolyn Kaess

- Funded by Dr. Verill J.* and Ruth* Fischer
Endowed Chairs

- Funded by Norman and Ann Hoffman

- Funded by numerous donors in honor of Tom Owens
Endowed Professors

- Funded by Harold Hamm Foundation

- Funded by Michael and Sitney Lodoen

- Funded by Terry and Diane* Severson
Endowed Fellows

- Funded by Tom & Carolyn Hamilton

- Funded by Mark and Claudia Thompson
Endowed Chairs

- Funded by Rick and Jody Burgum

- Funded by Glen* and Janice Gransberg

- Funded by Oliver Benediktson*
Endowed Professors

- Funded by Charles* and Cory* Johnson
Endowed Fellows

- Funded by Bard and Nicki Baukol
Endowed Professors

- Funded by Bernadine Greenwood*

- Funded by Bernadine Greenwood*
Endowed Fellows

- Funded by Ruth Rand* and others

- Funded by Ruth Rand* and others
Endowed Professors

- Funded by the Oxbow Foundation

- Funded by Rodney* and Betty Webb

- Funded by Floyd Sperry*

- Funded by several donors

- Funded by several donors

- Funded by the ND Bar Foundation

- Funded by a UND Endowment
Endowed Fellows

- Funded by Thomas Wold