McKnight Presidential Endowed Chairs and Professorships
The McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and the McKnight Presidential Endowed Professorship are among the highest honors for faculty at the University. Recipients are recommended by their college dean and chosen at the discretion of the president based, in part, on their academic and research accomplishments and their contributions to advancing the University among its peers.
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chairs
Name | Department | Year Awarded |
| Jayne Fulkerson | Nursing | 2024 |
| Chris Kim | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2024 |
| Laura Gagliardi | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Graham Candler | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 2018 |
| Larry Jacobs | Public Affairs | 2018 |
| Michael Tsapatsis | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2017 |
| Georgios B.Giannakis | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2016 |
| Marc Hillmyer | Chemistry | 2015 |
| Michael Osterholm | Public Health | 2014 |
| Ashok K. Saluja | Surgery | 2014 |
| Jerrold L. Vitek | Neurology | 2010 |
| Kathryn A. Sikkink | Political Science | 2008 |
| Bernhard J. Hering | Surgery | 2008 |
| Jonathan Foley | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 2008 |
| John E. Wagner, Jr. | Hematology & Oncology | 2007 |
| Gunda I. Georg | Medicinal Chemistry | 2006 |
| Dante Cicchetti | Child Development & Psychiatry | 2005 |
| Apostolos Georgopoulos | Cognitive Neuroscience | 2004 |
| Kamil Ugurbil | Radiology | 2003 |
| Edward Prescott | Economics | 2003 |
| Phyllis Moen | Sociology | 2002 |
| Catherine Verfaillie | Stem Cell Biology | 2001 |
| G. David Tilman | Ecology | 2001 |
| Mark Snyder | Psychology | 2001 |
| Leonid Glazman | Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics | 2000 |
| Daniel Farber | Public Law | 2000 |
| Ronald Phillips | Genomics | 1999 |
McKnight Presidential Endowed Professors
Name | Department | Year Awarded |
| Candice Hirsch | Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 2024 |
| Abimbola Asojo | Interior Design | 2023 |
| Moin Syed | Psychology | 2023 |
| Saif Benjaafar | Industrial & Systems Engineering | 2022 |
| Rhonda Franklin | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2022 |
| Lisa German | Libraries | 2020 |
| Kristin E. Hickman | Law | 2020 |
| Svitlana Mayboroda | Mathematics | 2020 |
| Dianne Neumark-Sztainer | Epidemiology & Community Health | 2020 |
| Ruth Okediji | Law | 2016 |
| Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos | Computer Science & Engineering | 2016 |
| Nathan M. Springer | Plant Biology | 2016 |
| Michael Tonry | Criminal Law & Policy | 2011 |
| Matthew T. Andrews | Biology, UMD | 2010 |
| Graham Candler | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 2009 |
| Douglas N. Arnold | Mathematics | 2008 |
| David W. Wilkins | American Indian Studies | 2007 |
| Robert Hecky | Biological Limnology, UMD | 2007 |
| John M. Bryson | Planning & Public Affairs | 2007 |
| Susan M. Wolf | Law, Medicine & Public Policy | 2006 |
| Zigang Dong | Cancer Prevention | 2006 |
| Mimi C. Yu | Cancer Epidemiology | 2005 |
| Michael Paulsen | Law & Public Policy | 2004 |
| Wendy Pradt Lougee | Library Science | 2002 |
| Vicki Hansen | Planetary Geology, UMD | 2002 |