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Distinguished Professorships and Endowed Chairs, 2011-12
Anton Armstrong Professor of Music, 1990- B.M. St. Olaf College M.M. University of Illinois D.M.A. Michigan State University Chair History Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music
Chair History Martin E. Marty Chair in Religion and the Academy
John Ferguson Professor of Music, 1983 - B.M. Oberlin College M.A. Kent State University D.M.A. Eastman School of Music Chair History Elliot and Klara Stockdal Johnson Professor of Organ and Church Music
Eric Cole Professor of Biology B.A. Reed College M.S. University of Wathington Ph.D. Universityof Iowa Chair History Grace A. Whittier Endowed Chair in Science
Anne Walter Professor of Biology, 1994 - A.B. Grinnell College M.Sc. University of British Columbia Ph.D. Duke University Chair History Paul and Mildred Hardy Distinguished Professor of Science
L. Henry Kermott Professor of Biology, 1978 - B.S. University of North Dakota M.S. University of North Dakota Ph.D. Univefrsity of Minnesota Chair History Marie M. Meyer Distinguished Professor
Todd W. Nichol Professor of History, 2001 - B.A. St. Olaf College M.Div. Luther Theological Seminary Th.D. Graduate Theological Union Chair History King Olav V Chair in Scandinavian-American Studies
Wendell Arneson Professor of Art/Art History, 1978 - B.A. Luther College M.A., M.F.A. Bowling Green State University Chair History Oscar and Gertrude Boe Overby Distinguished Professor
Solveig Zempel Professor of Norwegian, 1976 - B.A. St. Olaf College M.A. University of Minnesota Ph.D. University of Minnesota Chair History O.C. and Patricia Boldt Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities
Gary Miessler Professor of Chemistry, 1978 - B.Chem. University of Tulsa Ph.D. University of Minnesota Chair History Edolph A. Larson and Truman E. Anderson, Sr. Chair of Chemistry
Charles Wilson Professor of Religion, 1973 Ph.D. from the Divinity School, The University of Chicago Chair History Kenneth Bjork Distinguished Professor
Steve Soderlind Professor of Economics, 1979 - Ph.D., Economics, University of Massachusetts - Amherst B.A., Mathematics & Economics, University of Minnesota Chair History Husby-Johnson Endowed Chair of Business and Economics

Distinguished Professorships and Endowed Chairs, 2011-12

Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music

Martin E. Marty Chair in Religion and the Academy

Grace A. Whittier Endowed Chair in Science

Paul and Mildred Hardy Distinguished Professor of Science

Marie M. Meyer Distinguished Professor

King Olav V Chair in Scandinavian-American Studies

Oscar and Gertrude Boe Overby Distinguished Professor

Edolph A. Larson and Truman E. Anderson, Sr. Chair of Chemistry

Kenneth Bjork Distinguished Professor

Husby-Johnson Endowed Chair of Business and Economics