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Distinguished Professors and Endowed Chairs, 2007-08
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
John Barbour Professor of Religion, 1982 - B.A. Oberlin College M.A. University of Chicago Divinity School Ph.D. University of Chicago Divinity School 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
Robert Jacobel Professor of Physics, 1976 - A.B. University of California-Berkeley Ph.D. Iowa State University Chair History Grace A. Whittier Endowed Chair in Science
Theodore Johnson Professor of Biology, 1977 - B.A. Augsburg College M.S. University of Illinois Ph.D. University of Illinois 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
Samiha Sidhom Peterson Professor of Sociology, 1972 - B.A. American University in Cairo M.A. American University in Cairo Ph.D. University of Minnesota Chair History Oscar and Gertrude Boe Overby Distinguished Professor
Diana Postlethwaite Professor of English, 1988 - B.A. Radcliffe College M.Phil. Yale University Ph.D. Yale University 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
Martha Wallace Professor of Mathematics, 1977 - B.A. St. Olaf College M.A. University of Minnesota Ph.D. University of Minnesota Chair History Kenneth Bjork Distinguished Professor
David Emery Professor of Economics, 1969 - B.A. Washington State University Ph.D. University of Minnesota Chair History Husby-Johnson Endowed Chair of Business and Economics

Distinguished Professors and Endowed Chairs, 2007-08

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