Duke Honors Distinguished Faculty

DukeUniversity has awarded distinguished professorships to 12 faculty members.

The professors were recognized at a dinner Thursday, April 21, at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club with other university distinguished professors -- current and emeritus -- in attendance.

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The recipients were as follows:

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

-- Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Professor of Public Policy Studies, effective July 1.

Fuqua School of Business

-- Christine Moorman, T. Austin Finch, Sr. Professor of Business Administration, effective July 1.

School of Law

-- Curtis A. Bradley, Richard and Marcy Horvitz Professor of Law, effective July 1.

-- Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston & Bird Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2004.

School of Medicine

-- Jeffrey Crawford, George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cancer, effective July 1.

-- Anna Mae Diehl, Florence McAlister Professor of Medicine, effective July 1.

-- Pamela S. Douglas, Ursula Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, effective July 1.

-- Victor J. Dzau, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, effective July 1.

-- Homme W. Hellinga, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry, effective July 1.

-- Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, Anne W. Deane Professor of Neuroscience, effective July 1.

-- Christopher G. Willett, Leonard Prosnitz Professor of Radiation Oncology, effective July 1.

-- R. Sanders Williams, Richard and Pat Johnson University Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics, effective July 1.

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In addition, three new inductees in the Bass Society of Fellows for excellence in undergraduate teaching and research were honored at the dinner. They were:

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

-- G¼ven G¼zeldere, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Associate Professor of Philosophy, effective July 1 through June 30, 2010.

-- Thomas Pfau, Eads Family Professor of English, effective July 1 through June 30, 2010.

-- Orin Starn, Sally Dalton Robinson Professor of Cultural Anthropology, effective July 1 through June 30, 2010.