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Chairs, Professorships and Distinguished Lecture Series

Endowed chairs and professorships greatly enhance the prestige of academic institutions. These awards of celebrated distinction are given to scholars or teachers who are widely recognized as leaders in their field, and help our university attract and retain the best faculty and students.

An endowed chair or professorship is more than an honorific for the academic chosen to hold it. It offers a private source of funding that enables the chair holder to take advantage of opportunities, finance important research, fund necessary instrumentation, attract post-doctoral fellows and graduate students, and support collaborations with other colleagues.

Creating endowed chairs and professorships is a priority at the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation because of the powerful and direct impact these academics have on our students, our faculty and our future.

Distinguished Lecture series enhance our campuses' ability to stimulate intellectual vitality in our community. Through public lectures given by distinguished leaders and renowned scholars, our community is introduced to new ideas and engages in the exchange of knowledge.

More donor investments in Chairs and Professorships »

Social Healing Through Justice

Eric Yamamoto's congenial and chatty tone develops a certain reverence when the topic turns to his being chosen for the UH UH Mānoa's prestigious new professorship - the Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice. 

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Celebrating Native Hawaiian Culture

Judith Pyle, a successful business executive, University of Hawaiʻi Foundation board trustee and philanthropist, established an endowed dean's position at the UH Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge with a $2 million pledge.

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Stimulating Global Linkages

For 12 years, Chancellor Rose Tseng worked with students, faculty, staff and community members to make UH Hilo a 21st century model of higher education and an engine for social, cultural and economic progress.

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Celebrating Commitment to Democratic Ideals

In 2005, Senator Inouye and his beloved wife, the late Maggie Inouye, established the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at UH Mānoa.

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Advancing the Missions of the Medical School

In 2008, Barry and Virginia Weinman established the Dean's Chair in Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine to inspire additional gifts and enhance the dean's ability to positively impact the future quality of health care in Hawaiʻi. 

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Understanding Issues Facing Indigenous Peoples

One of the great citizens of Hawaiʻi was revered Hawaiian kūpuna, Gladys Kamakakūokalani ʻAinoa Brandt. Her life was shaped by the history taking place around her. 

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The Gift of Knowledge

For students to fulfill their potential, our educators need to fulfill theirs. Private support of faculty helps create enriching learning opportunities for our educators, and builds leadership skills.

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