Endowments
Generous financial donations from our former students, faculty and friends create faculty chairs and professorships. These positions, which are established from endowments or designated gifts, support the continued work of some of our most noteworthy faculty.
Faculty Chairs
- Anwer Ahmed, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Ashley ’88 and David Coolidge ’87 Chair in Business - Murray R. Barrick, Department of Management
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Whatley ’47 Chair in Business - Leonard L. Berry, Department of Marketing
M. B. Zale Chair in Retailing and Marketing Leadership - Steve Boivie, Department of Management
Carroll & Dorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures Leadership - Wendy R. Boswell, Department of Management
Jerry and Kay Cox Endowed Chair in Business - Albert A. Cannella, Jr., Department of Management
Blue Bell Creameries Chair in Business - Daniel Cohen, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Arthur Andersen Chair in Accounting - David A. Griffith, Department of Marketing
Hallie Vanderhider Chair in Business - Ricky W. Griffin, Department of Management
Jeanne and John R. Blocker Chair in Business Administration - R. Duane Ireland, Department of Management
Benton Cocanougher Chair in Business - Shane A. Johnson, Department of Finance
Thomas W. Leland Memorial Chair in Finance - Eli Jones, Department of Marketing
Development Council Dean’s Chair in Business & Peggy Mays Eminent Scholar Chair in Business - Shane A. Johnson, Department of Finance
Thomas W. Leland Memorial Chair in Finance - Richard Metters, Department of Information and Operations Management
Paul M. and Rosalie Robertson Chair in Business Administration - Rogelio Oliva, Department of Information and Operations Management
Robyn L. ’89 and Alan B. Roberts ’78 Chair in Business - John Robinson, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Patricia ’77 and Grant E. Sims ’77 Eminent Scholar Chair in Business - Venkatesh Shankar, Department of Marketing
Brandon C. Coleman, Jr. ’78 Endowed Chair in Marketing - Nate Sharp, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Nelson D. Durst Chair in Accounting Education - Bala Shetty, Department of Information and Operations Management
Cullen Trust for Higher Education Chair in Business Administration - Alina Sorescu, Department of Marketing
Paula and Steve Letbetter ’70 Chair in Business - Sorin Sorescu, Department of Finance
Foreman R. & Ruby Bennett Chair in Business Administration - Hari Sridhar, Department of Marketing
Joe B. Foster ’56 Chair in Business Leadership - Chelliah Sriskandarajah, Department of Information and Operations Management
Hugh Roy Cullen Chair in Business Administration - Jerry R. Strawser, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
KPMG Chair in Accounting - Senyo Tse, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Thomas W. Leland/Oscar A. Weinke Chair in Accounting - P. Rajan Varadarajan, Department of Marketing
Ford Chair in Marketing and E-Commerce - Dechun Wang, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Philip Ljungdahl / PwC Chair in Accounting - Manjit S. Yadav, Department of Marketing
JCPenny Chair in Marketing and Retailing Studies
Professorships
- James Abbey, Department of Information and Operations Management
Bob ’85 and Kelly Jordan ’86 Professorship in Business - Christa H.S. Bouwman, Department of Finance
Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor of Finance - Yong Chen, Department of Finance
David R. Norcom ’73 Endowed Professorship - Cynthia E. Devers, Department of Management
Lawrence E. Fouraker Professorship in Business Administration - Cydney C. Donnell, Department of Finance
Julio S. Laguarta Professorship in Real Estate - Dwight Garey, Department of Finance
Texas Banker Foundation Executive Professorship in Commercial Banking - Neil Geismar, Department of Information and Operations Management
Center for Executive Development Professorship in Business Administration - Jeremiah R. Green, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Ernst & Young Professorship in Accounting - Detlef Hallermann, Department of Finance
Rhonda and Todd Overbergen ’88 Executive Professorship - Gregory R. Heim, Department of Information and Operations Management
Janet and Mark H. Ely ’83 Professorship - Philippe Hercot, Department of Finance
Gerald Ray ’54 and Donald Zale ’55 Executive Professorship - Michael Ketzenberg, Department of Information and Operations Management
Center for Executive Development Professorship in Business Administration - Hwagyun (Hagen) Kim, Department of Finance
J. Rogers Rainey and Annie Bob Rainey class of 1905 Professorship of Banking and Finance - James W. Kolari, Department of Finance
Chase Professor in Finance - Adam C. Kolasinski, Department of Finance
James W. Ashton Republic Bank Professorship in Finance - Xenophon Koufteros, Department of Information and Operations Management
Jenna and Calvin R. Guest Professor in Business Administration - Dennis R. Lassila, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Deborah D. Shelton Professorship in Taxation - Arvind Mahajan, Department of Finance
Lamar Savings Professorship in Finance - Mary Lea McAnally, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
PwC Accounting Excellence Professorship - Annie S. McGowan, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Gina and William H. Flores ’76 Endowed Professorship in Business - Sean McGuire, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Ernst & Young Professorships - Srikanth Paruchuri, Department of Management
Marie Oth Professorship in Business Administration - J. Russell Peterson,Howard Horne ’47
Endowed Clinical Professorship in Commercial Real Estate - Michael Shaub, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
Deloitte Professional Program Director’s Professorship - Connie D. Weaver, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
KPMG Professorship in Accounting - Mike Withers, Department of Management
Gina and Anthony Bahr ’91 Professorship in Business - Christopher J. Wolfe, Department of Accounting
Deborah D. Shelton Accounting Systems Professorship