List of University Professors at Harvard University

This article is about the specific title. For a list of Harvard University faculty members, see List of Harvard University faculty.

At Harvard University, the title of University Professor is the institution's most distinguished professorial post,^[1] and is conferred upon a select group of 25 tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have achieved exceptional distinction and influence.^[2] Established in 1935, this position enables scholars to work across disciplines and at any of Harvard's schools.^[2]

The number of University Professors has increased over time, made possible by new endowed gifts to the university. In 2006, there were 21 University Professors.^[3] As of 2022^[update], the total has risen to 25 University Professors.^[4]

Present Harvard University Professors

Biologists or medical researchers

• Marc Kirschner^[5] – John Franklin Enders University Professor
• Douglas A. Melton^[6] – Xander University Professor
• Arlene H. Sharpe^[7] – Kolokotrones University Professorship
• Catherine Dulac^[8] – Samuel W. Morris University Professor

Economists

• Rebecca M. Henderson^[6] – John and Natty McArthur University Professor
• Eric Maskin^[9] – Adams University Professor
• Sir Oliver Hart^[10] – Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
• Michael Porter^[11] – Bishop William Lawrence University Professor
• Amartya Sen – Thomas W. Lamont University Professor
• Lawrence Summers^[12] – Charles W. Eliot University Professor

Historians

• Ann M. Blair^[13] – Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor
• Peter Galison^[14] – Joseph Pellegrino University Professor
• Annette Gordon-Reed^[15] – Carl M. Loeb University Professor
• Drew Gilpin Faust^[16] – A. Kingsley Porter University Professor

Political scientists

• Danielle Allen – James Bryant Conant University Professor
• Gary King^[5] – Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor

Other disciplines

• Carolyn Abbate^[17] – Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
• Henry Louis Gates Jr.^[3] – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
• Stephen Greenblatt^[18] – John Cogan University Professor
• Mikhail Lukin^[19] – Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor
• Barry Mazur^[20] – Gerhard Gade University Professor
• Martha Minow^[14] – Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor
• Irwin I. Shapiro^[21] – Timken University Professor
• Cass Sunstein^[22] – Robert Walmsley University Professor
• Robert J. Sampson^[8] – Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor

Past Harvard University Professors

• Paul Farmer ^[23] – Kolokotrones University Professor
• Dale W. Jorgenson – Samuel W. Morris University Professor
• Stephen Owen – James Bryant Conant University Professor
• Cornel West – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, resigned chair and left Harvard in 2002^[24]
• George Whitesides - Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor^[25]
• E. O. Wilson – Joseph Pellegrino University Professor