Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships
Endowed positions have a personal and lasting impact.
Natalia Trayanova, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Trayanova’s research centers around understanding the normal and pathological electrophysiological and electromechanical behavior of the heart. She is the Murray B. Sachs Professor.
Arturo Casadevall, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Casadevall’s groundbreaking work on infectious diseases is widely known. He has received several of the highest honors in medicine and health, and holds the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professorship and Chairmanship.
Dr. Chung, the inaugural Charles D. Miller Professor, joined the Hopkins faculty in the Department of Political Science in 2004, where she teaches courses in comparative politics and East Asian politics.
Professor Wang, the R. Clayton Emory Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure, joined the Carey Business School in 2014 and leads the Edward St. John Real Estate Program.
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Ph.D., is the E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, and co-leader of the Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
A North Carolina native, WILLIAM R. KENAN JR. traveled throughout the region to attend to his wide-ranging business interests in railroads, real estate, and the Standard Oil Company. After his death in 1965, the Kenan Trust sought to promote his strong interest in enhancing student-teacher relationships at prominent educational institutions…
William Everett and Arnell Land Professorship in the History of Art
WILLIAM EVERETT LAND, A&S 1928, 1933 (PhD), had a long and successful career as a chemist and chemical engineer. He worked primarily with the U.S. Navy, where he was director of explosives research and development and served as chairman of the Ammunition and High Explosives Panel. Dr. Land, who died…
A Baltimore business and civic leader and a general in the Maryland National Guard, WILLIAM D. GILL endowed this professorship for a faculty member in forest ecology. It was later redirected to support a biologist, in line with new academic priorities of the university. General Gill's interest in biology, and…
DULANY WHITING BALCH wished to give others the opportunity she did not have to pursue archaeological study and travel. Remembered as a remarkable woman by the numerous nieces, nephews, and offspring of acquaintances whose educations she financed, Mrs. Balch had a lifelong interest in archaeology and had hoped to participate…
VERNON K. KRIEBLE, who taught chemistry for more than 50 years at Trinity College in Connecticut, founded American Sealants. The company, which was responsible for the invention of Super Glue, was later named Loctite. In 1953, Mr. Krieble created an innovative anaerobic sealant--a liquid bonding resin that hardened in the…
Thomas J. Barber Professorship of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. THOMAS J. BARBER (pictured here with Adam Riess to his right, taken at the professorship dedication) joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Connecticut in 2000 after his first try at retirement did not stick. Dr. Barber received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in aeronautical engineering from…
The Thomas C. Jenkins Endowment was established by Mrs. MAY McSHANE JENKINS in honor of her husband, the late THOMAS COURTNAY JENKINS, who was a famed Baltimore financier and art collector. Passionate about advancing knowledge in biophysics, Mrs. Jenkins designated the remainder of her estate to the Biophysics Department of…
WILLIAM OSLER, one of Hopkins' four founding doctors, served as physician-in-chief and professor of medicine. He was a proponent of the close integration of the hospital with the instruction of students in the School of Medicine--a model emphasizing teaching at the bedside that he pioneered at Johns Hopkins. Through lectures…
