List of University Professors at Harvard University

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 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 had risen to 25 University Professors.^[4]

Present Harvard University professors

Biologists or medical researchers

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

Economists

Claudia Goldin^[5] – Samuel W. Morris University Professor
Sir Oliver Hart^[9] – Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
Rebecca M. Henderson^[7] – John and Natty McArthur University Professor
Eric Maskin^[10] – Adams 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 and lawyers

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
Noah Feldman^[16] – A. Kingsley Porter University Professor
Martha Minow^[14] – Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor
Cass Sunstein^[17] – Robert Walmsley University Professor

Political scientists

Danielle Allen – James Bryant Conant University Professor
Gary King^[6] – Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor

Other disciplines

Carolyn Abbate^[18] – Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
Henry Louis Gates Jr.^[3] – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
Stephen Greenblatt^[19] – John Cogan University Professor
Mikhail Lukin^[20] – Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor
Barry Mazur^[21] – Gerhard Gade University Professor
Robert J. Sampson^[22] – Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor
Cumrun Vafa^[16] – Timken University Professor

Notable past Harvard University professors

Paul Farmer^[23] – Kolokotrones University Professor
Dale W. Jorgenson – Samuel W. Morris University Professor
Robert Nozick – Joseph Pellegrino University Professor ^[24]
Stephen Owen – James Bryant Conant University Professor
Cornel West – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, resigned chair and left Harvard in 2002^[25]
George Whitesides – Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor^[26]
E. O. Wilson – Joseph Pellegrino University Professor