The Presidential Chair Award is the highest academic honor the university can bestow on a faculty member. This award is supported by a permanently endowed gift, which honors a senior faculty member who is a top scholar in a given discipline. The gift also provides ongoing support for research, development and program support related to that discipline.
Current Presidential Chairs, and their background, are listed below.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Presidential Chairs
Tim Hodges, Ph.D.
Joan Heiser Endowed Presidential Chair
Tom Kubick, Ph.D.
Delmar A. Lienemann Sr. Presidential Chair
Sam Nelson, Ph.D.
Bauermeister Family Presidential Chair in Entrepreneurship
University of Nebraska Medical Center Presidential Chair
Ken Cowan, M.D.,Ph.D.
Fred & Pamela Buffett Presidential Chair in Cancer
John W. Sparks, M.D.
Carol Remmer Angle Presidential Chair of Pediatrics
University of Nebraska Presidential Chair
Sam J. Meisels, Ed.D.
Richard D. Holland Early Childhood Development Presidential Chair