List of University of Oregon faculty and staff

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This List of University of Oregon faculty and staff includes presidents, staff, and faculty of the University of Oregon.

Presidents of the University of Oregon

Name Term Position(s) and notes Reference
John Wesley Johnson 1876-1893 President, professor of Greek and Latin [1]
Charles Hiram Chapman 1893-1899 President [1]
Frank Strong 1899-1902 President [1]
Prince Lucien Campbell 1902-1925 President [1]
Arnold Bennett Hall 1926-1932 President [2]
Clarence Valentine Boyer 1934-1938 President [1]
Donald M. Erb 1938-1943 President, professor of Economics [2]
Harry K. Newburn 1945-1953 President [1]
O. Meredith Wilson 1954-1960 President [1]
Arthur S. Flemming 1961-1968 President (previously Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the latter part of the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower; subsequently, President of Macalester College) [1]
Robert D. Clark 1969-1975 President [1]
William Beaty Boyd 1975-1980 President [1]
Paul Olum 1980-1989 President, provost and mathematics professor [1]
Myles Brand 1989-1994 President (subsequently President of Indiana University and President of the NCAA) [1]
Dave Frohnmayer 1994-2009 President, law school dean and professor [1]
Richard Lariviere 2009-2011 President [1]
Michael R. Gottfredson 2012-2014 President [1]

The following have served as interim presidents: John Straub (1893), Orlando John Hollis (1944–1945), Victor Pierpont Morris (1953–1954), William C. Jones (1960–1961), Charles Ellicott Johnson (1968–1969), N. Ray Hawk (1969), Robert M. Berdahl (2011-2012), and Scott Coltrane (2014-present).[1]

Academic faculty

Art, architecture and design

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
David Crumb Assistant professor of composition Composer
Arthur Erickson 1954-? Professor of architecture Canadian architect [3]
Robert Kyr Professor of composition Composer
Ellis F. Lawrence Founder and former dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts Architect
Robert Murase Former professor of landscape architecture Landscape architect [4]

Humanities, social sciences and business

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Homer Barnett Professor emeritus of anthropology Anthropologist
Robert Berdahl Former professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences President of the Association of American Universities, former president of the University of Texas at Austin, former chancellor of University of California, Berkeley
Luther Cressman Founder of the Department of Anthropology, former professor of sociology Anthropologist
Michael Crooke Professor of Practice, Lundquist School of Business Former CEO of Patagonia; ex-Navy Seal
Thomas Milton Gatch Former professor of history and English literature Former President of University of Washington and Oregon Agricultural College [5]
Talmy Givón Professor emeritus of linguistics Linguist
Dennis Jenkins† Co-Director of Archaeological Field School Archaeologist [6]
Mark Johnson Professor of philosophy Linguist
Steadman Upham Former vice provost for research, dean of the graduate school, and professor of anthropology President of the University of Tulsa
Mark Thoma Professor of Economics Prominent economics blogger
Lois Youngen 1960-1996 Professor emeritus of physical education Catcher and outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Edward Diller 1965-1985 Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature Visiting Fulbright Lecturer to Germany in 1967 and Fulbright grantee

Law and politics

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Arno H. Denecke Former professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
Dave Frohnmayer Former dean and professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
Wilma Mankiller Former Morse Chair Professor of Law and Politics First female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation [7]
Wayne Morse Former dean of the School of Law, former assistant professor of law Former US Senator
Charles Ogletree Former professor of law and politics
Kenneth J. O'Connell Former professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
David Schuman 1987–1997, 2001 Former associate dean of academic affairs, former professor of law Current Oregon Court of Appeals Judge [8]

Literature

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Henry Alley Professor emeritus of literature Author
Jon Franklin Former professor of creative writing Pulitzer Prize winner (1979 in feature writing, 1985 in explanatory writing) [9]
Alex Tizon†  ?-present Assistant professor of journalism Pulitzer Prize winner (1997, Investigative Journalism) [10]
Kyu Ho Youm Professor of journalism Journalism and communication law scholar [11]

Science and mathematics

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Carlos Bustamante Former professor of chemistry Molecular Biologist
Patrick G. Carrick Former Director of the Shared Laser Facility
Thomas Condon Former Professor of Geology Geologist and paleontologist
Russell Donnelly 1966-1972
1982-1983		 Retired Professor of Physics Physicist renowned in the field of low temperature physics [12]
Jon Driver Former visiting Professor of Psychology [13]
Sarah A. Douglas Professor Emerita of Computer & Information Science Known for her pioneering research in human-computer interaction; elected to European Academy of Sciences, June 2002
Ira Herskowitz 1972-1981 Former professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology Geneticist [14]
Stephen Hsu Professor of theoretical physics Co-founder of SafeWeb
Ray Hyman Professor emeritus of psychology One of the founders of the modern skeptical movement [15]
Huaxin Lin Professor of mathematics
Eugene Luks Professor emeritus of computer science Known for his research on the graph isomorphism problem and on algorithms for computational group theory
Brian Matthews Professor emeritus of physics Biochemist, biophysicist [14]
Helen Neville  ?-present Professor of psychology and neuroscience Neuroscientist [16]
Ivan M. Niven Former professor of mathematics Number theorist; former president of the Mathematics Association of America
Aaron Novick Founder of the Institute of Molecular Biology Member of the Manhattan Project [14]
Michael Posner Professor emeritus of neuroscience Neuroscientist [17]
Paul Slovic Professor of psychology Judgement and decision making
Franklin Stahl Professor emeritus of biology Conducted Meselson-Stahl experiment in 1958
William H. Starbuck Professor of management Cognitive psychologist on organizational behavior
George Streisinger Former professor of biology First person to clone a vertebrate (1981) [18]
Leona E. Tyler Former dean of the graduate school and former professor of psychology Former president of the American Psychological Association
Roger J. Williams Former professor of chemistry Discovered pantothenic acid; former president of the American Chemical Society

Athletic staff

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Dana Altman Current Basketball Head Coach ‡
Mike Bellotti Former Athletic Director, football head coach, and offensive coordinator ‡ESPN analyst
Bill Bowerman† Former track and field head coach ‡
Rich Brooks Former football head coach ‡Former football head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats
Gary Crowton Former football offensive coordinator Former head coach of BYU
Bill Dellinger† Former track and field head coach ‡
Dick Harter Former basketball head coach Former head coach of the Charlotte Hornets
Bill Hayward Former track and field coach, former athletic director ‡Former Olympic coach
Howard Hobson Former basketball head coach ‡
George Horton Baseball head coach ‡Former baseball head coach of the Cal State Fullerton Titans
Chip Kelly Former football head coach, former offensive coordinator ‡
Patrick Kilkenny† Former athletic director ‡
Ernie Kent† Former basketball head coach ‡
Dirk Koetter Former football offensive coordinator Former football head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils
Vin Lananna Associate athletic director and track and field head coach ‡Former track and field head coach of the Stanford Cardinal
Chris Petersen Former wide receivers coach Football head coach of the Boise State Broncos
George Seifert Former assistant football coach Former football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers
Jeff Tedford Former football offensive coordinator Football head coach of the California Golden Bears

Notes

† Was also an alumnus of the University of Oregon
‡ Notability inherent within the position at the University of Oregon

See also

References

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