distinguished professors
Honored faculty members
Distinguished professors hold the highest academic rank a university bestows, above full professor.
The title recognizes exceptional scholarship, teaching, or service to the institution.
Universities vary in their criteria and naming—some call it distinguished professor, others university professor or named chair.
She was appointed distinguished professor of biochemistry after winning the Nobel Prize.
- emeritusRetired with distinction
- academicianLearned society member
- ivory towerSheltered intellectual enclave
- academic freedomProtected scholarly inquiry rights
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
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distinguished professorsadjuncts
Supplementary additions or elements
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distinguished professorsadjunct faculty
Non-permanent university instructor
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