Professor-at-Large

The professor-at-large title is reserved for specially defined uses. The Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large Program has the purpose of attracting to Cornell, as full-fledged voting members of the University Faculty while in residence, “those individuals who have achieved outstanding international distinction in the humanities, the natural or social sciences, or the learned professions, or have achieved such distinction and have demonstrated
broad intellectual interests through their activity in such fields as public affairs, literature, or the creative arts.” The program is the modern version 0f one that originated with President Andrew D. White early in Cornell’s history. The Board of Trustees reinstituted the program in 1965.

Professors-at-large are elected by the Board of Trustees upon the recommendation of the president for up to six years and may be renewable. The procedures for selection and nomination by the president are controlled by legislation of the Faculty Senate. For more information, see the
program website.

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