List of University of Oregon faculty and staff

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

The following persons had served as president of the university:[1]

No. Image Name Term start Term end Notes Ref.
1 John Wesley Johnson 1876 1893 [1]
Interim John Straub 1893 1893 [1]
2 Charles Hiram Chapman 1893 1899 [1]
3 Frank Strong 1899 1902 [1]
4 Prince Lucien Campbell 1902 1925 [1]
5 Arnold Bennett Hall 1926 1932 [2]
6 Clarence Valentine Boyer 1934 1938 [1]
7 Donald M. Erb 1938 1943 [2]
Interim Orlando John Hollis 1944 1945 [1]
8 Harry K. Newburn 1945 1953 [1]
Interim Victor Pierpont Morris 1953 1954 [1]
9 O. Meredith Wilson 1954 1960 [1]
Interim William C. Jones 1960 1961 [1]
10 Arthur S. Flemming 1961 1968 [1]
Interim Charles Ellicott Johnson 1968 1969 [1]
Interim N. Ray Hawk 1969 1969 [1]
11 Robert D. Clark 1969 1975 [1]
12 William Beaty Boyd 1975 1980 [1]
13 Paul Olum 1980 1989 [1]
14 Myles Brand July 1, 1989 June 30, 1994 [1]
15 Dave Frohnmayer July 1, 1994 June 30, 2009 [1][3]
16 Richard Lariviere July 1, 2009 December 2011 [1][4][5]
Interim Robert M. Berdahl December 9, 2011 July 31, 2012 [1][6]
17 Michael R. Gottfredson August 1, 2012 August 6, 2014 [7][8]
Interim Scott Coltrane August 7, 2014 June 30, 2015 [1][9]
18 Michael H. Schill July 1, 2015 August 19, 2022 [10][11]
Interim Patrick Phillips August 20, 2022 March 13, 2023 [1][12]
Interim Jamie Moffitt March 14, 2023 June 30, 2023 [1][13]
19 Karl Scholz July 1, 2023 present [14]

Academic faculty

Architecture and allied arts

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Arthur Erickson 1954-? Professor of architecture Canadian architect [15]
LaVerne Krause 1966–1986 Professor of Art Established printmaking program; outstanding contributions as an educator, studio artist, and arts activist; national president of Artists Equity [16]
Ellis F. Lawrence Founder and former dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts Architect of Knight Library, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, McArthur Court
Robert Murase Former professor of landscape architecture Landscape architect [17]

Humanities and social sciences

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Henry Alley Professor emeritus of literature Author
A. Aneesh 2022–present Executive director of the School of Global Studies and Languages at the University of Oregon and a professor of Global Studies and Sociology Author, sociologist [18]
Homer Barnett Professor emeritus of anthropology Anthropologist
Judith R. Baskin Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities Religious studies scholar, author [19]
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
Edward Diller 1965–1985 Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature Visiting Fulbright Lecturer to Germany in 1967 and Fulbright grantee
John Erlandson Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences Anthropologist [20]
Alice Henson Ernst 1924–1950 Professor of English Playwright, teacher, freelance writer and reporter
Jon Franklin Former professor of creative writing Pulitzer Prize winner (1979 in feature writing, 1985 in explanatory writing) [21]
Thomas Milton Gatch Former professor of history and English literature Former president of University of Washington and Oregon Agricultural College [22]
Talmy Givón Professor emeritus of linguistics Linguist
Dennis Jenkins† Co-director of Archaeological Field School Archaeologist [23]
Mark Johnson Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Linguist, philosopher [24]
Barbara Corrado Pope Professor emerita Novelist, historian, former director of UO's Clark Honors College, and founding director of Women's and Gender Studies at the university [25]
Mark Thoma Professor of Economics Prominent economics blogger
Alex Tizon† ?–present Assistant professor of journalism Pulitzer Prize winner (1997, Investigative Journalism) [26]
Steadman Upham Former vice provost for research, dean of the graduate school, and professor of anthropology President of the University of Tulsa
Lois Youngen 1960–1996 Professor emeritus of physical education Catcher and outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Law

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 2005–2006 Former Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics First female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation [27]
Wayne Morse Former dean of the School of Law, former assistant professor of law Former US senator
Kenneth J. O'Connell Former professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court chief justice
Charles Ogletree 2001–2002 Former Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics [28]
David Schuman 1987–1997, 2001 Former associate dean of academic affairs, former professor of law Current Oregon Court of Appeals judge [29]
Mary Christina Wood Philip H. Knight Professor of Law Director of the University of Oregon School of Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program [30]

Journalism and communication

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
Kyu Ho Youm Professor of journalism Journalism and communication law scholar [31]

Music and dance

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
David Crumb Assistant professor of composition Composer
Robert Kyr Philip H. Knight Professor of Composition and Theory Composer [32]

Natural sciences

Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference
James E. Brau Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science; director, Center for High Energy Physics High energy particle physicist; ATLAS experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN; LIGO; International Linear Collider [33]
Carlos Bustamante Former professor of chemistry Molecular biologist
Patrick G. Carrick Former director of the Shared Laser Facility
Katharine Cashman Former Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science Geologist, vulcanologist [34]
Thomas Condon Former professor of Geology Geologist and paleontologist
Russell Donnelly 1966–1972
1982–1983 		Former Physics Department chair; retired professor of Physics Physicist renowned in the field of low temperature physics [35]
Sarah Ann Douglas Professor emerita of Computer & Information Science Known for her pioneering research in human-computer interaction; elected to European Academy of Sciences, June 2002
Jon Driver 1990–1991 Former visiting assistant professor of Psychology [36]
Ira Herskowitz 1972–1981 Former professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology Geneticist [37]
Stephen Hsu Former professor of theoretical physics Co-founder of SafeWeb
Ray Hyman Professor emeritus of psychology One of the founders of the modern skeptical movement [38]
Ramesh Jasti 2014–present Professor of chemistry First organic chemist to synthesize the elusive cycloparaphenylene
Eugene Luks Professor emeritus of computer science Known for his research on the graph isomorphism problem and on algorithms for computational group theory
Stephanie A. Majewski Assistant professor of physics Experimental high energy particle physics; Department of Energy Early Career Research award [39]
Brian Matthews Professor emeritus of physics Biochemist, biophysicist [37]
Helen Neville 1995–present Professor of psychology and neuroscience Neuroscientist [40]
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 [37]
Michael Posner Professor emeritus of neuroscience Neuroscientist; member of National Academy of Sciences; National Medal of Science [41]
Gregory Retallack 1981–2022 Professor emeritus of Earth Sciences Paleopedologist, wrote the book on fossil soils [42]
Geraldine Richmond 1985–present Professor of Chemistry Chemist, Recipient of the National Medal of Science [43]
Paul Slovic Professor of psychology Judgement and decision making
Davison Soper Professor of Physics J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, is presented by the American Physical Society
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) [44]
Joseph Thornton 2002–2012 Former professor of biology Evolutionary biologist [45]
Leona E. Tyler Former dean of the graduate school and former professor of psychology Former president of the American Psychological Association
Marie A. Vitulli 1976–2011 Professor emerita of mathematics Commutative algebraist; fellow of the American Mathematical Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics
Roger J. Williams Former professor of chemistry Discovered pantothenic acid; former president of the American Chemical Society
David J. Wineland 2017–present Research professor Nobel Prize laureate in physics, 2012 [46]

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 ‡
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
Harry Marra Assistant track and field head coach ‡Former track and field head coach of the San Francisco State Gators, personal coach for Ashton Eaton (decathlon and indoor heptathlon world record holder, double Olympic gold medalist, now special consultant for Indonesia
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

† 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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