Philip H. Knight endowed chairs and professorships were established at the University of Oregon in 1996, when Penny and Phil Knight donated US$15 million for 27 endowed chairs and professorships, "to provide academic areas with a source of funds for recruiting and retaining faculty of superior academic quality".^[1]^[2]^[3] Chairs and professorships must be awarded on merit only, not longevity.^[3] Collectively, the Knight endowed chairs and professorships receive over US$325,000 in bonuses per year.^[4] The award for a Knight Chair is US$50,000, and US$25,000 for a Knight Professorship.^[5]

Phil and Penny Knight donated an endowment fund of US$5 million to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2006.^[6]

In 2009, the Knights donated US$5 million to Willamette University for a School of Law endowed chair named for Alex L. Parks, Penny Knight's father, who served on the faculty of the School of Law.^[7]

Stanford University

Adam Johnson, Phil and Penny Knight Professor in Creative Writing
Robert L. Joss, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Business
Richard Powers, Phil and Penny Knight Professor of Creative Writing
A. Michael Spence, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus

University of Oregon

Judith R. Baskin, Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities
Bruce Blonigen, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science ^[8]
James E. Brau, Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science^[9]
G.Z. "Charlie" Brown, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Architecture ^[10]
Michael Bullis, Somerville Knight Professor, College of Education^[11]
Jon M. Erlandson, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences
Phil A. Fisher, Philip H. Knight Chair in Psychology^[12]
Warren Ginsberg, Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities^[13]
Kenneth Helphand, Philip H. Knight Professor of Architecture and Allied Arts^[14]
Dennis R. Howard, Philip H. Knight Professor of Business, Professor Emeritus of Marketing ^[15]
David W. Hulse, Philip H. Knight Professor of Landscape Architecture^[16]
Jeffrey M. Hurwit, Philip H. Knight Professor of Art History and Classics^[17]
Mark L. Johnson, Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Edward Kame'enui, Knight Professor Emeritus of Education^[18]
Sergio Koreisha Philip H. Knight Professor of Business^[19]
Robert Kyr, Philip H. Knight Professor of Composition and Theory
Adriene Lim, Dean and Philip H. Knight Chair, UO Libraries^[20]
Michael Moffitt, Philip H. Knight Chair in Law^[21]
James C. Mohr, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences^[22]
Steve Owen, Philip H. Knight Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Theory^[23]
Ellen Peters, Philip H. Knight Chair in Science Communication^[24]
Michael G. Raymer, Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences^[25]
Lucas C. R. Silva, Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Sciences
Tom H. Stevens, Philip H. Knight professorship in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry^[26]
Jeffrey Stolet, Philip H. Knight Professor of Intermedia Music Technology^[27]
Daniel Tichenor, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science^[28]
Gerald Tindal, Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor of Education^[29]
Merle H. Weiner, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law^[30]
Mary Christina Wood, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law

Previous University of Oregon Knight chairs and professors

Keith Aoki, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Law^[31]
Deborah A. Carver, former Philip H. Knight Dean of Libraries
Katharine Cashman, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science
Charles Dowd, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Music^[32]
Geraldine Richmond, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
George W. Shipman, former Philip H. Knight University Librarian^[33]
Rennard Strickland, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Law^[34]
Janet Wasco, Knight Chair in Communication Research ^[35]

Willamette University

Symeon C. Symeonides, Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair and Dean Emeritus of the College of Law^[36]^[37]

Stanford University

University of Oregon

Previous University of Oregon Knight chairs and professors

Willamette University

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