UMF Trustee Professorship Symposium is a day to honor the value of scholarly and creative endeavor at UMF. Toward that end, we have chosen Symposium as an opportunity, to not only showcase the work of our students, but also to bestow the university’s most prestigious award for scholarship to a faculty member. The Trustee Professorship is given each year to one UMF faculty member in recognition of her/his distinguished record of scholarly or creative work. The Trustee Professor receives a cash stipend, a professional development allowance, and a half-time reassignment for an academic year in order to focus on a scholarly or creative project. Each year at Symposium we invite the current Trustee Professor to deliver a public presentation.
The Trustee Professor program was not administered for the 2024-25 academic year. See past programs for topics and biographies for past Trustee professors, and watch for a Trustee Professor lecture during the 2026 Symposium.
Past UMF Trustee Professors
2023 – 2024 – Tim Breton
2022 – 2023 – Cara Furman
2021 – 2022 – Nicole Kellett
2020 – 2021 – Kristen Case
2019 – 2020 – Steven Pane
2018 – 2019 – Michael Johnson
2017 – 2018 – Jonathan Cohen
2016 – 2017 – Nic Koban
2015 – 2016 – Patricia O’Donnell
2014 – 2015 – Allison Hepler
2012 – 2013 – Gretchen Legler
2011 – 2012 – Eric Brown
2010 – 2011 – Jeffrey Thompson
2009 – 2010 – David Gibson
2008 – 2009 – Drew Barton
2007 – 2008 – Paul Outka
2006 – 2007 – Tiane Donahue
2005 – 2006 – Mike Muir
2004 – 2005 – David Daniel
2003 – 2004 – Ming-Ming Pu
2002 – 2003 – Dan Gunn
2001 – 2002 – Chris Magri
2000 – 2001 – Jennifer Reid
Spring 1999 – Mark McPherran
1999 – 2000 – Ronald Butler