Endowed Chair - CDIP

Definition An endowed chair honors and recognizes the distinction of outstanding faculty while providing invaluable support above and beyond salary, for use in research, teaching or service activities. It can be a powerful recruitment / retention tool for faculty. It is established with a sizeable gift to an academic area designated by the donor, that is invested in an interest-bearing fund for which the principal remains intact and the interest provides a perpetual source of annual income. These endowments may be used to attract faculty members to a campus, or to retain faculty members who are being recruited by other institutions. The chair holder typically submits annual narratives of the past year’s activities and the use of the endowment funds to the department chair or research head. It is forwarded to campus administration for inclusion in an annual report to donors.

Endowed Chairs

Policy on Endowed Chairs and Professorships University of California This general policy statement outlines the parameters of endowed chairs in the UC system.

Endowed Chairs: Frequently Asked Questions University of California San Diego This file answers frequent questions about how an endowed chair works.

Music Industry Icon Mike Curb Pledges $10 million to Cal State Northridge Department of Music, California State University Northridge This article outlines the commitment of an alumni to endow a faculty position, a regional performing arts center, and an arts learning laboratory.

Dwight E. Stanford: Lawyer endowed chair at SDSU Scharn, N. (March, 2010). Sign On San Diego This article outlines a donation to support the Dwight Stanford Professor of American Foreign Relations chair at SDSU, by an alumni of the campus.

Outreach Mandated for New Sikh Studies Chair Holder Kaur, A. (February, 2009). Sikh News Net This California State University East Bay faculty member is the first endowed Sikh and Punjabi chair holder to focus on community outreach.

Haig and Isable Berberian Endowed Chair in Armenian Studies College of Arts and Humanities, California State University Fresno This webpage describes the work of the Center for Armenian Studies at CSUF.

Geological Sciences Establishes Endowed Chair in Hydrogeology Inside CSULB online, Dec. 1, 2007 This article describes the formation of a geology chair at the Long Beach California State University campus.

Gerardo Rivera Ungson Y. F. Change Endowed Chair of International Business, San Francisco State University This curriculum vitae outlines the accomplishments of a San Francisco State University endowed chair.

Creating an Endowed Chair Giving to HSU, Humboldt State University This is one example of an appeal to donors to endow a chair at one California State University campus.