Endowed Chairs and Professorships

Due to generous support of the Albers School of Business and Economics, we are proud to be home to the following endowed chairs and professorships:

Endowed Chairs

The Boeing Frank Shrontz Chair of Professional Ethics
Chair holder: Jeffrey Smith, PhD, 2015 - present

Lawrence K. Johnson Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship
Currently vacant

Thomas F. Gleed Chair of Business Administration
Currently vacant

Robert D. O'Brien Chair of Business
Chair holder: Ekaterina Emm, PhD, 2020 - 2022

Khalil Dibee Endowed Chair in Finance
Chair holder: Cathy Cao, PhD, CFA, 2019 - 2023

Professorships

Current Albers Professors 

David E. Tinius Professorship in Accounting
Niranjan Chipalkatti, PhD, 2020 - 2023

Howard J. Bosanko Professorship in International Economics and Finance
Claus Pörtner, PhD, 2020 - 2023