Endowed professorships provide vital financial support that allows us to attract and retain world-class scholars—leaders who inspire students and advance research that makes a difference.

If you’re considering creating an endowed professorship, Cornell University’s Board of Trustees has established clear guidelines to ensure your gift has lasting impact. There are several flexible funding options available, including planned gifts and gifts of appreciated securities. Currently, the minimum commitment for a named professorship at the ILR School is $3,000,000.

If you’d like more information a out an endowed professorship, please contact Jennifer S. Dean at JDS13@cornell.edu. These investments create a legacy—one that strengthens ILR for generations to come.

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Established Professorships

Endowment supported chairs

  • Charles A. Alexander Professorship in Statistical Sciences held by Martin Wells
  • Braunstein Family Professorship held by Vanessa Bohns
  • Martin P. Catherwood of ILR Professorship held by George Boyer 
  • David M. Cohen Professorship held by Ariel C. Avgar 
  • William J. Conaty Professorship in Strategic Human Resources held by Bradford Bell 
  • Alice Cook Professorship of Women in Work held by Rosemary Batt 
  • Edmund Ezra Day Professorship held by Shannon Gleeson
  • Ronald G. Ehrenberg Professorship held by Seth Sanders 
  • Anne Evans Estabrook Professorship of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution held by Virginia L. Doellgast 
  • Lois S. Gray Professor in Industrial Relations and Social Sciences held by Pamela Tolbert 
  • Irving Ives Professor of ILR and Economics Philipp Kircher 
  • David and Alexandra Lipsky Professorship held by Dionne Pohler 
  • Jean McKelvey-Alice Grant Professorship of Labor-Management Relations held by Kate Griffith 
  • Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in ILR held by Sarosh C. Kuruvilla 
  • Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professorship in ILR held by Forrest S. Briscoe
  • Frances Perkins Professorship held by Michele Belot 
  • Proskauer Employment and Labor Law Assistant Professorship held by Yiran Zhang 
  • Joseph R. Rich ’80 Professorship held by M. Diane Burton 
  • Martin F. Scheinman Professorship of Conflict Resolution held by Alexander J. Colvin 
  • Jack Sheinkman Professorship in Collective Bargaining held by Harry Katz