Penn Arts & Sciences Board of Advisors
The Penn Arts & Sciences’ Board of Advisors established endowed chairs in honor of former Deans.
The Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Chair in the Social Sciences was established in 2004 by the Board of Advisors in honor of Preston’s service as Dean of the School from 1997 to 2004. He joined the Penn Arts & Sciences faculty as a professor of sociology in 1979 and served as director of the Populations Studies Center.
The Rebecca W. Bushnell Professorship was established in 2012 by the Board of Advisors in honor of former Dean Rebecca W. Bushnell. Bushnell joined the Penn Arts & Sciences faculty in the Department of English in 1982 and served as the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences for eight years, from 2005 to 2013.
Named Professors
A.T. Charlie Johnson, Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Beth Linker, Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Associate Professor in the Social Sciences
Greg Ridgeway, Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Criminology
