捐赠基金 赋予椅子
Endowing faculty chairs helps us attract and retain world-class professors.
The most renowned institutions have the best minds, the most-creative reSearchers and the most-engaged teachers. Building a strong base of faculty talent enriches the academic environment, which attracts the brightest students. When you support endowments of this type, you invest in the faculty and curriculum of Westmont College.
亚当斯 Chair of 音乐与敬拜
Former Westmont trustee Denise 亚当斯 and her husband, 斯蒂芬。, established the 亚当斯 Chair of 音乐与敬拜 to enhance the music program at Westmont and increase its impact on the Santa Barbara community. Denise and 斯蒂芬。 are long-time patrons of the arts, especially in various educational contexts. They have experienced the transforming power of music and the visual arts and want to make these gifts available to future generations of students.
R. 安东尼歪斜的 Endowed Chair in 艺术
R. 安东尼歪斜的 Chair honors professor emeritus Tony Askew, the founding director of Westmont’s former art museum, the Reynolds Gallery. Tony Askew retired in 2008 after 26 years of service.
伊顿的家庭 Chair in Economics and Business
With the leadership of Trustee Emeritus David Eaton and his wife, 卡罗, the Board of Advisors, and gifts from alumni and friends, the 伊顿的家庭 Chair in Economics and Business was established in 2011. David served as Chairman of the Westmont Board of Trustees from 2001-2007 and 卡罗 ’58 attended Westmont. Four of their children are Westmont graduates, and two of them were economics and business majors. This chair provides leadership to strengthen the economics and business program and expand its global focus.
弗莱彻琼斯 Foundation Chair in 社会科学
The 弗莱彻琼斯 Foundation and an anonymous donor established the 弗莱彻琼斯 Foundation Chair in the 社会科学, the college’s first endowed chair in the social sciences. Beginning in 2008, every three to five years the chair will be awarded to an outstanding faculty member in history, sociology and anthropology, 运动机能学, economics and business, education and liberal arts, political science, or the Urban Program in San Francisco. The faculty member receives an annual stipend, and in order to foster reSearch, the professor teaches one less class per year.
罗伯特·H. Gundry Chair in Religious Studies
An anonymous donor created the 罗伯特·H. Gundry Chair in Religious Studies in honor of professor emeritus 罗伯特·H. Gundry. 校友, parents, and friends helped to support this chair by matching the donation. 罗伯特·H. Gundry is an internationally known New Testament scholar. He began working at Westmont College in 1962 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester.
凯瑟琳·史密斯 Chair of Natural & Behavioral Sciences
The 凯瑟琳·史密斯 Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences was established upon the death of 凯瑟琳·史密斯 through a bequest to the college. Kathleen was a long time friend of Westmont. She was impressed with the character of Westmont students after hiring them to work around her house. In 1997, Robert Gundry became the 凯瑟琳·史密斯 Chair professor of religious studies. 在博士. Gundry’s retirement the 罗伯特·H. Gundry Chair in Religious Studies was created and the 凯瑟琳·史密斯 Chair began to support a Natural and Behavioral Sciences professor.
T.B. 沃克 Chair in The Natural and Behavioral Sciences
T.B. 沃克 Foundation, an anonymous donor, and friends established the T.B. 沃克 Chair in the Natural and Behavioral Sciences. This chair honors an outstanding professor in biology, 化学, 计算机科学, engineering-physics, 数学, 或心理学. Receiving this chair relieves a professor’s workload by one class, so he or she has more time to dedicate to reSearch.