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Policy 2104 – Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Endowed Chairs Program

WWW Posting Date: 1/15/2002

Responsible Office: Provost

Reference: Board of Regents

The goal of the Endowed Chairs Program is to assist colleges and universities primarily
in attracting, but also in retaining, eminent scholars who, over the long term, will
contribute significantly to the enhancement of the overall infrastructure of higher
education in Louisiana. This Program is highly leveraged by its requirement of a three-to-one
private-sector match: at least $600,000 in private-sector funds is a prerequisite
to receiving Support Fund matching funds of $400,000, maximum, thereby creating a
(minimal) $1 million endowed chair. There are two subprograms: the Competitive Program
and the Bequest Program.

Louisiana Tech has received donor gifts and matching funds from the Board of Regents
Support Fund to establish the following $1 million endowed chairs:

  • T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair – Civil Engineering
  • Pipes Eminent Scholar Chair – Mechanical Engineering
  • Harold J. Smolinski Eminent Scholar Chair – Accounting
  • F. J. Taylor Eminent Scholar Chair – Journalism
  • Eminent Scholar Chair in Construction
  • Max P. & Robbie L. Watson Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Engineering
  • George E. Pankey Chair in English
  • Humana Foundation/McCallister Chair in Computer Information Systems
  • John Ed Barnes Endowed Eminent Scholar Chair in Data Analytics
  • Lucius D. McGehee Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship
  • Daniel D. and Linda D. Reneau Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering
  • Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Language and Literature

 

Louisiana Tech has received donor gifts and matching funds from the Board of Regents
Support Fund to establish the following $2 million endowed chair: 

  • Herman A. “Dusty” Rhodes Eminent Chair in Engineering

Complete Guidelines concerning Board of Regents Support Fund Endowed Chairs are available
on the Internet: http://web.laregents.org/programs/borsf-programs/ or in the Office of the Provost.

Policy 2104 – Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Endowed Chairs Program

WWW Posting Date: 1/15/2002

Responsible Office: Provost

Reference: Board of Regents

The goal of the Endowed Chairs Program is to assist colleges and universities primarily
in attracting, but also in retaining, eminent scholars who, over the long term, will
contribute significantly to the enhancement of the overall infrastructure of higher
education in Louisiana. This Program is highly leveraged by its requirement of a three-to-one
private-sector match: at least $600,000 in private-sector funds is a prerequisite
to receiving Support Fund matching funds of $400,000, maximum, thereby creating a
(minimal) $1 million endowed chair. There are two subprograms: the Competitive Program
and the Bequest Program.

Louisiana Tech has received donor gifts and matching funds from the Board of Regents
Support Fund to establish the following $1 million endowed chairs:

  • T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair – Civil Engineering
  • Pipes Eminent Scholar Chair – Mechanical Engineering
  • Harold J. Smolinski Eminent Scholar Chair – Accounting
  • F. J. Taylor Eminent Scholar Chair – Journalism
  • Eminent Scholar Chair in Construction
  • Max P. & Robbie L. Watson Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Engineering
  • George E. Pankey Chair in English
  • Humana Foundation/McCallister Chair in Computer Information Systems
  • John Ed Barnes Endowed Eminent Scholar Chair in Data Analytics
  • Lucius D. McGehee Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship
  • Daniel D. and Linda D. Reneau Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering
  • Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Language and Literature

 

Louisiana Tech has received donor gifts and matching funds from the Board of Regents
Support Fund to establish the following $2 million endowed chair: 

  • Herman A. “Dusty” Rhodes Eminent Chair in Engineering

Complete Guidelines concerning Board of Regents Support Fund Endowed Chairs are available
on the Internet: http://web.laregents.org/programs/borsf-programs/ or in the Office of the Provost.