Gifts that have funded new endowed positions Gifts that have funded new endowed positions help strengthen faculty By Simeon Moss Through the generosity of its alumni and friends, Cornell has had remarkable success during the current academic year in endowing new faculty positions in a variety of disciplines. No more significant investment could be made in the future of the university. The recent endowments continue the high level of support for Cornell and its programs exemplified by the recent successful Capital Campaign.
Great institutions remain great by virtue of such outstanding commitment.
Many of the new endowments are part of larger gifts by the donors to help support university programs, buildings and staff. The Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Law, to be awarded to a law professor who has achieved distinction in a field relevant to women and the law, and the Jack G. Clarke Professor of Law, to be held by an expert in international and comparative law, were endowed by a fund established by Jack and Dorothea Clarke, LLB '52. The Marjorie L. Hart Chair of Engineering was endowed by Marjorie L. Hart '50 to offer enduring support to the academic strength of the college, to encourage the continuity of its strong commitments to excellence in teaching and to promote the personal and professional development of the students and faculty. The Howard A. Newman Professorship in American Studies was created in the College of Arts and Sciences after Howard A. Newman '42 added to an earlier endowment he had established in 1986. It will be the American Studies Program's first endowed professorship.