I wanted to do something for my university, of which I am very proud. I wanted to recognize and support an excellent teacher.

Alice Mortenson (’62 BS History), who created the Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Chair in Russian History

Faculty Excellence: Endowed Chairs and Professorships

It is critically important for the School of Human Ecology to have the resources to recruit and retain top faculty by being able to offer professorships and chairs as special recognition and to provide extra funding for research projects, graduate assistantships and research equipment. Endowments that create faculty professorships and chairs enable the School to enhance areas of academic strength or establish new scholarly initiatives.