Distinguished Professorship Overview

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The 2009 Distinguished Professorship Awards Reception:

Chancellor Holden Thorp, center, poses with Distinguished Professors at a ceremony at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tuesday (Sept. 22).

1st Row (left to right) - Dr. Bruce Carney, Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost; Dr. Jenny Ting, W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine; Chancellor Holden Thorp; Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenan Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work; Dr. Kim Brouwer, W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, School of Pharmacy

2nd row (left to right) - Dr. Bill Maixner, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Endodontics, School of Dentistry; Dr. Allen Glazner, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Geological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Exercise and Sport Science, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Richard Tidwell, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine, School of Medicine

Very top step - Dr. Bert Peterson, W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health

Not pictured - Dr. Yi Zhang, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, School of Medicine