Our Highest Honored

Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professors

The Paul Whitfield Horn Professorship is the highest academic honor bestowed by Texas Tech University. Here are the College of Arts & Sciences professors who currently hold this distinction.

 

SANKAR CHATTERJEE, Geosciences

BRUCE CLARKE, English

WILLIAM J. CONOVER, Mathematics & Statistics

STEFAN ESTREICHER, Physics & Astronomy

KATHARINE HAYHOE, Political Science

DAVID LARMOUR, Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures

GUIGEN LI, Chemistry & Biochemistry

YEHIA MECHREF, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Who Was Paul Whitfield Horn?

Short answer: The first president of Texas Technological College, now Texas Tech University. The Horn Professorship is the university's highest faculty honor.

Long answer: Head straight to The Handbook of Texas, the multidisciplinary encyclopedia sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association.