List of University of Oregon faculty and staff

This List of University of Oregon faculty and staff includes presidents, staff, and faculty of the University of Oregon.

Contents 1 Presidents of the University of Oregon 2 Academic faculty 2.1 Art, architecture and design 2.2 Humanities 2.3 Law and politics 2.4 Literature 2.5 Science and mathematics 3 Athletic Staff 4 Notes 5 See also 6 References

Presidents of the University of Oregon

Name	Term	Position(s) and notes	Reference
Johnson, John WesleyJohn Wesley Johnson	1876-1893	President, professor of Greek and Latin	[1]
Chapman, Charles HiramCharles Hiram Chapman	1893-1899	President	[1]
Strong, FrankFrank Strong	1899-1902	President	[1]
Hall, Arnold BennettArnold Bennett Hall	1926-1932	President	[2]
Erb, Donald M.Donald M. Erb	1938-1943	President, professor of Economics	[2]
Newburn, Harry K.Harry K. Newburn	1945-1953	President	[1]
Wilson, O. MeredithO. Meredith Wilson	1954-1960	President	[1]
Flemming, Arthur S.Arthur S. Flemming	1954-1960	President (previously Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the latter part of the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, subsequently, President of Macalester College)	[1]
Clark, Robert D.Robert D. Clark	1969-1975	President	[1]
Boyd, William BeatyWilliam Beaty Boyd	1975-1980	President	[1]
Olum, PaulPaul Olum	1980-1989	President, provost and mathematics professor	[1]
Brand, MylesMyles Brand	1989-1994	President (subsequently President of Indiana University and President of the NCAA)	[1]
Frohnmayer, DaveDave Frohnmayer	1994-2009	President, law school dean and professor	[1]
Lariviere, RichardRichard Lariviere	2009-	President	[1]

The following have served as interim presidents: John Straub (1893), Orlando John Hollis (1944–1945), Victor Pierpont Morris (1953–1954), William C. Jones (1960–1961), Charles Ellicott Johnson (1968–1969), and N. Ray Hawk (1969)^[1]

Academic faculty

Art, architecture and design

Name	Term	Position(s)	Notability	Reference
Crumb, DavidDavid Crumb		Assistant professor of composition	Composer
Kyr, RobertRobert Kyr		Professor of composition	Composer
Lawrence, Ellis F.Ellis F. Lawrence		Founder and former dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts	Architect
Murase, RobertRobert Murase		Former Professor of landscape architecture	Landscape architect	[3]

Humanities

Name	Term	Position(s)	Notability	Reference
Barnett, HomerHomer Barnett		Professor emeritus of anthropology	Anthropologist
Berdahl, RobertRobert Berdahl		Former professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences	President of the Association of American Universities, former president of the University of Texas at Austin, former chancellor of University of California, Berkeley
Cressman, LutherLuther Cressman		Founder of the Department of Anthropology, former professor of sociology	Anthropologist
Gatch, Thomas MiltonThomas Milton Gatch		Former professor of history and English literature	Former President of University of Washington and Oregon Agricultural College	[4]
Givón, TalmyTalmy Givón		Professor emeritus of linguistics	Linguist
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson		Professor of philosophy	Linguist
Upham, SteadmanSteadman Upham		Former vice provost for research, dean of the graduate school, and professor of anthropology	President of the University of Tulsa
Youngen, LoisLois Youngen	1960-1996	Professor emeritus of physical education	Catcher and outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Diller, EdwardEdward Diller	1965-1985	Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature	visiting Fulbright Lecturer to Germany in 1967 and Fulbright grantee

Law and politics

Name	Term	Position(s)	Notability	Reference
Denecke, Arno H.Arno H. Denecke		Former professor of law	Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
Mankiller, WilmaWilma Mankiller		Former Morse Chair Professor of Law and Politics	First female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation	[5]
Morse, WayneWayne Morse		Former Dean of the School of Law, Former Assistant Professor of Law	Former US Senator
Ogletree, CharlesCharles Ogletree		Former professor of law and politics
O'Connell, Kenneth J.Kenneth J. O'Connell		Former professor of law	Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
Schuman, DavidDavid Schuman	1987–1997, 2001	Former associate dean of academic affairs, former professor of law	Current Oregon Court of Appeals Judge	[6]

Literature

Name	Term	Position(s)	Notability	Reference
Alley, HenryHenry Alley		Professor emeritus of literature	Author
Franklin, JonJon Franklin		Former professor of creative writing	Pulitzer Prize winner (1979 in feature writing, 1985 in explanatory writing)	[7]
Youm, Kyu HoKyu Ho Youm		Professor of journalism	Journalism and communication law scholar	[8]

Science and mathematics

Name	Term	Position(s)	Notability	Reference
Bustamante, CarlosCarlos Bustamante		Former professor of chemistry	Molecular Biologist
Carrick, Patrick G.Patrick G. Carrick		Former Director of the Shared Laser Facility
Condon, ThomasThomas Condon		Former Professor of Geology	Geologist and Paleontologist
Hsu, StephenStephen Hsu		Professor of theoretical physics	Co-founder of SafeWeb
Hyman, RayRay Hyman		Professor emeritus of psychology		[9]
Niven, Ivan M.Ivan M. Niven		Former professor of mathematics	Number theorist, Former president of the Mathematics Association of America
Posner, MichaelMichael Posner		Professor emeritus of neuroscience	Neuroscientist	[10]
Stahl, FranklinFranklin Stahl		Professor emeritus of biology	Conducted Meselson-Stahl experiment in 1958
Starbuck, William H.William H. Starbuck		Professor of management	Cognitive psychologist on organizational behavior
Streisinger, GeorgeGeorge Streisinger		Former professor of biology	First person to clone a vertebrate in 1981	[11]
Tyler, Leona E.Leona E. Tyler		Former dean of the graduate school and former professor of psychology	Former president of the American Psychological Association
Williams, Roger J.Roger J. Williams		Former professor of chemistry	Discovered pantothenic acid, Former president of the American Chemical Society

Athletic Staff

Name	Term	Position(s)	Notability	Reference
Bellotti, MikeMike Bellotti		Former Athletic Director, football head coach, and offensive coordinator	‡ESPN analyst
Bowerman, BillBill Bowerman†		Former track and field head coach	‡
Brooks, RichRich Brooks		Former football head coach	‡Former football head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats
Crowton, GaryGary Crowton		Former football offensive coordinator	Former head coach of BYU
Dellinger, BillBill Dellinger†		Former track and field head coach	‡
Harter, DickDick Harter		Former basketball head coach	Former head coach of the Charlotte Hornets
Hayward, BillBill Hayward		Former track and field coach, former athletic director	‡Former Olympic coach
Hobson, HowardHoward Hobson		Former basketball head coach	‡
Horton, GeorgeGeorge Horton		Baseball head coach	‡Former baseball head coach of the Cal State Fullerton Titans
Kelly, ChipChip Kelly		Football head coach, former offensive coordinator	‡
Kilkenny, PatrickPatrick Kilkenny†		Former athletic director	‡
Kent, ErnieErnie Kent†		Former basketball head coach	‡
Koetter, DirkDirk Koetter		Former football offensive coordinator	Former football head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils
Lananna, VinVin Lananna		Associate athletic director and track and field head coach	‡Former track and field head coach of the Stanford Cardinal
Petersen, ChrisChris Petersen		Former wide receivers coach	Football head coach of the Boise State Broncos
Seifert, GeorgeGeorge Seifert		Former assistant football coach	Former football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers
Tedford, JeffJeff Tedford		Former football offensive coordinator	Football head coach of the California Golden Bears

Notes

† Was also an alumnus of the University of Oregon
‡ Notability inherent within the position at the University of Oregon

See also

• University of Oregon
• List of University of Oregon alumni
• Oregon Ducks
• List of lists about Oregon

References