The Emily and Ernest Woodruff Fund, established in 1979, makes possible presidential appointments of Woodruff Chairs. The professorships are named in honor of Robert W. Woodruff (1889-1985), legendary philanthropist and leader of the Coca-Cola Company: "Robert W. Woodruff concentrated his gifts in the areas of health care, education, the arts, conservation of nature, and economic development and civic affairs. These are faculty members who should "not only be teachers/scholars of distinction but also should serve a broad constituency beyond the individual departments and programs and at the same time provide a unifying force to graduate education at Emory." Initially, the awards were aimed at attracting outstanding faculty to Emory; but an external review of the Woodruff Professorships in 1981 urged that outstanding faculty members presently at Emory should not be overlooked in filling the chairs (Lamar Report, 1981).
| Deborah Watkins Bruner Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Nursing School of Nursing |
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| Michael Davis Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences School of Medicine Psychiatry |
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| David Eltis Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History Emory College History |
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| Shoshana Felman Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Comparative Literature and French Emory College Comparative Literature |
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| Martha Albertson Fineman Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law School of Law |
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| Luke Timothy Johnson Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins Candler School of Theology |
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| Reynaldo Martorell Robert W. Woodruff Professor of International Nutrition Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health |
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| Edward S. Mocarski, Jr. Robert W. Woodruff Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology School of Medicine Microbiology/Immunology |
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| Michael J. Perry Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law School of Law |
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| Kenneth E. Thorpe Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Health Policy Rollins School of Public Health Health Policy & Management |
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Natasha Trethewey |