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Luther Marion Defoe Distinguished Professorship of Mathematics

Leonard Blumenthal (1968-1971)
Walter Leighton (1971-1978)
Marc Jacobs (1978-1981)
John Beem (1981-1984)
Nigel Kalton (1984-1985)
Paul Ehrlich (1985-1988)
Peter Casazza (1988-1991)
Mark Ashbaugh (1991-1996)
Fritz Gesztesy (1996-2001)
Steve Hofmann (2001-2005)
Mark Rudelson (2005-2009)
Pete Casazza (2010-2012)
Loukas Grafakos (2012-2017)

Established as a lifetime position, the Defoe Professorship changed to a three-year appointment in 1978. Nigel Kalton held the title for one year, relinquishing it to accept the Rose and Mahala Houchins Chair of Mathematics, which he held until he passed away in 2010. In 1991, the term of the appointment changed to five years. Steve Hofmann relinquished the chair a year early in 2005 to accept a Curators' Professorship.

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