Philip H. Knight Chairs and Professorships

Philip H. Knight endowed chairs and professorships were established at the University of Oregon in 1996, when Penny and Phil Knight donated US$15 million for 27 endowed chairs and professorships, "to provide academic areas with a source of funds for recruiting and retaining faculty of superior academic quality". Chairs and professorships must be awarded on merit only, not longevity. Collectively, the Knight endowed chairs and professorships receive over US$325,000 in bonuses per year. The award for a Knight Chair is US$50,000, and US$25,000 for a Knight Professorship.

Phil and Penny Knight donated an endowment fund of US$5 million to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2006.

In 2009, the Knights donated US$5 million to Willamette University for a School of Law endowed chair named for Alex L. Parks, Penny Knight's father, who served on the faculty of the School of Law.

Stanford University
Adam Johnson, Phil and Penny Knight Professor in Creative Writing

Robert L. Joss, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Business

Richard Powers, Phil and Penny Knight Professor of Creative Writing

A. Michael Spence, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus

University of Oregon
Judith R. Baskin, Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities

Bruce Blonigen, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science

James E. Brau, Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science

G.Z. "Charlie" Brown, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Michael Bullis, Somerville Knight Professor, College of Education

Jon M. Erlandson, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences

Phil A. Fisher, Philip H. Knight Chair in Psychology

Warren Ginsberg, Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities

Kenneth Helphand, Philip H. Knight Professor of Architecture and Allied Arts

Previous University of Oregon Knight chairs and professors
Keith Aoki, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Law

Deborah A. Carver, former Philip H. Knight Dean of Libraries

Katharine Cashman, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science

Charles Dowd, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Music

Geraldine Richmond, former Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences

George W. Shipman, former Philip H. Knight University Librarian

Rennard Strickland, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Law

Janet Wasco, Knight Chair in Communication Research

Willamette University
Symeon C. Symeonides, Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair and Dean Emeritus of the College of Law