Photo by Mary Butkus
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton places a medallion around the neck of William F. Tate, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Education in Arts & Sciences, during Tate’s installation as an Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences Sept. 6 in Holmes Lounge. The Mallinckrodt professorships honor Edward Mallinckrodt and his son, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr., both successful chemists, able businessmen and generous philanthropists supporting higher education. Both Mallinckrodts served on the University’s Board of Trustees. The two other Mallinckrodt professorships in Arts & Sciences are held by Lee Epstein, Ph.D., professor of political science and also professor in the School of Law; and Murray L. Weidenbaum, Ph.D., professor of economics and the honorary chair of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.