Faculty & Staff

Geraldine Lyon Owen Professorship in English

The professorship was established in 1989 through a bequest from Geraldine Lyon Owen, Class of 1927, in memory of her family.

• 2021: Meghan McGuire
• 2018-21: Robin Bates
  

John Franklin East Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

It was established in 1977 by an endowment gift from Margaret East Nelson of Norfolk, Virginia, in memory of her father, who served on the Lynchburg College Board of Trustees from 1917 to 1921. 

• Brian Crim
• Nichole Sanders
• Richard C. Burke

John M. Turner Distinguished Chair in the Humanities

In 1992, the John M. Turner Jr. fund was established to honor his contributions to the University of Lynchburg. The fund supports a humanities professorship, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and matched 3:1 by alumni, employees, and friends of the University.