Professorships and Chairs

Endowed professorships make a difference by helping the School of Pharmacy recruit and retain the most outstanding faculty. These leading teachers, scholars and administrators bring innovation, vitality and excellence to the school and its teaching, research and patient care programs. They help secure its future as a leader in pharmacy education.

Alfred and Frances Berger Professorship

In 1998, Dr. Alfred Berger endowed the Alfred Berger Professorship in Medicinal Chemistry, through a generous bequest.  This gift was...

Archie O. McCalley Dean's Chair

In 2007, the VCU School of Pharmacy received notice of a $1.2 Million bequest from the estate of 1927 graduate...

E Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor

An extraordinary visionary and philanthropist, the late E. Claiborne Robins transformed his family’s small apothecary into the multi-million dollar pharmaceutical...

Nancy and Ronald McFarlane Professorship

Nancy and Ron McFarlane are successful entrepreneurs, remarkable volunteers and committed philanthropists,  Both graduates of the class of 1980, the...

Peter R. Byron Distinguished Professorship

In 2016, on the occasion of his retirement, Dr. Peter Byron endowed the Peter R. Byron Distinguished Professorship in Pharmaceutics.  ...

Victor A. Yanchick Professorship

On the occasion of his retirement and gifts made in honor of Dean Emeritus Victor Yanchick were used to create...