Joseph Pellegrino University Professor
Encyclopedia
The position of Joseph Pellegrino University Professor is one of 23 University Professorships
at Harvard University
. As of 2009, the post is held by Peter L. Galison, a historian of science
and physicist. Previous holders of the chair were Robert Nozick
, a philosopher, and Edward O. Wilson, the biologist, who is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor (an emeritus professor).
University Professorships are the most distinguished position a Harvard professor can attain. They were created at Harvard in 1935 for professors with exceptional cross-discipline, groundbreaking research. The Pellegrino University Professorship was established in 1992 with gifts from Giuseppe (Joseph) P. Pellegrino, a 1960 alumnus, and his family.
Pellegrino is president of Langford Capital Corp. and former president of the Prince Co., formerly owned by his family. A long-running series of national radio
television commercials proclaiming "In the North End of Boston
, Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti
Day", became a cultural touchstone in the 1960s and 1970s.
As of 2009, Pellegrino is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Dean's Council, the Committee on University Resources, the FAS Boston Major Gifts Steering Committee, the Visiting Committee for Athletics, and the Advisory Committee for Shareholder Responsibility. He has also established a scholarship fund for the college, and has provided philanthropically to improve the basketball
facilities.
Harvard University Professor
At Harvard University, the title of University Professor is an honor bestowed upon a very small number of its tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have attained particular distinction and influence. This honor was created in 1935 by Harvard's President and Fellows...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. As of 2009, the post is held by Peter L. Galison, a historian of science
Historiography of science
Historiography is the study of the history and methodology of the discipline of history. The historiography of science is thus the study of the history and methodology of the sub-discipline of history, known as the history of science, including its disciplinary aspects and practices and to the...
and physicist. Previous holders of the chair were Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an American political philosopher, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia , a right-libertarian answer to John Rawls's A Theory of Justice...
, a philosopher, and Edward O. Wilson, the biologist, who is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor (an emeritus professor).
University Professorships are the most distinguished position a Harvard professor can attain. They were created at Harvard in 1935 for professors with exceptional cross-discipline, groundbreaking research. The Pellegrino University Professorship was established in 1992 with gifts from Giuseppe (Joseph) P. Pellegrino, a 1960 alumnus, and his family.
Pellegrino is president of Langford Capital Corp. and former president of the Prince Co., formerly owned by his family. A long-running series of national radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
television commercials proclaiming "In the North End of Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti
Spaghetti
Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water. Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour...
Day", became a cultural touchstone in the 1960s and 1970s.
As of 2009, Pellegrino is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Dean's Council, the Committee on University Resources, the FAS Boston Major Gifts Steering Committee, the Visiting Committee for Athletics, and the Advisory Committee for Shareholder Responsibility. He has also established a scholarship fund for the college, and has provided philanthropically to improve the basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
facilities.