He is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting at Harvard University. I never understood what it means when a professor's title is the name of another professor who had a remarkable role in

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He is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting at Harvard University. I never understood what it means when a professor's title is the name of another professor who had a remarkable role in that university. Could you help explain this?

Feb 17, 2015 1:48 PM

Answers · 3

This means that the job position at the university was endowed by the person who donated the money, He wants his name to be remembered, it is like if I donate money to build a hospital, and the hospital is called by my name.

February 17, 2015

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