By Any Other Name



Ever aspire to be the next Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Philology and Literature? In return for dropping millions of



Ever aspire to be the next Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Philology and Literature?

In return for dropping millions of dollars to endow a professorship, donors can forever have their names associated with the esoteric study of their choice.

FM delved into concentration handbooks to find the top three wordiest titles in Harvard’s academy (word-count in parentheses).



1. Katharine Park: Samuel Zemurray, Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science (14)



2. Johan L. Blussé: Erasmus Lecturer on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and Flanders (12)



3. Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti: John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences (12) (Narayanamurti’s full title actually weighs in at a whopping 30 words: “John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Professor of Physics, Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Dean for the Physical Sciences”)