Distinguished faculty honored during 2025 Investiture Ceremony

MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., and Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko recently honored the newest Endowed Chairs, Endowed Professors and MSU Research Foundation Professors and Red Cedar Professors.

A formal investiture ceremony at Michigan State University for endowed faculty in 2025. MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz at the stands at a podium addressing the audience.

During a Feb. 18 ceremony at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 19 faculty were celebrated for providing leadership in their classrooms and respective disciplines. Additionally, leaders expressed gratitude to the benefactors who continue to help ensure MSU is a leading public research university.

These positions provide leading scholars with financial support and security, along with the acknowledgment that they are actively engaged in innovative work, helping make a better, safer, healthier and more beautiful tomorrow.

Learn more about each of the 2025 cohort of honorees at the links below or visit msu.edu/honoredfaculty.

Endowed Chairs

Vincenzina Caputo
Homer Nowlin Chair in Consumer Responsive Product Agriculture

Maksymilian Chruszcz
Walter F. Patenge Chair in Osteopathic Medicine

Jane Marie Manfredi
Mary Anne McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine

Pavel Nadolsky
Wu-Ki Tung Endowed Chair in Particle Physics

Endowed Professors

Andre Benard
JA Schmidt Endowed Professor in Mechanical Engineering Thermal Fluid Sciences

Anil Jain
Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor in Engineering

Siva Nadimpalli
G. Glenn & Marlene D. Gardner Endowed Professor in Automotive Engineering

Simone Theresa Peinkofer
Kesseler Family Endowed Professor

Richard C. Sadler
C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health