Laura DeMarco Appointed Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy

We are delighted to announce that Professor Laura DeMarco was appointed the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy.  The Hollis Professorship is the second oldest named chair at Harvard and the oldest chair in science in all of the United States. The title has maintained its original spelling of the word “Mathematicks” with a “k” from the time it was established by Thomas Hollis in 1727. Hollis provided capital for student scholarships and for Harvard’s first two endowed chairs, including the one named after him.

View the “Rules and Orders relating to a Professor of the Mathematicks, of Natural and Experimental Philosphy” written in 1726.