The University of Texas at Dallas honored its latest endowed chairs and professors along with their supporters at an investiture ceremony before honorees’ families, colleagues and friends April 17 in the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall. “UT Dallas is one of the nation’s youngest premier research universities,” Dr. Richard C. Benson, UT Dallas president and the Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership, said at the ceremony. “These appointments are given in recognition of the insights and passions that have grown from the professors’ years of research and teaching,” Benson said. The ceremony also recognized donors whose support helped establish the endowed chairs and professorships. UT Dallas has more than 175 chairs and professorships, with several established by or honoring the University’s founders and early leaders.