| Andrews, Glen | University Distinguished Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine |
| Armitage, Kenneth | Wm J. Baumgartner Distinguished Professor | Systematics & Ecology |
| Asher, Marc | University Distinguished Professor | Medicine |
| Barohn, Richard J. | University Distinguished Professor | Neurology |
| Bittlingmayer, George | Wagnon Distinguished Professor of Finance | Business |
| Borchardt, Ronald | Summerfield Distinguished Professor | Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| Brundage, James A. | Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor | History |
| Busch, Daryl H. | Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor | Law |
| Casad, Robert C. | J.H. & J.M. Kane Distinguished Professor | Law |
| Castle, Joyce Malicky | University Distinguished Professor | Music |
| Chu, Shih-I | Watkins Distinguished Professor | Chemistry |
| Clark, Jonathan C. | Hall Distinguished Professor of British History | History |
| Coggins, George | Frank E. Tyler Distinguished Professor | Law |
| Cromwell, Rue L. | M. Erik Wright Distinguished Professor | Psychology |
| DeGeorge, Richard T. | University Distinguished Professor | Philosophy |
| Deshler, Donald | Williamson Distinguished Professor | Special Education |
| Dickinson, Martin | Robert A. Schroeder Distinguished Professor | Law |
| Eldredge, Charles C. | Hall Family Foundation Distinguished Professor of American Art and Culture | Art History |
| Enos, Paul | Merrill W. Haas Distinguished Professor | Geology |
| Epstein, Steven | Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History | History |
| Evans, Joseph B. | Deane E. Akers Distinguished Professor | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science |
| Fabian, Carol J. | University Distinguished Professor | Hematology and Oncology |
| Fawcett, Stephen | Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor | Applied Behavioral Science |
| Frederickson, H. George | Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor | Public Administration |
| Godbeer, Richard | Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of History | History |
| Gogineni, Sivaprasad | Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor | Engineering |
| Graham, Maryemma | University Distinguished Professor | English |
| Grantham, Jared | Statland Professor of Nephrology | Medicine |
| Green, Don | Ackers Distinguished Professor | Chemical and Petroleum Engineering |
| Harris, Susan | Hall Family Foundation Distinguished Professor | American Literature and Culture |
| Hedeman, Anne D. | Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History | Art History |
| Hunt, Joan | University Distinguished Professor | Anatomy and Cell Biology |
| Joy, O. Maurice | Joyce C. Hall Distinguished Professor | Business |
| Kemper, Susan T. | Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor | Psychology |
| Kuwana, Theodore | Regents Distinguished Professor | Chemistry |
| Lane, Dennis | N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor | Engineering |
| Li, Chu-Tsing | Judith H. Murphy Distinguished Professor | Art History |
| Mackenzie, Kenneth | Edmund P. Learned Distinguished Professor | Business |
| Mesler, Russell B. | Warren S. Bellows Distinguished Professor | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering |
| Meyer, Keith G. | E. S. & Tom W. Hampton Distinguished Professor | Law |
| Michaelis, Elias | University Distinguished Professor | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| Mitscher, Lester A. | University Distinguished Professor | Medicinal Chemistry |
| Nualart, David | Black-Babcock Distinguished Professor | Mathematics |
| O'Leary, Rosemary | Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor | English |
| Orel, Harold | University Distinguished Professor | Public Administration |
| Robison, Richard A. | Hedburg Distinguished Professor | Geology |
| Rolfe, Stanley T. | Albert P. Learned Distinguished Professor | Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering |
| Roskam, Jan | Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor | Aerospace Engineering |
| Schiefelbusch, Richard | University Distinguished Professor | Speech-Language-Hearing |
| Schowen, Richard L. | Summerfield Distinguished Professor | Chemistry |
| Schroeder, Elinor P. | Paul E. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Law | Law |
| Shanmugan, K. Sam | AT&T Distinguished Professor | Engineering |
| Shenoy, Prakash P. | Ronald G. Harper Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence | Business |
| Shimomura, Roger | University Distinguished Professor | Art |
| Steeples, Don | Dean A. McGee Distinguished Professor | Geology |
| Stella, Valentino | University Distinguished Professor | Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| Stokstad, Marilyn | Judith Murphy Distinguished Professor | Art History |
| Thomas, Arthur L. | Arthur Young Distinguished Professor | Business |
| Torres, Rodolfo | University Distinguished Professor | Mathematics |
| Turnbull, Ann | Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor | Special Education |
| Turnbull III, H. Rutherford | Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor | Education and Beach Center on Disability |
| Van Schmus, W. Randall | Union Pacific Distinguished Professor | Geology |
| Warren, Steven F. | University Distinguished Professor | Applied Behavioral Science |
| Weatherley, Laurence R. | Albert P. Learned Distinguished Professor | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering |
| Wehmeyer, Michael | Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor | Special Education |
| Wilson, George | Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor | Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| Worster, Donald E. | Hall Family Foundation Distinguished Professor | History |
| Yu, Po-Lung | C.A. Scupin Distinguished Professor | Business |