title: Endowed chairs in nursing.
abstract: Two distinguished scholars discuss aspects of endowed chairs: Joyce Fitzpatrick provides a brief history of the practice and explains how endowed chairs preserve academic freedom and nursing's place in scientific inquiry. M. Elizabeth Carnegie recounts a brief history of endowed chairs in the U.S. and relates her own experiences gained from filling endowed chairs in nursing.
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Carnegie
mesh_terms: D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000266:history; D005376:Financial Management; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history