Quetelet professor
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The title of Quetelet Professor is a distinction awarded to professors at Columbia University. It is named after Adolphe Quetelet, the Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, sociologist, and founder of the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
Current recipients
The prize is currently held by:
- Paul Lazarsfeld, Q.p. of Social Science (1963, emeritus 1971);{{Cite news |date=May 20, 1962 |title=Columbia Establishes New Chair in Sociology |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.comhttp//timesmachine.content-tagging.us-east-1-01.prd.dvsp.nyt.net/timesmachine/1962/05/20/140708852.html?pageNumber=113 |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en}} Lazarsfeld died in 1976.
- Peter Blau, Q.p. of sociology (1977, emeritus 1988); Blau died in 2002.
- Jonathan Cole, Q.p. of Social Science (1989){{Cite web |title=Jonathan R. Cole |url=https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/authors/jonathan-r-cole |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Hopkins Press}}
- Jeffrey Sachs, Q.p. of sustainable development (2002){{Cite news |last=Krisanda |first=Chelsea |date=2010-03-21 |title=Conn lands top economist as commencement speaker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-conn-lands-top-economist-as-comm/142255487/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Day |pages=17 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- Mario Luis Small, Q.p. of Social Science (2022){{Cite web |last= |title=Mario Luis Small ’96 interviewed for Columbia News |url=https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/mario-luis-small-96-interviewed-for-columbia-news/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Carleton College |language=en-US}}