Abstract
This article reports findings from a preliminary survey of the growing phenomenon of endowed faculty positions in social gerontology and geriatric units in institutions of higher learning in the United States. Survey informants were largely members of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education who were polled in January and February 1986. It is apparent there has been a distinct upsurge since 1980 in the sheer number of endowed chairs and professorships in gerontological units covered by the survey. Of some 29 endowed positions reported in this survey, 23, or about 80%, were established in the years beginning with 1980. Selected characteristics of this development are identified and described. A follow‐up study on the impact of this emerging trend on the quality and direction of academic programs of gerontological education and research is proposed.
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