Noun
a professor of the highest rank
Source: WordNetBenedict 1989 She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1947. citation She continued her teaching after the war, advancing to the rank of full professor only two months before her death, in New York on September 17, 1948. Source: Internet
After postdoctoral work with Elias J. Corey at Harvard he returned to Nagoya, becoming a full professor in 1972. Source: Internet
He became a full professor at the Institute in 1953 and an emeritus professor in 1976. citation During his many years at the Institute, Gödel's interests turned to philosophy and physics. Source: Internet
At the University of Oslo, almost all new permanent positions are announced at the Associate Professor level; an associate professor may apply for promotion to full professor if he or she holds the necessary competence. Source: Internet
D and then becoming a faculty member at Columbia University he was promoted to full professor in 1958. Source: Internet
Derrida became full professor (directeur d'études) at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris from 1984 (he had been elected at the end of 1983). Source: Internet