Regents Professor is the most prestigious designation for a professor in the Montana University System. 

The following faculty members in the College of Letters and Science have been honored as MUS Regents Professors:

  • Cathy Whitlock, Department of Earth Sciences (2018)
  • Neil Cornish, Department of Physics (2018)
  • Patrik Callis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2017)
  • Trevor Douglas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2012)
  • Michael Sexson, Department of English (2012)
  • Brett Walker, Department of History and Philosophy (2008)
  • Paul Grieco, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2007)
  • Jack Horner, Department of Earth Sciences (2001)
  • John Carlsten, Department of Physics (1992)
  • Gordon Brittan, Department of History and Philosophy (1985)

There have been four additional MUS Regents Professors designated at MSU in other colleges:

  • Mark Jutila, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (2017)
  • John Priscu, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences (2015)
  • Anne Camper, College of Engineering (2013)
  • Phil Stewart, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biofilm Engineering (2019)