In 1957 he became the Department's Foundation Professor.

Bowdler was the Foundation Professor of Archaeology.

In 1968, he was appointed the Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago.

He was appointed as Foundation Professor of English at Flinders University in Adelaide in 1966.

He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1924 and Foundation Professor in 1938 .

In 1997, he became Foundation Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

In 1959 Callaway became the University's Foundation Professor of Music when it moved into the Faculty of Arts.

He also holds the rank of Foundation Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies.

He took up appointment in 1967, as Foundation Professor of Religious Studies.

He moved to Monash in 1960, at which time he was appointed Foundation Professor, and was dean of engineering there from 1961 to 1975.