The Boyd Professorship is LSU's most prestigious professorship. It was established in 1953 and named for the brothers David French Boyd and Thomas Duckett Boyd, who each served as LSU president. The Boyd Professorship is conferred on the recipient for life.
The following professors in the math department were awarded the Boyd Professorship:
- (1959) Richard Anderson
- (1965) Pasquale Porcelli
- (1999) Jimmie Lawson
- (2012) James Oxley
- (2017) Susanne C. Brenner