The Board of Electors to the Dobson Professorship of Materials Science and Metallurgy has reported to the General Board that it has been unable to make an election to this Professorship. Under the provisions of Special Ordinance C (vii) B. 16(a)(ii) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 81, as amended by Grace 1 of 4 February 2026), the Board has discontinued the Professorship until 30 June 2026.