What is Emeritus professor?
[[File:Benedykt xvi-crop.jpg|thumb|Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was also titulary (emeritus) professor at the University of Regensburg.]] [[File:Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, MIT (14112575810).jpg|thumb|[[Noam Chomsky]], Emeritus professor of [[linguistics]], at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]]] '''Emeritus''' is the title given to a professor who is retired. The term is also used for other occupations, most notably [[clergy]], and [[president]]s. Professors who are emeriti no longer need to fulfill all of their functions (such as teaching at a university), but they may still do so. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] retired on 11 February 2013, and was the first pope to do this in recent history. He then became Pope Emeritus. Benedict XVI was a professor at the [[University of Regensburg]]. {{stub}} [[Category:Titles]]