It doesn't make sense. He [was] a chemistry professor, and they name the Student Center after him?

wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here.

Do you prefer Mitch? Or is Mitchell better?'..
.. Mitch, I say. Mitch is what my friends called me.
'Well, Mitch it is then,' Morrie says, as if closing a deal.
'And, Mitch?'
Yes?
'I hope one day you will think of me as your friend.

(Brown) wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here.

But September 11 marked a big change in the sense that the public was suddenly interested, and as a professor at a public university I felt a responsibility to respond to all of the inquiries about the Islamic world.

That's something I feel proud of, that the work that I've done has paid off. It makes me feel like I'm getting better every year.