@af2dd916  Something similar at my institution (University of Waterloo in Canada): Donna Strickland won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for laser work in 1985. She had hit a plateau at associate professor despite good research and teaching since (a common fate for women, alas). While trumpeting her (their first and only Nobel laureate so far), they hastily promoted her to full professor. At least she was never demoted!