I would say that I called about half of my profs "Professor Whatever" and half by their first names.
I am currently a public school teacher. I address my colleagues as Mr. and Ms. in front of the kids, which is most of the time. It takes me a while to learn the first names of teachers I don't see often.
Where I was in grad school, professors were addressed as "Professor." Using "Doctor" was pretentious. No one did it although I know of schools where it's common.
So when administrators with Ph.D's go by Doctor, it makes me a little nauseous. But then administrators make me a little nauseous.
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