Larry Faulkner
Larry Ray Faulkner (born November 26, 1944)[1] was the twenty-seventh president of The University of Texas at Austin. Faulkner is, as of January 31, 2006, President of the Houston Endowment Inc..
On June 30, 2005, he announced that he would step down from his post in the spring of 2006. In December 2005, William C. Powers was officially named his successor and took office in February 2006.
On February 9, 2006, The University of Texas System Board of Regents named Faulkner president emeritus, one of the System's highest distinctions.[1]
Faulkner obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Southern Methodist University and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UT Austin.
On August 13, 2010, the University of Texas at Austin's nanoscience building was named the Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building by the UT System Board of Regents in recognition of former President Faulkner's leadership in bringing the university's nanotechnology program to national prominence.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Young, Meghan (February 10, 2005). "Regents focus on grad rates". The Daily Texan. http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2006/02/10/TopStories/Regents.Focus.On.Grad.Rates-1608162.shtml. Retrieved 2006-02-10.
[edit] References
- ^ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
- Heath, Ben; York, Jonathan (June 30, 2005). "From atop the Tower". The Daily Texan. http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/06/30/TopStories/From-Atop.The.Tower-960231.shtml. Retrieved 2005-09-06.
- "Talking with President Faulkner". The Daily Texan. June 30, 2005. http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/06/30/TopStories/Talking.With.President.Faulkner-960348.shtml. Retrieved 2006-03-29.
- "Nano Science and Technology Building Named To Honor President Emeritus Larry Faulkner". University of Texas at Austin. August 13, 2010. http://www.utexas.edu/news/2010/08/13/nano_science_faulkner/. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
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| Preceded by Peter Tyrrell Flawn |
President of University of Texas at Austin 1998-2006 |
Succeeded by William C. Powers, Jr. |
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