Larry Faulkner

Larry Faulkner

Larry Faulkner was the twenty-seventh president of The University of Texas at Austin. Faulkner is, as of January 31, 2006, President of [http://www.houstonendowment.org/ 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.ref|daily_texan

Faulkner obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Southern Methodist University and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UT Austin.

Notes

#cite news
author=Young, Meghan
url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2006/02/10/TopStories/Regents.Focus.On.Grad.Rates-1608162.shtml
title=Regents focus on grad rates
publisher=The Daily Texan
date=February 10, 2005
accessdate=2006-02-10

References

*cite news
author=Heath, Ben; York, Jonathan
url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/06/30/TopStories/From-Atop.The.Tower-960231.shtml
title=From atop the Tower
publisher=The Daily Texan
date=June 30, 2005
accessdate=2005-09-06
*cite news
url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/06/30/TopStories/Talking.With.President.Faulkner-960348.shtml

title=Talking with President Faulkner
publisher=The Daily Texan
date=June 30, 2005
accessdate=2006-03-29

External links

* [http://www.utexas.edu/president/past/faulkner/ The University of Texas at Austin: A President's Legacy: Larry R. Faulkner]


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