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William Charles Powers Jr. (May 30, 1946 – March 10, 2019) was an American attorney, academic, and university administrator who served as the 28th president of the University of Texas at Austin, becoming the second-longest serving president in the university's history.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is a public university in Austin, Texas, and the flagship university of the University of Texas System. The university has been led by 30 presidents since the office of the president was founded in 1895. The current president is Jay Hartzell, who has served in the position since 2020.
William Powers Jr., who joined Jackson Walker's Austin office in 2015 after stepping down as president of the University of Texas at Austin, died Sunday.
University president William C. Powers declared the O'Donnells "among the greatest supporters of the University of Texas in its 130-year history. Their transformative generosity is based on the belief in our power to change society for the better."
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Some university governing boards are composed entirely of alumni of that university. [1] Other boards contain various elected officials, often the state governor, as ex officio members. [1] Members of the governing board can be selected in a variety of ways. Members of public university boards are most often selected by the state governor. [2]
University of Texas President Jay Hartzell, for the first time since having announced earlier this month that the Division of Campus and Community Engagement was closing due to the university ...
According to the report, from 2009 to 2014, students flagged by university officials were admitted 74% of the time compared to an overall admission rate of 40%. [5] President Powers and his Chief of Staff "each failed to speak with candor and forthrightness expected of people in their positions of trust and leadership," the report stated. [5]