Larry Faulkner

Larry Faulkner
Larry Faulkner presenting at the May 10, 2004Fulbright Foreign ScholarshipBoard meeting
27thPresident of the University of Texas at Austin
In office April 13, 1998(1998-04-13)– February 1, 2006(2006-02-01)
Preceded by	Peter T. Flawn(ad interim)
Succeeded by	William C. Powers
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-26)November 26, 1944 Shreveport, Louisiana
Alma mater	Southern Methodist University(BS) University of Texas at Austin(PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Chemistry
Institutions	Harvard University University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Texas at Austin

Larry Ray Faulkner(born November 26, 1944) is an American academic and businessman. He served as the twenty-seventh president ofThe University of Texas at Austinfrom 1998 to 2006, and as the president of theHouston Endowment Inc.from 2006 to 2012.

Biography

Early life

Originally fromShreveport, Louisiana,Faulkner obtained hisBachelor of Sciencedegree in chemistry atSouthern Methodist Universityin 1966 and hisPh.D.in chemistry from theUniversity of Texas at Austin.

Career

He taught chemistry at the University of Texas, theUniversity of Illinois,andHarvard University.He served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at theUniversity of Illinois.He served as president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1998 to 2006.On June 30, 2005, he announced that he would step down from his post in the spring of 2006. In December 2005,William C. Powerswas officially named his successor and took office in February 2006. On February 9, 2006,The University of Texas SystemBoard of Regents named Faulkner presidentemeritus,one of the system's highest distinctions.^[1]From 2006 to 2008, he chaired the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, a panel appointed by PresidentGeorge W. Bushto advise the President and theUnited States Secretary of Educationon the best use of scientifically based research to advance the teaching and learning of mathematics. The final report of this panel, Foundations for Success, was released on March 13, 2008. The impact of this report on the writing of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics can be seen in the latter's treatment of algebra. 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.

He sat on the board of directors ofGuaranty Bankfrom December 2007 to August 2009, and ofTemple-Inlandfrom August 2005 to February 2012.He serves on the board ofExxonMobil.

Honors and awards

• 2000Acheson Awardby theElectrochemical Society
• 1993 Elected Fellow of The Electrochemical Society

Notes

1. ^Young, Meghan (February 10, 2005)."Regents focus on grad rates".The Daily Texan.Retrieved2006-02-10.

References

• Heath, Ben; York, Jonathan (June 30, 2005)."From atop the Tower".The Daily Texan.Retrieved2005-09-06.
• "Talking with President Faulkner".The Daily Texan.June 30, 2005.Retrieved2006-03-29.
• "Nano Science and Technology Building Named To Honor President Emeritus Larry Faulkner".University of Texas at Austin.August 13, 2010.Retrieved2010-08-19.

Bibliography

• Bard, Allen J.; Faulkner, Larry R.; White, Henry S. (2022).Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, 3rd Edition.Wiley. p. 864.ISBN978-1-119-33406-4.Retrieved2021-11-30.

External links

• The University of Texas at Austin: A President's Legacy: Larry R. Faulkner

• Larry R. Faulkner, ECS President 1991-1992.https://www.electrochem.org/faulkner/