University of North Texas System

University of North Texas System

UNT headquarters in Dallas
Type	Public university system
Established	1890 (forerunner institution founded) 1980 (system created) 2003 (system formalized)
Chairman	Brint Ryan
Chancellor	Lee F. Jackson (2002–present)
Vice-Chancellor	Rosemary R. Haggett, PhD Academic Affairs & Student Success Janet Waldron Finance Allen Clemson Administration & Chief of Staff T.J. "Jack" Morton, JD Governmental Relations Nancy S. Footer, JD General Counsel James Maguire Facilities Planning & Construction & Chief Architect
Students	36,000 (as 2014)
Location	1901 Main St. Dallas , Texas 75201
Campus	UNT System (Dallas) UNT (Denton) UNT Heath Science Center UNT Dallas
Colors	Green and white
Website	www.untsystem.edu

The University of North Texas System is a public university system, headquartered in Downtown Dallas, in the former Titche-Goettinger Building. It is the administrative overseer of four otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning: (i) the University of North Texas, a comprehensive research institution based in Denton, (ii) the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, and (iii) the University of North Texas at Dallas in South- and Downtown Dallas.

History

The UNT Regents initially created the system in 1980 to optimize management with the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, which, 5 years earlier (September 1, 1975) became part of UNT by way of merger. As a reflection of growth, the UNT System was formalized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature.

Constituent institutions

University of North Texas

Main article: University of North Texas

The University of North Texas, the System's flagship institution, a four-year general education university in Denton, Texas.

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Main article: University of North Texas Health Science Center

The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) is a graduate-level institution which includes the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Health Professions, and the UNT System College of Pharmacy.

University of North Texas at Dallas

Main article: University of North Texas at Dallas

The University of North Texas at Dallas (formerly known as the System Center and UNT Dallas Campus) is a university established as a branch campus of the University of North Texas in 2000. In April 2009, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certified this enrollment and granted UNT Dallas status as an independent general academic institution. Now, the freestanding school is known as the University of North Texas at Dallas, the first public university within Dallas city limits. Freshmen and sophomores were admitted for the first time in the fall of 2010. Initially operated as a unit within the UNT System, the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law was founded in the fall of 2014, and was realigned within UNT Dallas on September 1, 2015.

Board of Regents

The system is governed by the University of North Texas Board of Regents, whose members are appointed by the governor to serve six-year terms. The system added its first student regent — a one-year appointment that does not carry voting rights — in February 2006.

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Current regents, Governor Rick Perry appointees

Milton B. Lee: appointed May 2013 — expires May 2017

B. Glen Whitley: appointed July 2013 — expires May 2019

Rusty Reid: appointed July 2013 — expires in May 2019

Gwyn Clarkston Shea (born 1937): appointed November 2007 — expired May 2013, re-appointed July 2013 — expires May 2019

Gwyn Clarkston Shea (born 1937): appointed November 2007 — expired May 2013, re-appointed July 2013 — expires May 2019

Donald Cullen Potts (born 1938): appointed September 2011 — expires May 2017

Alfredo "Al" A. Silva, Jr. (born 1955): Reappointed September 2011 — expires May 2017

Michael Roe Bradford (born 1946): appointed August 2009 — expires May 2015

Stephen "Steve" Harris Mitchell (born 1962): appointed August 2009 — expires May 2015

George Brinton "Brint" Ryan (born 1964): appointed August 2009 — expires May 2015

Student member

Christopher D. Vera (student regent): appointed June 2014 — expires May 2015

Former regents

Governor Rick Perry appointees

Jack Arlan Wall (born 1940): November 2007 — May 2013; appointed chairman August 2011

Donald "Don" Alden Buchholz (born 1929): November 2007 — May 2013

Michael Ray Williams, D.O. (born 1954): appointed September 2011 — expires May 2017 (served until 2012; appointed President of UNT Health Science Center July 2014)

Charles D. Mitchell, MD: appointed March 2006 — expired May 2011

Charles "Chuck" Beatty (born 1946): appointed 2002 — expired 2006

Claude Daniel Smith (born 1938) (former chairperson): appointed February 2002; reappointed March 2006 — May 2011

Rice Matthews Tilley, Jr. (born 1936): appointed 2002 — expired May 2009

Former student members

Brittany Adams: appointed February 2006 — expired January 2007 (1st UNT student Regent)

Diana Schulz: appointed February 2007 — expired January 2008

Meghan Vittrup: appointed June 2008 — expired May 2009

Jennifer Ozan: appointed June 2009 — expired May 2010

Jonathan Gallegos: appointed June 2010 — expired May 2011

Christian Dean: appointed June 2011 — expired May 2012

Alexandria C. Perez: appointed June 2012 — expired May 2013

Rudy Reynoso: appointed June 2013 — expired May 2014

Gayle W. Strange (née Gayle Ann Weber; born 1945): reappointed 2002 — expired May 2009

Robert A. Nickell: reappointed 2002 — expired May 2009

Governor George W. Bush appointees

John Robert "Bobby" Ray: appointed 1995; Reappointed May 2001 — expired November 2007

Roy Gene Evans: Appointed July 1998 (fulling unexpired term of Wright); reappointed 1999 — resigned 2002

Richard Knight, Jr.: Appointed June 1999 — resigned 2002

Tom Lazo, Sr.: 1999 — 2005

Marjorie Craft (née Bowens; born 1945): appointed June 2000 — May 2001 (filling unexpired term of Kirven)

Robert A. Nickell: appointed 2000 — expired May 2002 (filling unexpired term of a board member)

Gayle W. Strange (née Gayle Ann Weber; born 1945): appointed 1997 — expired May 2002

Governor Ann Richards appointees

Topsy Wright (née Topsy Eddie Mae Robertson; 1928–1998): appointed August 1993 — expired May 1998

Jerry Farrington: appointed August 1993 — expired May 1999

Lupe Murchison (née Lucille Hughes Gannon; 1925–2001): appointed August 1993 — expired May 1999

Governor Bill Clements appointees

Joe W. Kirven (born 1932): appointed 1989; reappointed 1995; resigned 2000

Governor Dolph Bricoe appointees

Edwin Bruce Street, Sr. (1912–2005): reappointed 1977

William "Bill" Wallace Jamar, Jr (1924–2003): reappointed 1977

A.M. Willis, Jr. (1916–2011): reappointed 1977

Elton Edward Stuessy (1920–2010): 1973 — 1985, a general contractor, Stuessy headed the Buildings Committee

Kenneth Alton May (born 1929): appointed 1973 to fill unexpired term (UNT BA Journalism, 1949)

Vernon Frank (Doc) Neuhaus (1901–1983): appointed 1973 to fill unexpired term

Governor Preston Smith appointees

William "Bill" Wallace Jamar, Jr (1924–2003): appointed 1971

Hugh Othella Wolfe (1912–2010): reappointed 1971

Davie James Lawson (1927–2007): appointed 1969 (UNT alumnus) (succeeded Joe Nelson)

Gus Sessions Wortham (1891-1976): appointed 1969 (succeeded Ben Wooten)

Berl Edward Godfrey (1906–1992): appointed 1969 (to succeed David A. Kimbell); rejected by the Texas Senate March 1971

Governor John Connally appointees

A.M. Willis, Jr. (1916–2011): 1965 — 1983 (chairman from 1969 to 1979)

Edwin Caton Pannell (1900–1986): 1965 —

Raymond Lee Tollett (1907–1969): 1965 —

Governor Price Daniel appointees

Carroll Fulton Sullivant (1902–1978): appointed in 1961 (1925 graduate of UNT)

Berl Edward Godfrey (1906–1992): reappointed 1961

Governor Allan Shivers appointees

Charles Wayne Duke (1905–1991): 1951 — 1957

Berl Edward Godfrey (1906–1992): 1951 — 1957

Stephen Austin Kerr (1900–1967): 1951 — 1957

Jack Sisco: 1953 — 1959

Frank Joseph Storm, Jr. (1918–1963): 1953 — 1959

Thomas Carlisle Rountree (1893–1962)): 1953 — 1959

Governor Beauford Jester appointees (inaugural board)

Six-year terms

Benjamin Harrison Wooten (1894–1971): 1949 — 1969 (chairman from 1949 to 1969)

James Henry Allison: 1949 — 1957

Grace Cartwright (née Woodruff; 1908–2003): 1949 — 1957

Four-year terms

Charles I. Francis: 1949 — 1953

Robert H. Montgomery: 1949 — 1953

Edward D. Norment: 1949 — 1953

Two-year terms

George Eagle: 1949 — 1951

Stephen Austin Kerr (1900–1967): 1949 — 1951

Charles Robert McCrady: 1949 — 1951

Unclassified former appointees

George Whitfield Pepper (born 1941)

Emory Burle Pettit (born 1934)

Martha Fuller Turner (née Mary Martha Fuller; born 1940)

George Whitfield Pepper (born 1941)

Emory Burle Pettit (born 1934)

Martha Fuller Turner (née Mary Martha Fuller; born 1940)

1891 Board of Regents

Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey (1962–1929), Gainesville

William Alonzo Squires (1839–1924), Henrietta

Maj. Matthew Watson Deavenport (sometimes spelled "Davenport;" 1828–1911), Denton

Col. Thomas Walter Abney (1831–1902), Denton

Judge Finis Ewing Piner (1837–1900), Denton

Hon. Alvin Clark Owsley (1855–1938), Denton

John Allen Hann (1846–1920), Denton

Joseph William Cook (1841–1916), Denton

William A. Ponder (1848–1911), Denton — Ponder's daughter, Helen Ponder (1875–1954), married Alfred H. Belo, Jr., son of the founder of the Dallas Morning News

Chancellors

• 1980–1981: Frank Vandiver, PhD, was appointed President and Chancellor July 1980, making him UNT's eleventh president and first chancellor. He resigned August 27, 1981, to accept the presidency of Texas A&M University. The Chancellor's post, at that time, oversaw the University of North Texas and University of North Texas Health Science Center. The position for a Chancellor was created by the UNT Board of Regents in 1980 and the system was formalized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature. Vandiver's thirteen-month tenure in the dual role as president and chancellor is the shortest of either in the one hundred and thirty-four-year history of UNT.
• 1982–2002: Alfred Hurley, PhD & Brig. Gen. USAF (Ret.), was appointed president and chancellor on February 1, 1982, making him UNT's twelfth president and second chancellor. He stepped down as president of UNT in October 2000 to become the system's first full-time chancellor. Hurley stepped down as Chancellor on August 31, 2002. He is currently Emeritus Chancellor. Hurley had previously served 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, where, from 1966 to 1980, he headed the History Department at the Air Force Academy and served as chairman of its Humanities Division.

His tenures as president, eighteen years, and chancellor, twenty years, are the longest of either position in the histories of UNT and the UNT System. In August 2002, the Regents renamed UNT Administration Building — currently sixty-eight years old — in honor of Alfred F. and Johanna H. Hurley.

External links

Official websites

• UNT System (Downtown Dallas)
• UNT (Denton)
• UNT Health Science Center (Fort Worth)
• UNT Dallas