Larry R. Faulkner

Larry R. Faulkner is President of Houston Endowment, a private philanthropy established by Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones. He is also President Emeritus of The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Faulkner served on the chemistry faculties of Harvard University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Texas. At Illinois he was also Head of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. In 1998, he returned to the University of Texas at Austin as the 27th president, and served into 2006. Faulkner became President of Houston Endowment Inc. on February 1, 2006. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and currently serves as Chair of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel by designation of the President. He also serves on the boards of Temple-Inland, Sandia National Laboratories, and Guaranty Bank. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Internet2 for a five-year period ending in 2007.