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Arthur K. Smith, 1997-2003
A U.S. Naval Academy graduate and aviator, Arthur K. Smith earned
a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University. His appointment as
Chancellor of the UH System capped a career in higher education
that included the presidency of the University of Utah and high
administrative posts at the University of South Carolina and the
State University of New York at Binghamton. In April 1997, he became
the first person to hold both the UH System chancellorship and UH
presidency simultaneously. Smith oversaw the successful merger of
the UH System and UH administrations, the launching of the “Learning.
Leading” image
campaign, the planning and construction of a number of major buildings
at all four UH System universities, a dramatic growth in external
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William P. Hobby, 1995-1997
Former Texas Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby provided the transitional leadership
that ultimately facilitated the merger of the UH System and the
University of Houston administrations. He created a blue-ribbon
Vision Commission to write a statement that would help lead the
UH System into the twenty-first century. During his term, Hobby
guided the establishment of the UH System at Fort Bend (now known
as UH System at Sugar Land), a multi-institution teaching center
in the fastest growing county in Texas.
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Alexander F. Schilt, 1989-1995
Under Alex Schilt’s leadership of the UH System, the Creative
Partnerships Campaign was initiated with a goal of $350 million.
Upon the campaign’s completion in 1995 with $358 million raised,
it was applauded as the largest fund-raising campaign in the history
of Houston. |
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Wilbur L. Meier,
1986-1989
Wilbur Meier’s chancellorship brought the 1980s to a close.
Under his leadership, state approval was secured for the Texas Center
for Superconductivity at the University of Houston and the West
Houston Institute (now the UH System at Cinco Ranch) opened it doors.
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