Gov. Rick Perry announced his appointment of three businessmen to serve on the UT System Board of Regents late Friday afternoon. The new regents' terms will expire Feb. 1, 2013. The appointees replace three women regents--Rita Clements, Cyndi Tayor Krier and Judith Craven. Though their terms expired Feb. 1, they have continued to serve on the board, awaiting Perry's careful selection of new regents. A Perry spokeswoman told the Texan earlier this month that the governor would make a decision when he saw fit, emphasizing quality over punctuality. Perry did not replace Regent Robert Estrada, whose term also expired Feb. 1.
The board approves all UT System construction projects, has the ultimate say in how much a UT institution can raise its tuition and works with the UT Investment Management Company. The regents are not paid.
Perry's appointees--from the press release: James D. Dannenbaum of Houston is chairman of Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation. He formerly served as a member of The Chancellor's Council of The University of Texas System and the Texas Tax Reform Commission. Dannenbaum is chairman of the Texas Cancer Council, and a member and past finance committee chair of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Chaplaincy Fund Board. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Consulting Engineers Council of Texas Inc., and the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Dannenbaum received a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Paul Foster of El Paso is president and CEO of Western Refining Co. He formerly served on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the business advisory council of the University of Texas at El Paso. Foster is an executive committee member of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the El Paso Regional Economic Development Council. He serves on the board of the El Paso Community Foundation, American Red Cross of El Paso and the American Heart Association of El Paso. Foster is a member of the Western Petroleum Marketers Association, the Western States Petroleum Association and the National Petroleum Refiners Association. He received a bachelor's degree from Baylor University. Printice L. Gary of Dallas is founder and managing partner of Carleton Residential Properties. He formerly worked as a division partner for Trammell Crow Residential Co. and as division president and corporate controller for Fox and Jacobs Inc. Gary formerly served on the Texas Tax Reform Commission and the North Texas Tollway Authority. He is a board member of C.C. Young Inc. and the National Equity Fund Inc.-Chicago. Additionally, he served as a Carleton College trustee from June 2003 to June 2007, and is a past member of the Dallas Citizens Council and the Southwestern Medical Foundation. He received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College and a master of business administration degree from Harvard University.
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