

Bill Powers
William Powers Jr., president of the University of Texas at Austin since February 2006, previously served as dean of the university's School of Law, whose faculty he joined in 1977.
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William Powers Jr., president of the University of Texas at Austin since February 2006, previously served as dean of the university's School of Law, whose faculty he joined in 1977.
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