Former UT President, Bill Powers, passed away.

[Guest Lobo]

Great man and Great Longhorn.  He will be missed.  

[BigHorn'13 3386]

Damn... Always appreciated the fact that he told Perry where to stick it. Hook'em

[The Tower 369]

Damn.  RIP.  

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Whitey 7]

Fenves' email got it right. Powers may have saved the entire model of flagship public research universities from becoming Arizona State.

[Capn81 373]

Powers did a lot of great things and was a Great Longhorn. RIP and Hook Em

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

RIP and Hook Em 

[Guest Lobo]

There was a longer letter about Pres. Powers from Fenves here:  president.utexas.edu 

It's not up for some reason, but check it out later today or tomorrow and read the full note.  It's very moving.  

 

[cashman 20]

7 minutes ago, Lobo said:

There was a longer letter about Pres. Powers from Fenves here:  president.utexas.edu 

It's not up for some reason, but check it out later today or tomorrow and read the full note.  It's very moving.  

 

This one?

https://president.utexas.edu/messages/remembering-former-ut-president-bill-powers

[pearlandhorn 3274]

Just got the email from Fenves. Powers was a good dude. I love how he gave the middle finger to rick perry.

 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Sorry to hear, I really liked that guy. He was one hell of a longhorn  

 

[Armybrat 40887]

RIP.

[Laxtonto 12103]

RIP

A great champion of the university that fought against Perry’s BOR 

 

[Art Vandelay 1712]

I was lucky enough to meet him several years ago and even got to spend some time talking Texas football with him. He loved the Longhorns. A great defender of The University. RIP and Hook'em.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

He very much was a force for good. This is a sad day. 

[F250 28817]

1 hour ago, BigHorn'13 said:

Damn... Always appreciated the fact that he told Perry where to stick it. Hook'em

His stand against Perry was admirable at the time. Despite all of the political pressure coming down he stood up to the governor and defended the University. It also showed the rest of the world who the 500 pound gorilla is and no one fucks with Texas.

 

 

[MrPhlegm 3413]

RIP Bill.

[htownjd 43]

Gonna miss his raspy commanding voice. He'll be missed, RIP.

 

 

[Tailgate 3023]

Another great Horn in heaven. \m/

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

I hope they give him a haircut for the funeral. 

 

Too soon?

[South Austin 52580]

He was my products liability professor in law school. One of my favorite teachers of all time. Sad news.

[miguelito 11294]

Light the Tower. 

Or darken it, whichever. 

[torre 1286]

RIP,   Bill 

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Steven Goode, a law professor at UT, said, “In a university that is filled with extremely smart people, Bill may have been the smartest person I knew. But he had the gift of being able to talk to anyone, without coming off as a show-off intellectual. He could be extraordinarily down to earth and extremely funny.”

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190310/bill-powers-uts-president-for-nearly-decade-dies-at-72

[Bookman 4639]

He was Dean of the Law School while I was there. Always approachable and a great person.

[bolverk 29717]

Grateful to have earned a degree from one of the finest public universities in the land due to visionary folk such as Pres. Powers. Because of people like him, the place is a veritable institution that sets our state apart.

[Rivers 80]

RIP Bill

[staboner 4984]

sad. RIP sir. 

[South Austin 52580]

2 hours ago, torre said:

Steven Goode, a law professor at UT, said, “In a university that is filled with extremely smart people, Bill may have been the smartest person I knew. But he had the gift of being able to talk to anyone, without coming off as a show-off intellectual. He could be extraordinarily down to earth and extremely funny.”

This is the Professor Powers I remember. Wicked smart, but was so approachable and funny during his office hours.

I also had Steven Goode, who like Powers was a great teacher. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have gone to a law school with the caliber of professors like the University of Texas.

Edited March 10, 2019 by South Austin

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

The reason your kid’s and grandkid’s UT degree will be worth something is due more to Powers than any other single person. I seriously believe that is true. 

[Armybrat 40887]

6 hours ago, F250 said:

His stand against Perry was admirable at the time. Despite all of the political pressure coming down he stood up to the governor and defended the University. It also showed the rest of the world who the 500 pound gorilla is and no one fucks with Texas.

 

 

Much less a gottdam aggy. Big huevos on President Powers. 

[Druggist 303]

Met him 7 or 8 years ago.  My father in law is a professor and was being honored along with another 2 professors for some sort of big honor each had earned.  It was essentially a drinks reception in his office and out on the deck which sits on top of the base of the tower.  It was attended by a bunch of university bigwigs and local politicians.  he office was incredibly cool and the view from up there is amazing.  They lit the tower orange for them and we got pics of us with the tower directly over head.  He was so personable and took the time to introduce himself.   He took my daughter, who was no more than 6 months old, and held her for a bit.  He was so engaging and warm during the brief interaction and really mad us feel welcome.  One of my coolest Longhorn memories. He'll be missed.

I have no idea if they ever  allow tours of the office, but I would recommend it to every Longhorn if given the chance.  I can't imagine too many universities have a cooler president's office than ours.

[TexArcher 38044]

Hook'em, thank you, and RIP.

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[RoundRobin 828]

Goodbye and good luck.[/Tex]

 

[tantric superman 4667]

That's young.  Sad news.

[DigglerontheHoof 21220]

RIP to a great Longhorn. 

[GreenspointTexas 9664]

Had dinner with him, Joe Jamail, and Mack and Sally Brown when I was a senior at Texas.

 

When I asked him if he thought we would beat OU this weekend (it was OU week), he said “by how much?” I repeated my question. He said “ i know what you said, and we’re definitely gonna beat em, but by how much?”

 

RIP

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1084]

On 3/10/2019 at 11:05 AM, Whitey said:

Fenves' email got it right. Powers may have saved the entire model of flagship public research universities from becoming Arizona State.

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Guest Lobo]

That was so neat to see leaving the baseball game last night.  

Will start another thread about the planes flying overhead throughout the tribute on the South mall Friday afternoon