Talk:J. Don Boney

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[edit] UHD position

RJN, Do you have a source showing that the UHD ref. is wrong saying he was chancellor at UHD? Or shall we just take your word for it? --Evb-wiki 04:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

See http://www.uh.edu/newsroom/announcement/chancellors.html and http://www.uh.edu/newsroom/announcement/mchancellors.html

That is a list of all chancellors of the University of Houston System ever since its creation in 1977.

The University of Houston System ("UH System") oversees the following four separate institutions (universities):

The University of Houston System has one chancellor and four presidents. One president at each university. A chancellor is the head of the UH System. A president is the head of each institution (university). This applies to all university systems in Texas. So in Texas, the highest official at a university is a President, not Chancellor. A Chancellor is higher than the President and this position is at the system level, not university level.

Boney could have not been a Chancellor at UHD because that position did not exist then, nor does it exist now.

It was not until 1997 that Arthur K. Smith became both chancellor of the UH System and president of UH simultaneously. Even so, his titles were "Chancellor of UH System" and "President of the University of Houston".

Also, if you were to look at your cited reference closely, it says "Past Presidents". Even on the main gallery, "Past Presidents". The Chancellor title does not exist at the university level in Texas.

—RJN 05:01, 13 October 2007 (UTC)