birth_date term_end alma_mater preceded term_start name occupation caption succeeded predecessor birth_place party office state district governor successor religion article_title
14 november 1942 june 2 , 1991 1979 30 , 2014 january 3 , 1985 january texas tech university university of texas law school david blanchard smith george h. mahon h.j. `` doc '' december 23 , 1987 1975 1 , 2006 january 3 , 1979 september kent hance lawyer hance during his time in congress robert l. duncan larry combest e l short mark wallace dimmitt , castro county republican -lrb- since 1985 -rrb- chancellor the texas railroad commission texas state senator from district 28 of the texas tech university system member of texas 19th bill clements robert krueger christian kent hance

kent hance

kent ronald hance -lrb- born november 14 , 1942 -rrb- is the former chancellor of the texas tech university system .
in his role , he oversaw texas tech university , texas tech university health sciences center and angelo state university in san angelo , texas .
he is also a lobbyist and lawyer who was a democratic member of the united states house of representatives from west texas , having served from 1979 to 1985 .
after his congressional service , he switched to the republican party and in 1990 made an unsuccessful primary race for governor of texas .
in 2006 , hance was chosen as the third chancellor to succeed david smith as the chancellor of the texas tech university system in lubbock .
he is taking a leave of absence from his austin law firm hance scarborough , llp but continues to sit on profit and nonprofit boards and commissions while at the helm of texas tech .
the `` lubbock avalanche-journal '' quoted texas tech board chairman rick francis : the regents believed hance could further the goals that we had for our chancellor , in terms of energizing our alumni , and those legislators in both austin and washington , d.c. , and provide the vision that we need for the future .
