Statement on UT Austin President Jay Hartzell from Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife and Chancellor Milliken

Statement from UT System Chairman of the Board of Regents Kevin P. Eltife and Chancellor J.B. Milliken:

We congratulate UT Austin President Jay Hartzell on being named the new president of Southern Methodist University. We greatly appreciate his service as UT Austin's president since 2020 and on its faculty since 2001. His last day on the Forty Acres will be May 31.

UT Austin is one of the world's outstanding universities, with an exceptional faculty, staff, and leadership team in place to position it for even greater influence in the years ahead. We have worked closely with UT Austin during Jay Hartzell's five years as president, and we will continue to do so in the months ahead to ensure a smooth transition.

We wish President Hartzell our very best on his new leadership role in Dallas, and we thank him for his many contributions to UT over the past 24 years.