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Welcome to the University of Texas at Tyler
 Dr. Rodney H. Mabry became the third president of The University of Texas
at Tyler on July 1, 1998. He was appointed to the position by the U.T.
System Board of Regents.
In 1998, Dr. Mabry was named to the board of directors of the American
Association of University Administrators. Also, he serves on the Committee
on Professional Development of the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities.
He came to UT Tyler
with 25 years of experience in higher education, most recently as dean
of the College of Business Administration at the University of Tulsa,
an office he held since 1994.
Previously, Dr. Mabry
was department head and professor of finance at Clemson University, 1984-1994,
and department head and associate professor in the department of economics
and finance at Northeast Louisiana University, 1979-1984. Earlier, he
served on the economics faculty at Clemson from 1973-1979 and was a field
research associate for the Brookings Institution.
Dr. Mabry, a native
of Paducah, Kentucky, earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University
of Kentucky and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Also, he received a College Management Certificate from Carnegie
Mellon University.
He has published two textbooks
on economics, completed research grants from agencies ranging from the U.S.
Department of Justice to state legislatures, and published numerous articles
and reports on economic and social issues. He is a member of the American
Finance Association, American Economic Association, Financial Management Association,
and other professional and scholarly organizations.
He is married to Merle
Mabry. They have two children, Brad and Patty.
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