The UT Austin community will gather on Friday to celebrate the life of William C. Powers Jr., the university’s 28th president.
The program will run from 3 to 4 p.m. with a video tribute and multiple speakers, including Distinguished Alumnus Kenny Jastrow, who chaired the university’s capital campaign under Powers; Distinguished Alumna Pamela Williford, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland; and Gregory L. Fenves, president of the university. Musicians Larry Gatlin and Chantal Freeman will perform.
Powers passed away March 10 from complications from a fall several months earlier and from oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, a rare adult-onset muscle disorder.
In addition to serving as president from 2006 to 2015, he had been a member of the School of Law faculty for more than 40 years, including six as dean.
