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Chairman of UT System to Speak at BBA Commencement Ceremony
Who: H. Scott Caven, Jr.
Managing Director and Regional Manager, Texas
Atlantic Trust Company
What: BBA Commencement University Commencement
When: May 16, 2006 3 p.m.
Where: Frank Erwin Center
Directions
Bio: H. Scott Caven, Jr. was appointed to a six-year term
on The University of Texas System Board of Regents by Governor Rick
Perry in February 2003. The Board elected him Chairman on November
9, 2007.
On August 23, 2007, Mr. Caven was named a Vice Chairman of the U. T.
System Board of Regents. Regent Caven served on the Academic Affairs
Committee; the Finance and Planning Committee; the Health Affairs
Committee; and the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee.
Mr. Caven chaired the Task Force on Admissions, Tuition, and
Financial Aid and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of
The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO).
Mr. Caven is Managing Director and Regional Manager for Texas of
Atlantic Trust Company, NA, a private wealth management firm. He was
with Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1969 to 2001, serving as Vice
President from 1978 to 2001 and as Regional Manager for Houston,
South Texas, and Mexico from 1981 to 1997.
Mr. Caven worked in the Office of Governor John B. Connally, Jr., in
1968-69 as a legal and planning assistant. He was appointed by
Governor William P. Clements, Jr., as the first Chairman of the
Texas Growth Fund Board of Trustees and served in that capacity from
1989 through 1999, having been reappointed to the position by both
Governor Ann Richards and Governor George W. Bush. He was a member
of the Texas Strategic Economic Policy Commission from 1987 to 1989.
Chairman Caven, an alumnus of U. T. Austin, has been active in
organizations related to the campus. He was a member of the Advisory
Council of the McCombs School of Business from 1992 to 2003 and
served as the Council's Chairman from 1999 through 2000. He served
as a Trustee of the U. T. Austin Business School Foundation from
1999 to 2003, and as a Director of the McCombs School of Business
MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C., from 1994 to 2003. He is a member of
the Executive Committee of the Robert S. Strauss Center for
International Security and Law and serves as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Texas Cowboys Alumni Association. Mr. Caven is
also a member of the Executive Committee of the U. T. System
Chancellor's Council.
His previous service includes serving as Trustee of TIRR Foundation;
Director and past Chairman of the Texas Business Hall of Fame
Foundation; Trustee and Treasurer of the Friends of the Texas
Historical Commission; Director of the YMCA of Greater Houston;
Director and Treasurer of the Foundation for Jones Hall; Director
and President of the Houston Club; Director and Treasurer of the
River Oaks Country Club; Director and Vice President of the Houston
Symphony Orchestra; Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum;
and Trustee of the Christ Church Cathedral Endowment Fund.
Mr. Caven was a member of the Texas Inaugural Committees in 1999,
2003, and 2007 and has served as State Finance Chairman of Texans
for Rick Perry since 2001.
Chairman Caven holds two degrees from the University of Texas at
Austin, a BBA from McCombs School of Business and an LLB from the
School of Law.
Who’s invited: Graduates, families, and friends (no
ticket required)
More information:
BBA Program
For information on speaking events at McCombs, contact Public Affairs Representative Gayle Hight, 512-475-6423, gayle.hight@mccombs.utexas.edu.
