University Administration

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Chancellor

Kent Hance

Kent Hance became the third chancellor of the Texas Tech University System on December 1, 2006.

As chancellor, Hance is the chief executive officer of the 12 campuses of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Angelo State University. He is focusing his energies on continuing the quality growth, enhancing the research in areas of excellence and accentuating the programs and opportunities that prepare students for success in life. Foremost on the agenda is fund-raising for scholarships, professorships and endowments as well as capital contributions. The chancellor also works in Austin and Washington, D.C. to enhance funding for all institutions.

Before becoming chancellor, Hance was a partner in Hance Scarborough Wright, an Austin and Dallas law firm. His firm’s primary focus was on state and federal administrative law, regulatory law and legislative law. In addition, he advised clients in oil, gas and other energy-related matters.

Hance earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Texas Tech University in 1965 and graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1968.  He returned to Lubbock to practice law and teach business law at Texas Tech.  In 1973, he was named an outstanding professor at Texas Tech.

Hance began a career in politics in 1974 when he won a seat in the Texas State Senate.  While in the Senate, he was one of only four members who served jointly on the chamber’s two most powerful committees:  Finance and State Affairs.  Four years later, he won election to the 19th Congressional District.  In 1981, Hance authored and won passage of President Reagan’s tax bill.  While a member of Congress, Hance served on the Ways and Means Committee, the Agriculture Committee and the Science and Technology Committee.  After Congress, Hance won election to the Texas Railroad Commission.

Hance is a native of Dimmitt, Texas.  He and his wife, Susie Hance, also an attorney, have five children and seven grandchildren.

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President

Guy Bailey

Guy Bailey was named president of Texas Tech University on July 24, 2008. He assumed his duties at Texas Tech on Aug. 1.

Before coming to Texas Tech, Bailey served as Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a position he held since Jan. 1, 2006.

Prior to assuming the Chancellorship, he served as Provost and Executive Vice President at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Before his appointment as Provost in 1999, he served as Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at UTSA, as Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and as Chair of the English Departments at the University of Memphis and Oklahoma State University. Before becoming an administrator, he taught at Texas A&M and Emory Universities. [Extended Biography]

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Provost

Robert Smith

Texas Tech University President Guy Bailey announced Jan. 8 that Robert Smith has been named provost and senior vice president.

Smith’s appointment will be effective Feb. 1. He comes to Texas Tech from the University of Arkansas where he is provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs emeritus and professor of chemistry. [Extended Biography]

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Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Administration & Finance

R. E. "Corky" Dragoo, Jr.

R.E. “Corky” Dragoo, Jr. was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance at Texas Tech University in March, 2009. He is responsible for the oversight of the University’s fiscal operations including budgeting, student business services, procurement services, financial accounting and reporting, operations, quality services, and information systems management.

An alumni of both Texas Tech University and Harvard University, Dragoo joined Texas Tech as Executive Assistant to the Chancellor in 2007, before being named Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance

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Vice President for Research

Taylor Eighmy

Texas Tech University President Guy Bailey April 14 announced that Taylor Eighmy has been named vice president for research. His appointment will be effective July 1.

Eighmy comes to Texas Tech from the University of New Hampshire where he is interim vice president for research and director of the strategic initiatives office. His focus has been on expanded research initiatives with the federal government and the private sector, research and development supporting economic development and peer mentoring of faculty around excellence in scholarship. [Extended Biography]

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Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management

Michael D. Shonrock

Michael D. Shonrock is the Vice President for Student Affairs at Texas Tech University. He is responsible for promoting the learning experiences and personal development of each student through creating exemplary activities, developing state-of-the-art facilities, implementing dynamic programs, and supporting quality services. [Extended Biography]

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Vice President of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement

Juan Sanchez Munoz

Texas Tech University President Guy Bailey announced Feb. 17 that Juan Sanchez Munoz has been named vice president of institutional diversity, equity and community engagement, a new position created to build upon work already underway at the university.

Munoz joined Texas Tech in 2004. He has served as special assistant to the president for institutional diversity and associate vice provost for faculty affairs. As an associate professor in the department of curriculum & instruction, he also serves as director of the Center for Research in Leadership and Education and program coordinator for bilingual education and diversity studies in the College of Education. Munoz earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a master’s degree from California State University, Los Angeles and his doctoral degree from UCLA. [Extended Biography]