William M. Marcy

William Marcy was appointed Vice President and Provost of Texas Tech University in July of 2002 and Senior Vice President and Provost in 2004. Prior to then he was Dean of the College of Engineering at Texas Tech, starting in 1998. He served as Senior Associate Dean of Engineering from 1995 to 1998 and Chair of the Department of Computer Science from 1987 to 1995.

Marcy earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University in 1964. His M.S. from Tech was also in EE in 1966, and his Ph.D. from Tech was the first Interdisciplinary Engineering degree offered in 1972.

He has substantial industrial and business experience, serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Information Planning Corporation in Dallas, Texas, as Manager of Business Planning and Development for the National Supply Company in Houston, Texas and for 13 years as an outside director of FSI International, Chaska Minnesota.

His experience with the U.S. Government included employment by the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. from 1965 to 1974, eventually becoming the Chief of the Engineering and Planning Branch, Office of Security, Directorate for Administration. While an employee of the CIA, Marcy also served as Deputy Directory of the Interagency Training Center, which provided technical security training for all U.S. Government agencies with security responsibilities for U.S. Government facilities outside the United States.