Gov. Perry Appoints Rowling To University of Texas System Board of Regents

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced the appointment of Bob Rowling of Dallas to the University of Texas System Board of Regents to serve a term expiring Feb. 1, 2005.

Rowling has served as chairman of Omni Hotels since 1996 and is president and CEO of TRT Holdings, Inc. He currently serves on the board of the University of Texas College of Business Administration Foundation and chairs the Southern Methodist University Tate Lecture Series. Rowling is a past board member of NationsBank of Texas, M. D. Anderson Hospital and the St. Paul and Zale Lipshy University Hospital in Dallas. He is also past chairman of the Corpus Christi Area Economic Development Corporation. He is recipient of the 2003 Southern Methodist University Dedman Law School Distinguished Alumni Award. Rowling was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame in October 2003.

A business graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he received a law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law.

This appointment is subject to senate confirmation.