Reginald DesRoches
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches has been elected to the board of directors of Dallas-based semiconductor giant Texas Instruments Inc., effective March 1.
“We’re pleased to welcome Reggie to our board,” TI Chairman Rich Templeton said in a statement. “With his decades of experience in academia and background in engineering, Reggie understands the impact that technology can have in our lives and the world. We’re confident he’ll be a valuable contributor to our strategic discussions.”
TI said that DesRoches, 56, has had a distinguished career in higher education, including positions of increasing responsibility at two major universities with highly ranked engineering programs.
He has been the president of Rice University in Houston since 2022 and a professor of engineering there since 2017.
Before his role as president, he was Rice’s Howard Hughes Provost and the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering. Before his appointment at Rice, DesRoches was the chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
“Reggie has a competitive spirit and a track record of leading organizations to new levels of achievement—which are valued at TI,” Todd Bluedorn, chair of the board’s governance and stockholder relations committee, said in a statement. “We look forward to working with him.”
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