Chancellor Brian McCall
Brian McCall, Ph.D., is Chancellor of the Texas State University System, the oldest and third-largest university system in Texas, comprising eight universities and colleges with more than 72,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff.
McCall previously served in the Texas House of Representatives, first elected in 1991 to represent the areas of North Dallas, Frisco, Allen and Plano. As a Representative, he served as Chairman of the House Calendars Committee and as a member of the Higher Education Committee. Texas Monthly magazine named McCall one of the “10 Best” legislators for the 2009 legislative session.
McCall wrote and passed one of the largest tax-cut bills in the history of Texas and during his last session secured $5 million in funding for The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Values and Medicine. Other legislative accomplishments include authoring and passing key bills in the areas of health care, biotechnology, high technology, identity theft and tax, and tax and budget policy.
McCall was President of Westminster Capital Corporation, an investment firm focused on acquisitions primarily in software and technology. He also serves on the board of View Point Bank, and along with his brother, David, operates Snow Hill Farm north of Dallas.
McCall holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University, spent a year as a visiting post-graduate student at Oxford University, and earned a doctor of philosophy degree from University of Texas at Dallas.
A long-time civic and community volunteer, McCall is founder and Chairman of the Board of The Empowerment Project, a non-profit organization which has sent more than $10 million worth of math and science books to disadvantaged schools in the Republic of South Africa, and helped construct a library in Vietnam through the Libraries of Love organization. The Empowerment Project also raised more than $350,000 to provide direct support for the medical needs of children in North Texas.
