Excellence in Education Chair
The chair was created with a February 1992 gift from the now-dissolved Excellence in Education Foundation.

Dr. Farokh B. Bastani
- Professor of Computer Science
- Director of the UT Dallas National Science Foundation Net-Centric Software & Systems Industry/University Cooperative Research Center
“The collaborative research environment with high-tech companies at UT Dallas sets us apart. Also, leaders of the companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and our institution are all highly supportive of innovative research, including in emerging areas such as cloud computing.”

Dr. Mark W. Spong
- Professor of Systems Engineering and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Holding the Excellence in Education Chair is a rare honor, for which I am very grateful and extremely honored. Our success at UT Dallas would not be possible without the tremendous generosity and support of our donors.”