Kent Hance, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kent Hance

American politician

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Dimmitt, Texas, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Kent Ronald Hance (born November 14, 1942) is the former Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
In his role, he oversaw Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.
He is also a lobbyist and lawyer who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from West Texas, having served from 1979 to 1985.
After his congressional service, he switched to the Republican Party and in 1990 ran for governor of Texas, losing in the primary election. In 2006, Hance was chosen as the third chancellor to succeed David Smith as the chancellor of the Texas Tech University System in Lubbock.
He is taking a leave of absence from his Austin law firm Hance Scarborough, LLP but continues to sit on profit and nonprofit boards and commissions while at the helm of Texas Tech.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal quoted Texas Tech board chairman Rick Francis: The regents believed Hance could further the goals that we had for our chancellor, in terms of energizing our alumni, and those legislators in both Austin and Washington, D.C., and provide the vision that we need for the future.