Daniel Sharphorn.
Covering corporate law departments and in-house attorneys for Texas Lawyer and other American Lawyer Media publications, reporter Kristen Rasmussen profiles Daniel Sharphorn, vice chancellor and general counsel at The University of Texas System, one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
With 14 institutions and a projected enrollment of more than 234,000 students, the UT System confers more than one-third of the state’s undergraduate degrees, educates approximately two-thirds of the state’s health care professionals annually and accounts for almost 70 percent of all research funds awarded to public institutions in Texas. With more than 20,000 faculty and nearly 80,000 health care professionals, researchers, student advisers and support staff, it also is one of the largest employers in Texas.
