Editing University of Houston System (section)

==History==
[[Image:Philip G. Hoffman.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Philip Guthrie Hoffman|Philip G. Hoffman]], first chancellor of UH&nbsp;System]] 
The University of Houston, founded in 1927, entered the state system of higher education in 1963. The evolvement of a {{nowrap|multi-institution}} University of Houston&nbsp;System came from a recommendation in May 1968 which called for the creation of a university near [[NASA]]'s [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center|Manned Spacecraft Center]] to offer upper-division and graduate-level programs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/HouHistory/HoustonHistory-Fall08.pdf |magazine=Houston History |title=Honoring 50 years of NASA |publisher=University of Houston Center for Public History |access-date=2015-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009144446/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/HouHistory/HoustonHistory-Fall08.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-09}}</ref> By 1971, the 62nd Texas Legislature passed House Bill 199 authorizing the establishment of the University of Houston at Clear&nbsp;Lake City as a separate and distinct institution with the organization and control vested in the Board of Regents of the University of Houston.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/62R/HB199/HB199_62R.pdf#page=11 |title=Texas House Bill 199 |publisher=lrl.state.tx.us |date=1971-05-14 |access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.111.htm |title=EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 111. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON |publisher=Statutes.legis.state.tx.us |access-date=2010-08-13}}</ref>

Recognizing the need for a university presence in Downtown Houston, the board of regents acquired the assets of [[South Texas Junior College]] on August 6, 1974 and opened the University of Houston–Downtown College (UH/DC) as a four-year institution under the organization and control of the University of Houston. By August 1979, it became a stand-alone university when the 66th Texas Legislature established UH/DC as a separate and distinct institution in the University of Houston&nbsp;System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionLaws/66-0/SB576_ch148.pdf |title=UH-Downtown Campus legislative bill |publisher=lrl.state.tx.us |date=1979-05-11 |access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/66R/SB576/SB576_66R.pdf |title=Texas Senate Bill 576 |publisher=lrl.state.tx.us |date=1979-02-14 |access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref>

The University of Houston System was created by statute on August 29, 1977, under House Bill 188 during the 65th Texas Legislature.<ref>[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionLaws/65-0/HB188_ch124.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126080633/http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionLaws/65-0/HB188_ch124.pdf |date=January 26, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/65R/HB188/HB188_65R.pdf |title=Texas House Bill 188 |publisher=lrl.state.tx.us |date=1977-03-02 |access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref> The Board of Regents of the University of Houston was renamed the Board of Regents of the University of Houston&nbsp;System. [[Philip G. Hoffman]] became the first chancellor of the System, after serving as president of the University of Houston from 1961 to 1977.

During the 68th Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 235 (SB 235) was signed into law and became effective immediately on April 26, 1983. The bill statutorily established the University of Houston–Victoria as a separate and distinct institution in the University of Houston&nbsp;System, and allowed the university system to acquire and dispose of land or other real property outside of Harris&nbsp;County. In addition, SB&nbsp;235 changed the names of existing UH&nbsp;System institutions as follows:
:University of Houston was renamed University of Houston–University Park;
:University of Houston at Clear Lake City was renamed University of Houston–Clear Lake; and
:University of Houston–Downtown College was renamed University of Houston–Downtown.<ref name="lrl.state">{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionLaws/68-0/SB_235_CH_41.pdf |title=Texas Senate Bill 235 |publisher=lrl.state.tx.us |date=1983-04-26 |access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/68R/SB235/SB235_68R.pdf#page=31 |title=Texas Senate Bill 235 |publisher=lrl.state.tx.us |date=1983-02-08 |access-date=2015-11-30}}</ref>

[[Image:AKS2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Arthur K. Smith]], sixth chancellor of UH System]] 
A proposal to reorganize and consolidate state university systems emerged in 1986. The UH System would have been merged into a new university system to include a total of 10 institutions under the recommended reorganization referred to as the "Gulf Coast System."<ref name="Gulf Coast System">{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1986_427563/panel-proposes-new-groupings-for-state-universitie.html |title=Panel proposes new groupings for state universities |author=Stancill, Nancy |publisher=Houston Chronicle |work=chron.com |date=1986-12-13 |access-date=2010-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617064434/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1986_427563/panel-proposes-new-groupings-for-state-universitie.html |archive-date=2012-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The proposed consolidation grouping drew oppositions from affected institutions, and the plan never materialized.<ref name="Gulf Coast System"/>

In 1991, the University of Houston–University Park reverted to its original name: University of Houston.<ref name="lrl.state" /><ref name="University of Houston–University Park">{{cite book |last=Adair|first=Wendy|title=The University of Houston: Our Time: Celebrating 75 Years of Learning and Leading|year=2001|publisher=Donning Company Publishers |isbn=978-1-57864-143-7}}</ref> The addition of the "University&nbsp;Park" appellation was done with little discussion and had never gained community acceptance.<ref>[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/72R/SB755/SB755_72R.pdf#page=20 lrl.state.tx.us]</ref>

In 1997, the administrations of the UH System and the University of Houston were combined under a single chief executive officer, with the dual title of Chancellor of the UH&nbsp;System and President of the University of Houston. [[Arthur K. Smith]] became the first person to have held the combined position.

In November 2007, [[Renu Khator]] was selected as the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston System and thirteenth president of the University of Houston. Khator became the first female to hold the chancellorship position, and took office in January 2008. She is the third person to hold the dual role of UH&nbsp;System chancellor and UH president.

On November 16, 2011, the University of Houston System announced that the University of Houston as an institution would replace the university system as the administrative entity for the University of Houston System at Sugar Land. With this action, the campus was renamed the "University of Houston Sugar Land" in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1321564779-UH-Sugar-Land-To-Get-New-Name,-New-Course-Offerings.html |title=UH Sugar Land To Get New Name, New Course Offerings |author=Mayberry, Ed |publisher=[[KUHF]] |date=2011-11-17 |access-date=2012-08-30}}</ref>
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