Background Information on the Moffett Building Controversy
- Freeport-McMoRan background
- A time line for the story, from The Austin Chronicle, vol. 15, no. 11, November 10, 1995.
- A look back at the Freeport debate, Daily Texan, Extra, December 15, 1995, p. 1.
- Timeline of Important Events, by Robert Bryce. The Austin Chronicle. September 23, 2005.
- For whom the bells toll. For whom have buildings been named at UT in the past? As this document reveals, buildings at UT have been preponderantly named to honor former presidents, administrators, and faculty members. According to the Austin American-Statesman, November, 26, 1995, p. A1, "The molecular biology building is the first academic building for which regents decided that private funding would make up a significant share."
- Regents Rules. Rules pertaining to the naming of buildings at the University of Texas, including the phrases "shall not be named in honor of any person until such person shall have been deceased at least five years", "appropriate input from the institutional faculty", and an escape clause for a case in which a "substantial donation has been made toward the construction of the building to be named". Jim Bob Moffett is not dead, that's for sure. Was anyone on the faculty consulted? Or was this rule waived, too? Please let us know if you learn of any faculty member who was consulted about this Moffett building naming deal. (N.B. On Nov. 14, 1996, we have heard, the Regents changed their rules to drop the "deceased" requirement.) All the regents' rules.
- Rules governing meetings of the UT general faculty. If the Faculty Council does not want to pass a resolution on the Moffett building question, there is always the option of a general meeting.
- UT policy on press interviews by faculty. Posted for the benefit of our chancellor.
- Personal liability of public officers and employees at the University of Texas