Office of the
Executive Vice President and Provost

Meet the Provost

Jerry R. Strawser is Interim Executive Vice President and Provost at Texas A&M University. He was appointed to this position effective June 15, 2007. Until this time he served as dean of the Mays Business School where he holds the Development Council Chair of Business and the KPMG Chair in Accounting.

Before his appointment at Texas A&M University, Dr. Strawser served as interim dean of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, where he was Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professor of Accounting. Dr. Strawser was a member of the faculty at Louisiana State University before joining the faculty at the University of Houston.

He has co-authored three textbooks and more than 60 journal articles. He also has presented more than 30 papers at national academic conferences. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Strawser has public accounting experience at two international accounting firms. He also has developed and delivered numerous executive development programs to organizations, such as Continental Airlines, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, KPMG, Minute Maid, PricewaterhouseCoopers, McDermott International, Shell, and Southwest Bank of Texas. Professor Strawser is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and earned his BBA and Ph.D. in Accounting from Texas A&M University.