Dan Burck
Former UT System chancellor to head new UTSA security center
(Aug. 6, 2003)--University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo announced today that former UT System Chancellor Dan Burck will serve as executive director of the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) beginning Sept. 1.
"UTSA is extremely fortunate to have a person of Chancellor Burck's experience and stature to lead our homeland security initiative," Romo said.
In addition to serving as executive director of CIAS, Burck will serve as senior adviser to Romo and UTSA's liaison to Congress, federal agencies and other entities on all matters related to homeland security research and service. UTSA expects to greatly expand its homeland security research and service capabilities under Burck's leadership.
CIAS, funded primarily by the U.S. Air Force, supports research in the College of Sciences, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and the College of Business.
The center was recently reconstituted as a university-wide center under the vice provost for research and graduate studies to further expand its linkages to faculty in multiple departments. CIAS is responsible for the widely regarded "Dark Screen" security-planning exercise and similar tabletop infrastructure security planning projects.
The founding director of the CIAS was Glenn Dietrich, chair of the Department of Information Systems in the College of Business.
Burck retired from the position of UT System Chancellor in August 2002. He was previously the executive vice chancellor for business affairs, a role in which he had oversight responsibility for the UT System's computer infrastructure, physical facilities and support infrastructures.
Prior to joining the UT System, Burck directed Getty Oil Company's worldwide diversified operations which included 13 subsidiary companies in real estate, agriculture, television, forest products and construction. As part of this job, he was involved in the creation and early operation of the ESPN television sports network.
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