Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Mark Clayton, professor of architecture, has been elected by fellow faculty members to serve on the Texas A&M faculty senate.
The senate reviews all policies dealing with curricula and instruction, academic standards including admissions, graduation and retention, scholarships, honors, and other forms of student distinction, as well as hiring, retention, tenure, promotion, and evaluation of academic personnel. It also serves as a forum for discussion and debate of any issue vital to Texas A&M.
He will take the oath of office, officially joining the senate, at its September meeting.
A native of New Orleans, Clayton is knowledgeable on issues relating to urban geography and historic preservation pertinent to hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts. He is an expert in building information modeling, housing design and construction, facility management, information technology, building energy systems, and management of technology.
He earned a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University in 1998, a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1987, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1983.
- Posted: June 17, 2009 -
