Dr. Elizabeth G. Haley

Associate Vice Chancellor

Dr. Elizabeth G. Haley is associate vice chancellor for the Texas Tech University System Office of Institutional Advancement and dean emeritus and professor for the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences.

As associate vice chancellor, Haley works with donors, development officers and institution administrators to increase private funding to support academic programs, faculty positions, student scholarships and other projects.

Before joining Institutional Advancement, Haley served as deputy chancellor of the Texas Tech University System following more than 18 years as dean of the College of Human Sciences. In 2008, the Lubbock Association of Fundraising Professionals named her Outstanding Fundraising Professional.

Haley, who grew up in Louisiana, served as dean and professor of the College of Human Ecology at Louisiana Tech University prior to becoming a Texan in 1981.

As dean of the College of Human Sciences at Texas Tech University, Haley worked with the faculty to increase enrollment and expand program offerings, creating the Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management Program, Skyviews Restaurant, the Center for Financial Responsibility and the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery. Under her leadership, the college and seven programs achieved national accreditation, and the colleges endowed funds increased from $216,000 to more than $24.4 million, including planned gifts. Haley was also responsible for establishing the college’s first endowed chairs and professorships and increased available annual student scholarships from $14,070 to $315,000.

In 1988, the Board of Regents asked Haley to serve as interim president and chief executive officer of Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Haley was the first woman to serve as president and CEO of Texas Tech University and the first female to serve as chairman of the Southwest Conference Council of Presidents.

A community leader, Haley serves on the Board of Directors for Carillon and the Covenant Health Care System Chairman’s Roundtable. She has been president of St. Mary of the Plains Hospital Board of Trustees and has served on the United Way Community Planning Council, the Lubbock Convention and Visitors Bureau and the National Ranching Heritage Association Board of Overseers.

Haley was honored by Louisiana Tech University in 1989 as a recipient of the Tower Medallion, an award previously given to 29 distinguished alumni out of 53,000 graduates for exceptional professional achievement and significant contributions to Louisiana and the nation. She was recognized as a Centennial Alumna (one of 100 alumni) honored by Louisiana Tech University in 1994.

Florida State University named Haley a Distinguished Human Sciences Alumna in 1989 and College of Human Sciences Centennial Laureate in 2005. She has also been recognized with the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences Distinguished Service Award and the Texas Tech Alumni Association Lauro F. Cavazos Award for Distinguished Service. The University of Akron conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree upon her in 1990.

In addition, Haley has received the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Distinguished Service Award, the Texas Tech School of Medicine Distinguished Service Award and the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award. She has been named the Texas Home Economist of the Year and one of AAUW’s 100 Texas Women of Distinction.

Haley holds a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University and both a master’s and doctoral degree from Florida State University.