Michael L. Williams
Michael Lawrence Williams (born May 31, 1953) is an American educator and attorney who is the former Education Commissioner of the U.S. state of Texas, in which capacity he was leader of the Texas Education Agency. Williams was appointed to the position on August 27, 2012, by then Governor Rick Perry. On October 15, 2015, Williams announced that he would step down as Education Commissioner at the end of the year to return to the private sector.Williams is also a former member of the elected Texas Railroad Commission, a regulatory body that oversees the oil and natural gas industries. He is the first African American to hold a statewide elected executive office in Texas history. He was appointed to the commission by then-Governor George W. Bush in 1999, and won elections in 2000, 2002, and 2008 to retain the office before eventually resigning in 2011. He is one of six African Americans to hold statewide office such as Louis Sturns, Morris Overstreet, Wallace B. Jefferson, Dale Wainwright and Jesse McClure. Williams is also the fourth African American to be elected to statewide office overall, following Overstreet, Jefferson and Wainwright.
On May 29, 2012, Williams ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the redrawn 25th congressional district seat that stretches southward from Tarrant to Hays counties. Provided by Wikipedia
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Bis[2-(diphenylphosphanyl-κP)benzaldehyde]iodidogold(I) by Michael L. Williams, Samuel P. C. Dunstan, Peter C. Healy, Edward R. T. Tiekink
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Correction: The role of delayed aortic surgery in type A aortic dissection and mesenteric ischemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aditya Eranki, Ashley R Wilson-Smith, Michael L Williams, Aashray Gupta, Campbell Flynn, Jim Iliopoulos, Con Manganas
Published 2023-09-01
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Outcomes of surgery for acute type A dissection in octogenarians versus non-octogenarians: a systematic review and meta analysis by Aditya Eranki, Michael Merakis, Michael L. Williams, Campbell D. Flynn, Claudia Villanueva, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Yangsin Lee, Ross Mejia
Published 2022-09-01
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Computational fluid dynamics simulate optimal design of segmental arteries reattachment: Influence of blood flow stagnationCentral MessagePerspective by Yuki Ikeno, MD, PhD, Yoshishige Takayama, MEng, Michael L. Williams, MD, Yujiro Kawaniashi, MD, PhD, Paul Jansz, MD, PhD
Published 2023-09-01
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Variant‐based heritability assessment of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl clearance in pediatric patients by Morgan L. Shannon, Ayesha Muhammad, Nathan T. James, Michael L. Williams, Joseph Breeyear, Todd Edwards, Jonathan D. Mosley, Leena Choi, Prince Kannankeril, Sara Van Driest
Published 2023-09-01
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Early Mesoproterozoic evolution of midcontinental Laurentia: Defining the geon 14 Baraboo orogeny by L. Gordon Medaris, Jr, Brad S. Singer, Brian R. Jicha, David H. Malone, Joshua J. Schwartz, Esther K. Stewart, Amanda Van Lankvelt, Michael L. Williams, Peter W. Reiners
Published 2021-09-01
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