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Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp poses for a portrait in his office on Monday, March 27, 2023 in College Station, TX.

Can John Sharp protect his maroon empire?

The savvy ex-lawmaker has expanded the Texas A&M University System and mollified state leaders. Some faculty, alumni and students say that accommodation has come at a cost.


John Sharp, Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, speaks during a press conference in between a Texas A&M Board of Regents meeting at the PalmWood event and conference center inside the Frost Tower in downtown Fort Worth, on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Comptroller John Sharp at the Governor's Mansion on April 6, 2006.

A handful of crickets

Dallas, Texas 24OCT02:  Texas Lieutenant Governor candidates David Dewhurst (left) and John Sharp (right) debate in Dallas Thursday night for arguably the most powerful job in Texas government, the presiding officer of the Texas Senate. Dewhurst, a Republican, is the current Texas Land Commissioner while Sharp, a Democrat is a former state comptroller.
Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp looks at a shelf with photos mementos outside his office on Monday, March 27, 2023 in College Station, TX.

“He swings for the fences”

Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp addressed the press on the findings of the After-Action Report on Hurricane Harvey. The report was released today and outlines logistical, administrative and infrastructural recommendations for dealing with future natural disasters. Dec. 6, 2018.
The Academic Building on the Texas A&M University campus on March 26, 2018.
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp during a Joint Interim Committee on Higher Education Formula Funding on February 21, 2018

‘If not Sharp, then who?’

Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp listens to a group of engineering medicine students present a project they’ve been working on in the Discovery Tower at Texas A&M Innovation Plaza on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Houston.
Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp poses for a portrait in his office on Monday, March 27, 2023 in College Station, TX.

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