UH-Downtown names interim president, will start national search for replacement

The University of Houston System has appointed Antonio Tillis, dean of the UH College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as interim president of UH-Downtown as the search for a permanent president begins.

Tillis takes on the interim role July 2 and replaces Juan Muñoz, who was president of UHD since 2017. Muñoz was named the fourth chancellor of the University of California-Merced in May and will assume his new role in early July.

“UH-Downtown plays a unique and increasingly valuable role in the…