UT System Regents appoint Kirk Calhoun president as UT Tyler, UT Health Science Center merge By KLTV Digital Media Staff | December 21, 2020 at 1:33 PM CST - Updated December 28 at 1:21 AM From the University of Texas System TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The University of Texas System Board of Regents formalized the leadership of a unified UT Tyler today, voting unanimously to name Kirk A. Calhoun, M.D., president. Calhoun will officially become president of UT Tyler on Jan. 4, 2021. UT Tyler and the UT Health Science Center at Tyler are merging to create a single, integrated university that will more comprehensively serve the educational, health and economic needs of East Texas. The merged university will be called UT Tyler.