John William Calhoun

{{Short description|11th president of the University of Texas at Austin}}

John William Calhoun (October 24, 1871 Manchester, Tennessee - July 7, 1947 Austin, Texas) was the 11th president of the University of Texas at Austin between 1937 and 1939.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35|title=Written in Limestone|date=September–October 2001|journal=The Alcalde|publisher=Emmis Communications|accessdate=March 27, 2011|volume=90|number=1|page=35|first=Peter|last=Partheymuller}} Calhoun Hall, a building constructed in 1968 and located on the University of Texas campus, is named after him.

He graduated from University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University.{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca15|title = TSHA | Calhoun, John William}}