About William Cunningham
William Cunningham is chairman of Nuclein's board. He is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and holds the Bayless chair in free enterprise at its McCombs School of Business. He teaches corporate governance at McCombs and the law school. He has been a director of Lincoln National Corporation since 2006 and its lead independent director since 2022.
He was dean of the business school from 1983 to 1985. He was president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1985 to 1992 and chancellor of the University of Texas System from 1992 to 2000. He chaired Lincoln's board from 2009 to 2022. He was a director of Southwest Airlines from 2000 to 2024 and of the John Hancock mutual funds from 1986 to 2025. He has also chaired GloFish LLC and was a director of NanoMedical Systems. He holds a bachelor's degree (1966), an MBA (1967) and a doctorate (1971) from Michigan State University.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name William Cunningham in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people William Cunningham works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
