Karl M. Schmitt

Professor Emeritus Karl Michael Schmitt joined the faculty of the Department of Government at The University of Texas at Austin in 1958, where he spent the majority of his career as a prominent Latin Americanist. He became associate director of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS, now LLILAS) in 1968, under director Stanley Ross. He has been an advocate of LLILAS ever since, particularly through his support for the Hackett Lecture series.