Student leader at University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy dies in auto accident

January 23, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas—Eric James Hultberg, who was president of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy student council, was killed in a car accident Friday (Jan. 20).

He was the sole occupant in his car when it left Highway 183 near Seward Junction in northwest Williamson County, crashing into a fence and a tree. No one else was injured.

A native of Keller, Texas, Hultberg had a distinguished history within the College of Pharmacy, excelling academically and in student leadership. He was in his third year of the four-year Pharm.D. program. Hultberg also was beginning his second semester as president of the college’s Pharmacy Council, a student government organization with representatives from all pharmacy student organizations and academic classes. In addition, he was a former recipient of a Pharmacy Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship and had been cited numerous times for university academic honors.

Memorial services scheduled for Hultberg include a visitation on Friday (Jan. 27) from 6 to 7 p.m. at Lucas and Thompson Keller Funeral Home and a funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 28) at New Hope Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Bourland Cemetery.

Survivors include his parents and a sister, all from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

For more information, contact Diane Ginsburg, assistant dean for student affairs at the College of Pharmacy, 512-471-1737 or 512-471-3631, or Susan Brown, assistant dean for development, alumni and public affairs, 512-475-9758.

For more information contact: Nancy Neff, College of Pharmacy, 512-471-6504.