William D. Underwood
William D. Underwood is Mercer University’s current President. Prior to joining Mercer, President Underwood served at Baylor University as Interim President and held the prestigious Leon Jaworski Chair at the Baylor School of Law, having joined the law faculty in 1990 after practicing law with a large firm in Dallas. President Underwood also took a leave of absence from the Law School from 1997-98 to serve as Baylor's General Counsel.