Ervin Sewell Perry (1935–December 14, 1970) was an American civil engineer who became the first Black faculty member at a predominantly White university in the South when he was appointed in 1964 at the University of Texas at Austin. Perry–Castañeda Library, the main central library of the University of Texas at Austin library system, is named in his honor. Perry received the Young Engineer of the Year award from the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1970.