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Distinguished Alumnus Award

2011 Recipients
John W. Barnhill Jr.
BJ '59
Brenham, TX

Barnhill is a retired executive vice president of Blue Bell Creameries and a former UT regent. In his career of almost 40 years, he helped lead the company from a small creamery to the number three brand of ice cream in the country.

I. Jon Brumley
BBA '61
Fort Worth, TX

Brumley is chairman & CEO, Bounty Investments. He has been integrally involved in eight companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and was named, along with his son, as "Entrepreneurs of the Year" in 2005 by Forbes magazine.

Jane Chesnutt
BJ '73
New York, NY

Chesnutt is a civic leader and former editor-in-chief of Woman’s Day magazine. She has a special interest in issues of women’s health, women business leaders and the performing arts.

 

James R. Huffines
BBA '73
Dallas, TX

Huffines is president and COO, PlainsCapital Corporation and former chairman of the UT Board of Regents. He has a long record of civic involvement including service on the boards of the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

 

Jodie L. Jiles
MPA '79
Houston, TX

Jiles is managing director, RBC Capital Markets. He also served as chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership in 2005.

 

The Honorable Pamela Pitzer Willeford
BA '72
Austin, TX

Willeford is a former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. She is also president and partner of Pico Drilling in Breckenridge.