Distinguished Alumnus Award

2010 Recipients
David J. Beck
LLB 1965
Founder and Managing Partner, Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P
Houston, TX
Ernest H. Cockrell
BS 1967, MBA 1970
Chairman, Cockrell Interests, Inc.
Houston, TX
Hector De Leon
BS 1970, JD 1973
Founder and managing partner of the Austin-based law firm of De Leon & Washburn, P.C.
Austin, TX
Gary C. Kelly
BBA 1977
Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines
Dallas, TX
Elizabeth (Libba) Shatto Massey
BS 1961
Education Philanthropist and Community Leader
Dallas, TX
The Honorable Diane P. Wood
BA 1971, JD 1975
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, IL

2010 Distinguished Service Award Recipient

DeLoss Dodds
University of Texas Mens Athletics Director
Austin, TX
   

2009 »

  • Vice Admiral Vivien Crea, BA 1972; Vice Commandant and Chief Operating Officer, United States Coast Guard

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  • Jack Crosby, BBA 1949; Chairman of the Rust Group, International telecommunications pioneer and philanthropist

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  • James Dick, BM 1963; Concert Pianist, Founder of the Festival-Institute at Round Top

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  • Lee Godfrey, BA 1966, JD 1969; Co-managing Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP

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  • The Honorable Edward C. Prado, BA 1969, JD 1972; United States Circuit Judge, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

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  • Darren Walker, BS 1982, BA 1982, JD 1986; Vice President, Foundation Initiatives of the Rockefeller Foundation

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2008 »

  • Linnet Frazier Deily, BA 1967; Former deputy U.S. trade representative and ambassador to the World Trade Organization
  • Salam Fayyad, PhD 1986; Prime Minister, Palestinian National Authority
  • Marcia Gay Harden, BA 1980; Academy Award-winning actor
  • Tom Hicks, BBA 1968; Chairman and chief executive officer of Hicks Holdings LLC
  • W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr., BS 1942; Oil and gas producer and rancher
  • Ricardo Romo, BS 1967; President of the University of Texas at San Antonio

2007 »

  • Juliet Villarreal Garcia, PhD 1976; President, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
  • Ambassador Tony Garza, BBA 1980; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
  • Mark McLaughlin, BBA 1952, LLB 1954; Rancher, Banker, Lawyer
  • Jane Clements Monday, BS 1963; Author, Civic Leader, Former Mayor of City of Huntsville
  • Charles Tate, BBA 1968; Chairman and Founder, Capital Royalty, L.P.
  • Rex Tillerson, BS 1975; Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil Corporation

2006 »

  • Ada Collins Anderson, MEd 1965; Civic leader, Educator and Business Owner
  • Michael S. Dell, UT 1983; Chairman of the Board, Dell Inc
  • Larry R. Faulkner, PhD 1969; President, Houston Endowment Inc; Former President, University of Texas at Austin
  • Caroline Rose Hunt, BA 1943; Honorary Chairman, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts; Founder and President, Lady Primrose’s
  • Diana S. Natalicio, MA 1964, PhD 1969; President, University of Texas at El Paso
  • Bill White, JD 1979; Mayor, City of Houston

2005 »

  • Rodney D. Ellis, MPA 1977, JD 1979; Texas State Senator, District 13 Houston, TX
  • Morton H. Meyerson, BA 1961; Chairman and CEO, 2m Companies, Inc
  • James J. Mulva, BA 1968, MBA 1969; Chairman and CEO, ConocoPhillips
  • Shirley Bird Perry, BA 1958, MA 1967; Senior Vice President, University of Texas at Austin
  • Sara Martinez Tucker, BJ 1976, MBA 1979; President and CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund

2004 »

  • John M. Coetzee, PhD 1969; Author, Winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
  • Kenneth M. Jastrow II, BBA 1969, MBA 1971; Chairman and CEO - Temple-Inland Inc.
  • Teresa Lozano Long, BS 1948, MEd 1951, EdD 1965; Educator, Civic Leader and Philanthropist
  • Bill Ratliff, BS 1960; Former Lt. Governor and State Senator/Consulting Engineer
  • Roy M. Spence Jr., BA 1971; President and Founding Partner, GSD&M
  • Trisha Wilson, BS 1969; President and Owner, Wilson & Associates

2003 »

  • Hal Box, B.Arch 1950; Architect, Retired UT Dean of Architecture, Professor Emeritus
  • Peter R. Coneway, BBA 1966; Advisory Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Jeffrey M. Heller, BBA 1968; President & Chief Operating Officer, Electronic Data Systems, Inc. (EDS)
  • Tom G. Loeffler, BBA 1968, JD 1971; Attorney, Loeffler, Jonas & Tuggey LLP
  • Carole Keeton Strayhorn, BA 1961; Texas Comptroller
  • Judith Zaffirini, BS 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1978; Texas State Senator; Owner, Zaffirini Communications

2002 »

  • Joaquin G. Cigarroa, Jr., M. D., 1941-43; Physician; Laredo
  • Donald L. Evans, BS 1969, MBA 1973; U. S. Secretary of Commerce; Washington, D. C.
  • John A. Jackson, BA 1940; Independent Geologist and Entrepreneur; Dallas
  • Elmer Kelton, BA 1948; Author and Retired Agricultural Journalist; San Angelo
  • Curtis W. Meadows, Jr., BBA 1960, LLB 1962; Director, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service; Austin
  • Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., BBA 1969; CEO/President, Quintana Minerals Corporation; Houston

2001 »

  • R Gordon Appleman, BA 1959; Partner, Thompson & Knight L.L.P.; Fort Worth, Texas
  • Betty Sue Flowers, BA 1969, MA 1970; Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas
  • Ricardo H. Hinojosa, BA 1972; United States District Judge, Southern District of Texas; McAllen, Texas
  • Ron Kirk, JD 1979; Former Mayor of Dallas Dallas, Texas
  • Joe R. Long, BA 1951, LLB 1958; Lawyer/Banker/Investments Austin, Texas
  • Jon P. Newton, BA 1963, JD 1965; Retired Vice Chairman & Director of American General Corporation Austin, Texas

2000 »

  • John W. Fainter, Jr. BA 1962; LLB 1963; President and CEO, The Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc; Austin
  • Alejandro Junco de la Vega, BJ 1969; Publisher of El Norte/El Sol; Reforma; Mural Newspapers; Monterrey, Mexico
  • Lowell H. Lebermann, 1957-62; President and CEO, Centex Beverage, Inc.; Austin
  • John T. Stuart III, BBA 1958; Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Lending Officer, GuarantyBank; Dallas
  • Ellen Clarke Temple, BA 1964; Civic Leader; Lufkin
  • J. Virgil Waggoner, MA 1950; President and CEO of JVW Investments, Ltd.; Houston

1999 »

  • Jamie Clements, BA 1953; JD 1955; Attorney at Law, Retired General Counsel, Scott & White Medical Center; Temple
  • Edwin Dorn, BA 1967; Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin; Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense; Austin
  • Shirley Strum Kenny, BJ & BA 1955; President, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Stony Brook, New York
  • Ronald Steinhart, BBA 1962; MBA 1963; Vice Chairman, Bank One Texas; Dallas
  • Howard Terry, BBA 1938; Chairman, The Terry Companies and The Terry Foundation; Houston
  • James Willerson, BA 1961; Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann Hospital; Medical Director and Chief of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute; Houston

1998 »

  • Shelby H. Carter, Jr., BBA 1953; Vice Chairman and Director, VitalSigns Software, Inc.; UT Distinguished Adjunct Professor, College of Business Administration and Graduate Business School; Austin
  • Lee Hage Jamail, UT 1949Ð1952; Community Leader and Philanthropist; Houston
  • Luis Jimenez, BS 1964; Sculptor; Hondo, New Mexico
  • Red McCombs, UT 1948Ð1949; Owner, McCombs Enterprises; San Antonio
  • Weldon H. Smith, BBA 1934; Chairman of the Board, Big 6 Drilling Company; Houston, Deceased 2004
  • Ben G. Streetman, BSEE 1961, MSEE 1963, PhD 1966; Dean, College of Engineering, The University of Texas; Austin

1997 »

  • Lester M. Alberthal Jr., BBA 1968; Chairman of the Board & CEO, EDS; Plano
  • Jean Andrews, PhD, BS 1944; Artist & Writer; Austin
  • Jose A. Cardenas, BA 1950, EdD 1966; Director Emeritus, Intercultural Development Research Association; San Antonio
  • Ben Crenshaw, UT 1970-1973; Professional Golfer; Austin
  • Bernard Rapoport, BA 1939; President, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Southwestern Life Insurance Company; Waco
  • Harry M. Reasoner, JD 1962; Managing Partner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.; Houston

1996 »

  • Margaret C. Berry, BA 1937; Retired University Student Affairs Administrator, Historian, Author, Former Professor; Austin
  • Janey Slaughter Briscoe, BS 1971, MED 1972; Former First Lady of Texas; Deceased 2000
  • Lauro G. Guerra, BA 1949, MD 1954; Physician; McAllen
  • Joseph D. Jamail, BA 1950, JD 1953; Owner, Jamail & Kolius; Houston
  • Mike A. Myers, BBA 1959, LLB 1963; Chairman of the Board & President, Myers Financial Corporation; Dallas
  • Shannon Ratliff, BA 1961, LLB 1964; Attorney; Austin

1995 »

  • Ben Barnes, UT 1957; Former Lieutenant Governor; Former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives; Principal - Entrecorp; Austin
  • Jess Jenkins Garrett, BA 1937, LLB 1937; Attorney - Harris, Finley & Bogle; Former Regent, UT System; Fort Worth
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison, LLB 1967, BA 1992; United States Senator; Washington D.C. & Dallas
  • Richard J.V. Johnson, BBA 1954; Chairman and Publisher, The Houston Chronicle; Houston
  • Don D. Jordan, BBA 1954; Chairman and CEO, Houston Industries, Inc.; Houston
  • Beryl B. Milburn, BA 1941; Artist, Civic Leader, Political Activist; Former Chairman Texas Higher Education & Coordinating Board; Former Regent, UT System; Austin

1994 »

  • Jean W. Kaspar, BA 1952; Board of Directors & Shareholder, Kaspar Wire Works Inc.; President, 4K Ranch Properties; Civic Leader & Philanthropist; Shiner, Deceased 2004
  • Tom Kite, 1972; Professional Golfer; Austin
  • Joseph T. Painter, 1944-45; Retired Physician; Former President, American Medical Association; Houston
  • Federico F. Pena, BA 1968, JD 1971; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation; Former Mayor of Denver; Washington, D.C.
  • Charles E. Seay, BBA 1936; Philanthropist & Investor; Dallas
  • Charls E. Walker, BBA 1947, MBA 1948; Adjunct Professor at Texas, Texas A&M, and Emory Universities; Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Washington, D.C.

1993 »

  • Morris Atlas, BBA 1949, LLB 1950; Senior and Managing Partner, Atlas & Hall, LLP; McAllen
  • Sam Barshop, BBA 1951; Chairman of the Board, Barshop & Oles Company, LP; Founder and Retired Chairman, President and CEO of La Quinta Inns, Inc.; San Antonio
  • Louis A. Beecherl, Jr., BS 1948; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Oil and Gas Corporation; Former Chairman, Board of Regents, UT System; Dallas
  • O. Howard Frazier, MD, BA 1963; Chief, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation Texas Heart Institute; Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston; Houston
  • Shelby Hearon, BA 1953; Novelist; Burlington, Vermont
  • Dan C. Williams, BS 1935; Former Chairman and Director, Southland Financial Corp.; Former President and Director Southland Life Insurance Corp.; Former Chairman, Board of Regents, UT System Board of Regents; Deceased 2001

1992 »

  • John S. Chase, M Arch 1952; President and CEO, John S. Chase, F.A.I.A., Architect, Inc.; Houston
  • Earnest F. Gloyna, MS 1949; Former Dean, UT College of Engineering Consultant; Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Engineering; Austin
  • Karen Elliott House, BJ 1970; Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist; President, Dow Jones International Group; New York, New York
  • Thomas H. Law, BA 1939, LLB 1942; Of Counsel and former president, Law Firm of Law, Snakard & Gambill; Fort Worth
  • Annette Strauss, BA 1944; Consultant; Former Mayor of Dallas; Deceased 1998
  • Tommy Tune, BFA 1961; Broadway Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Singer, and Actor; New York, New York

1991 »

  • Nasser I. Al-Rashid, BS 1965, PhD 1970; Chairman, Rashid Engineering; Engineering Consultant to King Fahd and the Royal Court; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ruben R. Cardenas, LLB 1958; Partner, Law Firm of Cardenas, Whitis and Stephen LLP.; McAllen
  • Rita C. Clements, BA 1953; Former First Lady of Texas; Dallas
  • Frank Denius, BBA, LLB 1949; Attorney and Businessman; Austin
  • John L. Hill, Jr., LLB 1947; Senior Partner, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon; Former Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court; Houston
  • Bryce Jordan, BM 1948, MM 1949; President Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University; Austin

1990 »

  • Robert H. Dedman, BS 1946, BA 1948, LLB 1948; Founder & Chairman of the Board of ClubCorp International; Dallas, Deceased 2002
  • Lt. Gen. John Q. Taylor King, PhD 1957; Chancellor and President Emeritus, Huston-Tillotson College; Austin
  • Louis M. Pearce, Jr., UT 1936-39; Rancher; Chairman of the Board, Pearce Industries, Inc.; Houston
  • Larry Temple, BBA 1957, LLB 1959; Attorney; Former Chairman of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Austin
  • Jere W. Thompson, BBA 1954; President, The Williamsburg Corporation; Former CEO and President, The Southland Corporation; Dallas
  • Ralph W. Yarborough, LLB 1927; Attorney; United States Senator; Deceased 1996

1989 »

  • Robert Benton, BFA 1953; SRJ, Inc., Screenwriter and Director; New York, New York
  • George Christian, 1946-49, BJ 1971; Public Affairs Consultant; Former Press Secretary to President Lyndon Baines Johnson; Austin, Deceased 2002
  • Hector P. Garcia, BA 1936, MD 1940; Physician; Founder, American GI Forum of the United States; Deceased 1996
  • Reynaldo G. Garza, BA 1939, LLB 1939; Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit; Brownsville, Deceased 2004
  • James R. Moffett, BS 1961; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, Inc.; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Edith Jones O’Donnell, BA 1948; Philanthropist; Board Member, Dallas Museum; Secretary-Treasurer, O’Donnell Foundation; Dallas

1988 »

  • Robert W. Calvert, LLB 1931; Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court; Deceased
  • John H. Duncan, BBA 1949; John H. Duncan Interests; Former President of Gulf & Western; Houston
  • Vilma S. Martinez, BA 1964; Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson; Former President and General Counsel, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; Los Angeles, California
  • Frank W. McBee, Jr., BS 1947, MS 1950; McBee Investments; Retired Chairman, Tracor, Inc.; Deceased 2000
  • Fladger F. Tannery, BBA 1933, MBA 1935, PhD 1940; Chairman of the Board, PepsiCo, Inc.; President of Frito-Lay, Inc.; Deceased 1993
  • Eli Wallach, BA 1936; Actor: Theater, Film and Television; New York, New York

1987 »

  • William C. Harvin, BA 1946, LLB 1947; Retired Managing Partner of Baker & Botts; Former Chairman of the Board, Texas Medical Center; Member, Executive Committee, Texas Medical Center; Houston
  • Jubal Richard Parten, UT 1913-17; Chairman of the Board of Parten Oil Company; Deceased 1992Jack G. Taylor, BBA 1936; Investments; Oil and Gas Production; Deceased 1989
  • Jim Wright, UT 1941-42; Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Fort Worth

1986 »

  • James A. Baker, III, LLB 1957; Senior Partner, Baker & Botts, LLP (1993 - present); Former White House Chief of Staff and Counselor to the President (1992 - 1993); Sixty-First Secretary of State (1989 -1992); Sixty-Seventh Secretary of the Treasury (1985-1988); Houston
  • Dolph Briscoe, Jr., BBA 1943; Former Governor of Texas; Uvalde, Texas
  • William A. Cunningham, BS 1927, MS 1929, PhD 1941; Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas; Deceased 1987
  • Bill Moyers, BJ 1956; Journalist, Public Affairs Television, Inc.; New York, New York

1985 »

  • Barbara Smith Conrad, BM 1959; Mezzo-Soprano, Metropolitan Opera; New York
  • Ruth Hartgraves, BA 1925; Retired Physician, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Deceased 1995
  • Bobby R. Inman, BA 1950; Investor; Retired Admiral, U.S. Navy; Austin
  • William D. Noel, BBA 1935; Chairman of the Board, Rexene Corporation and El Paso Products Company; Deceased 1987
  • William H. Seay, BBA 1941; Chairman of the Board and CEO, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.; Deceased 1997
  • Joseph C. Walter, Jr., BS 1949, MA 1951; Chairman and President, Walter International, Inc.; Deceased 1997

1984 »

  • Robert L. Crippen, BS in Aerospace Engr. 1960; President, Thiokol Propulsion; Former Astronaut, N.A.S.A.; Former Director, Kennedy Space Center; North Ogden, Utah
  • Hayden W. Head, LLB 1937; Senior Partner, Head and Kendrick; Deceased 1987
  • Emmette S. Redford, BA 1927, MA 1928; Ashbel Smith Professor of Public Affairs, The University of Texas; Deceased 1998
  • John P. Thompson, BBA 1948; President of the Hayden Company; Former Chairman, The Southland Corporation; Dallas, Deceased 2003

1983 »

  • Jane Weinert Blumberg, BA 1937; Chairman of Board-Seguin Bank & Trust Co.; Regent, UT System; Deceased 1992
  • Virginia Harris Cockrell, BS 1936; Director, Cockrell Oil Corporation; Deceased 1983
  • Joe Judson King, BS 1925; Consultant-Engineering & Business Management; Deceased 1990
  • Sheikh Abdullah H. Tariki, MA 1947; Chairman, Petroleum Consultants, Inc.; Former Oil Minister, Saudi Arabia; Deceased 1999

1982 »

  • Thomas D. Barrow, BS 1945, MA 1948; Chairman, GX Technology; Houston
  • Joe M. Kilgore, UT 1936-38, 1939-41, & 1945-46; Partner, McGinnis, Lochridge and Kilgore, LLP; Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Former Regent, UT System; Deceased 1999
  • Preston Shirley, LLB 1933; Senior Partner, Mills, Shirley, Eckel & Bassett; Deceased 1990
  • Robert Strauss, LLB 1941 Former Ambassador to the Russian Federation; Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981; Former Chairman, Democratic National Committee; Executive Senior Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.; Dallas and Washington, D.C.

1981 »

  • Bill Archer, BBA 1949, LLB 1951; United States Congressman; Washington, D.C.
  • Nettie Lee Benson, BA 1929, MA 1935, PhD 1949; Professor of Latin American History, The University of Texas; Deceased 1993
  • John F. Bookout, BS 1949, MA 1950; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Shell Oil Company; Houston
  • John P. Harbin, BBA 1939; Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Halliburton Company; Dallas

1980 »

  • Lloyd Bentsen, LLB 1942; Former Secretary of the Treasury (1992-1994); Former U.S. Senator (1971-92); Houston
  • Jack S. Gray, BBA 1935; Investments; Deceased 1992
  • Dan M. Krausse, BS in Ch.E. 1947; Chairman, Plains Resources, Inc.; Houston
  • Mark Martin, BBA 1935, LLB 1937; Senior Partner, Strasburger & Price; Deceased 1994

1979 »

  • Frank C. Erwin, Jr., LLB 1948; Chairman, Board of Regents, UT System; Private Law Practice; Deceased 1980
  • Wales H. Madden, Jr., BA 1950, LLB 1952; Attorney & Businessman; Former Regent, UT System; Amarillo
  • Robert L. Parker, BS in Pet. Engr. 1944; Chairman of the Board, Parker Drilling Company; Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • J.J. (Jake) Pickle, BA 1938; Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Brown, McCarroll Law Firm; Austin

1978 »

  • Mrs. Perry R. Bass (nee: Nancy Lee Muse), BA 1937; Philanthropist; Vice President, Sid Richardson Foundation; Fort Worth
  • Jack S. Blanton, BA 1947, LLB 1950; Chairman of the Board, Houston Endowment, Inc.; Former Chairman, Board of Regents, UT System; Houston
  • Kraft W. Eidman, BA 1935, LLB 1935; Senior Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski; Deceased 1986
  • John Randolph Hubbard, BA 1938, MA 1939, PhD 1950; President Emeritus, The University of Southern California; U.S. Ambassador to India; Los Angeles, California

1977 »

  • Rex G. Baker, Jr., BA 1941, LLB 1947; Attorney; Houston, Deceased 2004
  • L.L. (Tex) Colbert, BBA 1925; President and Chairman of the Board, Chrysler Corporation; Deceased 1995
  • H. Frank Connally, Jr., BA 1933, MD 1933; Physician and Civic Leader; Center; Deceased 1988
  • Mrs. Eugene McDermott (nee: Margaret Milam), UT 1932-33; Dallas

1976 »

  • Marvin K. Collie, BA 1941, LLB 1941; Senior Partner, Vinson & Elkins; Deceased 1989
  • W. Page Keeton, BA 1931, LLB 1931; Former Dean, UT School of Law; Deceased 1999
  • Lorene Lane Rogers, MA 1946, PhD 1948; President Emerita, The University of Texas; Austin
  • Ralph Spence, BBA 1942; Chairman, Gutenberg Bible Acquisition for UT; Independent Oil Operator; Deceased 1995

1975 »

  • Liz Carpenter, BJ 1942; Author and Lecturer; Former Press Secretary to the First Lady; Former Assistant Secretary of Education; Leader for ERA; Austin
  • Maurice F. Granville, BS in Ch.E. 1937; Former Chairman of the Board and Chief ; Executive Officer, Texaco, Inc.; New York, New York
  • Ben F. Love, BBA 1947; Director, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1972-89), Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc.; Houston
  • Mario E. Ramirez, UT 1942-45; Physician; Former Regent, UT System; Former President, Texas Medical Association; Former Starr County Judge; McAllen
  • Harry H. Ransom, UT 1935-37; Chancellor Emeritus, The University of Texas; Deceased 1976
  • Jack Wrather, BA 1939; President, The Wrather Corporation; Deceased 1984

1974 »

  • Leroy Jeffers, LLB 1932; Senior Partner, Vinson & Elkins; Chairman, Board of Regents, UT System; Deceased 1979
  • Joe R. Greenhill, BBA 1936, BA 1936, LLB 1939; Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas; Of Counsel, Baker & Botts Austin;
  • Arno Nowotny, BA 1922, JD 1925, MA 1927; Dean of Student Life, The University of Texas; Deceased 1982
  • Bernice Milburn Moore, BA 1924, MA 1932; Special Consultant, The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas; Deceased 1992
  • William S. White, UT 1923-26; Author and Columnist; Deceased 1994

1973 »

  • George R. Brown, UT 1918-19; Chairman of the Board, Brown & Root, Inc.; Deceased 1983
  • Miss Margaret Cousins, BA 1926; Author and Editor; Deceased 1996
  • Thomas W. Landry, BBA 1949; Former Head Coach, Dallas Cowboys; Deceased 2000
  • Mauricio B. Madero, UT 1930-33; Mexico City, Mexico; Deceased 1999
  • Vernon F. (Doc) Neuhaus, UT 1918-20; Owner, Neuhaus Properties; Deceased 1983

1972 »

  • Mrs. John B. Connally (nee: Idanell Brill) UT 1935-40; Former First Lady of Texas; Austin
  • Wilson H. Elkins, BA 1932, MA 1932; President Emeritus, The University of Maryland; Deceased 1994
  • Jack S. Josey, BS in Pet.Engr. 1939; Chairman of the Board, Josey Oil Company; Houston, Deceased 2003
  • David Thomas Searls, LLB 1929; Senior Member, Vinson & Elkins; Deceased 1972
  • DeWitt C. Reddick, BA 1925, MA 1928; Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Education, The University of Texas; Deceased 1980

1971 »

  • George John Beto, MA 1944, PhD 1955; Director, Texas Department of Corrections; Distinguished Professor Emeritus Sam Houston State University; Deceased 1991
  • Miguel R. Cardenas, LLB 1917; Senior Partner, Cardenas-Sepulveda Law Offices; Deceased 1981
  • Charles S. Coates, Sr., UT 1931-36; Chairman of the Board and President, Trans Canada Pipelines, Ltd.; Deceased 1983
  • John S. Redditt, LLB 1921; Attorney and Civic Leader; Deceased 1973

1970 »

  • Captain Alan Bean, BS 1955; American Space Artist/Apollo XII and Skylab II Astronaut; Houston
  • Joseph Jay Deiss, BA 1933, MA 1934; Author, Former Vice-Director of the American Academy in Rome Wellfleet, Massachusetts; Deceased 1999
  • Luis Flores-Arias, BS in CE 1923; Former President of Concreto, S.A.; Consulting Engineer Deceased
  • Herbert James Frensley, UT 1927-29; Chief Executive Officer, Brown & Root, Inc.; Deceased 1981
  • Merton Melrose Minter, BA 1925; Physician; Deceased 1977

1969 »

  • Fernando Belaunde-Terry, BArch 1935; Constitutional President of Peru, 1980-85; Lima, Peru, Deceased 2002
  • Roy Crane, UT 1919-22; Cartoonist; Deceased 1977
  • Mrs. Bing Crosby (nee: Kathryn Grandstaff), BFA 1955; Actress and Author; Genoa, Nevada
  • Benno Charles Schmidt, BA 1936, LLB 1936; Senior Partner, J.H. Whitney & Co.; Deceased 2000
  • 0. Pendleton Thomas, MBA 1941; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Director, B.F. Goodrich Co.; Deceased 1985

1968 »

  • Bob R. Dorsey, BS in ChE 1940; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Oil Corporation; Deceased 2001
  • William W. Heath, UT 1922-23; Ambassador to Sweden; Deceased 1971
  • Fess Parker, BA 1950; Television and Film Star; Los Olivos, California
  • Gail Whitcomb, BA 1931, LLB 1931; Attorney and Civic Leader; Deceased 1994

1967 »

  • William B. Bates, LLB 1915; Senior Partner, Fulbright, Crooker Freeman, Bates and Jaworski; Deceased 1974
  • Dause L. Bibby, BBA 1933; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stromberg-Carlson Corporation, Retired; Naples, Florida, Deceased 2002
  • Edward A. Clark, UT Law School, 1928; Ambassador to Australia Senior Partner, Clark, Thomas, Winters & Newton; Deceased 1992
  • R. Ewing Thomason, LLB 1900; Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives; Mayor of El Paso; United States Congressman; U.S. District Judge; Deceased 1973

1966 »

  • D. Harold Byrd, UT 1919-21; Co-Founder, LTV Corporation; Deceased 1986
  • Denton A. Cooley, BA 1941, MD 1944; Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute; Houston
  • Harding L. Lawrence, BBA 1942; Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Braniff International; Brussells, Belgium, Deceased 2002
  • Thomas R. Sealy, Jr., LLB 1931; Senior Attorney, Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc.; Deceased 1992

1965 »

  • C.W. W.(Tex) Cook, BS in EE 1930; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Foods Corporation; Austin, Deceased 2003
  • John B. Holmes, BBA 1943; Independent Oil Operator; Deceased 1981
  • Leonard F. McCollum, BS in Geol. 1925; Chairman, Continental Oil Company; Deceased 1993
  • Homer Thornberry, BBA 1932, LLB 1936; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Deceased 1995

1964 »

  • Walter Cronkite, UT 1933-35; Special Correspondent, CBS Inc.; New York, New York
  • Charles I. Francis, BA 1915, LLB 1917; Founder, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Deceased 1969
  • Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson (nee: Claudia Alta Taylor), BA 1933, BJ 1934; Former First Lady of the United States; Stonewall; Deceased 2007

1963 »

  • Hines H. Baker, BA 1917, JD 1917; President, Humble Oil & Refining Company; Deceased 1982
  • Rex G. Baker, Sr., BA 1917, JD 1917; Director, Vice-President and General Counsel, Humble Oil & Refining Company; Deceased 1986
  • Miss Ima Hogg, UT 1899-1901; Philanthropist; Deceased 1975
  • James I. McCord, MA 1942; Chancellor, Center Of Theological Inquiry; Deceased 1990
  • C.R. Smith, UT 1921-24; Chairman, American Airlines, Inc.; U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Deceased 1990

1962 »

  • Tom C. Clark, BA 1921, LLB 1922; Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Deceased 1977
  • James A. Elkins, LLB 1901; Senior Partner, Vinson & Elkins; Deceased 1972
  • Allan Shivers, BA 1931, LLB 1933; Governor of Texas; Deceased 1985
  • Gus S. Wortham, UT 1908-11; Founder, American General Insurance Group; Deceased 1976

1961 »

  • John B. Connally, LLB 1941; Governor of Texas; Deceased 1993

1960 »

  • Logan Wilson, MA 1927; President and Chancellor, The University of Texas; Deceased 1990

1958 »

  • Robert B. Anderson, LLB 1932; U. S. Secretary of the Treasury; Deceased 1989
  • Ramon Beteta, BA 1923; Director-General, NOVEDADES, national newspaper of Mexico; Deceased 1965
  • Sam Rayburn, UT 1907-08; Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives; Deceased 1961
  • Walter Prescott Webb, BA 1915, MA 1920, PhD 1932; Distinguished Professor of History, The University of Texas; Deceased 1963