Distinguished Alumnus Award
Recipients
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2008 Recipients
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Linnet Frazier Deily
BA 1967
Former deputy U.S. trade representative and ambassador to the World Trade Organization
Houston, Texas
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Salam Fayyad
PhD 1986
Prime Minister, Palestinian National Authority
Ramallah, Palestine
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Marcia Gay Harden
BA 1980
Academy Award-winning actor
New York, New York
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Tom Hicks
BBA 1968
Chairman and chief executive officer of Hicks Holdings LLC
Dallas, Texas
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W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr.
BS 1942
Oil and gas producer and rancher
Fort Worth, Texas
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Ricardo Romo
BS 1967
President of the University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
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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
1960
Logan Wilson, MA 1927; President and Chancellor, The University of Texas; Deceased 1990
1961
John B. Connally, LLB 1941; Governor of Texas; Deceased 1993
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
