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Recipients

2009 Recipients

Israel Hernandez, Jr.
BA 1992 Government/Political Science
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the Foreign Commercial Service, United States Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C.

Billy Ray Hunter, Jr.
BM 1997 Music Performance
Principal Trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York, New York

Aurora Lora
BA 2000 Plan II Honors
Founder and Administrator, Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women
Portland, Oregon

Spencer Wells
BS 1988 Biology
National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence and Director, The Genographic Project
Washington, D.C.


Former Recipients

1980

Mr. Ernest Harris Cockrell BES 1967, Engineering; Houston, Texas
Mr. Ben D. Crenshaw, 1970, Liberal Arts; Austin, Texas
Mr. Jon Newton, BA 1963, Liberal Arts; Houston, Texas
Mr. Joe C. Thompson, Jr., BBA 1962, Business Administration Dallas, Texas

1981

Mr. Bill Heiligbrodt, BBA 1963; Business Administration; Houston, Texas
Mrs. Prudence M. Mackintosh, BA 1966, Liberal Arts; Dallas, Texas
Mr. Patrick C. Oxford, BBA 1966, JD 1967, Business Administration; Houston, Texas
Mr. Ronald G. Steinhart, BBA 1962, MBA 1963, Business Administration; Dallas, Texas

1983

Mr. Peter R. Coneway, BBA 1966, Business Administration; Houston, Texas
Mr. Jim N. Heath, BBA 1964, Business Administration; Longview, Texas
Mr. Robert F. Parker, BBA 1965, Business Administration; Houston, Texas
Mr. Michael A. Zinberg, BS 1977, Communication; Los Angeles, California

1984

Dr. W. Howard Beasley III (deceased), MBA 1969, Business Administration; Dallas, Texas
Mr. Earl Campbell, BS 1979, Communications; Austin, Texas
Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa, BA 1972, Liberal Arts; McAllen, Texas
Mr. Charles S. Teeple IV, BBA 1966, Business Adminstration; Austin, Texas

1985

Mr. Richard Moore Archer, B.Arch 1979, Architecture;San Antonio, Texas
The Honorable Steve Bartlett, BA 1971, Liberal Arts; Dallas, Texas
Mrs. Karen Elliott House, BJ 1970, Communication; Princeton, New Jersey
Mr. Trisha Wilson, BS 1969, Natural Sciences; Dallas, Texas

1986

Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, BA 1969, Liberal Arts; Austin, Texas
Dr. Juliet Villarreal Garcia, PhD 1976, Communications; Brownsville, Texas
Judge Cyndi Taylor Krier, BJ 1971, Communications; San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Richard Warren Smalling, BS 1970, Engineering; Houston, Texas

1988

Mr. John A. Adkins, BA 1973, Liberal Arts; Houston, Texas
Mr. Roger Clemens, NON 1978-81, Liberal Arts; Houston, Texas
Dr. William John Koros, BS 1969, Engineering; Austin, Texas
Mr. Jeff B. Love, JD 1976, Law; Houston, Texas

1989

Mr. Scott J. Atlas, JD 1975, Law; Houston, Texas
The Honorable Tony Garza, 1980 BBA - Finance, Brownsville, Texas
Mr. Ben Sargent, BJ 1970, Communications; Austin, Texas
Dr. Michael S. Sweeney, BA 1973, Natural Sciences; Houston, Texas

1990

Mr. J. Tim Arnoult, Jr., BA 1971, Liberal Arts; Atlanta, Georgia
Ms. Catherine J. Crier, BA 1975, Liberal Arts; Lewisville, Texas
Mrs. Cathy Alleman Mincberg, BS 1974, Education; Bellaire, Texas
Ms. DeMetris A. Sampson, BBA 1977, Business Administration; Dallas, Texas

1991

Dr. Robert A. Brown, BS 1973, Engineering; Cambridge, England
Mr. Michael Dell, NON 1983-84, Natural Sciences; Round Rock, Texas
Ms. Lena Guerrero, BJ 1993,Communications; Austin, Texas
Mr. Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr., NON 1969-71, Liberal Arts; Houston, Texas

1992

Mr. Steve N. Barton, NON 1972, Fine Arts; Palisades, California
Ms. Lucy Crow Billingsley, BBA 1971, Business Administration; Dallas, Texas
Mr. Preston "Pete" Geren, BA 1974, Liberal Arts, JD 1978; Fort Worth, Texas
Mrs. Elizabeth Blanton Wareing, BA 1973, Liberal Arts; Houston, Texas

1993

Captain Michael A. Baker, BS 1975, Engineering; Seabrook, Texas
Congressman Henry Bonilla, BJ 1976, Communications; San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Margaret Ann Nosek, MA 1982, Education; Houston, Texas
Mr. Robert Schenkkan, BA 1975, Fine Arts; Seatlle, Washington

1994

Mr. Paul Edward Begala, BA 1983, Liberal Arts; McLean, Texas
Ms. Carolyn Frost Keenan, BS 1976, Natural Sciences; Houston, Texas
Dr. Dean Ornish, BA 1975, Liberal Arts; Sausalito, California
Mr. Rodney F. Witcher, BES 1975, Engineering; Houston, Texas

1995

Mr. Gary Cunningham, B.ARCH 1976, Architecture; Dallas, Texas
Mr. Gilbert A. Herrera, BBA, 1978, Business Administration; Houston, Texas
Mrs. Terry Huffington, MA 1981, Natural Sciences; San Antonio, Texas
Ms. Kara Spears Hultgreen (deceased), BS 1987, Engineering; San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Michael Pirrung, BA 1975, Natural Sciences; Cardiff, California

1996

Justice Greg Abbott, BBA 1981; Austin, Texas
Ms. Marcia Gay Harden, BA 1980 Fine Arts; Venice, CA
Mr. Jerry Junkin, BM 1978, MM 1979, Fine Arts; Austin, Texas
Mayor Ron Kirk, JD 1979, Law; Dallas, Texas

1997

Dr. John H. Calhoon, NON 1975-78, Natural Sciences; San Antonio, Texas
Mr. Josh Davis, BS 1997, Speech Communication; Austin, Texas
Captain Jeannie M. Flynn, BS 1990, Engineering; Goldsboro, North Carolina
Mr. Matthew D. McConaughey, BA 1993, Communication; Malibu, California

1998

Mr. William D. Dorland, BS 1988, Natural Sciences; Catonsville, Maryland
Mr. Bryan Garner, BA 1980, Liberal Arts, JD 1984; Dallas, Texas
Ms. Jill Ann Sterkel, BS 1984, Education; Austin, Texas
Mr. Darren Walker, BS 1982, Communication, BA 1982, Liberal Arts, JD 1986, Law; New York, New York

1999

Mr. John B. Beckworth, BA 1980, Liberal Arts; Houston, Texas
Ms. C. Kim Goodwin, MA 1987, Public Affairs; MBA 1987, Business; Kansas City, MO
Dr. Charles D. Fraser, Jr., BA 1980, Natural Sciences; Houston, Texas
Mr. Robert A. Rodriguez, Attended, 1986-1991, Communication; Spicewood, Texas

2000

Ms. Christina Melton Crain, BA 1988, Liberal Arts; Dallas, Texas
Mr. Pat Frost, MBA 1984, Business; San Antonio, Texas
Mr. Justin Leonard, BBA 1994, Business; Dallas, Texas
Ms. Sara Alicia Martinez Tucker, BJ 1976, Communication; MBA 1979, Business; San Francisco, California

2001

Hans and Torrey Butzer, B.ARCH 1990; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mr. Ken Capps, BJ 1982; Dallas, Texas
Mr. Paul Hobby, JD 1985; Houston, Texas
Ms. Sonia Perez, BJ 1978; McAllen, Texas

2002

Craig Edward Dykers, B.ARCH 1985, Architect; Oslo, Norway
Dr. Fred Farias III, BS 1980, Optometrist; McAllen
Machree Garrett Gibson, BA 1982; JD 1991, Attorney; Austin
Del Williams, BA 1983, JD 1985, Attorney and CPA; Dallas

2003

Lisa Beyer, BJ 1983; Magazine Editor; New York, New York
Jack Furst, MBA 1984; Investment Firm Partner; Dallas, Texas
Duy-Loan T Le, BSEE 1982; Senior Fellow; Stafford, Texas
Arthel Helena Neville, BJ 1986; Television Host/Journalist; Atlanta, Georgia

2004

Jordan Levin, BS in Radio-Television-Film 1989
Television Executive; Burbank, California
John Rando, BA 1983
Theater Director; New York, New York
Lynn Marie (Fox) Utter, BBA 1984
Chief Strategy Officer, Coors Brewing Company; Golden, Colorado
James A Wilson Jr PhD, BS in Education 1984
Assistant Professor of History; Winston-Salem, North Carolina

2005

Ray Almgren, BS 1987 Electrical Engineering
National Instruments, Austin, Texas
Shola Lynch, BA 1992 Plan II
Documentary Filmmaker/Director/Producer, New York, New York
Scott McClellan, BA 1991
Liberal Arts, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary, Washington DC
Stephanie Wilson, MS 1992
Aerospace Engineering, Astronaut, Houston, Texas

2006

Mary Dunleavy, MM 1990 Music
Professional Opera Singer, New York, New York
Alisa Manning Peppers, BA 1990 Liberal Arts (Economics)
Founder and President, URBAN Athletics, Missouri City, Texas
Dina Habib Powell, BA 1995 Plan I Humanities
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Washington DC
LCDR John Mason Ward, BS 1992
Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineer, US Navy, Pearl City, Hawaii

2007

Dennis L. McWilliams, BS 1993
Aerospace Engineering, Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Austin, Texas
John B. Moore, Jr., BS 1990
Radio-Television-Film, Pulitzer Prize Winning Photojournalist
Senior Staff Photographer, Getty Images, Islamabad, Pakistan
Kristen L. Silverberg, JD 1996 Law
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affaris, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Gayle Stinson, BS 1991
Advertising, Superintendent, Atlanta Independent School District, Maud, Texas

2008

Christina Joy Allen, BA 1998 English and Spanish, JD 2001
Coordinator for Grant Development & Research, LaMarque Independent School District, Texas City, Texas
Michael G. Appleman, BA 1990 Plan II Honors Program, JD 1993
Partner, Cantey Hanger, LLP, Fort Worth, Texas
Timothy Price Crain, II, BS 1995, MS 1999, PhD 2000 Aerospace Engineering
Orion Orbit Guidance, Navigation, and Control System Manager, NASA JSC Autonomous GN&C Systems Office - Human Space Exploration, Houston, Texas
Betty Nguyen, BJ 1995 Broadcast News
CNN Anchor & Journalist, Atlanta, Georgia