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Let Their Story Inspire You LET THEIR STORY INSPIRE YOU THE 37TH ANNUAL TEXAS BUSINESS HALL OF FAME LEGENDS INDUCTION DINNER OCTOBER 16, 2019 LET THEIR STORY INSPIRE YOU With special thanks to our presenting sponsor since 2017 RICHARD W. FISHER THE 37TH ANNUAL TEXAS BUSINESS FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO HALL OF FAME Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Dallas GEORGE C. “TIM” HIXON (Posthumously) DIRECTOR EMERITUS LEGENDS Hixon Properties Incorporated San Antonio BILL MILLER FAMILY INDUCTION Bill Miller Bar-B-Q 2019 San Antonio PRESENTING SPONSOR KENDRA SCOTT DINNER LEGENDS CEO AND FOUNDER Kendra Scott Austin WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019 ROBERT F. SMITH FOUNDER HENRY B. GONZÁLEZ CONVENTION CENTER • SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Vista Equity Partners Reception 6:00 PM • Induction Dinner 7:00 PM Austin GRAHAM WESTON MASTER OF CEREMONIES CEO Dr. Henry G. Cisneros Weston Ventures San Antonio Black Tie • Reservations will be held at the door TEXAS BUSINESS LEGENDS 2002 1997 1988 1984 2012 2007 1993 Robert J. Allison, Jr. J.S. Abercrombie John S. Justin, Jr. Monroe Anderson Donald Adam Tom Benson Aron S. Gordon Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Lamar Hunt Herbert D. Kelleher William Clayton Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Dr. James R. Leininger The Kruse Family HALL OF FAME William E. “Bill” Greehey Robert C. McNair, Sr. Robert M. Luby George Kozmetsky J.M. Haggar, Sr. Douglas L. Foshee Paul J. Sarvadi Lee William “Bill” McNutt, Jr. Fayez Sarofim Frank W. Mayborn Oveta Culp Hobby John L. Nau, III Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Robert R. Onstead Robert D. Rogers Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. Henry S. Miller, Jr. Stanley Marcus Todd Wagner Ambassador Robert S. Strauss 2006 Clint W. Murchison, Jr. 2001 1996 Ben Taub 1987 2018 2015 2011 Joe B. Foster Sid Richardson Stanford J. Alexander Ebby Halliday Acers 1992 Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. Albert Chao Greg Armstrong Barry G. Andrews Dennis E. Nixon John Shary Rod Canion Anne Windfohr Marion The Baird Family Robert H. Dedman Dorothy Chao Jenkins Woody L. Hunt Colleen Barrett Lee R. Raymond Joe C. Thompson Don D. Jordan Harry K. Smith Roy M. Huffington Gerald D. Hines James Chao Michael C. Linn Lee Roy Mitchell Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Sam Young, Sr. Charles L. “Chuck” Watson William T. Solomon Ray L. Hunt General Robert F. McDermott T.T. Chao Harry Pefanis Ross Perot, Jr. Jeff Sandefer Joe Zeppa Lionel Sosa Drayton McLane, Jr. Robert A. Mosbacher, Sr. Ernest (Ernie) Cockrell Grady Rosier Welcome Wilson, Sr. 2000 2005 W. Ray Wallace 1983 Jim Crane Dan Wolterman Henry C. Beck, Jr. 1995 1986 2010 Walter E. Johnson George R. Brown Jim McIngvale Al Casey Joe L. Albritton 1991 Mary Kay Ash 2014 Carlos Alvarez Jerry Jones Herman Brown David Weekley A.R. “Tony” Sanchez, Jr. Governor Dolph Briscoe John F. Baugh Amon Carter, Sr. Donald L. Evans Robert D. Duncan T. Boone Pickens Jesse H. Jones Richard (Dick) Weekley Roger Staubach Joe M. Dealey Gordon A. Cain Ray Ellison Gerald J. Ford W.A. “Monty“ Moncrief Vin Prothro J. Erik Jonsson Patricia Will H.B. Zachry, Jr. Robert W. Decherd Governor William P. Clements, Jr. H.L. Hunt Douglas D. Hawthorne, FACHE W.A. “Tex“ Moncrief, Jr. Tim Word Robert Kleberg, Jr. H.B. Zachry, Sr. William Stamps Farish Thomas C. Frost Ross Perot 2017 Trevor Rees-Jones Harvey E. Najim L.F. McCollum 2004 W. Carloss Morris Howard R. Hughes, Jr. Lucy Billingsley Harold C. Simmons 1999 1985 W.D. Noel 2009 Tilman J. Fertitta Stewart Morris Ben J. Rogers David Bonderman Kelcy Warren President George H.W. Bush Trammell Crow Charles Tandy James T. Hackett Matt F. Gorges James M. Moroney, Jr. Forrest E. Hoglund Tom Friedkin Judge James Elkins, Sr. Arthur Temple 2013 Philip Romano Peter Holt 1990 Stan Richards The Caroline Rose Hunt Family 1994 Walter M. Mischer, Sr. Charlie Amato Sam L. Susser Rosemary E. Kowalski Jack S. Blanton Carl Sewell L. Lowry Mays Comer J. Cottrell Eddy C. Scurlock Tom Dobson Sam J. Susser Lowell H. Lebermann, Jr. Norman Brinker Zale/Lipshy Families Louis M. Pearce, Jr. Charles G. Cullum Gus S. Wortham Gary Dudley Jerry L. Susser Edwin L. Cox 2003 Eckhard Pfeiffer Robert B. Cullum Cecil H. Green 2016 Paul Foster Martha Fuller Turner Baylor College of Medicine John P. Harbin Frank W. McBee, Jr. Warren E. Buffett Joseph M. “Jody“ Grant 1998 2008 Allen J. Becker George P. Mitchell Charles E. Cheever, Jr. H-E-B Mary Crowley Dick Evans Dan L. Duncan John V. Roach 1989 Dian Graves Stai Rex W. Tillerson Michael Dell Mike A. Myers Reese M. Rowling Albert B. Alkek Gordon V. Hartman Harold Hook Glen E. Roney Robert B. Rowling Perry R. Bass Gary C. Kelly S. Roger Horchow Kern Wildenthal, MD, PhD Hugh Roy Cullen Charles T. Munger Red McCombs Ben F. Love Dennert O. Ware McHenry Tichenor JOSEPH SAAHENE AYODELE AIGBE JONATHAN DEVANE 2019 EXECUTIVE 2019 SCHOLARSHIP St. Mary’s University Texas Tech University – University of North Texas The Carlos and Malu Alvarez Free Market Institute COMMITTEE RECIPIENTS Scholarship The McLane Company Reading TRENT SEGERS Program Scholarship University of Texas Executive Committee Officers CHAD METCALF CASEY SMITH MEGHAN GERACI The Mike A. Myers Scholarship At Large Executive Committee Members Acton School of Business Lamar University St. Mary’s University JOHN TATE HEGSTROM SHAUN D. KENNEDY - Chairman AMANDA BROCK The Ben J. Rogers Scholarship The William E. “Bill” Greehey Trinity University JEAN GAMARRA JON P. KARP - President & Chairman Elect LISA A. FRIEL ETHAN R. HOLMES Scholarship The Doug & Martha Hawthorne University of Texas - Arlington JOHN G. KEETON - Vice President, Awards DAVID S. HUNTLEY Baylor University LANCE MIGUEL TAYLOR Family Fund Scholarship The Kelcy Warren Graduate D. LEIGH MARTIN, IV - Vice President, Development EVAN MELROSE, MD, MBA AHAD AZIMUDDIN Fellowship for Engineering BRIAN W. GARRISON - Vice President, Finance & Audit Lamar University Texas A&M University JASMINE ADAMS LARRY M. HANRAHAN, MD, MBA - Vice President, Scholar Alumni Association RILEY DUZENACK The Ben J. Rogers Scholarship University of Dallas SHAWNEE BLOCKER DIANE S. McNULTY, PHD - Vice President, Scholarship & Endowment Dallas Baptist University SHANNON K. McCLENDON - Secretary The Mitchell Family ANDRIA BALOGH BROOKE FRANCES The Mitchell Family University of Texas – Dallas CHARLES PHILPOTT - Past Chairman - 2018 Foundation Scholarship Rice University HONCHARIK Foundation Scholarship The Mitchell Family JASON L. SIGNOR - Past Chairman - 2017 T.T. & W.F. Chao Scholarship Texas Christian University Foundation Scholarship TAMIRA LATRICE FLEMING SANDRA BECHEM Scott Sealy James Dannenbaum Bill Swanstrom Harriet Marmon Helmle Dallas Baptist University BLAKE BROUSSARD MADELINE KINGSBURY University of Dallas MOHAMMAD ELASHI Jacquelin Sewell Taylor Carolyn Faulk Henry J.N. Taub, II* Clay D. Jett The Mitchell Family Sam Houston State University Texas Christian University The Mitchell Family University of Texas - Dallas 2019 BOARD OF Jason L. Signor Tilman J. Fertitta* Welcome Wilson, Jr. Mark M. Johnson* Foundation Scholarship Future Legend First in Family Award T.T. & W.F. Chao Scholarship Foundation Scholarship The Mitchell Family DIRECTORS Jessica W. Thorne Douglas L. Foshee Bill Zartler John G. Keeton Foundation Scholarship McHenry Tichenor* W. Carl Glaw, Jr. Shaun D. Kennedy JAKE LOGRASSO CORNÉ GARCIA LANDON C. MORRIS CESAR CEDILLOS Tim Wallace* Larry M. Hanrahan, MD, MBA McAllen D. Kirk McDonald Dallas Baptist University Sam Houston State University Texas Southern University University of Dallas NGAN NGUYEN Jim Young* Christine Hollinden Jim W. Collins* Norman Paul AUSTIN Jeff B. Ferguson The Mitchell Family The SWBC Foundation Scholarship The Mitchell Family University of Texas - Dallas Jeff B. Love* Katie C. Reynolds Shannon K. McClendon Vicky Pogue Gunning Foundation Scholarship JESSICA RAMOS-KARMAKER Foundation Scholarship The Mitchell Family HOUSTON Peggy Walker Evan Melrose, MD, MBA David S. Huntley Ross D. Margraves, Jr.* SAN ANTONIO LUIS ESTEBAN LINAN Texas State University Foundation Scholarship Latisha Andrews D. Leigh Martin, IV Charlie Amato* Mark Watson, III David Rodriguez Jon P. Karp EVAN SANDMANN Southern Methodist University JOSHUA MAPULA Todd F. Barth Todd R. Moore Bruce Blakemore Diane S. McNulty, PhD Dallas Baptist University The Robert H. Dedman Scholarship JAKE ANDERSON University of Houston PATRICK L. GNEHM Mary Bass Carter Overton, III* Mary Rose Brown* BROWNSVILLE Michael Metcalf The Mitchell Family Texas Tech University T.T. & W.F. Chao Scholarship University of Texas - San Antonio Eric Bing* Daniel Parsley Janet Campbell Reba Cardenas McNair* J. Scott Moore Foundation Scholarship WESLEY WILSON CLINGMAN The Pefanis Family Scholarship Amanda Brock * Emeritus Directors Mark Plunkett Charles Philpott Will Collins Southern Methodist University CHARLES C. CAROLUS, JR. Amy Chronis Ashok Rao Lisa A. Friel DALLAS Brad Rejebian MADISON DORA SPIKES The Signor Family Scholarship University of the Incarnate Word Holcombe Crosswell Jay Rogers Pat Frost Jordan W. Cowman Caswell O. Robinson, Jr.* Houston Baptist University The H-E-B Scholarship Jim A. Cummins, Jr. Rose Rougeau Brian W. Garrison Tres Evans Kevin J. Ryan The Stewart Morris Scholarship The Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation honors the accomplishments BUSINESS LEGENDS ($50,000 per table of 10) and contributions of outstanding business leaders in our state by BUSINESS VISIONARIES ($25,000 per table of 10) celebrating their story to perpetuate their entrepreneurial spirit, BUSINESS LEADERS ($15,000 per table of 10) personal integrity and community leadership, in all generations of BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS ($10,000 per table of 10) Texans. Proceeds from the Induction Dinner support the Hall of Fame’s TICKETS ($1,500 per ticket) prestigious Future Texas Legends Scholarship Program—a scholarship awarded at 24 universities around the state to rising business leaders with PLEASE VISIT THE INDUCTION DINNER PAGE OF THE TBHF an early record of excellence in business innovation, community service WEBSITE FOR RESERVATIONS and civic responsibility. TABLE AND TICKET www.TexasBusiness.org OUR MISSION The Texas Business Hall of Fame would like to thank the induction dinner’s & NOTES presenting sponsor, Texas Capital Bank, for the generous support it has RESERVATIONS RESERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO awarded since 2017.
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