MESSAGE from the FOUNDER
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MESSAGE f r o m t h e FOUNDER the Terry Foundation approaches its twenty-fifth JL JL anniversary next year, a modest beginning in 1986 has evolved into the states largest private source of scholarship funding for eight Texas public universities. After its first seventeen years at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, the Foundation expanded in 2004 to include Scholars at the University of Houston and at Texas State University-San Marcos. Later in 2006, the program expanded again to the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Texas at Dallas, and again in the fall of 2010 to the University of North Texas in Denton. In 2010, the Board of Directors approved additional growth for the Terry Foundation Scholarship Program to Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The first Scholars for Texas Tech were selected at interviews in April 2011 and will begin college in the fall of 2011. The Foundation is pleased to welcome this outstanding institution to the Terry program. Howard L. Terry This past April, the Foundation selected 200 new 2011 Scholars. This will bring the total number of active Terry Scholars at all eight universities to 698. The spring of 2011 also brought graduation to 133 Terry Scholars who join a growing body of Scholar Alumni that now numbers over 1,600. Our growing family of graduates are serving their communities in virtually every occupation and field of service imaginable. We greatly appreciate the many letters we get from our alumni around the world. In October of 2010, the Foundation was honored by the National Association of Scholarship Providers at its annual conference in Denver by being selected as the National Scholarship Provider of the Year. The Foundation joins a small and distinguished list of outstanding organizations who have been recognized with this prestigious award. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Foundation staff, we would like to thank all the participating university staffs for their invaluable assistance during our annual interview process as well as their continued support throughout the year. Remember, the harder you work, the luckier you get! Howard L. Terry July 21, 2011 The award ribbon pictured on the cover is symbolic o f the Foundations being honored as the 2010 National Scholarship Provider o f the Year by the National Association o f Scholarship Providers. CONTENTS History of the Foundation................................................................................2-3 The Terry Scholarship Program...................................................................... 4-3 About Texas Tech University...........................................................................6-7 About the University of North Texas.............................................................8-9 2010 University of North Texas Scholars..................................................10-11 About the University of Texas at San Antonio........................................12-13 2007 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars.............................14-13 2008 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars..................................16 2009 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars..................................17 2010 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars ...........................18-19 F o u n d e r s . ~ ^ , About the University of Houston.............................................................20-21 HOWARD L. TERRY . , 2007 University or Houston Scholars......................................................11-Id NANCY M. TERRY 2008 University of Houston Scholars ........................................................... 24 2009 University of Houston Scholars .......................................................... 25 Foundation Board Chair 2010 University of Houston Scholars.......................................................26-27 RH ETT G CAMPBELL About the University of Texas at Austin ..................................................28-29 2006 University of Texas at Austin Scholars.................................................30 2007 University of Texas at Austin Scholars..........................................31-40 2008 University of Texas at Austin Scholars..........................................41-45 EDWARD T. CO TH AM JR. 2009 University of Texas at Austin Scholars...........................................46-48 2010 University of Texas at Austin Scholars..........................................49-51 D iv e c to r s The Year in Review........................................................................................52-57 JIM DAVIS About the University of Texas at Dallas .................................................. 58-59 YVONNE RODE M OODY 2007 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars ........................................... 60-61 2008 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars.................................................62 R. CARTER OVERTON 111 2Q09 University 0f Texas at Dallas Scholars.................................................. 63 JEFFREY C. STICHLER 2010 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars ........................................... 64-65 GAYLE STINSON About Texas State University-San M arcos................................................66-67 JO HN W. STORMS 2006 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars .......................................68 2007 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars.................................69-70 2008 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars.................................71-72 D irector o f Scholar Relations 2009 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars .......................................73 BETH W. FREEMAN 2010 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars..................................74-75 About Texas A&M University....................................................................76-77 Foundation Staff 2006 Texas A&M University Scholars............................................................78 BECKY ADAMS 2007 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................79-87 2008 Texas A&M University Scholars ....................................................88-91 RO B E RT L. PARKE R 2009 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................92-94 LAURA L. SANDERS 2010 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................95-98 BRANDY N. SKILLERN About the Founders.............................................................................................99 JAMIE THYSSEN About the Directors and Staff.................................................................100-101 About the Advisory B oard..............................................................................102 In Memory ........................................................................................................103 Index .......................................................................................................... 104-108 HISTORY of t h e FOUNDATION “Success is the attainment o f the goals you ve set for yourself in life. ” -Howard L. Terry he Terry Foundations goal is to improve and develop the T State of Texas by assisting Texas students to attend the state’s finest public universities. The Foundation hopes that these students will have a significant impact on the future leadership of the state and nation. To achieve this goal, the Foundation awards scholarships to students who meet the high standards set by the Founders. What began in 1986 as a small scholarship program is now the state’s largest private source of scholarships for the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, the University of Houston, Texas State University-San Marcos, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of North Texas, and Texas Tech University, with over 650 Terry Scholars enrolled. But its origin was neither large nor legendary — it was as Founder Howard Terry and 1987 UT-Austin Scholar Jina Kim Yun at humble and low-profile as the Founders whose name it bears. the 1991 Winedale Picnic. In the early years o f the Foundation, all the Scholars at the annual picnic could sit together around just a few tables. The Terry Scholarship Program was born of a desire of Howard and Nancy Terry to help young people to help themselves. A The Terrys’ desire to help young people was influenced greatly by longtime resident of Houston, Howard Terry had been active for Howard Terry’s own college experience: he had attended the many years in banking, construction, real estate and oil and gas. University of Texas on an athletic scholarship, becoming captain of With profound business success over the decades and their family’s the football team and graduating in 1938. His family origins in needs met, the Terrys developed a growing desire to give back to Cameron, Texas were modest and it was only through the the community and, specifically, to help young people to reach generosity of others that his college education had been made their goals in higher education. possible. Mr. Terry never forgot the helping hand that he had received in attending college and was determined to extend that In 1986, the Terrys began considering a variety of options in their same help to a new generation of students. desire to make a lasting contribution to the future of Texas higher education. After evaluating ideas as varied as university campus After seeking counsel from sources that included former UT construction projects and endowed-chair faculty positions,