The Terry Foundation 2007-2008 Annual
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THE TERRY FOUNDATION 2007-2008 ANNUAL ^ + ★ ★ MANY STARS COME FROM TEXAS MESSAGE f r o m t h e FOUNDER s the Terry Foundation approaches its twenty-second anniversary, A a modest beginning in 1986 has evolved into the largest private source of scholarship funding for six 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. In 2005, the Board of Directors approved additional growth for the Terry Foundation Scholarship Program to the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Texas at Dallas. The first Scholars for UT-Dallas and UT-San Antonio were selected at interviews in April, 2006. This past April, the Foundation selected 196 new 2008 Scholars. This will bring the total number of active Terry Scholars at all six universities to more than 675. Howard L. Terry The spring of 2008 also brought graduation to 127 Terry Scholars who join a growing body of Scholar Alumni that now numbers over 1,200. 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. 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 18, 2008 CONTENTS History of the Foundation.................................................................2-3 The Terry Scholarship Program....................................................... 4-5 About the University of Texas at Dallas.........................................6-7 2006 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars...................................... 8 2007 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars...................................... 9 About Texas State University-San M arcos............................... 10-11 2004 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars.................12-13 2005 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars........................14 Founders 2006 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars.................15-16 HOWARD L. TERRY 2007 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars........................17 NANCY M. TERRY About Texas A&M University..................................................... 18-19 2003 Texas A&M University Scholars............................................ 20 Foundation Board Chair 2004 Texas A&M University Scholars.....................................21-28 RHETT G. CAMPBELL 2005 Texas A&M University Scholars.....................................29-32 2006 Texas A&M University Scholars.....................................33-35 P resident 2007 Texas A&M University Scholars..................................... 36-39 EDWARD T. COTHAM JR The Year in Review ........................................................................ 40-43 D irectors About the University of Texas at San Antonio........................44-45 JAMES D. DAVIS 2006 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars......................46 YVONNE RODE MOODY 2007 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars......................47 R. CARTER OVERTON III About the University of Houston................................................48-49 JEFFREY C. STICHLER 2004 University of Houston Scholars.................................... 50-51 GAYLE STINSON 2005 University of Houston Scholars............................................52 JOHN W. STORMS 2006 University of Houston Scholars.................................... 53-54 2007 University of Houston Scholars............................................55 Director o f Scholar Relations About the University of Texas at Austin....................................56-57 BETH W. FREEMAN 2003 University of Texas at Austin Scholars............................... 58 2004 University of Texas at Austin Scholars.......................... 59-68 Foundation Staff 2005 University of Texas at Austin Scholars.......................... 69-73 BECKY ADAMS 2006 University of Texas at Austin Scholars.......................... 74-76 ROBERT L. PARKER 2007 University of Texas at Austin Scholars..........................77-81 BRANDY N. SKILLERN Terry Scholar Alumni - Texas A&M University..................... 82-89 JAMIE THYSSEN Terry Scholar Alumni - University of Texas at Austin .... 90-99 BARBIE TYLER Terry Scholar Alumni - University of Houston and Texas State University-San M arcos......................................... 100 About the Founders..............................................................................101 About the Directors and S taff.................................................102-103 Index...............................................................................................104-112 HISTORY of th e FOUNDATION “Success is the attainment o f the goals you ve set for yourself in life. —Howard L. Terry he Terry Foundation’s 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 Fiouston, Texas State University-San Marcos, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and the University of Texas at Dallas, with over 650 Terry Scholars enrolled. But its origin was neither large Howard Terry and 1987 UT Scholar Jina Kim Yun at the 1991 nor legendary - it was as humble and low-profile as the Founders Winedale Picnic. In the early years o f the Foundation, all the Scholars whose name it bears. at the annual picnic could sit together around just a few tables. The Terry Scholarship Program was born of a desire of Howard produces. Thus was born a desire to invest in the students who and Nancy Terry to help young people to help themselves. A would attend the public colleges and universities in Texas. longtime resident of Houston, Howard Terry had been active for The Terrys’ desire to help young people was influenced greatly by many years in banking, construction, real estate and oil and gas. Howard Terry’s own college experience: he had attended the With profound business success over the decades and their family’s University of Texas on an athletic scholarship, becoming captain of needs met, the Terrys developed a growing desire to give back to the football team and graduating in 1938. His family origins the community and, specifically, to help young people to reach in Cameron, Texas were modest and it was only through the their goals in higher education. generosity of others that his college education had been made In 1986, the Terrys began considering a variety of options in their possible. Mr. Terry never forgot the helping hand that he had desire to make a lasting contribution to the future of Texas received in attending college and was determined to extend that higher education. After evaluating ideas as varied as university same help to a new generation of students. campus construction projects and After seeking counsel from sources that included endowed-chair faculty positions, former UT coach Darrell Royal (an original the Terrys were still not satisfied. Foundation Board Member) and Houston Knowing that universities are more attorney Rhett Campbell (Board Member since than buildings and classrooms, inception and now Board Chair), the Terrys Howard Terry had repeatedly determined that their most lasting contribution declined to allow the universities to would be through a perpetual endowment that honor his previous contributions would provide college scholarships for students by placing his name on campus who had demonstrated the capacity to become structures: “Mortar and bricks will outstanding future leaders and who needed eventually be torn down,” he financial assistance to achieve their goals in reasoned. The Terrys believed, in higher education. From this simple concept, the the longterm, that a university - Terry Foundation was created in 1986 to be the like the state it represents - is only source of a perpetual scholarship program. as good as the educated citizens it 2 T e r r y f o u n d a t io n Program expanded for the first time, when Terry Scholars were named at the University of Houston and at Texas State University-San Marcos. Two years later, additional growth provided scholarships in the fall of 2006 at the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Strategic future plans call for the program’s ultimate expansion to other public universities in Texas. Since its inception, the Terry Scholarship Program has assisted over 1,800 Texas college students to achieve their goals in higher The earliest Scholar classes at each university numbered as few as eight. education. The Foundation Board oversees an endowment that now exceeds $100 million and includes four members who are The first scholarship recipients, known since then as “Terry Terry Scholar Alumni. Chartered to exist into perpetuity, the Scholars,” were selected at interviews