2011 - 2012 ANNUAL CONTENTS Dedication to the Founder............................................................................... 2-11 History of the Foundation................................................................................12-13 The Terry Scholarship Program......................................................................14-13 The Year in R eview ..........................................................................................16-21 About Texas A&M University........................................................................22-23 2007 Texas A&M University Scholars ............................................................ 24 2008 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................23-34 2009 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................35-37 2010 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................38-40 2011 Texas A&M University Scholars .....................................................41-43 About Texas State University-San M arcos................................................. 44-45 Founders 2007 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars ...................................... 46 HOWARD L. TERRY 2008 Texas State University-San Marcos . Scholars................................. 47-48 2009 Texas State University-San Marcos . Scholars................................. 49-50 NANCY M. TERRY 2010 Texas State University-San Marcos Scholars ...................................... 51 2011 Texas State University-San Marcos . Scholars..................................52-53 Foundation Board Chair About Texas Tech University.......................................................................... 54-55 2009 Texas Tech University Scholars ................................................................ 56 RHETT G. CAMPBELL 2011 Texas Tech University Scholars ................................................................ 57 About the University of Houston................................................................ 58-59 P resident 2007 University of Houston Scholars ..............................................................60 2008 University of Houston Scholars.........................................................61-62 EDWARD T. COTHAM ]R 2009 University of Houston Scholars ..............................................................63 2010 University of Houston Scholars ..............................................................64 2011 University of Houston Scholars ..............................................................65 D irectors About the University of North Texas........................................................... 66-67 J.D. DAVIS 2010 University of North Texas Scholars....................................................68-69 YVONNE RODE MOODY 2011 University of North Texas Scholars....................................................70-71 About the University of Texas at Austin ....................................................72-73 R CARTER OVERTON III 2007 University of Texas at Austin Scholars....................................................74 JEFFREY C. STICHLER 2008 University of Texas at Austin Scholars............................................ 75-85 GAYLE STINSON 2009 University of Texas at Austin Scholars............................................ 86-88 2010 University of Texas at Austin Scholars............................................ 89-91 JOHN W. STORMS 2011 University of Texas at Austin Scholars............................................ 92-95 About the University of Texas at Dallas ....................................................96-97 Director o f Scholar Relations 2008 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars ............................................ 98-99 2009 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars..................................................100 BETH W. FREEMAN 2010 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars..................................................101 2011 University of Texas at Dallas Scholars ........................................102-103 Foundation Staff About the University of Texas at San Antonio..................................... 104-105 2007 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars.....................................106 BECKY ADAMS 2008 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars............................107-108 ROBERT L. PARKER 2009 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars.....................................109 2010 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars.....................................110 LAURA L. SANDERS 2011 University of Texas at San Antonio Scholars ............................111-112 BRANDY N. SKILLERN About the Founders...............................................................................................113 JAMIE THYSSEN About the Directors and Staff.................................................................114-115 About the Advisory Board ..................................................................................116 Index ................................................................................................................117-120 The 2011-2012 Terry Foundation Annual is dedicated to Founder Howard L. Terry November 27, 1916 - April 20, 2012 Howard Terry at his desk in the Foundation offices. Houston, 2010. On April 20, 2012, the Foundation and the State of Texas lost one of its brightest beacons when Howard L. Terry died. Founder of the Terry Foundation, Howard Terry led the organization personally for twenty-five years, developing and growing his proudest accomplishment to become the largest private source of college scholarships in the state. Howard Terry’s legacy in the lives of the thousands of Terry Scholars is incalculable, impacting families and universities state wide for decades in the past - and decades to come. t is difficult to fathom the scope of Howard ITerry’s contributions to the lives of Texas’ brightest young stars: 2,800 Terry Scholars named since the Foundation was founded in 1986, with over $100 million invested in the educations o f these young Texans. Mr. Terry’s generous philanthropy and personal commitment to helping others have changed not only the futures of the Terry Scholars and their families, but also the landscape o f access to higher education across the state. The impact o f those contributions is his most noble and enduring legacy, an extraordinary testament to Mr. Terry’s belief in passing onto others the help that one has received. Howard and Nancy Terry with the UH Terry Scholars. UH campus, 2005. Howard Terry with Scholars and Board Chair Rhett Campbell. TAMU campus, 2011. was not getting the break that he deserved, one of Howard Terry’s high school science teachers called a friend who worked for a sporting goods company in Austin. The store contact made an appointment for the UT coach to drop by his store to meet with young Terry. The science teacher drove Terry to Austin, where he had a 30 minute interview with Coach Jack Chevigny. Chevigny was a former Notre Dame star who had taken the head coaching job at the University of Texas. As Mr. Terry recalled the interview, “Coach Chevigny did most of the talking. He told me Howard Terry. UT-Austin campus, 1937. stories of his playing days under Knute Rockne. I remember thinking that he must not have many good football players, because at the end of that interview he made me an offer to come to the Success began with a plan, hard University without ever having seen me play.” work, and help from others. The offer involved what today would be called “work-study.” He spent his first year working a couple of hours each day doing odd oward Terry’s long and successful life is not jobs, like cleaning out the gym and cutting the grass. Freshmen did Heasily captured in a few pages and photos. not play varsity football in those days, but by his sophomore year However, any talk about Mr. Terry would not be complete without talking about football. Growing up in the small town of Cameron, Texas, he played football for C.H. Yoe High School. Mr. Terry had dreams of becoming a successful businessman, but he knew that he could only achieve these dreams with the help of a college education, which he knew would be possible only with financial assistance — hopefully earned with a football scholarship. At first, Mr. Terry’s college football career did not seem destined for success. Although he worked out for a couple of college teams, he did not receive a single scholarship offer. Running out of options, Mr. Terry received help from an Howard and Nancy Terry with Director JeffStichler (TAMU 1990) and his unexpected source. Realizing that the young man family. Winedale Picnic, 2008. Terry had worked his way up to a starting position. Mr. Terry remembers being complimented by the coach one day after practice. Two notable events occurred after the “He told me I had played well. I told him I could play even better if I remarkable UT/Baylor game in 1937, the didn’t have to work two hours a day. The coach laughed and said I first of which launched a UT tradition didn’t have to do that anymore.” And he didn’t. that continues to this day. Terry quickly became a featured player on the UT team as a guard on At the conclusion of the game, the offense and a linebacker on defense. It was not unusual for him to play recently completed UT Tower was 60 minutes per game. By his senior year in 1937, Terry had become one illuminated, for the very first time, with o f the leaders o f the team. But