Chuck Harris

Letter from the Executive Director: Core Memories

June 30, 2024 6:42 pm | no comments

GM Steakhouse, circa 1990. Staring at this photo of a car whizzing by the old GM Steakhouse on the Drag transports me straight back to the late 1980s and my...

Letter from the Executive Director: The Year of AI

April 30, 2024 7:40 pm | 1 comment

President Hartzell speaks with students and robot at the 2024 SXSW Hook ‘Em House. On Jan. 31, UT President Jay Hartzell declared 2024 “The Year of...

Letter from the Executive Director: Power in Numbers

February 27, 2024 1:06 pm | 1 comment

Life Membership scrolls hanging in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. As you can see on the cover, the Texas Exes is rounding the corner on a major milestone. This...

Letter From the Executive Director: 50 Years With Carol

December 30, 2023 6:20 pm | no comments

Harris and Barrett at the tailgate celebration. When I came to this job at the Texas Exes seven years ago, I confess I knew very little about the ins and outs...

Letter From the Executive Director: You Had to Be There

November 1, 2023 12:00 am | no comments

From left, Chuck and Tamra Harris; Margaret Williams, Director of Travel; Gay Gaddis, President, Texas Exes Board of Directors; Jamie Puryear, Vice President of...

Letter from the Executive Director: The Center of It All

September 1, 2023 1:01 am | no comments

A view of the most iconic campus building from the courtyard of Mary E. Gearing Hall. When I first learned there was talk about renovating the UT Tower, I was...

Letter from the Executive Director: Moment in the Sun

June 30, 2023 7:00 am | 1 comment

After more than five years heading up the Texas Exes, I had one of my favorite UT experiences recently on the field at DKR, and it had nothing to do with football....

Letter From the Executive Director: #UTatSXSW

May 1, 2023 7:00 am | no comments

From left, Texas Exes President-elect Gay Gaddis, Banger’s Owner Ben Siegel, UT President Jay Hartzell, Chuck Harris. South by Southwest, the conference...

Letter From the Executive Director: Film School

March 1, 2023 7:00 am | no comments

Long ago, when Ronald Reagan was president and I was a UT senior cruising toward graduation and dreaming of a cushy first job on Wall Street, I hit a bit of...

Letter From the Executive Director: Word on the Street

January 1, 2023 7:00 am | no comments

Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, TX. Recently I had a procedure that was inconsequential enough that I was back to work at the Alumni Center the next...