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Introducing the 2017 Distinguished Alumni
By Sofia Sokolove
This fall, as is tradition, the Texas Exes will come together to honor a group of the university’s most impressive alumni. Aside from getting to wear the famous...
Best of the Best: The 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Awards
By Alex Vickery
Each year, some of the best and brightest return to the Forty Acres to receive the most prestigious award bestowed upon UT-Austin alumni: the Distinguished Alumnus...
Introducing the 2016 Distinguished Alumni
By Alex Vickery
Each fall, hundreds of Longhorns gather to honor some of the university’s most impressive alumni. Along with a touching ceremony and a coveted burnt orange...
Introducing the 2015 Distinguished Alumni
By Rose Cahalan
Roll out the red carpet: This year’s crop of Distinguished Alumnus Award winners is an impressive bunch. Presented each fall, the Distinguished Alumnus Award...
Announcing the 2014 Distinguished Alumni
By Rose Cahalan
Every year on an autumn evening, several hundred Longhorns gather to celebrate a group of their most accomplished peers. There are moving video tributes, heartfelt...
‘Peace Through Strength’: Ted Cruz Addresses UT ROTC Graduates
By Chris O'Connell
“I’ve spent much of this past week back in Washington, D.C.,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), began his commencement speech at the ROTC joint commissioning...
Six Join the Ranks of UT’s Distinguished Alumni
By Rose Cahalan
“Tonight and commencement are my favorite nights of the year,” said UT president Bill Powers as he opened the Texas Exes’ annual Distinguished...
Texas Ex Named One of New York’s 50 Most Powerful Women
By Rose Cahalan
On Nov. 1, Linda Addison and five fellow high-achieving UT alumni will cross the LBJ Library stage and slip on the orange blazer that denotes the Texas Exes’...
Announcing the 2013 Distinguished Alumni
By Rose Cahalan
Since 1958, the Distinguished Alumnus Awards have been the Texas Exes’ highest honor, reserved for an elite group of alumni whose professional successes and service...
2012 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: In Their Own Words
By Lynn Freehill
Oscar acceptance speeches are sometimes amusing, occasionally tearful, and usually rote as each recipient thanks her producer, manicurist, and second cousins. If...