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Announcing the 2014 Distinguished Alumni

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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

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“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

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“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

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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

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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...

 
 

In Their Own Words: The 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Awards

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Oscar acceptance speeches are sometimes amusing, occasionally tearful, and usually rote as each recipient thanks her producer, manicurist, and second cousins. If...

 
 

All Hail the Texas Exes’ 2012 Distinguished Alumni

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Since 1958, the Distinguished Alumnus Awards have been the Texas Exes’ highest honor, reserved for an elite group of alumni whose professional successes and...

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: Jodie Jiles [Watch]

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Jodie Jiles was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He went on to earn a master’s in accounting at UT and lead the Greater Houston Alliance....

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: Jane Chesnutt [Watch]

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It’s hard to imagine a time when it wasn’t socially accepted to talk about breast cancer or AIDS. But under the leadership of Jane Chesnutt, BJ ’73,...

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: John Barnhill [Watch]

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John Barnhill, BJ ’59, Life Member, landed a journalism major’s dream job right after graduation: he was a reporter at the old Houston Press. But life...

 
 
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