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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...

 
 

First Person: The 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Awards

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In November, six luminaries received UT’s highest honor for alumni: the Distinguished Alumnus Award. After donning the customary burnt-orange blazer, the recipients...

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 

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: James Huffines [Watch]

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James Huffines always knew that he would be a banker. But he didn’t know that he would be wildly successful at it, as well as at higher education advocacy...

 
 

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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