Life Members Harold D., BA ’61, PhD ’68, and Paula Gray Ables, BS ’60, PhD ’65, of Flagstaff, established this scholarship in memory of Paula’s parents to encourage scholarship in Comanche, Dublin, and Stephenville high schools. The scholarship is for entering...

Life Member Pauline Allen Gill Sullivan (1916-2006) graduated from Terrell High School, attended The Hockaday School, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The University of Texas at Austin in 1939 where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and...

A Fort Worth attorney and businessman, Preston “Pete” M. Geren, BA ’75, JD ’78, Life Member, was a member of the U.S. Congress for four terms until his retirement in 1997. He joined the Department of Defense in September 2001 to serve as special assistant to the...

A Fort Worth attorney and businessman, Preston “Pete” M. Geren, BA ’75, JD ’78, Life Member, was a member of the U.S. Congress for four terms until his retirement in 1997. He joined the Department of Defense in September 2001 to serve as special assistant to the...

A Fort Worth attorney and businessman, Preston “Pete” M. Geren, BA ’75, JD ’78, Life Member, was a member of the U.S. Congress for four terms until his retirement in 1997. He joined the Department of Defense in September 2001 to serve as special assistant to the...

The family of Phanta “Jack” Phoummarath established this scholarship to honor the memory of a beloved son, brother, uncle, friend, and student. His gentle spirit, compassion for others, generosity, charisma, and zeal for life will never be forgotten. At a required...

Michael C. Pirrung, BA ’75, Life Member, a chemistry professor at Duke University, established this scholarship to nurture undergraduates with an interest in scientific research in chemistry. The scholarship is for an outstanding upper-division biochemistry or...

While a student at The University of Texas at Austin, Henry Hutcheson, BA ’88, became acquainted with three women who worked their way through college while undertaking student loans. He admired these women for their effort and recalls the additional stress their...

The fall of 1990 saw the arrival of Katrinka R. Pouncy, John S. Jefferson and L. Christopher Walters as incoming freshmen to The University of Texas at Austin. With intentions of attaining technical degrees, John began a quest to achieve a Bachelor of Business...

The late Professor Karl K. Klein was an authority in sports medicine and problems of the knee, particularly in runners. He and his wife Marjorie endowed this scholarship in 1983 to assist graduate students in health education or health promotion and fitness.

Ralph and Reba Ferrell are both graduates of Blooming Grove High School. Ralph went on to receive a BS in 1961 and a PhD in 1966 while Reba deferred her education to support Ralph’s career goals. After a 20-year delay, Reba graduated with highest honors from McNeese...

Ray Fisher’s family established this award in his memory to encourage college achievement by Texas students – a cause to which he was dedicated. This award recognizes undergraduate students with proven ability and outstanding academic achievement.

A professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University, Raymond Starr, BA ’58, PhD ’64, Life Member, established this scholarship in 2001 for an outstanding undergraduate history major.

With the assistance of family friends, the late William Senseman, BS ’68, Life Member, and Louise M. Senseman Bhagat, MA ’62, established this award in 1982 to honor their father and mother. It is awarded to an entering freshman who demonstrates academic excellence,...

Richard De La Paz, BA ’73, and Eva De La Paz, of San Antonio, created this scholarship to give back to the University and to Richard’s hometown, Corpus Christi. It is awarded to a Hispanic entering freshman, with first preference given to a graduate of Miller High...

Mark Johnson, BS ’82, created this endowment to honor the great friendship between his father, the late Richard Johnson, BBA ’54, Life Member, a Distinguished Alumnus and former chairman and publisher of the Houston Chronicle, and Mack Stoeltje, BS ’54, MS ’75, Life...

Family and friends, including his widow, Ruby Wootten Blalock, and his daughter, Anne Blalock Bunten, established this scholarship in memory of Richard W. Blalock, LLB ’28, Life Member. During his time at UT, he was elected student body president, was selected as a...

The Rio Grande Valley Scholars Program is a community-driven effort by alumni and friends who are community leaders from the Upper, Mid and Lower Rio Grandy Valley and who value the longstanding relationship the area has with The University of Texas. This program...

R.L. Heinrichs of Austin, trustee for R.L.H. Trust, established this scholarship to benefit minority students. The Heinrichs are strong supporters of education, believing that the best way to improve our society is to give educational opportunities to all young...

Scholarship Committee member Robert A. Roberts, Life Member, and his wife Barbara established this scholarship to honor their family and to benefit a student who needs financial assistance. The scholarship is designated for an entering freshman with outstanding...

This scholarship was set up in memory of Robert J. “Bob” Pesek, BBA ’47, Life Member, by his five children to honor his memory and pay tribute to his long-time love of the University of Texas. Born in Sweet Home, Texas, his college years were interrupted by the...

Locke, Liddell and Sapp, L.L.P., along with family and friends, established this scholarship to honor the memory of late partner Rod Sands, BBA ’79, JD ’82, and to support Rod’s deep commitment to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. Rod...

Active and enthusiastic supporters of UT, Ronald M. Guinn, BS ’54, Life Member, and Ann Bley Guinn created this scholarship to express their love for the University and their commitment to helping provide higher education to deserving students. The scholarship is...

Life Members Deanna and Guadalupe J. “Marty” Martinez, BS ’63, established this scholarship in memory of Deanna’s mother, Rose A. de la Vega. Rose was a big advocate of education and played a special role in encouraging all her grandchildren to continue their education.

Dr. Reginald C. Baptiste, BA ’86, Life Member, of Austin, established this scholarship to honor his mother, Rose Baptiste, who died in June 2007. Ms. Baptiste had a special love and appreciation for the University and Houston’s High School for Health Professions...

Roxana Corla wishes to establish a scholarship to recruit female students who will be enrolled in the McCombs School of Business MBA program.

Mr. Cárdenas, LLB ’58, and Mrs. Cárdenas, Life Members, are both strong supporters of higher education. The scholarship is for a deserving Mexican-American student in the School of Law, with special consideration to a student who is mobility-impaired, for three years...

Ruben R. Cardenas and Dardanella G. Cardenas established this scholarship to benefit Mexican-American law students at The University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Cardenas graduated from UT’s School of Law in 1958. He is a Partner with Cardenas, Whitis & Stephen,...

This scholarship was created by the Texas Exes Nacogdoches Chapter in memory of Texas Ex R.W. McKinney, Life Member. Although the chapter is not currently active, the scholarship still benefits a deserving entering freshman from Nacogdoches.

S.A., BS ’52, BS ’55, Life Member, and Viola Garza, BBA ’48, created this scholarship for Mexican-American students. Mr. Garza worked his way through college and knows the difficulties that many students and their families face in financing higher education. Strong...