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Betty D. and Glenn Mortimer Memorial Scholarship

Betty D. and Glenn Mortimer Memorial Scholarship

Family and friends of Betty Dorchester Mortimer, BA ’43, and Glenn Mortimer, BBA ’43, established this scholarship to continue the Mortimers’ tradition of providing financial assistance to young people from the San Antonio area. It is awarded to a well-rounded...

Betty Nguyen Scholarship

Betty Nguyen Scholarship

Outstanding Young Texas Ex Betty Nguyen, BJ ’95, Life Member, created this scholarship to help promote diversity and journalism excellence at the University. Betty is an Emmy award-winning journalist with experience at both the local and network levels. The award...

Beverly and Will O’Hara Forty Acres Scholarship

Beverly and Will O’Hara Forty Acres Scholarship

Beverly and Will O’Hara feel it is important to offer future generations access to higher education and have pledged support for a wide-range of student initiatives at the McCombs School of Business, including fellowships for doctoral-level research in accounting,...

Beverly R. and Jack P. Randall Family

Beverly R. and Jack P. Randall Family

Beverly R. and Jack P. Randall, BS ’72, MS ’75, Life Member, of Cypress, created this scholarship to help the Cockrell School of Engineering attract and retain the best and brightest minority students. Jack, a born-and-raised Austinite, comes from a long line of...

BHP Forty Acres Scholarship

BHP Forty Acres Scholarship

This scholarship was established in partnership with the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and various donors.

Bill Garrett Memorial Scholarship

Bill Garrett Memorial Scholarship

William “Bill” Frank Garrett attended the University from 1958-1959 after serving in the Korean War. He married Janet Evelyn Deaton in 1962, and they had two daughters, Nannette Rachelle and Jennifer Kae, and three grandchildren, Tiffany, Kristean, and Garrett. Bill...

Bipin Avashia, M. D. Dell Medical School Scholarship

Bipin Avashia, M. D. Dell Medical School Scholarship

Bipin H. Avashia graduated from medical school in Baroda, India in 1969. Upon graduating he moved to New York City where he did his residency in Internal Medicine. Dr. Avashia is board certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine....

Bitsy and Harold D. Carter McCombs Dean's Scholarship

Bitsy and Harold D. Carter McCombs Dean's Scholarship

Harold Dee Carter graduated from The University of Texas with a BBA in Petroleum Land Management in 1962. he is current serving as Principal of HDBC Investments, Ltd. Mr. Carter is a Life Member of the Texas Exes. Harold and Bitsy (formerly, Betty H. Ruth) met at the...

BleedOrange Scholarship

BleedOrange Scholarship

Angela Carranza, BBA ’96, BA ’96, and Ben Carranza, BA ’95, Life Members, from Pearland established this scholarship to give back to UT, where they met and married while still undergraduates.

Bobby Parkinson Scholarship

Bobby Parkinson Scholarship

Sandi Parkinson, Life Member, established this scholarship to honor her husband Bobby, Life Member, on his 50th birthday. The recipient must be a native Texan who is an entering freshman, a graduate of a Texas high school, and a demonstrated leader in extracurricular...

Bozic Family Scholarship

Bozic Family Scholarship

Christi and Kevin Bozic established this scholarship for students pursuing a higher education degree with the Dell Medical School.

Brett Alan Stone Memorial Scholarship

Brett Alan Stone Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established with contributions from family and friends as a tribute to Brett Stone, BS ’95, BA ’95. He had been accepted into Harvard Business School’s MBA program for 2001 before he died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest in July 2000. The...

Cain, Denius, McGill Family Forty Acres Scholarship

Cain, Denius, McGill Family Forty Acres Scholarship

There are no stronger supporters of The University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Exes and higher education in the state of Texas than the Cain, Denius and McGill families. Frank Denius served as president of the Texas Exes from 1964-66 during a crucial time in the...

Candice Kim Memorial Scholarship

Candice Kim Memorial Scholarship

The Orientation Advisor Group from the Office of the Dean of Students established this scholarship in memory of Candice Kim, an orientation advisor who was killed in an auto accident in August 1991. The scholarship is for an Asian-American, upper-division business...

Carol and Jeff Heller Forty Acres Scholarship

Carol and Jeff Heller Forty Acres Scholarship

Carol and Jeff Heller both graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with bachelor’s of business administration degrees and are Life Members of the Texas Exes. The Hellers feel that the University significantly impacted their employment opportunities and they...

Carol and Jerry Pitts Scholarship

Carol and Jerry Pitts Scholarship

Carol, BS ’54, and Jerry Pitts, BS ’54, Life Members, of Midland, created this award to benefit students with a financial need. The scholarship goes to native Texans who are highly motivated entering freshmen with ambition, integrity, high moral character, and a...

Carol F. Goodfriend Scholarship

Carol F. Goodfriend Scholarship

For her birthday on May 12, 2000, Carol F. Goodfriend, Life Member, was honored by her husband Dr. Barry Goodfriend, BA ’55, Life Member, and their children with this scholarship for a junior or senior in the School of Social Work with a financial need, with first...

Cathy Sorsby Longhorn Band Scholarship

Cathy Sorsby Longhorn Band Scholarship

Cathy Sorsby, BS ’82, MBA ’94, Life Member, a former section leader in the Longhorn Band, established this scholarship for female members of the Longhorn Band who demonstrate outstanding academic records, leadership through involvement in campus activities, and...

CFP Foundation Scholarship

CFP Foundation Scholarship

The CFP Foundation works closely with the Texas Exes to provide scholarships for minority students in the Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. The Business Honors Program is a nationally recognized undergraduate program offering MBA style...

Charles Vinson Memorial Scholarship

Charles Vinson Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is established in memory of Charles Vinson. Charles Vinson graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Science in Chemical Engineering in 1970, a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1971 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence...

Charline and Red McCombs Family Forty Acres Scholarship

Charline and Red McCombs Family Forty Acres Scholarship

In May 2010, alumni and friends honored Distinguished Alumus Red McCombs with a gala celebration on the 10th anniversary of his $50 million naming gift to The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. Red’s contribution has translated into more than...

Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation

The Chevron Corporation has partnered with the University to help recruit and train some of the state of Texas’ most academically accomplished and professionally promising students who have been historically underrepresented on campus.

Chevron Enrichment Award

Chevron Enrichment Award

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron) has historically been a true partner with The University of Texas at Austin, supporting recruiting efforts, student activities and programs on campus within the Cockrell School of Engineering, McCombs School of Business, and Jackson...

Christopher B. Schulze Scholarship for French Majors

Christopher B. Schulze Scholarship for French Majors

Dr. Christopher B. Schulze, BS ’79, BA ’79, Life Member, received undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and French. He established this scholarship to recognize outstanding French majors at the junior or senior level.

Christopher B. Schulze Scholarship in Zoology

Christopher B. Schulze Scholarship in Zoology

Dr. Christopher B. Schulze, BS ’79, BA ’79, Life Member, established this scholarship in 1994 for outstanding upper-division zoology majors.

Christopher J. and Lisa Ferrell Bacic Scholarship

Christopher J. and Lisa Ferrell Bacic Scholarship

Christopher J. Bacic, BA ’86, and Lisa Ferrell Bacic, BBA ’86, MBA ’88, Life Members, of Plano, established this scholarship as a tribute to their love of the University, where they met. The recipient of the scholarship is an entering freshman who is a well-rounded...

Club Sembradores de Amistad

Club Sembradores de Amistad

Club Sembradores de Amistad, a group of Austinites dedicated to helping underprivileged college students, created this endowment to benefit Hispanic students. The name of the international nonprofit organization, which has its headquarters in Monterrey, Mexico, means...

Clyde Littlefield Graduate Fellowship

Clyde Littlefield Graduate Fellowship

Friends of Clyde Littlefield, Life Member, whose career as an outstanding athlete and coach at the University spanned more than 50 years, established this fellowship in 1963. It benefits a graduate student who participated in at least one intercollegiate sport at the...

Connie Garza Griffith Scholarship

Connie Garza Griffith Scholarship

The late Connie Garza Griffith, BA ’22, MA ’26, Life Member, originally from Starr County, established this scholarship in 1979 to honor an entering freshman who is a graduate of a Starr County high school for academic achievement, character, and leadership.

Cory Paul Ziegler Memorial Scholarship

Cory Paul Ziegler Memorial Scholarship

Cory Paul Ziegler, BA ’92, was a Plan II Honors graduate from Houston who lost his battle with leukemia in 1992. He is remembered for his positive attitude, warmth, joy, passion, determination, courage, and enthusiasm for life. His family and friends established this...