The Presidential Citation program was established to recognize the extraordinary contributions of individuals who personify the university's commitment to the task of transforming lives. The university does not award honorary degrees, and these citations are designed to salute persons whose service exemplifies the values shared by the university community. The Presidential Citation honors those who have brought great distinction to the university and helped the institution to achieve its mission. The first Presidential Citations were bestowed at Honors Day in 1979.
Presidential Citation
Presidential Citation
Previous Honorees
2015
Ricardo H. Hinojosa
James C. Langdon Jr.
Michael W. Perrin
Martha E. Smiley
Robert L. “Bobby” Stillwell
1998
Elspeth D. Rostow
1997
1994
1993
Emmette S. Redford
1992
1991
1989
1988
1987
1986
Wilhelmina R. Delco
1985
Jack G. Taylor
1984
1983
1982
Archie W. Straiton
1981
1980
1979
Mark Poole
Mario Ramirez
Linda L. Addison (2015) Allen J. Bard (2003) Ernest H. “Ernie” Cockrell (2016) Wilhelmina R. Delco (1986) Carl J. Eckhardt (1980) William L. Fisher (2002) Earnest F. Gloyna (2007) Norman Hackerman (1989) Bobby R. Inman (2006) Joe Jamail (2013) W. Page Keeton (1994) James C. Langdon Jr. (2015) H. Malcolm Macdonald (1993) Nancy Brazzil Oakley (2018) Américo Paredes (1997) Jack P. Randall (2019) Martha E. Smiley (2015) Charles Tate (2012) Cal E. Varner (2019) Sen. Kirk Watson (2016) Judith Zaffirini (2013)
Honorees Alphabetical
Thomas W. Anderson (2009)
James B. Ayers (2006)
Nettie Lee Benson (1986)
Jack Blanton (2003)
Jay Boisseau (2012)
Harold C. Bold (1983)
James H. Colvin (1982)
William W. Cooper (2008)
William H. Cunningham (2005)
Frank Denius (2005)
Almetris M. Duren (1979)
Randall H. Erben (2019)
Peter T. Flawn (2001)
Edmund T. Gordon (2014)
Sanford L. Gottesman (2017)
Hayden W. Head, Sr. (1987)
Ricardo H. Hinojosa (2015)
Daniel T. Hodge (2019)
Leon L. Holland (2017)
James Huffines (2018)
Kenneth M. Jastrow II (2009)
Wallace Jefferson (2016)
Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson (2007)
Bryce Jordan (2002)
Ron Kirk (2010)
George Kozmetsky (2002)
Hector De Leon (2007)
William S. Livingston (2005)
Joe and Teresa Lozano Long (2010)
Janiece Longoria (2016)
Wales H. Madden, Jr. (1992)
Jack Martin (2018)
Libba Massey (2018)
John Massey (2012)
Charles W. Matthews, Jr. (2014)
Red McCombs (2004)
John J. McKetta (1998)
James A. Michener (1991)
Harry J. Middleton (2001)
Stephen A. Monti (2008)
Ardon E. Moore (2017)
Fred H. Moore (1984)
James and Miriam Mulva (2014)
Mike A. Myers (2004)
J. Tinsley Oden (2004)
Peter O'Donnell (2013)
Michael W. Perrin (2015)
Shirley Bird Perry (2010)
J. J. "Jake" Pickle (1988)
Mark Poole (1979)
Mario Ramirez (1979)
Bernard Rapoport (2003)
Shannon Ratliff (2014)
Emmette S. Redford (1993)
Elspeth D. Rostow (1998)
Robert Rowling (2009)
C. B. Smith, Sr. (1985)
Tom Staley (2010)
Robert L. “Bobby” Stillwell (2015)
Archie W. Straiton (1982)
Robert S. Strauss (2008)
E. C. George Sudarshan (2006)
Jack G. Taylor (1986)
Larry E. Temple (2001)
Betty Anne Thedford (1981)
Sara Martinez Tucker (2008)
Barbara White (2012)
Pamela Willeford (2013)
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