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Presidential Citation

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 on Honors Day in 1979.

  • 2024

    Jim Breyer
    Charles D. Fraser Jr.
    Cloteal Davis Haynes
    Dade Phelan

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  • 2023

    Quan Cosby
    Janet Mountain
    S.V. Sreenivasan
    Rex Tillerson

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  • 2022

    Leticia Fernandez
    Mindy Hildebrand
    Jeanne Klein
    Richard Reddick

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  • 2019

    Randall H. Erben
    Daniel T. Hodge
    Jack P. Randall
    Cal E. Varner

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  • 2018

    James Huffines
    Jack Martin
    Libba Massey
    Nancy Brazzil Oakley

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  • 2017

    Sanford L. Gottesman
    Leon L. Holland
    Ardon E. Moore

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  • 2016

    Ernest H. “Ernie” Cockrell
    Wallace Jefferson
    Janiece Longoria
    Sen. Kirk Watson

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  • 2015

    Linda L. Addison
    Ricardo H. Hinojosa
    James C. Langdon Jr.
    Michael W. Perrin
    Martha E. Smiley
    Robert L. “Bobby” Stillwell

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  • 2014

    Edmund T. Gordon
    Charles W. Matthews, Jr.
    James and Miriam Mulva
    Shannon Ratliff

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  • 2013

    Joe Jamail
    Peter O’Donnell
    Pamela Willeford
    Judith Zaffirini

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  • 2012

    Jay Boisseau
    John Massey
    Charles Tate
    Barbara White

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  • 2010

    Ron Kirk
    Joe and Teresa Lozano Long
    Shirley Bird Perry
    Tom Staley

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  • 2009

    Thomas W. Anderson
    Kenneth M. Jastrow II
    Robert Rowling

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  • 2008

    William W. Cooper
    Stephen A. Monti
    Robert S. Strauss
    Sara Martinez Tucker

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  • 2007

    Hector De Leon
    Earnest F. Gloyna
    Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson

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  • 2006

    James B. Ayers
    Bobby R. Inman
    E. C. George Sudarshan

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  • 2005

    William H. Cunningham
    Frank Denius
    William S. Livingston

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  • 2004

    Red McCombs
    Mike A. Myers
    J. Tinsley Oden

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  • 2003

    Allen J. Bard
    Jack Blanton
    Bernard Rapoport

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  • 2002

    William L. Fisher
    Bryce Jordan
    George Kozmetsky

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  • 2001

    Peter T. Flawn
    Harry J. Middleton
    Larry E. Temple

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  • 1998

    John J. McKetta
    Elspeth D. Rostow

  • 1997

    Américo Paredes

  • 1994

    W. Page Keeton

  • 1993

    H. Malcolm Macdonald
    Emmette S. Redford

  • 1992

    Wales H. Madden, Jr.

  • 1991

    James A. Michener

  • 1989

    Norman Hackerman

  • 1988

    J. J. “Jake” Pickle

  • 1987

    Hayden W. Head, Sr.

  • 1986

    Nettie Lee Benson
    Wilhelmina R. Delco

  • 1985

    C.B. Smith, Sr.
    Jack G. Taylor

  • 1984

    Fred H. Moore

  • 1983

    Harold C. Bold

  • 1982

    James H. Colvin
    Archie W. Straiton

  • 1981

    Betty Anne Thedford

  • 1980

    Carl J. Eckhardt

  • 1979

    Almetris M. Duren
    Mark Poole
    Mario Ramirez