SERVICE AWARDS
Jack Harbin Top Hand Award
Recognizing individuals who have given extraordinary service to the Texas Exes and the university.
The Top Hand Award recognizes an individual who has given extraordinary service to the Texas Exes and The University of Texas. Shrouded in secrecy, the Top Hand Award recipient is unaware of the honor until the time of presentation. Each recipient is selected and awarded personally by the president of the Texas Exes. Their servant’s heart and passion for UT Austin makes all the difference for the association and the university.
Recipients
2021
Brien Smith
Life Member, Dallas, TX
2019
Dr. David Jones
Life Member, Austin, TX
2017
Monica Murrell
Life Member, Dallas, TX
2016
Letty Fernandez
Life Member, Brownsville, TX
2015
Lori Lewis-Conerly
Life Member, Austin, TX
2014
Jeff Duchin
Life Member, Dallas, TX
2013
Jack Harbin
Life Member, Dallas, TX (Deceased)
2012
Natalie Butler
Life Member, Austin, TX
2011
JJ Baskin
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
2010
Steven W. Leslie
Life Member, Austin, TX
Cole McClellan
Austin, TX
2009
Harley Clark
Life Member, Dripping Springs, TX, (Deceased)
Chris Plonsky
Life Member, Austin, TX
2008
Bill Powers
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Tim McClure
Life Member, Austin, TX
2007
Barbara Guthery
Life Member, Austin, TX
Ann Seals
Life Member, Austin, TX
2006
John Adkins
Life Member, Houston, TX
DeLoss Dodds
Life Member, Austin, TX
2005
Alisa Manning Peppers
Life Member, Missouri City, TX
Charles Roeckle
Life Member, Austin, TX
2004
Jerry Grammer
Life Member, Rockwell, TX
Porky Haberman
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
2003
Susana Aléman
Life Member, Austin, TX
Steve Ballantyne
Life Member, San Antonio, TX
Jane Monday
Life Member, Austin, TX
2002
Marilyn White
Life Member, Austin, TX
2001
Larry Faulkner
Life Member, Austin, TX
2000
Rod Caspers
Life Member, Austin, TX
1998
Larry Temple
Life Member, Austin, TX
Peyton Townsend
Life Member, Dallas, TX
1997
Ricardo Hinojosa
Life Member, McAllen, TX
Jane Rhodes
Life Member, Baytown, TX
1996
Bob Inman
Life Member, Austin, TX
Cyndi Taylor Krier
Life Member, San Antonio, TX
Elspeth Rostow
Life Member, Austin, TX
1995
Margaret Berry
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Joe M. Kilgore
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Glenn Richter
Austin, TX
Ed Sharpe
Life Member, Austin, TX
1994
John Barnhill
Life Member, Brenham, TX
Bob Berdahl
Life Member, Eugene, OR
1993
Larry Temple
Life Member, Austin, TX
1992
Lowell Lebermann
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Jon Newton
Life Member, Austin, TX
1991
Porky Haberman
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
1990
John Harbin
Life Member, Dallas, TX (Deceased)
Weldon Smith
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
1989
Betty Sue Flowers
Life Member, Austin, TX
Sylvia McNatt
Life Member, Granbury, TX
John Fainter
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
1988
Bob Witt
Life Member, Tuscaloosa, AL
1987
William Cunningham
Life Member, Austin, TX
1983
Tom Law
Life Member, Fort Worth, TX (Deceased)
Shirley Bird Perry
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Robert Post
Life Member, San Angelo, TX
1982
Bebe Inkley
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
Ken & Mary Lou Nuhn
Life Members, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Oscar Zuniga
Life Member, Laredo, TX (Deceased)
1981
Kent Borden
Joe Belden
Life Member, Washington, D.C. (Deceased)
Crockett & Jerry English
Life Members, Leander, TX (Deceased)
Phil Gemmer
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
Hum Mandell
Life Member, Austin, TX
1980
Jim Colvin
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
1979
Lorene Rogers
Life Member, Dallas, TX (Deceased)
John Ben Sheppard
Life Member, Odessa, TX (Deceased)
1978
Gordon Rountree
Life Member, Waco, TX (Deceased)
John Stuart
Life Member, Dallas, TX
1976
Mike Cook
Life Member, Austin, TX
Jean Kaspar
Life Member, Shiner, TX (Deceased)
Wales Madden Jr.
Life Member, Amarillo, TX (Deceased)
Jack Maguire
Life Member, Fredericksburg, TX (Deceased)
Barbara Stuart
Life Member, Dallas, TX
1975
Neil Calnan
Life Member, Houston, TX
Bob Odle
Life Member, Rio, WV
Mae Rowland
San Antonio, TX
1974
Foster Parker
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
1972
Dan Krausse
Life Member, Dallas, TX (Deceased)
1970
Virginia Allen
Life Member, Lufkin, TX (Deceased)
Gordon Appleman
Life Member, Fort Worth, TX (Deceased)
Jack Blanton
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
Edward Clark
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Marvin Collie
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
L. “Brownie” McNeil
Austin, TX
Joe Neal
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Wally Pryor
Life Member, Waco TX (Deceased)
Pickard Wagner
Life Member, Osprey, FL (Deceased)
Carl Welhausen
Life Member, Yoakum, TX (Deceased)
1969
Richard W. Blalock
Life Member, Marshall, TX (Deceased)
Jubilo Clements
Life Member, - cannot verify
John Connally
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
Thornton Hardie
Life Member, Midland, TX (Deceased)
Jack Josey
Life Member, Houston, TX (Deceased)
Charles Prothro
Life Member, Wichita, TX (Deceased)
Bill Neubauer
Amarillo, TX (Deceased)
1968
Charles Coates
Life Member, Navasota, TX (Deceased)
Frank Denius
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Sterling Holloway
Life Member, Austin, TX (Deceased)
Ernest F. Smith
Life Member, Marshall, TX (Deceased)
1967
Reese Cleveland
Life Member, Midland, TX (Deceased)