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Texas Exes Houston Chapter
Endowed Scholarship
The Houston Chapter strives to support the community and offer financial assistance to students entering The University of Texas. In 1991, the Houston Chapter established a scholarship endowment to provide several scholarships annually to Houston high school students.
The scholarship is for entering freshman at The University of Texas at Austin who are from Houston high schools. This is a one-time scholarship given at the beginning of the students’ freshman year.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Texas Exes Houston Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Texas Exes’ Scholarship Committee.
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Joe and Lee Jamail
Texas Exes Houston Chapter Scholarship
The Texas Exes Houston Chapter accepted the challenge from Joe and Lee Jamail to create a scholarship endowment to promote diversity at The University of Texas at Austin. This scholarship will receive dollar for dollar matching funds from the Jamail Challenge Grant. This Challenge Grant was created to encourage the creation of new endowed scholarships to promote and preserve for all time a diverse student body at UT Austin.
African American or Hispanic students from the Houston area who demonstrate academic excellence and financial need will be considered for these scholarships. All scholarships will be multi-year awards: 4-years for undergraduates; 3-years for law students; 2-years for other graduate students. For undergraduate scholarships, recipients cannot be designated for specific colleges or majors. To continue the scholarships after the first year, all recipients must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.5.
The Texas Exes Houston Chapter will select the recipient or recipients for this award. Renewals of the scholarships will be administered by the Texas Exes Scholarship Department. (top)
Texas Exes Houston Chapter
Colonel Harold Gilbert Endowed Scholarship
This endowment was established in 2002 by the family of Harold S. Gilbert in his memory. Harold Gilbert graduated from The University of Texas with a B.A. in 1947 and M.Ed. in 1949 and was manager of the UT basketball team from 1945-47 including its undeafeted 1947 SWC Championship team, which reached the NCAA Final Four and finished 3rd in the nation. Mr. Gilbert supported The University for many years as a Board Member of The Texas Exes Houston Chapter, the Longhorn Foundation and the “T” Association.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen or entering transfer students at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area. Preference is for a student who plans to pursue a degree in education.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Texas Exes Houston Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Texas Exes’ Scholarship Committee. (top)
Houston Texas Exes – Robert H. Graham
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
Robert H. Graham (B. S. Electrical Engineering ’68, MS Electrical Engineering, ’72, MBA ’73) funded this endowment through his support of the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration held in Houston April 8, 1999. This event honored the fifty living and deceased Houston-area Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, and was jointly sponsored by The University of Texas, The Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes Chapter.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area, with a preference for a student from the Chinquapin School (Houston). The selected Chinquapin graduate will be reviewed annually, with the possibility for renewal, pending review for satisfactory progress, defined as a minimum overall 2.5 GPA at UT-Austin.
If other Chinquapin graduates enrolling at UT-Austin as freshmen become eligible for this scholarship, the entering freshmen will have priority over the continuing student in the selection process.
If no Chinquapin School graduates are eligible, recipient(s) will be selected from among the pool of other outstanding finalists identified by the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their scholarship program.
For a non-Chinquapin graduate, this award is for the freshman year only.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee.
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Houston Texas Exes – German J. Urioste
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
Donated in 1999 by Charles and Judy Tate in appreciation of Mr. German J. Urioste, UT BA 1993 in Liberal Arts/English, for his outstanding service as a faculty member in English at The Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas. Mr. Urioste is a gifted and creative teacher who is much appreciated by the Tate family, including daughter Mary John Frank (Kinkaid, 1999), a student of Mr. Urioste.
This endowment was established through the Tate’s support of the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration, held in Houston April 8, 1999 (co-sponsored by of The University of Texas, The Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes Chapter), and honoring Houston’s fifty living and deceased recipients of the UT Distinguished Alumnus Award. Mrs. Tate’s father, Ralph Spence (Tyler, Texas) was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1976.
Funds raised through this event benefited The University’s We’re Texas Capital Campaign.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen or entering transfer students at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area. Preference is for students enrolling in the College of Liberal Arts.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
Houston Texas Exes – AIM Foundation Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
This endowment was funded by the AIM Foundation, Houston, Texas, through its support of the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration held in Houston April 8, 1999. This event honored the fifty living and deceased Houston-area Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, and was jointly sponsored by The University of Texas, The Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes Chapter.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area, with a preference for students from inner-city schools in the Houston Independent School District who are economically disadvantaged and are in the top 10% of their graduating class.
A student is eligible for this scholarship for four successive years, pending satisfactory progress in his/her academic program. Satisfactory progress, for the purposes of this scholarship, is defined as a 2.5 overall GPA or better, on a 4.0 scale.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
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Houston Texas Exes – Jack S. Blanton Family
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
This endowment was funded by the Blanton family, through their support of the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration held in Houston April 8, 1999 as a joint fundraising project of The University of Texas, The Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes Chapter. The Celebration honored all fifty living and deceased Houston-area recipients of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Mr. Jack S. Blanton, Sr. received the award in 1978. The Blanton family includes the following: Laura Lee and Jack Blanton, Elizabeth and Peter Wareing, Leslie and Jack Blanton, Jr., and Eddy Blanton.
Funds raised through this event benefited the We’re Texas Capital Campaign of The University of Texas at Austin, initiated during Mr. Jack S. Blanton, Sr.’s service on the UT Austin Development Board. The scholarship is for entering freshmen or entering transfer students at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area. Preference is for students entering the School of Nursing, or students with an interest in pursuing a career in a museum. Recipients are encouraged to become involved in the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee.
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Houston Texas Exes – Chase Bank honoring Ben F. Love
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
This endowment was a gift from Chase Bank, to honor Ben F. Love, a recipient of the UT Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1975. Throughout Mr. Love’s many years with Chase Bank (formerly Texas Commerce Bank), he created a remarkable record not only for himself but also for many of the most outstanding leaders of Houston, Texas and beyond who were also graduates of The University of Texas at Austin.
The We’re Texas Millennium Celebration, held in Houston April 8, 1999 (co-sponsored by of The University of Texas, The Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes Chapter), was the genesis for this gift. At this event, Houston’s fifty living and deceased UT Distinguished Alumni were honored. Proceeds from this event are recognized as gifts to The University’s We’re Texas Capital Campaign.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen or entering transfer students at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area. Preference is for students entering the College of Business.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
Houston Texas Exes - Carolyn Frost Keenan
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
Carolyn Frost Keenan (BS ’76, MA ’78) is a Past President of the Houston Texas Exes (1994-95) and a member of The University’s Development Board (1996-present). This gift was made through her $50,000 gift to the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration held April 8, 1999, in Houston, Texas, honoring all fifty living and deceased Houston-area recipients of the Ex-Students’ Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. This gift also reflects the donor’s endorsement and support of the We’re Texas Campaign and its essential link with local alumni chapters. Ms. Keenan intends this scholarship as a tribute to the awardees and their families, who have had such a significant impact on both the enduring quality of The University of Texas at Austin, and Houston’s rise to prominence as a world-class city in the arts, business, and philanthropy.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen or entering transfer students at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area. To reflect her long-standing interest in the arts, the donor requests that first preference will be given to students enrolling in the College of Fine Arts. In the event there are no qualified College of Fine Arts scholarship applicants, the scholarship may be awarded to students enrolling in any degree program at UT-Austin.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
Houston Texas Exes – Joseph C. Walter, Jr. Family
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
This endowed scholarship was given by Mrs. Joseph C. Walter, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. James Looke III, and Joseph C. “Rusty” Walker III on the occasion of the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration, held in Houston April 8, 1999. Houston’s fifty living and deceased recipients of the UT Distinguished Alumnus Award were honored at this event, co-sponsored by of The University of Texas, The Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes Chapter.
Mr. Joseph C. Walter, Jr. (b. 1927, d. 1997) earned two degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. Petroleum Engineering (BS ’49) and Geology (MA ’51). His was a very distinguished career both nationally and internationally in oil and gas exploration. Mr. Walter was named a Distinguished Graduate of the College of Engineering (1977) and an Ex-Students’ Association Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient (1985). His philanthropy directed to The University of Texas has built many programs including the world-renowned Walter Geology Library in the College of Natural Sciences, has supported outstanding faculty, and has assisted countless students. Mr. Walter’s family is proud to honor him through this scholarship.
The scholarship is for entering freshmen or entering transfer students at The University of Texas at Austin who are from the Houston area. Preference is intended for students expressing interest in petroleum engineering or geology.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes Chapter through their regular selection process. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
Helen B. and William C. Harvin
Houston Texas Exes
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
This endowment was funded by the Harvin siblings to honor their parents, Helen B. and William C. Harvin, through their support of the We’re Texas Millennium Celebration held April 8, 1999. The Celebration was a joint fundraising project of the University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Ex-Students' Association, and the Houston Texas Exes. The celebration honored all fifty (living and deceased) Houston-area recipients of the Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. William C. Harvin received the award in 1987.
The scholarship is for students attending The University of Texas at Austin’s Law School who are from the Houston area.
Potential recipients will be recommended to the Houston Texas Exes by the admissions staff of the University of Texas at Austin Law School. The Scholarship Committee of the Houston Texas Exes, through their regular selection process, will make selection of recipient or recipients from among Law School recommendations. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students’ Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
Houston Texas Exes
Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Family
Millennium Celebration Endowed Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. and their family Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson III, Mr. and Mrs. Shea Morenz, and Mr. Will Robertson funded this endowment through their support of the “We’re Texas Millennium Celebration” held in Houston on April 8, 1999. This event honored the fifty living and deceased Houston-area Distinguished Alumni, and was jointly sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas Ex-Students’ Association, and the Houston Texas Exes.
Funds raised benefit the We’re Texas Capital Campaign, initiated when Corbin J. Robertson, Jr was Chair of The University of Texas at Austin Development Board (1996-98).
This scholarship is for graduates of The Kinkaid School in Houston enrolled at The University of Texas in the Plan II program. It will work in conjunction with the University of Texas Plan II Presidential Scholarship Funds established by this same family so that there will be significant continuing awards for students (as described above) at all levels of undergraduate study, based on their satisfactory progress.
Selection of recipient or recipients will be made by the Plan II office. The award of funds managed by The Ex-Students' Association will be made through the Houston Texas Exes. Final approval is to be given by The Ex-Students' Association’s Scholarship Committee. (top)
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