Celebrating Our Tigers
The Trinity University Alumni Association awards program seeks to recognize alumni who are representing their alma mater in extraordinary ways and is committed to a process of inclusive excellence in selecting awards recipients.
Alumni Association Awards
*Current Alumni Association Board members are not eligible for consideration*
Distinguished Alumni Award
The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest award presented by the Trinity University Alumni Association. Candidates will have distinguished themselves through personal or professional achievement, must have attended or graduated from Trinity at least 16 years ago.
- Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
1961 William Lester Jordan '26
1962 Joseph Guilford Terry '12
1964 Ilion T. Jones '13
1965 John N. Shell '24
1966 William H. Gray '22
1966 Hughie Florence Call '09
1967 Neil E. Rigler '30
1967 John Preston Comer '07
1968 Mattie Laughter Camp '14
1968 Herbert C. Petry, Jr. '36
1969 J. Hoytt Boles '29
1970 Edwin L. Harding '21
1970 Fred A. Chapman '10
1971 J. Bliss Norton '27
1972 William F. McCurdy '38
1974 John Harold Moore '28
1975 John R. Silber '47
1976 Joseph Gravitt Armstrong '65
1976 Tod Pazdral '28
1977 Paige K. Besch '56
1978 Paul Baker '33
1986 Jack L. Stotts '54
1987 Robert S. McClane '61
1988 Thomas S. Matney '49
1989 Herbert H. Reynolds '52
1990 William K. Suter '59
1991 James F. Dicke II '68
1992 James W. Jones IV '67
1993 John O. Chapman, Jr. '49
1993 Clyde J. and Ruby Wilson Verheyden '32
1994 Fred W. Starks '43
1994 Daniel C. Morales '78
1995 Douglas D. Hawthorne '69 and '72
1995 David J. Straus '44
1996 Walter R. Huntley, Jr. 71 and '73
1997 Naomi Shihab Nye '74
1998 Houston R. Wheeler '41
1998 George Hixon '64
1999 Raymond Judd, Jr. '56
2000 Louise Locker '71
2001 John Igo '48
2001 John Cornyn '71
2002 Belle S. Wheelan '72
2003 James T. Hill '68
2005 Cecil Hale '38
2005 David Weekley '75
2006 Linda Pace '80
2007 Stephen G. Jennings '68
2008 Mark W. Kline '79
2009 Melody Boone Meyer '79
2010 Leo Sayavedra '61
2011 Stephen Butt '77
2012 Robert Holleyman '76
2013 Kevin Bergner '79
2014 Thomas Wilbanks '60
2015 John Thornton '87
2016 Michael McCaul '84
2017 Elisa Massimino '82
2018 Jacqueline E. Claunch ’66
2019 Denny Marie Post '78
2020 Jason Hafner '20
2021 Aisha Sultan '96, P'25
2022 Dr. Joseph C. Gathe Jr. '78
2023 Her Excellency Dame Froyla Elida Tzalam '93, GCGM
Spirit of Trinity Award
The Spirit of Trinity Award is given to a loyal alumnus/a who embodies what it means to be a Trinitonian. The award recognizes exceptional service to the community or University. The alumnus/a makes significant contributions to volunteer or professional organizations and demonstrates the attributes of Trinity's liberal arts education: exhibiting creativity, purposefulness, and a commitment to improving the quality of their community.
- Spirit of Trinity Award Recipients
2002 John H. Moore III '60
2003 Virginia Duff '42
2005 Tim Derk '79
2006 James Potter '63 and '67
2007 Mary Jane Judd '57
2008 Erich Menger, III ''66
2009 Beverly Watts Davis '79
2010 Carol Casler '67
2011 Ken Smith '65
2012 Glenna McCord '47
2014 Jin In '95
2015 Lucia Street '59
2016 Ben White '51 (posthumously awarded)
2017 Kay S. Jordan '64
2018 Dave ’76 and Carol '83 Mansen
2019 Bonnie Flake '77
2020 Allison Hawk '88
2021 Philip Wetz '73, P'11
2022 Mary Ullmann Japhet '84
2023 Rick Hill '91
Outstanding Young Alumni Award
The Outstanding Young Alumni Award is given to young alumni whose achievements in their profession or chosen field and/or in service to the community set a standard of excellence worthy of recognition by the University and the Alumni Association. Nominees must be Trinity alumni and have graduated in the past 10 years.
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award Recipients
2002 Angie Bryan '91
2003 Daniel Lubetzky '90
2004 Todd Farha '90
2005 Steven Swoap '90
2007 Anthony Barrese '97
2008 Ana Unruh Cohen '96
2009 Tess Coody-Anders '93
2010 Mark Larson '97, '98, '02
2011 Sheridan Chambers '97
2012 Dirk Elmendorf '97
2014 Alyson Rose-Wood '03
2015 Rebecca Avitia '03
2016 Chris Newport '08
2017 Susan Todd '05
2018 Christopher Helfrich '03
2019 Simran Jeet Singh '06
2020 Leticia Bode '05
2021 Bené Eaton '09
2022 Jeremy Wolf '16
2023 Jaskirat Singh Batra '12, Ph.D.
Tower Award
The Tower Awards recognize alumni who have maintained a commitment to connect with and improve their alma mater or made a significant contribution to their field, profession, or greater community. Winners will have made significant contributions to their profession, Trinity, and/or their community. Nominees must have attended or graduated from Trinity University.
- Tower Award Recipients
2019 Victoria Gonzalez '13
2019 Marina Suarez '03
2019 Rachel Hanson '05
2019 Ron Fortin '08
2019 Florence Tang '01
2020 Aly Lilley '09
2020 Mark McCullough '11, '12
2020 Elizabeth Eder Northern '09
2020 Salvator Perdomo '13
2020 Nick Shockey '09
2021 John Burnam '10
2021 Sarah Causer '11
2021 Libby Day '12
2021 Ender Ergun '11
2021 Mitchell Hagney '13
2022 Caz Harleaux '02
2022 Tom James '90
2023 Ellen Riojas Clark '74, Ph.D.
2023 Portia Lowe Hoeg '01
2023 Jamie Thompson '05, Ed.D.
Fraternity/Sorority Life Alumni Adviser of the Year Award
The Fraternity/Sorority Life Alumni Adviser of the Year Award recognizes outstanding service to a Trinity University fraternity or sorority by an alumnus/a who has served in an advisory capacity. All FSL alumni advisers are eligible for this award, regardless of when s/he served in this role. Award criterion is simple: significant interaction and support of the undergraduate members of a fraternity/sorority organization.
- Fraternity/Sorority Life Alumni Adviser of the Year Award Recipients
2015 Jeanne McGee Culver '82
2016 John Mace '71
2017 Amy Turlington Chambers '89
2018 Drew Mallender '89
2019 Lindsay Anhold Lew '97
2020 Laura Kalb '14
2021 Karla Hagen Phillips '92
2022 Angie Boudreau Cox '97
2023 Amy McGee '92
Future Alumni Awards
Heart of Trinity Award
The Heart of Trinity Award for Future Alumni, sponsored by the Board of Visitors and the Trinity University Alumni Association, in partnership with Alumni Relations and Development, awards up to four seniors $1,000 each year for outstanding service to the University.
For more info about how to submit your nomination, visit the Student Life Leadership and Service Awards page.
- Heart of Trinity Award Recipients
2018 Kendall Leigh Hayes
2018 Alexandra "Sasha" Paloma Levy Faust
2018 Mary Kathryne "Kassie" Kelly
2018 Davis Graham King
2019 Cameron Carlin
2019 Danielle Couch
2019 Brandon Guzman
2019 Rachel Daniel
2022 Maria Fernanda Arteaga Almaraz
2022 Katie Maloan
2022 Thomàs Peña
2023 Helen Liang ’23
2023 Sydney Rhodes ’23
2023 Moraima Rodriguez ’23
2023 Molly Sheridan ’23
Tigers on the Rise Award
The Tigers on the Rise Award is awarded to five future alumni who are committed to being stewards of Trinity University through leadership and service. Award winners exhibit strong leadership and organizational skills and are stewards of the Trinity University brand on and off campus. They show potential to become leading alumni by staying engaged with the Trinity community through opportunities to serve on boards and committees, and exhibiting a desire to pay it forward to future Tigers using time, talent, and treasure.
For more info about how to submit your nomination, visit the Student Life Leadership and Service Awards page.
- Tigers on the Rise Award Recipients
2018 Danielle Couch
2018 Emme Bettes-Manahan
2018 Hannah Konyecsni
2018 Lara Harris
2018 Nicholas Champion
2019 Jennifer Ochoa
2019 Cameron Carlin
2019 Amani Canada
2019 Benjamin Brody
2019 Maggi Linker
2021 Katie Maloan '22
2021 Ivy Nguyen '22
2021 Natalia Gonzalez '22
2021 Wren Ramos '22
2022 Sabrina Cuauro '23
2022 Helen Liang '23
2022 Lauren Stevens '23
2023 Donya Ahmadi ’23
2023 Chloe Castro ’24
2023 Aliya Jackson ’24
2023 Danny Nguyen ’24
2023 Emma Ruchhoeft ’24
Health Care Administration Alumni Association Awards
The Duce Award
The Duce Award honors a graduate of the Health Care Administration program who has shown outstanding leadership and made significant contributions to the field of health services administration. The award is presented annually and is named after Dean Leonard A. Duce, a former dean of the Graduate School at Trinity and one of the program’s founding faculty members. Supplemental information regarding the nominees' background/bio, support of Trinity's HCAD Department, participation in the HCAD Annual Fund, whether they have taken residents, notes on coaching tree and/or organization's challenges and other awards, accolades and/or community involvement will assist with candidate selection
- Duce Award Recipients
1976 William F. Smith M'72
1977 Douglas D. Hawthorne '69, M'72, FACHE
1978 Richard J. Mooney M'66, FACHE
1979 Douglas L. Johnson M'70, Ph.D., FACHE
1980 William W. Young, Jr. M'70
1981 Donald G. Loftus M'69, FACHE
1982-83 Stanley F. Hupfeld, III M'72, FACHE
1983-84 C. Richard Gaston M'72
1985 Ray M. Branson M'73, Ph.D., FACHE
1986 Donald L. Stewart M'76
1987 John A. Guest M'75
1988 Alan G. Harper M'75, FACHE
1989 Roger N. Struble M'72
1990 Raymond J. Chappelle M'75, FACHE
1991 Robert L. Walker M'72, FACHE
1992 Neil M. Chur '66, M'70, Ph.D.
1993 David S. Lopez '75, M'77, FACHE
1994 William D. Poteet, III M'70, FACHE
1995 Kay E. Peck '71, M'73, CHE
1996 James G. Stokes M'76
1997 Richard E. Scott M'78, CHE
1998 Joel T. Allison M'73, FACHE
1999 J. Lindsey Bradley, Jr. M'74, FACHE
2000 Stephen E. Weylandt M'80
2001 Javier Iruegas '77, M'79, FACHE
2002 Charley O. Trimble, Jr. M'74
2003 Don L. Richey M'76
2004 Paul E. Golliher, Ph.D. (Special Award)
2005 Wayne T. Smith M'72
2006 Dennis C. Millirons M'76, FACHE
2007 Curtis "Chris" B. Copeland M'79, J.D. (posth.)
2008 William M. Gracey M'80, FACHE
2009 Philip M. Wentworth '67, M'76, FACHE
2010 David R. White M'73
2011 Robert "Bob" N. Shaw '69, M'72
2012 James K. "Ken" Newman M'70
2013 Jon M. Foster M'86, FACHE
2014 John R. Heer, Jr. M'85, FACHE
2015 Jake Henry, Jr. M'74, FACHE
2016 C. Bruce Lawrence M'82, FACHE
2017-18 Sally Hurt-Deitch M'03, FACHE
2019 John Haupert '83, M'92, FACHE
2020 Michael Portacci M'88
2021 Don Beeler M'73
2022 Jim Kendrick M'95
2023 Heidi Pandya '00, M'05
The Momentum Award
The Momentum Award recognizes early careerists age 40 and under for outstanding achievements in the field of health care management. Supplemental information regarding the nominees' background/bio, support of Trinity's HCAD Department, participation in the HCAD Annual Fund, whether they have taken residents, notes on coaching tree and/or organization's challenges and other awards, accolades and/or community involvement will assist with candidate selection.
- Momentum Award Recipients
2015 Jim B. Brown M'99, FACHE
2016 Michael P. Roussos M'03
2017 Malisha S. Patel M'04, FACHE
2018 Holly B. Elliott M'05 and J. Peyton Elliott M'07
2019 Enrique Gallegos M'06, FACHE
2020 Patrick Shay '03, M'05, Ph.D.
2021 N/A
2022 Jerold McDonald M'08
2022 Fraser Hay M'07
2023 Andre Storey M'12
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