| Year |
Honoree |
Award |
Keynote Speaker |
| 1991 |
The Cullen Trust for Higher Education |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Roger Staubach |
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The Houston Endowment |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Lee and Tracy Lawrence |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Coletta and Don McMillian |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Memorial Healthcare System |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Dr. Stewart and Joella Morris |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Onyx Energy |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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| 1992 |
Exxon Educational Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Dr. David Aikman |
|
The Good Samaritan Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Claydene and Gilbert Turner |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Dorothy and Milton Cross |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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| 1993 |
Ruth and Bennett Coulson |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Susan G. Baker |
|
Shell Oil Company |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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The John S. Dunn Research Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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| 1994 |
Hazel and Harry Chavanne |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Drayton McLane, Jr. |
|
Panhandle Eastern Corporation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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M.D. Anderson Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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| 1995 |
Sherry and Jim Smith |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Grant Teaff |
|
The Baptist General Convention of Texas |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Tenneco |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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| 1997 |
Virginia Marshall |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Jeannette Clift George |
|
Mary Claude Thompson |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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The Robert A. Welch Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Grace Gandy |
Milton Cross Outstanding Volunteer Award |
|
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| 2001 |
Eleanor McCollum |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
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The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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| 2003 |
Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Karen Hughes |
|
Jake Kamin |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Don McMillian |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Dr. Stewart Morris, Sr. |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Linda Higginbotham |
Milton Cross Outstanding Volunteer Award |
|
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Dr. Allene Lucas |
Milton Cross Outstanding Volunteer Award |
|
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|
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| 2005 |
Nell Smith |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
The Honorable J.C. Watts |
|
JP Morgan Chase |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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The Tomjanovich Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Dr. Bruce and Mary Ann Belin |
Milton Cross Outstanding Volunteer Award |
|
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| 2010 |
Dr. Archie and Linda Dunham |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
President George W. Bush |
|
Tellepsen Builders |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
The Hamill Foundation |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Grace Gandy |
President’s Lifetime Volunteer Award |
|
|
Dr. Stewart and Joella Morris |
President’s Lifetime Contribution Award |
|
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| 2012 |
AT&T |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Dr. Charles Krauthammer |
|
Dr. Diane and Stanley Williams |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Dr. Allene Lucas |
President’s Lifetime Volunteer Award |
|
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| 2014 |
The Cullen Trust for Higher Education |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Lou Holtz |
|
Linda Davis and Bruce Williams |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Sharon and William Morris |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
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Dr. Archie and Linda Dunham |
President’s Award |
|
|
Janice and Robert McNair |
President’s Award |
|
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| 2016 |
Elizabeth and John W. Gibson, Jr. |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Peggy Noonan |
|
Sue and Robert Sloan |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Mary Ann Belin |
President’s Award |
|
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Linda Higginbotham |
President’s Award |
|
|
Dr. Stewart Morris, Sr. |
Founders Medal |
|
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| 2018 |
Colin Montgomerie ’87 |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Chip Gaines |
|
Pinky Pampell |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
|
|
Sherry and Jim Smith, Sr. |
President’s Award |
|
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Dr. Archie and Linda Dunham |
Founders Medal |
|
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Janice and Robert C. McNair |
Founders Medal |
|
| 2021 |
Esther Wong |
Spirit of Excellence Award |
Tim Tebow |
|
Colonel Newton Cole |
President’s Award |
|
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Dr. Barbara Taylor-Cox ’81 & Ray Cox ’81 |
President’s Award |
|
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The Joella & Stewart Morris Foundation |
Legacy Award |
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