Michel T. Halbouty ’30
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Year Awarded: 1968

Beaumont, TX

Halbouty received a bachelor’s degree in Geology in 1930 and a master’s degree in Petroleum/Geological Engineering in 1931. Halbouty is a renowned earth scientist and engineer whose career and accomplishments in geology and petroleum engineering have earned him recognition as an outstanding geoscientist.



In addition to endowing student scholarships at Texas A&M, Halbouty received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Dwight Look College of Engineering, served as a Visiting Centennial Professor, was a founding member of the President’s Endowed Scholars Program, and was influential in bringing the George Bush Presidential Library to Texas A&M.

"Michael Halbouty was a great Aggie, a great Texan and a great American who was respected around the world. His contributions to Texas A&M—materially, in active support for a broad range of programs, and helping secure the Bush Library for Texas A&M—are of immeasurable significance and will be remembered for generations to come, as will his contributions to the fields of geology and oil and gas exploration."

  - Robert Gates, Past President of Texas A&M University

Fred Hale ’22
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Year Awarded: 1976

Kaufman, TX

Hale received a bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry in 1922 and later earned a master’s degree in Animal Nutrition. Hale’s research regarding nutrition and the effects of Vitamin A deficiency pioneered an entire field in both animal and human medicine. He initiated the establishment of the first biochemical laboratory for Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.



Hale is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific publications and co-author of three books. In 1947 he joined the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M.

William W. Hanna ’58
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Year Awarded: 2014

Wichita, KS

William W. Hanna '58, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Hanna, a U.S. Army veteran, is former president and chief operating officer of Koch Industries. He is also a former director of Security Benefit Corp. and Bank IV Kansas. He serves on the Texas A&M College of Engineering External Advisory and Development Council and served on the Nucleus Fund Committee for A&M’s Capturing the Spirit campaign. He has been honored as an Outstanding Alumnus of the Dwight Look College of Engineering and has endowed scholarships for engineering students. He is an Endowed Century Club donor to The Association, and his gifts to the 12th Man Foundation and the Texas A&M Foundation have earned him recognition as an Eppright Distinguished Donor and member of the Legacy Society. He is a former director of the Boys & Girls Club of Wichita and former trustee of the Wichita Children’s Home. He led the formation of Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters and led the organization for a decade. He serves as chair emeritus and board member of the Kansas organization and served on the national board for 10 years. In 2013, he received the Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. The award honors outstanding volunteer leaders who have devoted substantial time and energy to youth mentoring. He is vice chair of Youth Entrepreneurs, which teaches entrepreneurship to high school sophomores and juniors, serving Kansas and Missouri. Hanna lost Janice, his wife and sweetheart of 51 years, in 2010. He has three sons—John, Paul and Chris—and seven grandchildren and is a lifetime member of the United Methodist Church.

"I have found the Aggie Network to be very supportive for me during my career as I could count on those that I dealt with to practice the important traits of integrity, trust, accepting responsibility and keeping your word."

Raymond Hannigan ’61
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Year Awarded: 2015

Bryan, TX

Ray Hannigan, Class of 1961, received a bachelor’s degree in general business from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets, a student manager for the baseball team and four-year letterman, a SCONA member and participant and a Distinguished Student inducted into Phi Kappa Phi.



Hannigan was president and CEO of Kinetic Concepts Inc. from 1994 to 2000, and before that, he was president of the international division of Sterling Drug and president of Beecham SmithKlein Canada. He was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry ’72 to the State Board of Health and served four years. In San Antonio, he has served on the board of directors for Christus Santa Rosa Hospital, Our Lady of the Lake University and Southwest Research Foundation. He is a Meals on Wheels volunteer in Bryan and has served on the leadership council of St. Mary’s Catholic Center in College Station.



His involvement with Texas A&M’s Mays School of Business has included serving on the advisory council to the Center for International Business Studies, serving as a guest lecturer and receiving the Outstanding Alumnus Award. He established in 1998 the Raymond R. Hannigan, Jr. ’61 Endowed Overseas Study Scholarship Fund. He and wife Patty have established three President’s Endowed Scholarships.



Hannigan has been a host and speaker for Aggie Musters in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Caracas, Venezuela. Irish American magazine named him one of the Top 100 Irish Americans in Business in 1999.



His Aggie family includes his late brother Edward Hannigan ’67. He and Patty have three children, including Chris Hannigan ’92 and Rush Hannigan ’09.

"Ray Hannigan's actions have earned him the respect of businessmen, politicians, faculty, religious leaders, and most importantly, fellow Aggies. He exhibits the selfless spirit that makes Aggies one of a thousand points of light."

  - Richard Box '61

William G. Harrell ’43
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Year Awarded: 2012

William G. Harrell, Class of 1943, studied animal husbandry at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas. While at A&M, he was in Troop C and then Troop D, Cavalry, the honor troop.



When Pearl Harbor was bombed, he left A&M to join the Marine Corps in 1942. He was assigned to the Company A, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, where he was a corporal. In 1945, the 28th landed on the Japanese beaches of Iwo Jima, one of the Volcano Islands. Harrell was in a two-man foxhole in a perimeter defense around the company command post when Japanese troops infiltrated the line. His counterpart’s rifle jammed, which left Harrell alone while he retrieved another one from the command post. During that brief time, Harrell shot and killed five Japanese soldiers, and lost his left hand and fractured his thigh. Two more enemy troops charged his position and placed a grenade by his head, but Harrell was able to kill one of them and return the grenade to the other, thereby killing the soldier, but he destroyed his right hand in the process. His commander later called Harrell’s position the “two-man Alamo.” He was the seventh Texas Aggie awarded the Medal of Honor.



After the war he worked as a contact representative in the Prosthetic Appliance Group at the Veterans Administration Center in San Antonio, and was later promoted to chief of the Prosthetics Division.



Harrell had two children with his first wife, Larena, and then two more children with his second wife, Olive. He passed away on August 9, 1964.

"We are not a warlike nation. We do not go to war for gain or territory; we go to war for principles, and we produce young men like these. I think I told every one of them that I would rather have that medal, the Congressional Medal of Honor, than be president of the United States."

  - -President Harry S. Truman, remarks at a presentation of the Medal of Honor

Dr. Marion T. Harrington ’22
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Year Awarded: 1971

Plano, TX

Harrington received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1922 and his master’s in chemical engineering in 1927. His record at Texas A&M included Distinguished Student, Captain of the Corps of Cadets, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society and member of the YMCA Cabinet. He received his Doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Iowa State University in 1947.



He spent his professional life at Texas A&M where he taught chemistry from 1924 until 1946, when he was named assistant to the Dean of the College. He was named Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences in 1948 and selected to be the 12th President of Texas A&M College in 1950. He loved teaching and in many ways continued to teach as he ascended all academic ranks to become the first former student to become President and then Chancellor of the University in 1953. In 1965, Harrington was named coordinator of A&M International Programs. He was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of both Texas A&M and Iowa State.

"Although not a man in age, Tom is more than a man in brains… He had great success in college drama and would be a scream professionally, had not a higher calling seized him."

  - The 1922 Longhorn

Dr. Richard H. Harrison III ’47
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Year Awarded: 1986

Dallas, TX

Harrison received a bachelor’s degree in Zoology in 1948 and a Doctorate of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine. He entered private practice in Bryan in 1956 and fulfilled visiting professorships at the medical schools of the University of Cairo and the University of Kentucky and has authored 95 publications and papers.



He was a Clinical Professor of Surgery for Texas A&M’s College of Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His strong support of Texas A&M includes a President’s Endowed Scholarship. And endowed Mark Francis Veterinary Medicine Scholarship, and endowed 12th Man Athletic Scholarship, and endowed Medical College Scholarship, an endowed Sul Ross Scholarship for A&M’s Corp of Cadets and an Endowed Century Club membership. Dr. Harrison served as 1958 President of the Brazos County A&M Club.

Mike Havel ’76
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Year Awarded: 2023

Dallas, TX

Mike Havel ’76 is known for his simple, optimistic motto: “Life is terrific!” Of all the terrific projects he is known for at Texas A&M, he said, “The most fulfilling engineering project I have ever had was to manage the design and construction of the Aggie Ring replica [on] the Haynes Ring Plaza.”

However, this wasn’t the first time Havel was involved in constructing a campus monument. As an upperclassman, he served as treasurer for the Class of 1976, where he was heavily involved with fundraising for the ’76 Class Gift of the Centennial Eagle Statue. The Class of 1976 was the first class to select and fully fund a Class Gift prior to graduation.

Havel started out as a salesman, and his extraordinary people skills, warm attitude and ambitious vision quickly allowed him to manage his own business. He is president and owner of Metro Custom Plastics Inc., where he has worked since 1982, as well as three additional associated distribution companies. Havel’s companies have been honored with the Aggie 100 award a total of eight times for their impressive growth.

Havel enjoys mentoring and supporting others. He and his wife, Kathy, have ministered to engaged couples through their church for over 30 years. He was also highly involved with the Boy Scouts of America, serving as a scout leader for 13 years. At Texas A&M, he has served as a Class Agent and sat on several advisory boards. It was during his tenure on the board of The Association of Former Students that he had the idea to construct a “Kodak moment” to draw people to the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center — an idea that became the Haynes Ring, a 3-ton Aggie Ring replica on the Haynes Ring Plaza. He applied his professional skills in manufacturing and sourcing to direct the project from beginning to end.

The Havels have two children, Christy ’03 and Andy ’05, and three grandchildren.

“Mike Havel’s enthusiastic service to Texas A&M and his local community continues to be extraordinary.”

  - Keith H. Merrick ’76

Harold J. Haynes ’46
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Year Awarded: 1972

Fort Worth, TX

Haynes received a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1947. In 1969, he was elected President of Standard Oil Co., which later became Chevron Corp. He assumed the role of Board Chairman in 1974, a position he held until his retirement in 1981.



His other activities have included directorship of the Bay Area Council and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Haynes was presented the John Rogers Award at the 11th Annual Institute on Exploration and Economics of the Petroleum Industry in 1971.

"To revitalize the tremendous productive potential of this great nation, America will need the spirit symbolized by the tradition of the 12th Man—the willingness to participate if called upon."

David A. Heath ’76
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Year Awarded: 2019

Bryan, TX

A 35-year veteran of the sporting goods, footwear and apparel industry, David Heath ’76 has provided strategic sales leadership to brands including Adidas, Fossil, Nike and Under Armour.

He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in health and physical education from Texas A&M in 1976 and 1979. As a student, he was a trainer for the football and basketball teams, a resident advisor in Cain Hall and a member of the Phi Epsilon Kappa honor society.

Heath was Texas A&M’s first full-time assistant athletic trainer and, at age 25, was named head athletic trainer for all men’s and women’s sports.

His work at Nike included directing U.S. territory sales, managing the U.S. equipment division, directing commerce in the Americas and serving as vice president for U.S. sales. He retired from Nike in 2009 but returned to the industry briefly as senior vice president of sales for Under Armour.

Heath served as Chair of The Association of Former Students’ Board of Directors in 2013 and is a past member and past chair of the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association board of directors. He is an Endowed Century Club member of The Association of Former Students, with 34 years of giving, and has supported the Class of 1976 Gift Fund and Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center building enhancement campaign. Heath has also been an executive professor at Texas A&M’s Mays Business School.

In 2018, he was honored by the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

He volunteered for 14 years with the Boy Scouts of America, worked with Habitat for Humanity in Portland, Oregon, and served on the National Sporting Goods Association Hall of Fame Committee.

"David is the consummate leader; a confident, calm visionary and consensus builder. In sum, he has always been the kind of person whom people respect and just want to follow."

  - Jess C. "Rick" Rickman III '70