Elaine Mendoza ’87
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Year Awarded: 2022

San Antonio, TX

“Throughout different aspects of life, the perseverance cultivated during my time at Texas A&M has strengthened my determination to meet challenges head on and not be deterred in resolving complex issues,” said Elaine Mendoza ’87.

Mendoza earned her degree in aerospace engineering, one of a small group of women in the program at that time. As a student, she worked at the NASA Ames Research Center and participated in activities such as intramural sports. Not long after her graduation from A&M, Mendoza founded Conceptual MindWorks Inc., where she remains CEO today. Her company has led in biotechnology and medical informatics for 32 years, researching chem-bio defense, population health and developing and deploying cloud-based electronic health records.

Concurrent with her leadership in industry, Mendoza has committed much of her time to public service, primarily in the spheres of education and health care. In San Antonio, she has served on multiple education-focused boards. One, where she serves as chairman, established a city-wide pre-K education program. She has served on many state-level commissions and boards, including the Code Red Task Force, which delved into Texans’ health care access. She led the COVID-19 Frontline Child Care Task Force, which connected essential workers to child care. Mendoza has been recognized for her contributions with numerous awards and honors.

Mendoza has served on The Texas A&M System Board of Regents since 2011. As chair of the Committee of Academic and Student Affairs, she worked to establish a robust set of metrics for measuring student outcomes and focused on educator preparation. In 2019, she was voted by the regents to be chairman of the board, becoming the first Hispanic chair.

Mendoza met her husband, Larry Gay ’85, while they were students at A&M. They have two daughters and sons-in-law: Contessa Gay ’16 and Cameron Novikoff ’15, and Francesca Blissett ’19 and Jordan Blissett ’18.

“At every step, Elaine has demonstrated her determination in the pursuit of excellence, her capacity to build significant institutions and her willingness to serve the public interest.”

  - Henry Cisneros '68

Dr. Jarvis E. Miller ’50
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Year Awarded: 2016

Bryan, Texas

DR. JARVIS E. MILLER ’50 received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural administration. He was a cadet major on Air Force Battalion Staff and a Ross Volunteer; he and a classmate designed the RV sash. Also as a student, he was Town Hall manager, president of the YMCA, head of the YMCA Cabinet and a Hillel Award recipient.

From 1977 to 1980, he served as president of Texas A&M, the third Aggie to do so. In 1980, Gov. Bill Clements asked him to serve in the Office of Budget and Planning to head up his “Texas 2000” planning effort for the state. In 1982, he was made the office’s director.

In 25 years with A&M, Miller’s significant leadership roles included serving as director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and leading A&M’s contracts with the U.S. Agency for International Development in both Argentina and the Dominican Republic.

He is an Outstanding Alumnus of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and an inductee into the

Department of Agricultural Economics’ Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry; he has served as vice president of the Sul Ross Group and was a longtime Class Agent for the Class of ’50. He is a member of The Association’s Endowed Century Club.

He has been a teacher, board chair and building committee chair at the A&M United Methodist Church;

a charter member and president of the Aggieland Rotary Club; and member of the Downtown Austin and Bryan Rotary clubs.

His family includes wife Alma; daughters Susan Miller Hult, Kathleen Miller Gibson ’81, Margaret Miller

Moten ’83 and Carolyn Miller McCully; and grandchildren including Sarah Gibson ’15. His father was Richard Cook Miller ’26, his brother was Richard Wade Miller ’53 and his great-uncle was Demrie B. Miller, Class of 1900.

George P. Mitchell ’40
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Year Awarded: 1977

Galveston, TX

George P. Mitchell received a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1940. Nationally prominent in land development and oil and gas exploration, he is one of his alma mater’s foremost benefactors. In 1968, he donated 100 acres of land on Pelican Island in Galveston for creation of a new campus for marine related programs. The Mitchell Campus, named in honor of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mitchell, now serves as headquarters for the University’s fast-growing Moody College of Marine College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources. He subsequently has given the University additional Galveston property, including a facility on Eckert’s bayou which will be used as a marine research station.



He is board chairman and president of Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation based in Houston. His firm developed The Woodlands, an internationally acclaimed project which, in essence, involved construction of a completely new and well-designed town north of Houston. His firm also ranks among the nation’s largest independent oil and gas producers and is credited with the discovery of nearly 100 oil fields and 125 gas fields. He has served as chairman of the 4000 member Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association.

Kenneth E. Montague ’37
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Year Awarded: 1983

Beaumont, TX

Montague received a bachelor’s degree in Geological Engineering in 1941. He served a 15-year career with General Crude Oil, in which he served as President and led the successful efforts of independent companies to compete effectively with fully integrated major oil companies. He was also instrumental in expanding the firm’s energy exploration activities. Throughout his career, he was concerned with protecting the environment and preserving resources. When General Crude was merged with a subsidiary of International Paper Co. in 1975, Mr .Montague was named Executive Vice President and elected to the Board of Directors.



He was a Trustee of the Texas A&M Development Foundation, served as a Chairman of the Board, and President of the Beaumont A&M Club.

Edward E. Monteith ’43
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Year Awarded: 1993

Dallas, TX

Monteith received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Petroleum Engineering in 1943. Mr. Monteith began his professional career as a Petroleum Engineer for Standard Oil Company of Texas. He moved to Republic Bank of Dallas working as a Petroleum Engineer in the Petroleum and Minerals Division where he later held the positions of Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President where he managed the Mineral Division for 14 years.



After working for Republic Bank, he founded Thomson-Monteith, an oil investment firm, and served as President and CEO. Monteith served as a Texas A&M Development Foundation Trustee from 1972-1983. He has provided a President’s Endowed Scholarship and special gifts to the Petroleum Engineering Department for budget supplementation and special projects.

Joe Hiram Moore ’38
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Year Awarded: 1978

Alvin, TX

Moore received a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1939 and a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1940. Starting as a roughneck in the oil fields, he became a noted petroleum engineer, independent producer and operator.



Moore contributed financially, intellectually, and with his time in support of higher education at Texas A&M. He established an endowment for scholarships and actively served as friends and advisors to many A&M support groups, including the Texas A&M University Press, the Texas A&M Foundation, and served as The Association of Former Students President in 1974.

William T. Moore ’40
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Year Awarded: 1976

Edge, TX

Moore received a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 1940 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas Law School in 1949. During his service in the Texas Senate, Moore was instrumental in the passage of many bills that affected the growth and progress of Texas A&M University.

"I am a free soul. Life would be hell if you had to worry about every decision you make and who you might offend. I call things like I see them and never take them home with me."

James S. Moore ’52
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Year Awarded: 1997

Omaha, NE

Moore received a bachelor’s degree in Business in 1952. In 1954 he became the youngest State Representative ever to serve in the Texas Legislature. He was President of The Association of Former Students in 1981 and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Texas A&M Foundation.

"Jim is a wonderful person who has always contributed to his community and alma mater. I believe that one quality that sets Jim apart is his nurturing influence on young people. He has mentored many of them through the years, myself included."

  - Dr. H. Andrew Hansen II '71, Cardiovascular Surgeon

Dr. William E. Morgan ’30
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Year Awarded: 1969

Fort Worth, TX

Morgan received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Administration in 1930 and a master’s degree from the University of California in 1933. Morgan studied at Harvard University under a Rockefeller Fellowship. He received honorary Doctor of Law degrees from University of Peshawar in Pakistan, Texas A&M, University of Denver, and New Mexico State University.



He served as President of Arkansas A&M College from as 1946-1949 and President of Colorado State University from 1949-1969. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Gamma, Western Farm Economics Association, Elks Lodge, and the Rotary Club.



He has served as chairman of Economics Research Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Agriculture, President’s Task Force for study of implications of agricultural advisement on university administrative organization, executive committee of Associated Rocky mountain Universities, and committee on water resources for the Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.

"Emerson wrote, `A great institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.’ In my judgement, realizing the great contributions from a fine faculty and a group of able administrators, Colorado State University is the lengthened shadow of one man- William Edgeworth Morgan. May the good Lord bless him forever."

  - Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, '34, Former Research Economist and Professor Emeritus

GEN T. Michael Moseley ’71
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Year Awarded: 2013

Sumter, SC

General T. Michael Moseley, Class of 1971, earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in political science from Texas A&M University. As a student, he was involved in the Corps of Cadets and served as Academic Sergeant of the 3rd Group, on 2nd Wing Staff and as 3rd Group Commander, and on the Cadet Court.



After graduating from Texas A&M, Moseley was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and entered the United States Air Force in 1972. He went through pilot training at Webb Air Force Base in West Texas and earned his wings in 1973. Moseley served there as an instructor pilot, and also at Holloman AFB near Alamogordo, N.M., and Kadena AB in Japan. He then attended the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Al., before becoming chief of the Tactical Forces Division for the United States Air Force in Washington, D.C. From there he went on to Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nev., to attend Air Force Fighter Weapons School and serve as Commander of F-15 Division, 57th Wing, Tactical Air Command, before returning to Washington, D.C., to study at the National War College within the National Defense University. After graduation, he served as a faculty member and held the position of Chief of Staff for the Air Force Chair. He then went on to serve as a Fighter Group Commander in the Air Combat Command at Eglin AFB near Valparaiso, Fl., before becoming director of the Office of General Office Matters in the Directorate of Personnel for the U.S.A.F. in Washington, D.C. Moseley returned to Nellis AFB to serve as Commander of the 57th Wing, Air Combat Command, before returning to Washington, D.C., to become deputy director of Political Military Affairs in the Middle East and Asia as part of the J5 Joint Staff. After that he was the director of the Secretary of the Air Force’s Legislative Liaison for the U.S.A.F. From there he went on to Saudi Arabia to serve as Commander of the 9th Air Force for the U.S. Central Command Forces at Shaw AFB. In this capacity he was responsible for the planning and execution of all joint and coalition air and space operations against hostile Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom), terrorist activities along the Horn of Africa and hostile Iraqi and insurgent forces in Iraq (Operation Southern Watch, Operation Northern Watch and Operation Iraqi Freedom). In 2005, Moseley was appointed the 18th Chief of Staff of the Air Force, serving as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and civilian personnel serving worldwide. As a career fighter pilot, he spent more than 3,000 hours flying the latest combat aircrafts.



During Moseley’s more than 38 years of honorable service, he served in the Air Force’s Security Assistance Program instructing student pilots from the Republic of Vietnam, in addition to a variety of Middle East and Latin American Air Forces. Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, he organized sponsorship of more than 120 Vietnamese refugees. As a Perot Distinguished Fellow at the EastWest Institute, he worked to improve relations with China, Russia, India and counties of the Middle East. He is a lifetime member of both the National Eagle Scout Association and the Order of Daedalians. Moseley was named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty, the Queen of England, in addition to numerous awards from the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, the president of the French Republic and the Minister of Defense from the Republic of Singapore. He was awarded two Defense Distinguished Service Medals by the Secretary of Defense for his combat leadership against hostile forces. He was also awarded two Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, as well as Distinguished Service Medals from the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Army, the Department of Homeland Security and the Coast Guard. Currently, Moseley is director of the EastWest Institute and Chairman of Gulf Alliance, a Hillwood/Perot Company based in Fort Worth, Texas and Abu Dhabi, UAE. He serves on a variety of supervisory boards and civic organizations, and he is president and CEO of Moseley and Associates, LLC. He remains active in lecturing on leadership and the international security environment.



Moseley has given of his time and talents to Texas A&M in many ways. He has participated in lectures and discussions at Texas A&M University at Qatar, led Aggie Musters while deployed, both in combat and within the state of Texas, served as Muster Speaker for various A&M Clubs and has provided leadership and character seminars for the Corps of Cadets and the AFROTC. He supports The Association of Former Students, and he has participated in leadership events at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. In 2005, he was inducted into the Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor.



Moseley and his wife, Jennie, live in Sumter, S.C. They have one daughter, one son and three granddaughters.

I believe my experience and education from A&M ideally prepared me to enter the United States Air Force and deliver on the professional demands expected of an American commissioned officer. My life in the Corps also ideally equipped me to have the confidence to assume greater levels of responsibility - in both peacetime and in combat. The benefits of the "leadership laboratory" of the Corps of Cadets cannot be under estimated.