Dr. Charles W.
Graham ’53
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Year Awarded: 2016
Elgin, Texas
DR. CHARLES W. GRAHAM ’53 received bachelor’s degrees in animal husbandry and animal science and a doctorate in veterinary medicine. As a student, he was a member of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, chair of the NRA Rodeo program at A&M, involved in the Little Southwestern Stock Show and president of the Civilian Students; he “lived at the horse barn” and on one occasion converted a “borrowed” boar hog into a second-place show winner using shoe polish and other cosmetic means.
He has built the largest vet hospital facility/business in Texas and also created the state’s oldest continuous stallion breeding operation, Southwest Stallion Station.
He is one of the world’s top equine vets and a leader in Texas’ horse and cattle industries as well as a volunteer, advocate and youth mentor.
He has been a member of the Texas A&M Equine Research Committee, an influential participant in funding and construction of the new Veterinary and Biomedical Education Complex and a supporter of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He helped recruit veterinary college dean Dr. Eleanor Green and Dr. Jim Heird, coordinator of A&M’s Equine Initiative, furthering A&M’s status as one of the top veterinary and equine programs in the country. He is a Silver level member of The Association’s Century Club, with 21 years of giving. He is a former director of the American Association of
Equine Practitioners and was a founder of Frontier Bank of Texas in Elgin; a director of the American Quarter Horse Association; a member of the Board of Managers of Kalon Biotherapeutics; and a founding member of Rodeo Austin.
His family includes grandchildren Tyler Graham ’06, Casey Graham ’11 and Callie Lee ’19.
Richard A.
Goodson ’27
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Year Awarded: 1966
Jacksonville, TX
Goodson received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Administration in 1927. He served as President of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and was a Director of Southwestern Life Insurance Co., Frito Lay, Inc., the First National Bank in St. Louis, St. Louis Union Trust Co, and the General American Life Insurance Co.
Goodson also served as a member of the Advisory Councils of the University of Missouri, the Graduate Research Center of Southwest, Dallas, and the St. Louis Research Council.
Melbern G.
Glasscock ’59
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Year Awarded: 2005
Mercedes, TX
Melbern G. Glasscock earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1959 and a master’s degree from Rice University in 1961. As a student, he was a member of the Corps of Cadets Fish Drill Team, commander of the Ross Volunteers and honored as a Distinguished Military Student. Upon completion of his master’s degree, Glasscock entered active duty with the U.S. Air Force as a Second Lieutenant and was later promoted to First Lieutenant. During his service from 1961-1964, Glasscock also served as a Project Officer in the Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base.
Upon leaving the military, Glasscock began his career at Mobil Chemical Co. and later Texas Olefins Co. In 1980 Glasscock and his wife, Susie, founded Texas Aromatics, Inc., where he serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. His company is primarily involved in the marketing of aromatics and aromatic containing by-products from refineries and petrochemical operations.
Glasscock’s love of his university is evident by his establishment of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research whose dedication is to foster and celebrate the humanities and its research among Texas A&M scholars and all academia. He is also member of the Visual Arts Development Council, Vice Chair of the One Spirit One Vision Campaign, and an ardent supporter of the College of Liberal Arts. Glasscock was recently elected to the Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees.
Born in Mercedes, Texas, Glasscock and his wife have two children, David and Anne Elizabeth ’86.
"Follow your dreams and do what excites you. Ignore the lure of money. If you are good at what you do and like what you do, monetary reward usually follows, but it shouldn’t be your primary goal. Finally, always remember to give back, particularly to Texas A&M. A lot of people have worked hard to make Texas A&M what it is today. Your turn is coming."
Marvin J.
Girouard ’61
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Year Awarded: 2002
Port Arthur, TX
Girouard received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing in 1961. Upon graduation, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, served in the Vietnam War, and retired as a Commander after 20 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pier 1 Imports in 1999.
Dr. Frederick E.
Giesecke ’86
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Year Awarded: 2006
Latium, TX
Dr. Frederick E. Giesecke received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M University) in 1886 and a doctorate of engineering from the University of Illinois in 1924. While a student at the college, he was captain of the Corps of Cadets.
After graduation, Giesecke became an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1886 to 1888, and at age 19 was made head of A and M’s Department of Mechanical Drawing. He founded the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas’ Department of Architecture in 1905 before moving to Austin as a professor and then dean of the University of Texas’ Department of Architecture. In 1927, Giesecke returned to A and M as the dean of the College of Architecture and head of the Department of Architecture. Within a year, he was named head of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station.
Through 1939, Giesecke designed and supervised the construction of many campus buildings that are still standing today including the Chemistry Building, the Williams Building, Cushing Library and Hart and Walton halls. In 1942, he was awarded with the F. Paul Anderson Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to the science of heating and ventilation.
As a former student, Giesecke led the formation of, drafted the constitution for and served as the first secretary of the Alumni Association of the A and M College of Texas, a precursor to The Association of Former Students.
Kathleen Miller
Gibson ’81
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Year Awarded: 2018
Dallas, TX
The president and CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation, she spent 25 years at Bank of America, where she held leadership roles in corporate banking, international banking, asset management, risk and commercial banking, and was president of Bank of America-Dallas; moving next to Citibank, she became president of Citibank Central US Commercial and Citibank Texas.
She was named to Profiles in Diversity’s “10th Annual Women Worth Watching” and by the Dallas Business Journal as a “Top 25 Industry Leader in Women in Business.” She has been Chair of the Board for The Association of Former Students and a trustee of the Texas A&M Foundation, the 2018 campus Muster speaker and a Fish Camp namesake.
As a student, she was elected to Student Government for four years, serving as vice president for academic affairs her senior year, and was in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, SCONA and the Century Singers.
Her awards have included A&M’s agricultural economics Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry and the Women’s Legacy Award. She serves on the advisory board of A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service and previously served on boards including the Dallas Regional Chamber, Children’s Medical Center, Lamplighter School and the Dallas 2012 Olympic Bid Committee.
Miller Gibson is an Endowed Century Club member of The Association with 17 years of giving. She established the Jarvis E. Miller ’50 Excellence Fund for International Education.
Her family includes husband Robert; daughters Catherine Wade Gibson and Sarah Chamberlain Gibson ’15; three sisters, including Margaret Miller Moten ’83; father, Jarvis Ernest Miller ’50; and grandfather Richard Cook Miller ’26.
“Aggies lead and stand for traditions and values that make this the most remarkable place on earth,” said Miller Gibson. “Aggies are a bright light in a world that needs such bright light.”
- Kathleen Miller Gibson
Preston M.
Geren, Jr. ’45
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Year Awarded: 2007
Fort Worth, TX
Geren entered Texas A&M University in the fall of 1941 to study architectural engineering and in 1943 left to enter the U.S. Army. Upon release from duty in 1945, the degree he was preparing for was no longer offered at Texas A&M. Therefore, he completed his Bachelor of Science degree in architecture in 1947 at Georgia Tech, and Texas A&M made special dispensation for Geren to remain a member of the Class of 1945. He was a member of the Corps of Cadets and a Letterman in swimming.
Geren began his career as a registered architect and engineer in 1947 when he joined the firm with his father, Preston M. Geren, Sr., which was established in 1934. The firm became a leading architectural force in Fort Worth and the state of Texas. After his father’s death in 1969, Geren became the sole owner of Geren Associates Architects and Engineers and was recognized as one of the 250 largest architectural firms in the nation at the time. Among Geren’s designs is the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center on the Texas A&M University campus.
Geren has generously volunteered his time to Texas A&M University as president and member of the Executive Committee of the 12th Man Foundation and member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Council and President’s Advisory Council. He also served on the Advisory Council to the Corps of Cadets and on the Advisory Council of the School of Architecture and Environmental Design. Texas A&M’s College of Architecture honored Geren with the Outstanding Alumni Award in 1998. Born in Fort Worth, Geren and his wife, Colleen, have three sons, Charles, Preston and Toby, two daughters, Eva and Chandra; and 11 grandchildren.
"Preston Geren, Jr. exemplifies just what it means to be an Aggie. His love of country, love of community and love of Texas A&M can be found in his many great deeds and accomplishments, and they are certainly worthy of recognition."
- Rick Perry ’72, Governor of Texas
Patrick K.
Gamble, General USAF (Ret.) ’67
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Year Awarded: 2016
Hemphill, Texas
PATRICK K. GAMBLE, GENERAL USAF (RET.) ’67 received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. As a student, he was an executive officer, a cadet lieutenant colonel and on Air Division Staff in the Air Force ROTC; won the Commandant’s Award at ROTC summer camp at Plattsburgh Air Force Base; participated in Bonfire and SCONA (Student Conference on National Affairs); was in Squadron 12; and played in a popular area rock band, the Yaks.
A former fighter pilot, he retired after 34 years with the U.S. Air Force as a four-star general in command of U.S. Pacific Air Forces. He flew O-1 “Bird Dog,” F-102, F-106, F-16 and F-15 aircraft; with 394 combat missions in Vietnam, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and 14 air medals.
He was president and CEO of the Alaska Railroad Corp., providing passenger, freight and oceangoing rail barge service. As president of the University of Alaska System, he headed 16 campuses with 34,000 students. As chair of the Alaska Aerospace Corp. board, he operated one of four U.S. satellite launch sites.
In 2001, he was inducted into the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor and was honored as a “Legend of Aggieland.” He has spoken at Musters, been a commissioning speaker and final reviewing officer, and served on the President’s Corps of Cadets Board of Visitors, Bush School of Government and Public Service Development Council and board of the Texas A&M Private Enterprise Research Center. He has been a Double Diamond level member of The Association’s Century Club, with 31 years of giving.
He has served on boards for the University of Alaska Foundation, National Armed Services YMCA, USAF
Air University and Alaska Pacific University and on the Department of Defense Dependents Education Council.
His family includes wife Ailese Gamble ’69, son Jeffrey K. Gamble and three grandchildren.
Raymond E.
Galvin ’53
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Year Awarded: 1998
Cisco, TX
Galvin received a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1953. He was elected to the Chevron Corp. Board of Directors in 1996 where he had been employed since graduation. The oil tanker “Chevron Pacific” was renamed in his honor when he retired in 1997. He has served as Chairman of the Natural Gas Council and the Natural Gas Supply Association and has served on the Executive Committees of Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association and the National Ocean Industries Association.
His contributions to Texas A&M include service on the External Advisory Committee of the University’s Dwight Look College of Engineering and as a liaison between Chevron and the Texas A&M Foundation.
"He is a dedicated and civic minded Aggie who brings full credit to Texas A&M."
- Joe B. Mattei ’53
J. H.
Galloway ’29
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Year Awarded: 1970
Sour Lake, TX
Galloway received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1929. He joined Humble Oil and Refining Co. in 1930 as a Petroleum Engineer and advanced to Vice President and Director in 1967. Galloway implemented many revolutionary innovations which are common practice in the petroleum industry today.
He has served on the University of Houston College of Business Administration Advisory Committee and the Houston YMCA Board of Directors.