Mays Outstanding Alumni Award
Mays Business School honors graduates who have led lives of distinction and who embody the Aggie Core Values – Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect, and Selfless Service – with the Mays Outstanding Alumni Award. Recipients come from all industries, have been active in their communities and continue to serve their alma mater. The alumni chosen for the award represent the best of the best at Mays.
Nominations
Nominations for the 2025 Mays Outstanding Alumni Awards will open June 2024.
To date, the school has honored 103 former students who have made outstanding contributions in their chosen fields with significant impact, innovation, and influence at the school, in their community, and beyond.
2024 Outstanding Alumni Recipients
Three distinguished Texas A&M University graduates—Rodney Faldyn ’88, Chris Cooper ’89, and Adam Sinn ’00—were awarded Mays Business School’s top honor, the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award. The trio were recognized during a celebratory dinner at Texas A&M’s Thomas G. Hildebrand, DVM ’56 Equine Complex on April 25, 2024.
Previous Recipients
1992
John R. Blocker ’45
A.P. Wiley, Jr. ’46
Robert H. Allen ’50
John A. Mobley ’51
1993
J. Rogers Rainey, Jr. ’44 (posthumous)
Bob Bolen ’48
Donald A. Adam ’57
1994
Carroll W. Phillips ’54
M. Bookman Peters ’59
James G. Hooton ’66
1995
Herschel G. Maltz ’50
Robert I. Pender ’56
Marvin J. Girouard ’61
1996
T.H. (Ted) Dinerstein ’53
J.S.B. (Britt) Jenkins ’65
W. Mike Baggett ’68
1997
Gerald L. Ray ’54
Raymond R. Hannigan ’61
John H. Atterbury III ’70
1998
Randy Matson ’67
R. Steve Letbetter ’70
Jerry S. Cox ’72
1999
George H. Akin ’56
H. Jarrell Gibbs ’60
Harris J. Pappas ’66
2000
John T. Eubanks ’62
Larry Levine ’71
John V. McNevin ’73
2001
Joe B. Foster ’56
Kenneth E. Randolph ’78
Thomas J. Saylak ’82
2002
James R. Whatley ’47
Joseph V. Tortorice, Jr. ’70
T. Britton Harris IV ’80
2003
Lupe Fraga ’57
G. David Van Houten, Jr. ’71
William H. (Bill) Flores ’76
2004
Clifton J. Bolner ’49
Barnett L. Gershen ’69
John Speer ’71
2005
L.C. (Chaz) Neely, Jr. ’62
Terry E. Hatchett ’68
Brandon C. Coleman, Jr. ’78
2006
M.L. “Red” Cashion ’53
Thomas P. Richards ’65
Daniel “Dan” Feehan ’73
2007
Charles L. Korbell, Jr. ’71
David R. Norcom ’73
Willie T. Langston II ’81
2008
Paul W. Kruse ’77
Alan B. Roberts ’78
Robyn Meyer Roberts ’89
Daniel Sparks ’89
Ernest L. Wehner ’41 (posthumous)
2009
Stephen Solcher ’83
Robert Starnes ’72
David Williams ’79
2010
John A. Van Alstyne ’66
Robert D. Loeffler ’77
Bruce D. Broussard ’84
2011
David C. Baggett ’81
Cynthia (Cindy) B. Taylor ’84
Gregory J. Matte ’92
2012
Craig C. Brown ’75
Jeffrey A. Miller ’88
Craig R. McMahen ’89
2013
Dan Allen Hughes, Jr. ’80
Randy Cain ’82
Tony R. Weber ’84
2014
Robert E. Jordan ’86
Kevin McEvoy ’79
Susan R. McFarland ’83
2015
Billy Atkinson ’72
Monty Davis ’77
Kathy Milthorpe ’82
2016
Louis Paletta ’78
T. Mark Kelly ’79
Jerry Strawser ’83
Kimberly Allen Dang ’92
2017
Gregory M. Cokinos ’79
Cydney Collier Donnell ’81
Carri Baker Coleman ’84
2018
Mike Shaw ’68
Fred Heldenfels IV ’79
Fred Caldwell ’82
2019
Mark D. Taylor ’83
Peter H. Currie ’85
Wayne Roberts ’85
2020
Laura C. Fulton ‘85
Randall B. Hale ‘85
Blake A. Pounds ‘89
2021
W. Miles Marks Jr. ’79
Brad R. Freels ’81
Randy L. Hill ’83
2022
Porter S. Garner III ’79
Eli Jones ’82 ’86 ’97
Brian K. Pinto ’93
2023
Shara Briggs McClure ’90
Gary J. Brauchle ’95
Raja Jawad Akram ’97
