UTSA Alumni Award for Distinguished Service

Each year nominations are solicited for a very special tribute to citizens who have provided UTSA Distinguished Service.

The UTSA Alumni Association established the Distinguished Service Award in 1997. The purpose of this program is to recognize and honor those individuals, alumni and/or others, who have made significant contributions to the UTSA Alumni Association and/or to UTSA.

Application Form for -
Distinguished Service Award

Previous winners are:

1997
Jo Ann Woliver ‘90
Community Volunteer
San Antonio, Texas

Athletics Director Lynn Hickey accepts the 2008 Award for Distinguished Service  to
Liza Hunter-Galvan '93 '05

Meet Liza Hunter-Galvan - Video

1998
Sundra “Kaye” Lenox ‘75
President, CEO, San Antonio Public Library Foundation
Founder, San Antonio Children’s Museum
San Antonio, Texas

1999
Thomas A. Pressly, III, M.D. ‘79
Physician
Shreveport, Louisiana

2000
Jorge Vega ‘79
Director of Planning and Community Development
City of Bellingham, Washington

2001
Marguerite McCormick ‘83
Founder and Artistic Director
The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas

2002
Betty Murray Halff ‘76
UTSA Development Director, UTSA, Retired
San Antonio, Texas

2003
Tom C. Frost           
Senior Chairman, Frost National Bank
San Antonio, Texas

2004
North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio, Texas

2005
John Montford
Senior Vice President, Western Region Legislative/Regulatory Affairs, AT&T, and
Debbie Montford, Community Activist
San Antonio, Texas

2006
Bonita “Bonnie” Terry ‘83
Community Activist (deceased)
San Antonio, Texas

2007
Robert M. McKinley ‘98
UTSA Institute for Economic Development
San Antonio, Texas

2008
Liza Hunter-Galvan '93 '05
Teacher, Olympic Athlete