Alumni Awards Gala
2012 Awards Gala
April 14, 2012
The Westin, Memorial City
945 Gessner Road
Houston, TX 77024
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Durga Agrawal (MS '69, PhD '74)
President of Piping Technology & Products, Inc.
Brett Cullen ('79)
Actor
Lt. General Robert Milstead ('74)
Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Dorothy Nicholson ('77)
President of Nicholson Interests, LLC
Dennis Quaid
Actor
Robert Wuhl
Actor
Distinguished Service Award
Audray McMillian ('84)
President of New Choice Builders, Inc.
Ron Page ('80)
Controller of The Robert A. Welch Foundation
Chair's Award
Lillie Therese Robertson
Outstanding Volunteer Award
Judy Chong ('69,'76)
Finance Manager at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rising Star Award
James Hong ('05)
Principal of HONG Financial
Awards & Nominations
Nominations for UHAA awards are accepted year-round, but
specifically from March 1-July 31 each year to be considered for the
following year's awards program.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Distinguished Alumni Awards are given to individuals whose professional accomplishments bring credit to the university.
Submit a nomination
Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is given to UHAA Life Members
who are set apart by their history of service to the association and
university.
Submit a nomination
Outstanding Volunteer Award
The Outstanding Volunteer Award recognizes alumni who exemplify a spirit of volunteerism to advance UHAA's mission.
Chair's Award
The Chair's Award is to recognize and honor non-alumni who have
consistently and voluntarily given extraordinary support to the
University of Houston.
Submit a nomination
Rising Star Award
The Rising Star Award, given for the first time in 2010, recognizes the accomplishments of alumni under the age of 37.
Submit a nomination
The 2011 honorees were recognized at the 57th Annual Awards Gala, held April 30, 2011 at the Omni Houston Hotel.
See photos from the 57th Annual Awards Gala here!
Click here to see all past honorees.