Appendix
B: Vision 2020 Participants
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Ray M. Bowen ’58,
President and Professor
of Mechanical Engineering
A. Benton Cocanougher, Dean,
Lowry Mays College and Graduate School
of Business, and Professor of Marketing
Eddie J. “Ed” Davis ’67, President,
Texas A&M Foundation Ronald G. Douglas,
Executive Vice President and Provost,
and Professor of Mathematics
Jon L. Hagler ’58, Director,
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Company
Robert W. Harvey ’77, Director,
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Diane S. Kaplan, Speaker, The
Faculty Senate, and Assistant Professor
of Educational Curriculum and Instruction
Frederick D. McClure ’76, Member,
Board of Regents
Laurie Nickel ’99, Student
Body President
Anneliese Reinemeyer, President,
Graduate Student Council
Mark Weichold, ’78, Associate
Provost for Undergraduate Programs and
Academic Services, and Professor of
Electrical Engineering
Walter V. Wendler, ’72, Executive
Assistant to the President and Professor
of Architecture
EXECUTIVE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Don Adam,
Chairman of the Board,
CEO, The Adam Corporation/Group
James R. Adams, Texas Instruments
& SBC Communications
Rufus Cormier, Baker &
Botts, L.L.P.
Jim Crownover, McKinsey &
Company, Inc.
James J. Duderstadt, President
Emeritus & Professor of Science
and Engineering, Millennium Project,
The University of Michigan
Marvin J. Girouard, President/CEO,
Pier 1 Imports
Robert Drayton McLane, Jr., McLane
Group
Herbert Kelleher, Chairman/President/CEO,
Southwest Airlines Company
Tommy E. Knight 61, President
& CEO, Retired, Brown & Root,
Inc.
Jack E. Little, President
& CEO, Shell Oil Co.
L. Lowry Mays 57, Chairman
& CEO, Clear Channel Communication,
Inc.
Kay Moran McCord, Private
Investor
M. Bookman Peters 59, Bookman
Peters Accounting Firm
Marvin Runyon, Former Postmaster
General
Derby Wilson, Insurance and
Private Investments
ACADEMIC
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
H. Richard Adams,
Dean, College of Veterinary
Medicine, and Professor of Veterinary
Physiology and Pharmacology
Emily Ashworth, Assistant
Provost for International Programs
Pierce Cantrell, Associate
Provost for Information Technology and
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical
Engineering
A. Benton Cocanougher, Dean,
Lowry Mays College and Graduate School
of Business, and Professor of Marketing
Jane Conoley, Dean, College
of Education, and Professor of Educational
Psychology
Sandra DeGraw, Executive Vice
President, Vice Dean and Professor of
Law, South Texas College of Law
Richard E. Ewing, Dean, College
of Science, and Professor of Mathematics
and Engineering
Roland Haden, Vice Chancellor
for Engineering, The Texas A&M University
System; Dean, Dwight Look College of
Engineering; and Professor, Department
of Electrical
Engineering
Fred Heath, Dean and Director,
Sterling C. Evans Library
Edward A. Hiler, Vice Chancellor
for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas
A&M University System; Dean, College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences; and
Professor, Department of Agricultural
Engineering
Glenn A. Jones, Interim Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs
Woodrow Jones, Jr., Dean,
College of Liberal Arts and Professor
of Political Science
Diane Kaplan, Speaker, The Faculty Senate
and Assistant Professor of Educational
Curriculum and Instruction
Howard Kaplan, Distinguished
Professor of Sociology
Robert Kennedy, Vice President
for Research and Associate Provost for
Graduate Studies; Professor of Biology
, Plant Physiology, and Plant Biotechnology
Laurie Nickel 99, President,
Student Government
David B. Prior, Dean, College
of Geosciences, and Professor of Geography,
Geology, and Geophysics
Anneliese Reinemeyer, President,
Graduate Student Council
Tom Regan, Dean, College of
Architecture, and Professor of Architecture
Janis Stout, Dean of Faculties
and Associate Provost, and Professor
of English
Mark Weichold 78, Associate
Provost for Undergraduate Programs and
Academic Services, and Professor of
Electrical Engineering
Paul J. Wellman, Professor
and Head, Department of Psychology
ARTS
AND SCIENCE
Howard B. Kaplan,
Distinguished Professor
of Sociology, On Campus Co-Chair
Ray A. Rothrock 77, General
Partner, Venrock Associates, Co-Chair,
Off-Campus
Jeffrey J. Morgan, Associate
Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Facilitator
William J. Neely 52, Retired
VP & Director of Marketing Dow Chemical
Company, Off-Campus Liaison
Susanna Finnell, Executive
Director, Honors Program & Academic
Scholarships, Resource
Dennis A. Berthold, Professor,
Department of English
David A. Brooks, Executive
Associate Dean, College of Geosciences,
and Professor of Oceanography
Robert D. Brown, Professor
& Head, Department of Wildlife &
Fisheries Sciences
John P. Fackler, Distinguished
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Raymond R. Hannigan, Jr. 61,
President, Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Katie Hanselka, Student, Agricultural
Development
Karen S. Kubena 82, Associate
Dean, College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences
Thomas M. Matthews 65,
President, NGC Corporation
Harris J. Pappas 66, President,
Pappas Restaurant, Inc.
Leila Payne, Assistant Professor,
Sterling C. Evans Library
Anthony D. Ross, Jr., Assistant
Professor of Business Analysis and Research
Carol Stuessy, Associate Professor,
Educational Curriculum & Instruction
Nancy J. Volkman, Associate
Professor of Landscape Architecture
& Urban Planning
FACULTY
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe,
Distinguished Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering, On-Campus
Co-Chair
Joe B. Foster 56, Chairman/CEO,
Newfield Exploration Company, Off-Campus
Co-Chair
Todd A. Shipley 80, Senior
Vice President, Nations Bank
Dean W. Wichern, Professor
of Business Analysis and Research, Facilitator
William L. (Bill) Perry, Executive
Associate Provost and Professor of Mathematics,
Resource
Nancy Amato, Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science
Jerry L. Boles 71, President,
Grona Boles Insurance
Noberto Chaclin, Student,
Chemical Engineering
Leonard R. (Roy) Cornwell, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Billy Huddleston 56, Petroleum
Engineer, Huddleston & Company,
Inc.
Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Professor,
Department of Philosophy & Humanities
Bryan N. Mitchell 70, Contractor,
History Maker Homes
James K. B. (Jim) Nelson 49,
President, Felicity Ventures,
Ltd.
Worth D. Nowlin, Jr. 57,
Distinguished Professor, Department
of Oceanography
Peter L. Rodriguez, Assistant
Professor, Department of Management
R. Douglas Slack, Professor,
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
Sciences
Roberta H. Smith, Professor,
Department of Soil & Crop Sciences
Paul W. (Bill) Toler 76,
Vice President, Procter & Gamble
Worldwide
John D. White 70, Attorney,
Winstead, Sechrest & Minick
Jack H. Wilmore, Professor
& Head, Department of Health &
Kinesiology
GRADUATE
STUDIES
Gerald North,
Distinguished Professor
& Head, Department of Meteorology,
On-Campus Co-Chair
Ron Robinson 74, Chief
Technology Officer, Texaco, Off-Campus
Co-Chair
Larry Lemanski, Associate
Vice President for Research, Facilitator
Rick Giardino, Executive Director,
Office of Graduate Studies, and Professor
of Geography, Resource
Mike Baggett 68, Attorney,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Winstead,
Sechrest & Minick, P.C.
Karl J. Aufderheide, Associate
Professor, Department of Biology
Gerald Bratton 65, Professor
& Head, Department of Veterinary
Anatomy & Public Health
John Dinkel, Associate
Dean for Masters Program, Lowry Mays
College & Graduate School of Business,
and Professor of Business Analysis and
Research
Charles Gregory 64, Chairman,
Preco Machinery Sales
Clifton Griffin, Assistant
to the Vice President for Research and
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies
James C. Holste, Associate
Dean, College of Science and Professor
of Chemical Engineering
Mark Holtzapple, Associate
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Adrian Leday, Student, Biology
Joseph
Merritt 63, Owner, Dixie
Iron Works, Inc.
Thomas Paul 62, Vice
President, General Electric
Nova Silvy, Professor, Department
of Wildlife Sciences
Wendy L. Wood, Professor,
Department of Psychology
David G. Woodcock, Professor,
College of Architecture
LEADERSHIP,
GOVERNANCE & ORGANIZATION
Michael A. Hitt,
Professor of Management,
On-Campus Co-Chair
John Mobley 51, Chairman,
Mobley Environmental Services, Inc.
Off-Campus Co-Chair
G.P. Bud Peterson 85,
Executive Associate Dean, Dwight
Look College of Engineering, and Professor
of Mechanical Engineering, Facilitator
Richard Kardys 67, Executive
Vice President, Frost National Bank,
Off-Campus Liaison
Jerry Gaston, Vice President
for Administration and Professor of
Sociology, Resource
Perry L. Adkisson, Chancellor
Emeritus & Regents Distinguished
Professor Emeritus of Entomology
James B. (Jimmy) Bond 58,
Attorney at Law, Rodgers, Miller
& Ellison
Ben M. Crouch, Executive Associate
Dean, College of Liberal Arts, and Professor
of Sociology
Creed L. Ford 75, President,
Ford Restaurant Group
Hector Gutierrez, Jr. 69,
Public Affairs Consultant, Hector
Gutierrez Consulting
Don Hellriegel, Executive
Associate Dean, Lowry Mays College &
Graduate School of Business, and Professor
of Management
M. Garret Ihler, Professor,
Department of Medical Biochemistry &
Genetics
Susan M. Irza, Director of
Human Resources
Murray H. Milford 55, Professor
& Associate Department Head, Department
of Soil & Crop Sciences
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Associate
Professor, Department of Meteorology
Douglas J. Palmer, Professor
& Head, Department of Educational
Psychology
MacGregor Stephenson, Graduate
Student, Educational Administration
Bob Surovik 58, Attorney,
McMahon, Surovik, Suttl;e, Buhrmann
James T. Yao, Professor, Department
of Civil Engineering
LIBRARY
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Fred Heath,
Dean & Director,
Sterling C. Evans Library, On-Campus
Co-Chair
Ron Skaggs 65, Chairman
& CEO, HKS Architects, Off-Campus
Co-Chair
William (Bill) Hanna 58,
President, Koch Industries, Inc.,
Off-Campus Liaison
Vivian Paul, Associate Dean, College
of Architecture, and Professor of Architecture,
Facilitator
Pierce Cantrell, Jr., Associate
Provost for Information Technology,
and Associate Professor, Department
of Electrical Engineering, Resource
Ron W. Barclay 68, Executive
Vice President, Randalls Food
Markets, Inc.
Clay V. N. Bright 78, Partner,
Bright & Company
Richard Carlson, Professor
of Geophysics, Department of Geology
& Geophysics
Leana Divine01, Student,
International Studies
Donald R. Fraser, Professor,
Department of Finance
Kenneth George 72, Attorney
at Law, Amoco Corporation
James G. Hooton 66, Partner,
Arthur Andersen
Kathy Jackson 82, Associate
Professor, Sterling C. Evans Library
M. Michael Park, Attorney
at Law
Linda Parrish 78, Professor,
Department of Educational Psychology
M. Scott Poole, Professor,
Department of Speech Communication &
Theatre Arts
LOCALE
Robert T. Bisor, III
86, Assistant
Vice President for Administration, On-Campus
Co-Chair
Royce Hickman, President,
Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce,
Off-Campus Co-Chair
Weldon Kruger 53, Retired
Senior Executive, Exxon, Off-Campus
Liaison
Jane Zajicek, Associate Professor
& Associate Department Head, Department
of Horticultural Sciences Facilitator
Pedro Aguirre 53, President
& CEO, Aguirre, Inc.
Sarah Ashburn, Superintendent,
Bryan Independent School District
Michael Conduff, City Manager,
City of Bryan
D. Stephen Goddard 77, Managing
Partner, Arthur Andersen
Julius M. Gribou, Associate
Professor & Head, Department of
Architecture
Jared E. Hazleton, Director,
Center for Business & Economic Analysis
Dennis W. Jansen, Professor
& Head, Department of Economics
Al Jones 66, County Judge,
Brazos County
Steve Letbetter 70, President/CEO,
Houston Lighting & Power
Daniel F. MacGilvray, Professor,
College of Architecture (Deceased)
Lynn McIhaney, Mayor, City
of College Station
Skip Noe, City Manager, City
of College Station
Robert K. Popp, Professor,
Department of Geology
Lindy Sanders, Student
Jim Scales, Superintendent,
College Station Independent School District
Lonnie Stabler, Mayor, City
of Bryan
Louis G. Tassinary, Associate
Professor, Department of Urban &
Regional Planning
Robert Worley, President &
CEO, Economic Development Corporation
THE
OTHER EDUCATION
Joe Townsend 67,
Associate Dean, Agriculture
and Life Sciences, and Associate Professor
of Agricultural Education, On-Campus
Co-Chair
Jess Curlee 67, President,
Supima Association of America, Off-Campus
Co-Chair
Fred Palmer 65, Northgate
Ranch, Off-Campus Liaison
Janis Stout, Dean of Faculties
and Associate Provost, and Professor
of English, Facilitator
Malon Southerland 65, Vice
President for Student Affairs, Resource
Lovell Aldrich 65, Attorney/Owner,
Aldrich and Associates P.C.
Ray Childress 85, President,
Ray Childress Cattle Corporation
Michael Cone 60, Chairman,
Tri-C Resources, Inc.
Don Engelage, Executive Director,
Financial Aid
Ted Hopgood 65, Commandant,
Corps of Cadets
Charles Kenerley, Professor,
Plant Pathology & Microbiology
Beverly Kloesel 88,
Executive Secretary, Presidents
Office
Pat Larke, Professor, Curriculum
& Instruction
Bill Mahomes 69, Attorney
at Law, Law Offices of Mahomes &
Associates
Randy Matson 67, Executive
Director, Association of Former Students
Charles Mattei 49, Retired,
Vice President, Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Madison Mauze 99, Student,
Chemistry
Jack McCrary 59, Chairman
of the Board, Ankle and Foot Centers
of America
Brian Minyard 99, Student,
Biochemistry
Jim Reynolds 82, Director,
Memorial Student Center
Rick Rigsby, Senior Lecturer,
Speech Communications
Carri Baker Wells 84, Director
of Public Relations, Heard, Linebarger,
et. al.
Jan Winniford 91, Associate
Vice President for Student Affairs
RESEARCH
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Michael Hall,
Associate Dean, College
of Science, and Professor of Chemistry,
On-Campus Co-Chair
Richard Younts 67, Executive
Vice President, Motorola, Inc., Off-Campus
Co-Chair
John Bethancourt 74, Vice
President, Business Development, Texaco,
Off-Campus Liaison
Jon Denton, Executive Associate
Dean, College of Education, and Professor
of Educational Curriculum and Instruction,
Facilitator
Robert A. Kennedy, Vice President
for Research & Associate Provost
for Graduate Studies, Resource
Max Amoss 65, Professor,
Department of Veterinary Physiology
& Pharmacology
William Barnes 64, Senior
Vice President, CFO, Rockwell International
James Benjamin, Professor
& Head, Department of Accounting
Lynda Schubert-Bodman, President,
Schubert Associates, Inc.
Craig Brown 75, President
& COO, Bray International, Inc.
John C. Calhoun, Jr., Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, Department of Petroleum
Engineering
Barry Coon 61, Vice
President, EP Technology , Conoco/DuPont,
Retired
Charles Gilreath, Associate
Professor, Sterling C. Evans Library
Michael Haughey, President,
Residence Hall Association
Glen A. Laine 79, Professor
& Head, Department of Veterinary
Physiology & Pharmacology
Raymond Marlo 53, President,
Marlow Industries, Inc.
Jack McCrary 59, Chairman,
American Medical Provider, Inc.
John Mullet, Professor, Department
of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Frederic I. Park, Director,
Visualization Laboratory
Junuthula N. Reddy, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ronald C. Stinson 53, President,
Atlas Consulting Group
Van H. Taylor 71, Regional
President, Network Operations, South
Western Bell Telephone
Richard W. Younts 67, Executive
Vice President, Motorola, Inc.
RESOURCES
Robert E. Johnson,
Professor of Architecture,
On-Campus Co-Chair
Carroll W. Phillips 54,
Retired Vice Chairman, Coopers &
Lybrand, Off-Campus Co-Chair
Kent Caperton 71, Attorney
at Law, Winstead, Sechrest & Minich,
Off-Campus Liaison
Andreas K. Kronenberg, Professor,
Department of Geology Facilitator
William B. Krumm, Vice
President for Finance & Controller
Resource
Robert L. Walker 58, Vice
President for Development, Resource
Bill E. Carter 69, President,
Carter Financial Management
H. Berry Cash 61, General
Partner , Berry Cash Southwest Partnership
William H. Flores 76, Senior
Vice President, CFO Western Atlas, Inc.
Brice E. Hill 73, President,
Centex Construction Group
Sarah A. Holmes, Professor,
Department of Accounting
W. Miles Marks 79, Executive
Director, 12th Man Foundation
James A. Mayo 70, Ranching
& Investments, Vice President Fund
Raising, Former Students Association
Mary E. Miller, Associate
Vice President for Administration
James Palincsar, Senior Vice
President for Development Texas A&M
Foundation
Robert D. Piwonka 72, Manager,
Student Financial Services Fiscal Department
William B. Smith 60, Professor,
Department of Statistics
Graham Stiles 01, Student,
Agriculture Development
Robert H. Strawser, Professor,
Lowry Mays College & Graduate School
of Business
Stoney M. Stubbs 58, Chairman/CEO,
Frozen Food Express, Inc.
Tracie M. Woidtke, Assistant
Professor, Department of Finance
SERVICE-TO-THE-STATE
John R. August,
Professor, Dept. of
Small Animal Medicine & Surgery,
On-Campus Co-Chair
Al. M. Simmons 64, President,
CEO, Graeber, Simmons & Cowan, Off-Campus
Co-Chair
Rod D. Stepp 59, President,
M&M Manufacturing Co., Inc. Off-Campus
Liaison
Colleen E. Cook 81, Associate
Dean, Sterling C. Evans Library Facilitator
David W. Biegler, President,
COO, Texas Utilities Company
A. Kermit Black, Director,
Center for Housing & Urban Development,
Resource
Carlos E. Blanco 62, Partner,
La Parada S.A.
Jane C. Conoley, Dean, College
of Education, and Professor of Educational
Psychology
James A. Creel 69, Attorney
at Law, McLean & Sanders
Robert K. Goodwin, President,
Points of Light Foundation
Michael L. Greenwald, Associate
Professor, Speech Communication &
Theatre Arts
Kristen Kirby 99, Student,
Accounting; President, Panhellenic Council
Kenneth R. LeSuer 57, Vice
Chairman, Halliburton Energy Group
Molly Lindsey 92, Consultant
Patty P. Mueller, Vice President,
Finance, Mueller Energetics Corp.
R. Randall Onstead, CEO, Randalls
Food Markets, Inc.
Carol L. Patitu, Assistant
Professor, Department of Educational
Administration
James C. Smith 70, Professor
& Head, Department of Construction
Science
Karon A. Sturdivant, Director,
Center for Academic Enhancement &
University Outreach
Daniel Sui, Associate Professor,
Geography Department
George M. Williams, Managing
Partner & CEO, Williams Partners,
Inc.
UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMICS
Bryan Cole 75,
Head, Educational
Administration On-Campus Co-Chair
Jerry Cox 72, President,
Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.
Off-Campus Co-Chair
Carlos Cantu 55, President
& CEO, The Service Master Company
Off-Campus Liaison
Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni, Associate
Dean for Undergraduate Education, Veterinary
Medicine, Facilitator
Sallie Sheppard 65, Former
Associate Provost for Undergraduate
Programs and Academic Services, Resource
Victor Arizpe, Professor,
Department of Modern & Classical
Studies; Director, International Studies
Sarah Bednarz 92, Assistant
Professor, Department of Geography
Kriss Boyd 73, Director,
General Academic Programs
Paul Busch, Professor, Department
of Marketing
Melissa Conley 99, Student,
Civil Engineering
Ray Galvin 53, President,
Chevron USA, Retired
Emma S. Gibbons, Associate
Professor & Assistant Department
Head, Department of Health & Kinesiology
Rodney Hill, Associate Dean
and Professor, College of Architecture
Tommie Lohman 59, President,
Telco Investment Corp.
Frank Muller 65, Senior
Vice President, Coastal Corporation
Ken Poenisch 73, Associate
Dean, Department of Science
Mary Sherwood, Graduate Student,
Educational Administration
Chris Townsend, Associate
Professor, Agricultural Education
Billie B. Turner 51, Chairman
& CEO, IMC Global, Inc.
Leigh Turner, Director, Career
Center
Mark Weichold 78, Associate
Provost for Undergraduate Programs and
Academic Services and Professor of Electrical
Engineering
WHITE
PAPERS
Diversity:
Mitchell F. Rice, Director
and Professor, Race and Ethnic Studies
Institute
Woodrow Jones, Jr., Dean,
College of Liberal Arts, and Professor
of Political Science
Environment:
Dennis G. Perkinson, Associate
Research Scientist, System Transportation
Planning
Thomas M. Woodfin, Associate
Professor, Landscape Architecture &
Urban Planning and students
Globalization:
Emily Y. Ashworth, Assistant
Provost for International Programs
S. Kerry Cooper, Professor
of Finance and Executive Director, Center
for International Business Studies
Suzanne Droleskey, Executive
Director, International Programs for
Students
Ann Kellett, Director, International
Coordination
Julian Gaspar, Director, Center
for International Business Studies
Vivian Paul, Associate Dean
for International Programs and Professor,
College of Architecture
Information
Technology:
Pierce E. Cantrell, Associate
Provost for Information Technology and
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Acknowledgments
Texas A&M University gratefully
acknowledges the contributions to Vision
2020 of McKinsey & Company, the
Texas A&M Foundation, the Vision
2020 staff, and all of the offcampus
and on-campus volunteers. The hard work,
wisdom, and resources they unselfishly
offered are reflected in the quality
of this document, and will bear fruit
as the future of Texas A&M University
unfolds over the next two decades.