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Hector De Leon is founder and managing partner of the Austin law firm of De Leon, Boggins & Icenogle, PC. He has served as president of Legal Aid of Central Texas and as chairman of the board of directors for the National Hispanic Institute, which prepares Latino high school students for higher education and community leadership. In addition to being a lifetime member of the University Development Board and former president of the Texas Exes, he has been an adjunct professor at the UT School of Law since 1990. He has also served on numerous university councils and committees, including the Commission of 125 and advisory councils in Education and Nursing. The Texas State Comptroller appointed him as co-chairman of the “e-Texas Commission,” an initiative to introduce Texas government to new technology. Hector De Leon received a bachelor of science degree from the University in 1970 and a law degree in 1973, and he served as UT Ombudsman from 1971-73.
Earnest F. Gloyna is professor emeritus of Civil Engineering and the Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Health Engineering at the Cockrell School of Engineering. His leadership in engineering for the past 60 years has contributed to the growth and prestige of UT’s College of Engineering. He established two engineering centers at UT and served as their director –the Environmental and Health Engineering Laboratories (1954-70) and the Center for Water Resources (1963-73). He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1970 and served as dean of the College of Engineering from 1970-87. Gloyna served as president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and as chairman of the Science Advisory Board for the EPA. He is the author or co-author of seven U.S. patents, three books, and more than 300 technical publications. Earnest Gloyna received his master's degree in civil engineering from the University in 1949 and was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992.
Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson was best known as first lady of the United States during her husband’s presidency and as an environmentalist whose national campaign for beautification led to the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. During her White House years she served as honorary chair of the National Head Start Program, which prepared underprivileged children for school. She was the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including the Medal of Freedom in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1988. She founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982, which was later renamed the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Mrs. Johnson received two degrees from The University of Texas at Austin – a bachelor of arts degree in 1933 and a bachelor of journalism degree in 1934. A recipient of the UT Distinguished Alumnus Award, she served on the UT System Board of Regents from 1971-77 and on the UT Centennial Commission in 1983. For more than 35 years, Lady Bird Johnson remained personally involved with the LBJ School of Public Affairs as an adviser, supporter, and living inspiration.
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