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2001 Graduate Recognition Ceremony for MPA and PPA Students
The Spring 2001 MPA/PPA Graduate Recognition Ceremony was held in Hogg Memorial Auditorium on May 18 at 11:30 AM. There was a live Webcast of the ceremony; see below for details. The speaker this year was Red McCombs.
Red McCombs, born in 1927 in Spur, Texas, attended Southwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin School of Business and School of Law. He began his career as a salesman in the automobile business in Corpus Christi in 1950. In 1958, he relocated to San Antonio where he became a partner, then sole owner of Red McCombs Automotive. In addition to his auto interests, he is cofounder of Clear Channel Communications and of McCombs Oil Corporation in Houston, and is active in a variety of other businesses.
Mr. McCombs has served in leadership roles in many national, state and local organizations including Chamber of Commerce, United Way, and San Antonio's 1968 World Fair, HemisFair, and he has chaired many fund drives and community service organizations as well. He served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Southwestern University where he has been honored as Distinguished Alumnus, and he is past Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He also has been honored as Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin, whose nationally acclaimed business school was renamed the Red McCombs School of Business.
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Mr. McCombs has also been honored with numerous local, state and national recognitions including the San Antonio Business Hall of Fame, San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame, the National Automobile Dealers Hall of Fame and the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
Mr. McCombs purchased the NFL Minnesota Vikings in 1998. He previously owned the NBA Denver Nuggets and the San Antonio Spurs, which he secured for San Antonio in 1972. At age 25, he purchased his first professional sports team, the Corpus Christi Texas Clippers in the Big State Baseball League.
Mr. McCombs married the former Charline Hamblin in Corpus Christi in 1950. Their daughters Lynda McCombs, Marsha Shields and Connie McNab and eight grandchildren all reside in San Antonio.
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Reception: A reception was held in the atrium area on the third floor of
the College of Business Administration building immediately followed the ceremony.
Live Webcast: There was a live Webcast of the graduation
ceremony. The Webcast was archived. (Viewing
the Webcast requires a RealPlayer browser plug-in.) More information regarding UT Austin
Webcasts is available.
General UT Commencement Information: More information about other departmental and college ceremonies, (including Saturday Night's University-wide festivities at the base of the UT Tower) is available on the UT Commencement 2001 page.
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