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The Ex-Students' Association of The University of Texas (more commonly known as Texas Exes) is the association of former students of the University of Texas at Austin. [1] The organization is one of the largest alumni associations in the world (the Texas Exes Houston Chapter has over 10,000 members), with chapters in 69 Texas cities, most U.S ...
The Alcalde (/ æ l ˈ k æ l d i /; Spanish:) has been the alumni magazine of The University of Texas at Austin since 1913, and is published by the university's alumni association, the Texas Exes. [1] The magazine was named for Oran M. Roberts, the governor who signed the university into existence and whose nickname was "Old Alcalde." [1] [2]
Fans light red candles at the 2008 Texas Hex rally. The Texas Exes Student Chapter, sponsored by the Texas Exes alumni organization, organized the event. The Longhorn Band, cheerleading squad, Smokey the Cannon, the World's Largest Texas Flag, and football team all appeared at the event, where red candles were burned. [3]
Camp Logan was a World War I–era army training camp in Houston, Texas, named after U.S. Senator and Civil War General John A. Logan. [1] The site of the camp is now primarily occupied by Memorial Park where it borders the Crestwood neighborhood, near Memorial Elementary School. Some chunks of concrete, many building foundations, and extensive ...
1996, John Philp Thompson Sr. received The Outstanding Alumnus Award from the Dallas Texas Exes. 2002, the Dallas County College District Foundation named him Director Emeritus for his outstanding service and dedication. 2003, Fair Park and the State Fair of Texas named the only building on fair grounds ever dedicated to a person in his honor.
While he coached from 1935 to 1950, the University of Texas swim team won every Southwest Conference Swimming Championship. [5] In 1950 Tex retired as the UT Coach but not before winning the NCAA Coach of the Year. Tex continued to improve Texas Swimming by creating WETS (Working Exes for Texas Swimming), [6] and TAGS (Texas Age Group Swimming ...
The Junction Boys were the "survivors" of Texas A&M Aggies football coach Bear Bryant's brutal 10-day summer camp in Junction, Texas, beginning September 1, 1954.The ordeal became the subject of a 2001 book by Jim Dent, The Junction Boys, [1] and a television movie with the same title produced by ESPN, starring Tom Berenger as Bryant.
Citizens' Military Training Camps (CMTC) were United States government authorized military training programs held annually each summer during the years 1921 to 1940. CMTC camps differed from National Guard and Organized Reserve training in that the program allowed male citizens to obtain basic military training without an obligation to call-up ...