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SPIRIT AND MIND

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July 2, 2009
Texas A&M University announced today that it has received a $145,500 donation from Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO).    «view»

June 4, 2009
ExxonMobil Foundation recently presented a check for more than $1.05 million to the Texas A&M Foundation.    «view»

June 4, 2009
Representatives of Houston-based ConocoPhillips donated $1 million to benefit Texas A&M University in May. The gift, presented at Texas A&M Foundation headquarters, will fund several academic programs at Texas A&M including the ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars Program.    «view»

May 13, 2009
Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets no longer has a Squadron 4, but members from the Class of '62 have ensured their old outfit is remembered by establishing the Squadron 4/Four Aces '62 General Rudder Corps Scholarship.    «view»

April 23, 2009
For Aaron and Amberly Hall, both Class of 2002 at Texas A&M University, the campus was love at first sight. And now their unwavering passion for the school - along with Aaron Hall's appreciation for the scholarship that helped pay for his Aggie education - has led them to establish a scholarship.    «view»

March 13, 2009
Twelve Texas A&M University students are proud new wearers of blazers formally recognizing them as members of the Texas A&M Foundation's Maroon Coats.    «view»

March 3, 2009
Texas A&M University has reached nearly half of the $300 million scholarship goal for its Operation Spirit and Mind fundraising initiative. The total raised during the first two years of Operation Spirit and Mind is just over $139 million.    «view»

March 3, 2009
To commemorate the record number of days Gov. Rick Perry '72 has been in office, the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute on Dec. 23, 2008, established a scholarship to benefit Texas A&M University.    «view»

February 10, 2009
The Dallas A&M Club, which has raised scholarship money for decades, has established a $100,000 Regents' Scholarship to help high school seniors from Dallas County fund their Texas A&M education.    «view»

October 11, 2008
Texas A&M University has launched a $300 million initiative to raise private funds for endowed scholarships and graduate fellowships and to provide additional support for study-abroad and other international academic experiences for its students—with officials noting the underlying intent is to help Aggies pay for more of their education without crippling amounts of student-loan debt.    «view»

May 12, 2008
The Texas A&M Foundation's senior vice president for administration and operations has been appointed president of the University of New Mexico (UNM) Foundation.    «view»

May 5, 2008
The Texas A&M Foundation board of trustees awarded the Sterling C. Evans Medal to Henry "Bartell" Zachry Jr. Friday during the A&M Legacy Society gala on the Texas A&M University campus. About 500 donors, students, faculty and staff gathered at the Bernard C. Richardson Zone to celebrate the occasion.    «view»

April 21, 2008
Jon L. Hagler '58 paid a visit to Aggieland April 21 to attend the Maroon and White football game, Aggie Muster and to visit with the staff of the Texas A&M Foundation.    «view»

February 15, 2008
Two special people were honored in February with the prestigious Trustee Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements by Texas A&M Foundation employees.    «view»

April 16, 2008
Dr. Ed Davis '67, president of the Texas A&M Foundation, and Susan Kubik, vice president for institutional advancement and executive director of Northampton Community College Foundation, have been selected as the 2008 winners of the CASE Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation awards.    «view»

February 22, 2008
A former librarian at Texas A&M is giving back to the institution that helped launch his library career thirty years ago.    «view»

December 14, 2007
In a misty dedication ceremony on Friday attended by about 130 guests, the Texas A&M Foundation honored Houston oilman H. J. "Hank" Gruy and his wife, Rae, when it activated for the first time a 7,000-gallon fountain on the grounds of the Jon L. Hagler Center.    «view»

August 2, 2007
Bob J. Surovik, a 1958 accounting graduate of Texas A&M University, has been appointed chairman of the Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees.    «view»

May 18, 2007
John E. Bethancourt, a 1974 petroleum engineering graduate of Texas A&M University and executive vice president for Chevron Corporation, has been appointed to the Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees for a seven-year term.    «view»

March 30, 2007
Texas A&M University commemorated the conclusion of its seven-year, $1 billion One Spirit One Vision fundraising campaign with a campus celebration on March 30 that included about 1,000 of the university's top donors and corporate partners.    «view»

January 3, 2007
The Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees announced that John Stropp will serve as interim president of the Foundation while Dr. Ed Davis is on leave to serve as interim president of Texas A&M University.    «view»



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