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FormerFormerMr. South TexasMr. South TexasRecipientsRecipients1952 Frank C. Huntress1953 Lon C. Hill1954 Mary Elizabeth Butt1955 Mayor Albert Martin1956 O.W. Killam1957 Robert J. Kleberg1958 Ernest H. Poteet, Ph.D.1959 Bishop M.S. Garriaga1960 U.S. Representative Joe M. Kilgore1961 Lt. General Robert W. Harper1962 Ambassador Thomas C. Mann1963 Judge Reynaldo Garza1964 Governor John B. Connally1965 Mayor J.C. Martin, Jr.1966 Herbert C. Petry, Jr.1967 Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr.1968 H.B. Zachry1969 Ambassador Edward Clark1970 Leonides Cigarroa, M.D.1971 U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.1972 Darrell Royal1973 Ambassador Anne Armstrong1974 Thomas C. Frost, Jr.1975 Gladys S. Porter1976 Randolph Lee Clark, M.D. 1977 Texas Attorney General John J. Hill1978 Radcliff e Killam1979 U.S. Representative Abraham Kazen1980 Ambassador Robert Krueger1981 Joaquin G. Cigarroa, Jr., M.D.1982 Lt. Governor William P. Hobby1983 U.S. Senator John Tower1984 Governor Mark W. White1985 Theodore Scibienski1986 Max A. Mandel1987 Mayor Henry Cisneros, Ph.D.1988 U.S. Senator Phil Gramm1989 U.S. Representative Eligio “Kika” de la Garza1990 Charles A. LeMaistre, M.D.1991 Judge Solomon Casseb, Jr.1992 Secretary Robert A. Mosbacher1993 Lt. Governor Bob Bullock1994 Governor Ann W. Richards1995 Vidal M. Treviño1996 Charles E. Butt1997 Governor George W. Bush 1998 John P. Howe III, M.D.1999 State Senator Judith Zaffi rini, Ph.D.2000 Judge George P. Kazen 2001 H.B. Zachry, Jr.2002 Gary G. Jacobs2003 Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D.

Ricardo G. Cigarroa, M.D.2004 U.S. Representative Henry Bonilla 2005 U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison2006 Hank E. Sames, III2007 Lt. Governor David H. Dewhurst2008 U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, Ph.D.2009 Joe V. LaMantia, Jr.2010 Dennis E. Nixon2011 Speaker Joseph R. Straus, III

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Dr. Ray M. Keck, III President of Texas A&M International University, has been selected as Mr. South Texas 2012 for the 115th Washington’s

Birthday Celebration. Keck will be honored at the Mr. South Texas Luncheon Hosted by BBVA Compass.

Ray M. Keck, III is President of Texas A&M International University in Laredo. Prior to becoming President in 2001, he was a member of the faculty in Laredo and had served as department chair and Provost. He holds an A.B. and Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literature from Princeton University and has studied at Harvard Divinity School, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Estudios Hispánicos en Madrid (Bryn Mawr College), and the Deutsche Somerschule am Atlantik. As a President within The Texas A&M University System, he serves on various boards for higher education in Texas. He is also a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas. Born in San Antonio, he graduated in 1965 from Texas Military Institute. Dr. Keck began his teaching career at Connecticut’s The Hotchkiss School in 1970. For 40 years he has taught, studied, and written about Spanish literature, with an emphasis on the Spanish Golden Age. Since his undergraduate days, Dr. Keck has studied and played the organ, especially the music of J.S. Bach, and has performed often with orchestras and ensembles. He has held posts

Mr. South Texas Luncheon Hosted by BBVA CompassHonors Ray M. Keck, III, Ph.D.

as director of church music for parishes in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Texas. In Laredo, Dr. Keck has served as President of the Regional P-16 Council. He aggressively champions the need for a comprehensive, dual-language program for all children in Texas schools.

The Mr. South Texas award is presented to a deserving individual worthy of the distinction who has made signifi cant and lasting contributions to the growth and development of Laredo and the South Texas region. The Mr. South Texas Selection Committee, comprised of past presidents of the WBCA and former Mr. South Texas recipients who reside in Laredo, meet several times during the year to discuss possible candidates.

The committee members take great eff ort in creating an all-inclusive nominating pool of candidates from all walks of life who have made a signifi cant impact on the area. Susan Foster, Chairperson for this year’s Mr. South Texas Selection Committee and WBCA Ex-Offi cio affi rms, “Dr. Keck embodies exactly what Mr. South Texas stands for.”

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