It was my pleasure to gift $5,000 in 2011 to the Texas A&M Foundation in support of the Becky Gates Children’s Center at Texas A&M University. The gift honors retiring professor Bryan Cole, who was my first education professor when I came to Texas A&M in 1979. He has had a great influence on my [...]
In my 20-year career in gift planning, the question that I have been asked most is, “What is planned giving?” Planned giving is the thoughtful preparation for the ultimate disposition of accumulated assets after one’s lifetime. There are many questions to consider in the planning process: To whom do we want to pass our assets? [...]
Send us your best Aggie winter photo for our photo contest and win a $25 Barnes & Nobles gift card! Submit photos by January 26th and we will post them to our blog for voters to pick their favorite. The voting will begin on January 30th and the photo receiving the most votes will receive [...]
In the past 12 years, wonderful people desiring to provide future support for Texas A&M University have created and documented nearly $500 million in planned gifts with the Texas A&M Foundation. Their generosity will help A&M immensely as their gifts are received in the future. Amazingly, in seven of the past 11 years the annual [...]
The Howard Hesby Student Atrium was created to honor Dr. Hesby’s legacy as a teacher, advisor and mentor. Every aspect of the atrium was designed to incorporate the three departments dwelling in the Kleberg Center (Animal Science, Poultry Science and Nutrition and Food Science.) The atrium is filled with mesquite bar and coffee tables, hair-on-hide [...]
