UT BENEFITS - Key Persons
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- Chairman of Aspect Holdings
- Chairman of the Health Affairs Committee
Regent Cranberg is Chairman of the Health Affairs Committee and serves as a member of the Academic Affairs Committee, the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee, and the Technology Transfer and Research Committee. In July 2014, he was named as Chair of the newly-created University Lands Advisory Board. He previously served as Chairman of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee. He also serves as a member of the M. D. Anderson Services Corporation Board of Directors and on the Texas Medical Center Board.
Mr. Cranberg is Chairman of Aspect Holdings, LLC. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Texas at Austin in 1977 with a BS in Petroleum Engineering and received an MBA from Stanford University in 1981. After leading General Atlantic Partners' oil and gas investment activity from 1981-1992, Mr. Cranberg founded Aspect Energy. Aspect has drilled over 500 exploration wells and made many oil and gas discoveries in Texas and Louisiana, Belize, Hungary, and Kurdistan. Aspect has also founded numerous venture technology-driven oilfield service companies, the leading U.S. potash producer, and a wind power development concern. Mr. Cranberg was named to the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Hall of Fame in 2010 and was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin in November 2016.
Mr. Cranberg has been active in education philanthropy, governance, and policy advocacy. He founded the Alliance for Choice in Education, which has provided tens of millions of dollars in scholarship support for children from low-income families to attend private schools. Mr. Cranberg created and funded the Horace Mann Scholarship Challenge, whereby he committed to fund the college education of the 600 attendees of the inner city Horace Mann Middle Schools. He also has served on various boards of the national school choice organization, Alliance for School Choice, and on the Board of Trustees of Metropolitan State College of Denver. Alex and his wife Cathy have three daughters and one son and live in Houston.
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- Attorney / September 1912
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- Governor Hogg / Real Estate / 1906
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- Director of Administration & Special Projects
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- Executive
- Vice Chancellor
- Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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- Governor Lanham / Attorney / September 19, 1932
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- Insurance Executive / Yes
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- Physician / July 12, 1903
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- Governor Clements / Civic Leader / Yes / March 26, 2014
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- Administrative Programs Manager
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- Physician / Yes / July 28, 1951
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- Attorney / Yes / November 11, 1969
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- Governor Bush / Businessman / Yes / December 6, 2017
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- Chairman of the Health Affairs Committee
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
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Regent Crain is currently the Chairman of the Health Affairs Committee and serves on the Academic Affairs Committee; the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management Committee; and the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee. She also serves on the Board for Lease of University Lands.
Regent Crain is the former Chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and is the first and only woman to lead the nine-member board. While at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, she implemented many successful programs, such as TDCJ GO KIDS and the widely recognized AMACHI Texas mentoring initiative. She has a Texas State prison facility named in her honor - the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville, Texas.
Regent Crain is a third-generation Dallasite and attended Kimball High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in government from The University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law. In her spare time, Regent Crain is a professional singer.
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- Governor Colquitt / Newspaperman / 1948
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- Insurance Executive / Yes
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- General Counsel
- Vice Chancellor
- Vice Chancellor and General Counsel / General Counsel Website
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- Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
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- Governor Moody / Attorney / Yes / October 9, 1959
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- Governor Connally / Attorney / Yes / October 1, 1980
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- Governor Hogg / Attorney / September 9, 1900
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- Attorney / Yes / February 28, 1976
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- Banker, Rancher / November 10, 1920
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- Governor Hogg / Physician
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- Banker / Unknown
- Physician / Yes / March 19, 1949
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- Insurance Executive / Yes
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- Governor Lanham / Attorney / March 27, 1915
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- Assistant Attorney General / 1940
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- Physician / Yes / July 6, 1988
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- Governor Shivers / Lumberman, Attorney / Yes
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- Associate Judge / Unknown
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- Governor Connally / Oilman / Yes / February 27, 2003
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- Oil Executive / Yes / December 28, 2013
The Chancellor is the chief executive officer of the UT System and reports to the Board of Regents. He has direct line responsibility for all aspects of the UT System's operations.
James B. ("J.B.") Milliken is chancellor of The University of Texas System, where he also holds the Lee Hage and Joseph D. Jamail Regents Chair in Higher Education Leadership.
Milliken is a national leader in public higher education with more than 30 years of experience. As chancellor, he oversees one of the largest public university systems in the United States, comprised of 14 academic and health institutions, including seven medical schools and five Carnegie R1 research universities. UT institutions enroll more than 256,000 students and employ more than 122,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff and student workers. Total annual research expenditures across the UT institutions exceeds $4.3 billion, and the UT System ranks No. 1 in Texas and No. 2 in the nation in federal research expenditures among public higher education systems.
At UT, Milliken has led efforts to meet the needs of a growing and diversifying state and nation, including a commitment to growing training, education and research programs in fields of economic and national security importance, like cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing.
As a sought-after voice in public higher education leadership, he is a member of the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Permian Strategic Partnership and the American Council on Education. Additionally, he serves on the executive committee of the Council on Competitiveness and the Texas Economic Development Corporation's CEO Council.
Prior to joining the UT System, Milliken served as the chancellor of The City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban university system in the country. Earlier, he was the first Nebraskan and alumnus to serve as president of the University of Nebraska. He also served as senior vice president of the University of North Carolina, now 17 campuses.
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- Attorney / December 6, 1908
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- Chairman of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
- Member of Finance and Planning Committee
- CEO and Chairman of CW Interests
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- Student Regent, John Michael Austin
Mr. Weaver is CEO and Chairman of CW Interests, an investment management firm in San Antonio, Texas. He oversees the implementation of the company's investment strategies, including management of direct investments in private operating businesses. Mr. Weaver is the former CEO of McCombs Partners.
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- Governor Shivers / Attorney / Yes
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- Governor Colquitt / Pharmacist / 1931
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- Civic Leader / Yes / December 26, 1992
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- Governor Clements / Civic Leader / Yes / October 12, 2000
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- Chairman of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
- Chairman of Finance and Planning Committee
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Ms. Longoria was elected Vice Chairman of the Board on April 2, 2019 and was re-elected as Vice Chairman on June 2, 2021, and again on May 4, 2023. She is Chairman of the Finance and Planning Committee and serves on the Academic Affairs Committee; the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management Committee; and the Health Affairs Committee. She also serves on the UTIMCO Board of Directors. She previously served on the Special Advisory Committee on the Brackenridge Tract, the M.D. Anderson Services Corporation Board of Directors, and the System Review and Structure Task Force.
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- Associate to the General Counsel / Assistant Secretary to the Board
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of Finance and Planning Committee
- Member of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
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Regent Jiles serves as Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee and is a member of the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management Committee; the Finance and Planning Committee; and the Health Affairs Committee. He also serves on the UTIMCO Board of Directors and the M. D. Anderson Services Corporation Board of Directors and as an Athletics Liaison.
Mr. Jiles has served as a member on both Development Boards for The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He was also a gubernatorial appointee to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, serving from 1995 - 2001.
In the financial services industry, Mr. Jiles serves on the board of Wallis Bank and served on The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch board.
Mr. Jiles holds a Master of Professional Accountancy from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Southern University.
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- Governor Connally / Attorney, Congressman / Yes / February 10, 1999
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- Physician / Yes / March 19, 1949
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- Corporate Strategist / Yes
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- Governor Hobby / Capitalist / February 19, 1926
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- Political Leader / July 16, 1891
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- Governor Shivers / Attorney / Yes / 1979
John Michael is a third-year medical student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's Long School of Medicine. Previously, he received a Bachelor's in Cognitive Sciences with a minor in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from Rice University in 2019.
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- Insurance / December 6, 1926
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- Executive
- Vice Chancellor
- Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs
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- Governor Hobby / Merchant / November 16, 1930
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- Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations
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- Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
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- Senior Associate General Counsel to the Board
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- Assistant to the Chancellor
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- Member of Finance and Planning Committee
- Member of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
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- Owner of Eltife Properties, Ltd
Mr. Eltife is the owner of Eltife Properties, Ltd. and is a Director for Citizens 1st Bank.
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- Senior Associate General Counsel to the Board
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- Governor Shivers / Lumberman / Yes
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- Senior Associate to the General Counsel to the Board
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- Governor Clements / Investor, Businessman / Yes / July 5, 2011
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- Governor Shivers / Newspaper Publisher, High School Teacher / Yes / October 3, 1986
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- Governor Lanham / Attorney, Representative / 1913
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- Governor Clements / Physician / Yes
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- Pharmacist / Yes / September 9, 2013
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- Government Administrator / Yes
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- Governor Colquitt / Attorney / 1927
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- Attorney, Judge / September 23, 1909
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- Chairman
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
- Chairman of the Audit
- Member of the University
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Dr. Perez served in the U.S. Navy as a Medical Corps Officer and received the Navy Commendation and Navy Achievement Medals.
Dr. Perez is the Chairman of the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management Committee and serves on the Academic Affairs Committee; the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee; and the Health Affairs Committee. He also serves on the Board for Lease of University Lands.
Dr. Perez is a member of The University of Texas System Chancellor's Council Executive Committee; The Holdsworth Center Governing Board; Philosophical Society of Texas; Texas Business Leadership Council; and is Medical Director for Platinum Surgery Center; Medical Director for Brownsville Surgery Center; and an Expert Panelist for the Texas Medical Board. He also serves as a Trustee for the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District.
Dr. Perez is former Chairman for the Texas Woman's University Board of Regents, and a former member of the clinical faculty at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's School of Medicine. He has also formerly served on many other local and statewide councils, foundations, and boards including The University of Texas Foundation Board; The University of Texas at Austin Development Board; The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Development Board; Lone Star National Bank Board of Directors; Rio Grande Valley Angel Network; The University of Texas College of Education Foundation Advisory Council; Educate Texas Committee; The Texas Lyceum, FIRST in Texas Foundation; Humanities Texas Board; Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities Board; and Harlingen School of Health Professions Advisory Committee.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Texas at Austin and a Medical Doctorate from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is board certified in Gastroenterology and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Gastroenterology.
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- Attorney / Yes / November 24, 1956
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- Governor Bush / Attorney / Yes / February 13, 2022
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- Vice Chancellor for External Relations, Communications and Advancement Services
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- Governor Bush / Businessman
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- Investment Banker, Attorney / Yes
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- Investor, Businessman / Yes
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- Governor Clements / Certified Public Accountant / December 16, 2023
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- Governor Moody / Attorney / Yes / 1954
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- Governor Moody / Attorney / Yes
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- Member of Finance and Planning Committee
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
- Founding Partner and Co - CIO of Capital Creek Partners
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Regent Gauntt serves as a member of the Board's Academic Affairs Committee; Facilities Planning and Construction Committee; Finance and Planning Committee; and Health Affairs Committee and is the alternate representative to the Board for Lease of University Lands.
Mr. Gauntt is Founding Partner and Co-CIO of Capital Creek Partners. He is a member of The University of Texas Chancellor's Council and a lifetime member of the McCombs School of Business Advisory Council. He currently serves on the board of Little League International, RBI Austin, The Contemporary Austin, and Ascend Mission Academy Africa. He is a former member of the UTIMCO Board of Directors, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas Board of Trustees.
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- Governor Lanham / Banker / Yes / July 12, 1930
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- Governor Connally / Arts Advocate, Community Leader
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- Senior Legal Administrative Associate / Assistant to the General Counsel
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- Insurance / February 11, 1936
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- Attorney / December 3, 1917
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- Executive Program & Travel Coordinator
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- Associate to the General Counsel
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- General Counsel to the Board of Regents
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- Physician / Yes / December 21, 1997
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- Member of Finance and Planning Committee
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
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- Governor Bush / Oilman, U. S. Secretary of Commerce / Yes
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- Attorney, Ambassador / Yes / September 16, 1992
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- Governor Bush / Banker, Ambassador / Yes
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- Investment Banker / Yes / November 13, 2020
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- Governor Hogg / Physician
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- Attorney / February 17, 1937
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- Attorney / Yes / December 7, 1969
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- Director of Board Technology Services
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- Governor Clements / Oil Executive / Yes / December 13, 2013
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- Governor Shivers / Attorney / Yes
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- Governor Hobby / Attorney / February 5, 1924
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- Attorney / February 8, 1951
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- Governor Colquitt / Attorney, Oilman, Insurance / Yes / September 12, 1930
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- Governor Connally / Oilman
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- Governor Colquitt / Attorney / Yes
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- Governor Colquitt / Lumberman / Yes / October 8, 1936
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- Attorney, Assistant Attorney General / Yes
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- Governor Bush / Businessman / Yes