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2026 JIMMY WILLIAMS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD BANQUET
Thursday, April 30
Royal Oaks Country Club
7915 Greenville Ave
Please join the Dallas A&M Club for the presentation of the Jimmy Williams Distinguished Service Award to Kathleen M. Gibson ’81.
Special guest Tommy Williams ’78, interim president of Texas A&M University, will also address those in attendance.
SCHEDULE
5:30pm Cocktail reception
6:30pm Dinner & program
ATTIRE
Business
ADMISSION
$125 per person
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Jason Berry ’15
JPBerry15@gmail.com
ABOUT OUR HONOREE
Kathleen M. Gibson joined CH Investment Partners in 2023 after serving 11 years as President and CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation. Prior to that, she worked in senior leadership roles in financial services at Citibank as President of Texas and Central US Commercial Banking, and Bank of America as Head of Asset
Management Risk, President of Southwest US Private Banking, Head of Southwest Corporate Banking, and President of Bank of America Dallas.
Kathleen is past Chair of the Texas A&M Foundation and The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M. She currently serves on the Boards of Texas Higher Education Foundation, Dallas College Foundation, Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, Visiting Nurses Association of Texas, and LaunchBio.
Kathleen has been recognized by Texas A&M as a Distinguished Alumnus and honored at Texas A&M with the Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry and Women’s Legacy Awards. She received recognition by the Dallas Business Journal as a Top 25 Industry Leader in Women in Business, the Profiles in Diversity Journal in the 10th Annual Women Worth Watching edition, and Dallas Junior League as 2024 Sustainer of the Year.
Born in Texas, Kathleen lived several early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and attended school at SMU in Oxford and SMU in Russia. Kathleen and her husband, Robert, have two daughters, Catherine, and Sarah ’15.
ABOUT THE JIMMY WILLIAMS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
James Wishart “Jimmy” Williams was born on September 13, 1895, in Hamilton, Texas. A descendant of pre-Revolutionary War Americans, he graduated from Hamilton High School in 1913 and went on to attend the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas from 1913 to 1919 with two one-year interruptions. Mr. Williams considered himself to be part of the Class of 1918 and graduated in 1919 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He served in the United States Army from November 1917 to February 1919 and was discharged with the rank of Second Lieutenant.
After briefly working for the Delta County Engineering Department, Mr. Williams joined Austin Brothers Bridge Company in 1920. His first large assignment was the Corpus Christi Causeway, built in 1921. Over the next 50 years, Mr. Williams rose through the ranks of Austin Bridge and Associated Companies (now Austin Industries), subsequently serving on its Board of Directors.
In 1954, Mr. Williams was elected president of the Downtown Quarterback Club in Dallas. Known as “Skinny” to his many Aggie friends, he also served as president of the Dallas A&M Club, District Vice President of The Association of Former Students, and on the Executive Committee of The Association. Additionally, he served on the Athletic Council, the governing body of the Texas A&M Athletic Department at the time.
Mr. Williams also served as an elder at Lakeview Christian Church in Lake Highlands. He was well known for his modesty, his concern for other people, and his work ethic. Never one to boast about himself or his accomplishments, he enjoyed an outstanding life and career that was enhanced by his wife Pauline, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Mr. Williams passed away in Dallas on October 14, 1970.
In his honor, the Dallas A&M Club began a custom that recognizes the ideals and integrity that Mr. Williams personified. The Jimmy Williams Distinguished Service Award is presented to an Aggie from the Dallas area who has demonstrated commitment to career and family, contributions to the local community, and devotion to Texas A&M University.
The Jimmy Williams Distinguished Service Award Banquet enables the Dallas A&M Club to acknowledge and celebrate the success, dedication, and contributions of not only one of its own, but also of Texas A&M University and all that it represents.
PAST JIMMY WILLIAMS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Jimmy Williams ’18
Tyree Bell ’13
Asa Hunt ’22
Wofford Cain ’13
Jack Crichton ’37
Jimmy Aston ’33
Field Scovell ’30
Jimmy Sewell ’27
Alfred Davies ’34
Bob Latimer ’44
Bob Frymire ’45
Cy Johnston ’56
J.L. Huffines ’44
Harvey R. “Bum” Bright ’43
John R. Hill ’44
Harvey Cash ’33
Dick Goodson ’27
Tom O’Dwyer ’47
Ted Pitzer ’50
Bill McKenzie ’44
Les Potter ’28
George Linskie ’38
Bill McCord ’49
A.P. Wiley ’46
James Wiley ’46
Ed Monteith ’43
Durwood Chalker ’50
Herb Schiff ’43
Harwood K. Smith ’36
Donald Zale ’55
Edward B. Fulbright ’49
Robert Smith III ’61
Erle Nye ’59
W. Mike Baggett ’68
Frederick D. McClure ’76
Bill E. Carter ’69
Ford D. Albritton, Jr. ’43
Ron Skaggs ’65
Gerald L. Ray ’54
Jess C. “Rick” Rickman III ’70
Brian K. Pinto ’93
Samuel “Ray” Huffines ’74
