UH Alumni Association Foundation
Greetings Cougars,
First, thank you for finding us here on our webpage for the UH Alumni Association Foundation. We are very excited to launch this website as the “one stop shop” for all your Cougar alumni needs. We hope you will find what you need so you can join us as a volunteer in one of our 45+ affiliated associations or networks, find an event you would like to participate in or maybe glance at the many scholarships that our great alumni have made available to current and incoming students.
We are very proud, here at UHAAF, of the nearly 85 years of alumni engagement to our alma mater. As we near the 100th anniversary of UH in 2027, there will be an abundance of pride points that will help you feel more connected to UH than ever before.
On behalf of the over 316K alumni of the University of Houston, let me say how delighted we are that you are with us. We look forward to seeing you at our next event, meeting or Life Member gathering. Find your place, be yourself, and we will all do what we can to take UH to Top 50 status, celebrating the enduring Cougar pride we forever carry with us.
Go Coogs!
Shazia Khan (’84)
President
UHAAF Board of Directors
Mission Statement
The UH Alumni Association Foundation is the name of the independent organization that closely partners with the university by providing advice and outreach on behalf of the University and the alumni relations program. The foundation provides oversight of the board, the affiliated alumni associations and networks, scholarships, Life Membership, affinity and corporate partnerships, as well as legislative education.
Initiatives:
- RManagement and administration of the scholarship program
- ROversight of the affiliated Alumni Associations and Networks
- RLife Member program
- RAffinity partners and corporate sponsors
About UHAAF
Meet the Board
Coming Soon
Policies and By-Laws
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Past Foundation Board Presidents
| Name | Year | Name | Year | Name | Year |
| Rev. Max M. Groeschel | 1936-37 | Pat H. Foley (’51) | 1937-38 | Ora D. Brown (’34) | 1940-44 |
| Louise Predgen Deyoung (’67) | 1946-47 | Charles A. Saunders (’45) | 1947-48 | Thomas W. Menefee (’42) | 1948-49 |
| Jack Valenti (46) | 1949-51 | Roger W. Jeffrey, SR. (FS ’38) | 1951-53 | Sherwood Crane | 1953-55 |
| Joel H. Berry (’42) | 1955-57 | Johnny Goyen (’47) | 1957-58 | John J. Toomey (’50, J.D. ’69) | 1958-60 |
| Walter M. Rainey, JR. (’49) | 1960-61 | Gordon Hollan (’60) | 1961-62 | John C. O’leary (’57) | 1962-63 |
| Harry H. Hedges, Jr. (’40) | 1963-65 | Dr. Louis H. Green (’47) | 1965-67 | John B. Van Ness (’51, ’56) | 1968-70 |
| Richard Coselli (’55, J.D. ’69) | 1971 | C. F. Kendall, II (’60, J.D. ’69) | 1972-73 | Judge Shearn Smith (’51, ’56) | 1974 |
| J. Huey O’toole (J.D. ’58) | 1975 | Roger W. Jeffrey, JR. (’65) | 1976 | Coulson Tough(’75) | 1977 |
| Robert Ulmer (’69) | 1978 | Laurence H. Wayne (J.D. ’60) | 1979-80 | Leonard J. Pizalate (’67) | 1980-1981 |
| E. Virginia Barnett (’56) | 1981-1982 | Jay S. Gensburg (’70, J.D. ’72) | 1982-1983 | Elton S. Porter (’50) | 1983-1984 |
| James P. Wiseheart (’61) | 1984-1985 | G. Thomas Lambert (’69) | 1985-1986 | Harry M. Jacobson (’57) | 1986-1987 |
| Pleas Doyle (’57) | 1987-1988 | Shirley E. Rose (’60, M.Ed. ’69) | 1988-1989 | Don D. Sykora (’57) | 1989-1990 |
| Stanley B. Binion (’60, J.D. ’62) | 1990-1991 | R. Larry Snider (’55) | 1991-1992 | Matthew Provenzano (’59) | 1992-1993 |
| Stephen T. Harcrow (’69, ’71) | 1993-1994 | Alvin I. Zimmerman (’64, J.D. ’67) | 1994-1995 | Jack Moore (’77) | 1996, 2003-2004 |
| Glenn Lilie (FS) | 1996-1998 | John Peterson (’76) | 1998-1999 | Al Vela (’62) | 1999-2000 |
| Downey Bridgewater (’84) | 2000-2001 | Graham Painter (’72) | 2001-2002 | Sonny Messiah-Jiles (’74) | 2002-2003 |
| Marvin Nathan (’65, J.D. ’69) | 2004-2005 | Rick Bowen (’88, M.B.A. ’91) | 2005-2006 | Elizabeth Ghrist (M.Ed. ‘ 67) | 2006-2007 |
| Cheryl Creuzot (’81, J.D. ’71) | 2007-2008 | Mike Baker (’68, J.D. ’71)) | 2008-2009 | Judie Lilie (’95) | 2009-2010 |
| Reece Rondon (’92, J.D. ’95) | 2010-2011 | Reece Rondon (’92, J.D. ’95) | 2010-2011 | John Clarke (’82) | 2012-2013 |
| Starlet Agrella (’86, M.B.A ’89) | 2013-2014 | Joe Pogge (’79) | 2014-2015 | Trey Wilkinson (’92, M.B.A. ’02) | 2015-2016 |
| Bill Hickl (’86) | 2017-2018 | Brent Chinn (FS ’82) | 2018-2019 | Laurie Rutherford (’86, M.B.A. ’91, M.S. ’04) | 2019-2020 |
| Drue DaSilva (’93, M.S. ’99) | 2020-2022 | Wayne Luckett(’74) | 2022-2023 | Michael Sachs(’97) | 2023-2024 |
| Shazia Khan (’84) | 2024-2025 |