Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Honorees
2023 Honorees
Five bankers were inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame on April 27, 2023 at the Tenth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. The 2023 honorees were Kenneth L. Burgess, Ron Butler, James D. Goudge, J. Pat Parsons, and the late David R. Seim.
2022 Honorees
Five bankers were inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame on April 28, 2022 at the Ninth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. The 2022 honorees were James D. “Jay” Dreibelbis, the late Robert Griffith “Bob” Greer, W. Wes Hoskins, Ben Morgan, and R. Michael Rigby.
2020 Honorees
Five bankers were inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame on April 22, 2021 at the Eighth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. The 2020 honorees were the late James B. Bexley, Lloyd R. Ferguson, William David Lacy, Victor Pierson, and Jimmy Rasmussen.
2019 Honorees
Five bankers were inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame on April 25, 2019 at the Seventh Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. This year’s honorees were Cynthia L. Blankenship, Randal Clayton, Joe C. McKinney, Paul S. Moxley, and the late Glen E. Roney.
2018 Honorees
Five bankers were inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame on April 26, 2018 at the Sixth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. This year’s honorees were David S. Barnard, H. Gary Blankenship, David R. Brooks, the late Walter G. Hall, and Jill Sharp Vaughan.
2017 Honorees
Five bankers were inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame on April 27, 2017 at the Fifth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. This year’s honorees were B.A. Donelson, Retired President and Chairman, First State Bank of Stratford; Jack Griggs, Chairman, Texas Heritage Bank; George Martinez, Chairman and CEO, Allegiance Bankshares, and CEO, Allegiance Bank; Milton S. McGee Jr., Retired Vice Chairman, President and CEO, Citizens National Bank; and the late Milton L. Payne, Former Senior Chairman, First State Bank & Trust Co.
2016 Honorees
Four bankers were honored as inductees in the Texas Bankers Hall Of Fame on April 21, 2016 during the fourth annual gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. This year’s honorees were Charles E. Cheever Jr., Chairman Emeritus of Broadway Bank, San Antonio, Texas; Marshall Bookman Peters, former Chairman and CEO of First City Bank of Bryan, Texas; Lowell “Stretch” Smith, Former Chairman of First State Bank, Rio Vista, Texas; and Terry Tuggle, Chairman and CEO of First Community Bancshares and Chairman of First National Bank Texas, Killeen, Texas.
2015 Honorees
Five bankers were honored as inductees in the Texas Bankers Hall Of Fame on April 23, 2015 during the third annual gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. The honorees were Charles T. Doyle, Chairman Emeritus and founding director of the Board of Texas First Bank; Scott Dueser, chairman of the United Way of Abilene Foundation; Robert E. Marling, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., and CEO of Woodforest National Bank; LeRoy Stein, who served as Chairman Emeritus of Columbus State Bank until his death in June 1997; and John W. Wright, President and CEO of numerous banks.
2014 Honorees
Four bankers were honored as the inductees in the Texas Bankers Hall Of Fame on April 24, 2014 during the second annual gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. The honorees were Tieman H. Dippel Jr., chairman and CEO of Brenham Bancshares, Inc.; Tom C. Frost, chairman emeritus of Frost Bank; Joseph M. Grant, founder and chairman emeritus of Texas Capital Bancshares and founder, chairman and partner of BankCap Partners; and Rogers Pope Sr., chairman of the board of Texas Bank and Trust in Longview.
2013 Honorees
Four bankers were honored as the first inductees in the Texas Bankers Hall Of Fame on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at an inaugural gala hosted by the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University. The honorees were Robert Hulsey, the American National Bank of Texas, of Terrell; Walter Johnson, Amegy Bank, of Houston; the late Walter G. Lacy Jr., Citizens National Bank, of Waco; and Kenneth Murphy, First Financial Bankshares, Inc., of Abilene.