The Center for Public Policy is supported by an advisory board of Houstonians prominent in business and civic affairs, and maintains cooperative relationships with many educational and public service entities in the Houston area and the state of Texas.

 

Alice Aanstoos, AT&T

J Fred Baca, Consultant

Rogene Calvert, Asian Chamber of Commerce

Doug Carman, Wachovia

Glenn Clements (Chair), Stewart Title

Robert Doguim, Harris County

Bill Hobby, H and C Communications, Inc

Beverly Kaufman, Harris County

Alison Leland, University of Houston

Ann Lents, Consultant

Elena Marks, Office of Mayor White, City of Houston

Kathryn McNiel, Consultant

Holly Montalbano, Aramark

Keith Wade, One World Strategy

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Hobby Honored with the 2009 History-Making Texan Award

Bill Hobby was the recipient of the 2009 History-Making Texan Award on March 2, 2009. The award was presented to him at the fifth annual  Texas Independence Day Dinner by The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas.

William "Bill" Hobby, Texas' lieutenant governor for 18 years, served in that office longer than any other person elected to it. When he was first sworn into office in 1973, Bill Hobby continued a family association with the Texas Senate covering three generations and spanning more than a century. His grandfather, Edwin Hobby, was a state senator from 1874 to 1879. Hobby's father, William Pettus Hobby, Sr., was the state's 24th lieutenant governor, serving from 1915 to 1917, when he became governor. A complete biography about Bill Hobby can be found here. 

View video of this event honoring his countless years of service or read his acceptance speech "The Threads of Texas History" and learn some interesting facts about Bill Hobby and Texas!

 

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