Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering recognizes select alumni from the department and the Cockrell School of Engineering annually with Distinguished Alumni Awards.
About the Distinguished Alumni Awards
For nearly a century, UT PGE has educated leaders who have shaped the oil and gas industry. Our department created the Distinguished Alumni Ceremony to recognize the best among them — company executives, technological innovators and astute entrepreneurs with unmatched industry expertise and a continued commitment to our UT PGE community.
Since 2010, UT PGE has given the Distinguished Alumni awards, its highest recognition, to graduates of its top-ranked petroleum engineering program. Recipients are selected by a committee of UT PGE alumni, including past award honorees.
Thank you to our 2025 event sponsors:
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EOG Resources
Hildebrand Fund
Mike and Linn Riley
Gary and Gaylon Thomas - Gold
Folger Energy, LLC
Hossein Kazemi - Silver
Anonymous
EOG Resources
Jerry and Cherry Windlinger - Bronze
Anonymous
David and Carol Christian
Helge Hove Haldorsen and Anne Synnøve Ekern
C. Susan and Hal Howes
Larry Lake
Dr. Martha MacDonald
Strand Energy
Paul Woodul - Tailgate
Avenue 9 Premium Cocktails
Diamondback Energy
Quail Tools
Mike and Linn Riley
2025 Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees
Tara Sharma
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 2015Mark Agnew
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1989Hossein Kazemi
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1961Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, 1963
Tony Podio
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1963M.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1965
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, 1968
Mike Riley
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1974Past Distinguished Alumni Honorees
Take a trip down memory lane and see past Distinguished Alumni Award honorees, dating all the way back to our inaugural awards in 2010.
