The Texas Brahman Association
Beef Booster of the Year
Award Winners
1962-2015
2015 Joel Cowley, Houston, TX, President, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
2014 Coleman H. Locke, Hungerford, TX, Brahman Breeder, former chairman of Texas Beef Council
2013 Charles W. Stenholm, Stamford, TX, former U.S. Congressman
2012 Livestock Marketing Association, Kansas City, MO, and Livestock Marketing Association of Texas, Austin, TX
2011 G. D. Scott, III, Richmond, TX, President, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
2010 E. C. Larkin, Jr., San Antonio, TX. Publisher & Editor, The Gulf Coast Cattleman Magazine
2009 Todd Staples, Austin, TX Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
2008 Lionel Chambers, Ft. Worth, Retired Editor, The Cattleman Magazine
2007 John Dudley, Comanche, TX, Cattleman
2006 Larry L. Boleman, PhD, College Station, TX, TAMU Animal Science
2005 C. R. “Dick” Sherron, MD, Beaumont, TX, Cattleman
2004 John W. McNeill, PhD, College Station, TX, TAMU Animal Science
2003 Richard Wortham, Texas Beef Council, Austin Texas
2002 Charles W. Graham, DVM, Elgin, Texas
2001 Beefmaster Breeders United, Nolan Ryan, Nolan Ryan’s All Natural Tender Aged Beef Program, San Antonio, TX
2000 HEB Grocers, San Antonio, TX
1999 Armelinda Ibarra, Houston, TX, Recording Secretary, ABBA
1998 Joe Ed Brockett, Eddy, TX, Editor, The Brahman Journal
1997 James O. Sanders, PhD, College Station, TX, TAMU Animal Science
1996 Markus F. Miller, PhD, Lubbock, TX, Texas Tech University Meat Science
1995 Darryl McDonald, Austin, TX, Livestock Marketing Director, Texas Department of Agriculture
1994 Wendell Schronk, San Antonio, TX, Executive Vice President, Beefmaster Breeders Universal
1993 Manuel Amparan, Austin, TX, Texas Department of Agriculture
1992 Konrad Eugster, DVM, College Station, TX, Director,Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
1991 Rick Perry, Austin, TX, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
1990 J. D. Sartwelle, Jr., Sealy, TX, Brahman Breeder, Marketman
1989 Sloan Williams, Hungerford, TX, Brahman Breeder
1988 Dinah Weil, Houston, TX, Recording Secretary, ABBA
1987 James D. Sartwelle, Sealy, TX, Brahman Breeder, Marketman
1986 Hilmar G. Moore, Richmond, TX, Cattleman
1985 Wendell Schronk, Houston, TX, Executive Vice President, ABBA
1984 Mike Levi, Spicewood, TX, Cattleman
1983 Jim Theeck, Brenham, TX, Cattleman
1982 Becky Terry, Alpine, TX, President Texas Cowbelles
1981 John S. Joyce, Wharton, TX, Cattleman
1980 Jack Chastain, Ft. Worth, TX, Secretary, Texas Hereford Association
1979 Don Clark, Dallas, TX, Livestock Director, Pan American Livestock Exposition
1978 Don Jobes, Jr., DeWalt, TX, Livestock Director, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
1977 L. D. “Doug” Wythe, PhD, College Station, TX, TAMU Animal Science
1976 John C. White, Austin, TX, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
1975 Frank Litterst, College Station, TX, TAMU Animal Science
1974 Margaret Watkins, Houston, TX, Recording Secretary, ABBA
1973 Harry P. Gayden, Houston, TX, Executive Secretary, ABBA
1972 Randall Grooms, PhD, Overton, TX, Livestock Specialist, Texas Agricultural Extension Service
1971 Johnny Watkins, Waco, TX, Agricultural Director, KWTX Radio
1970 Leon Locke, Hungerford, TX, Brahman Breeder
1969 Ray W. Wilson, Dallas TX, Livestock Director, Pan American Livestock Exposition
1968 Bob Murdock, Tyler, TX, Secretary, East Texas Farm & Ranch Club
1967 Dick Wilson, Ft. Worth, TX, Editor, The Cattleman Magazine
1966 O.D. Butler, PhD, College Station, TX, TAMU Animal Science
1965 Jan C. Bonsma, PhD, Pretoria, South Africa, Professor of Animal Science
1964 Fred Wulff, Brady, TX, President of Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
1963 Elmer Summers, Houston, TX, Agricultural Editor, The Houston Chronicle
1962 Charles G. Scruggs, Dallas, TX, TX & OK Editor, The Progressive Farmer