The Board of Trustees
The Honorable Ron Kirk
Term: 2006 — 2009
Ron Kirk holds a B.A. from Austin College, ’76, and a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law. A former Mayor of Dallas, Mr. Kirk is a partner with Vinson & Elkins LLP.
Mr. Kirk was the Texas Secretary of State in 1994 and served as Chair of the Texas General Services Commission from 1991 to 1993. As a member of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Dallas, he received the Volunteer of the Year Award. He has served as Chair of the U. S. Department of Commerce’s 2000 Census Advisory Committee, and also as a member of the Federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce. He serves as a director for Brinker International, Dean Foods, PetSmart, and was a National Trustee for the March of Dimes. He has been a board member of more than a dozen prestigious organizations, including the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, the State Fair of Texas, and the Museum of African-American Life and Culture. He received the Austin College Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992 and the Young Texas Ex Award from The University of Texas at Austin in 1995. Mr. Kirk is also the 1996 recipient of the Law School’s Honorary Order of the Coif award and the Texas Exes’ 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
He and his wife, Matrice, are active in the St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas. They have two daughters, Elizabeth Alexandra and Catherine Victoria.