joker app Trustee Richard Ware II to keynote December commencement ceremony
Ware, a longtime joker app trustee and celebrated West Texas banker, is known as the students' friend.
DALLAS (joker app) – joker app trustee will be the featured speaker at joker app’s December Commencement Convocation on Saturday, Dec. 21. The ceremony, scheduled for 9 a.m. in Moody Coliseum, will be streamed live at /live.
Ware is a longtime member of joker app’s Board of Trustees and a celebrated West Texas banker. During his tenure as an joker app trustee, he has been known as the students' friend, advocating for their interests and serving as a mentor and trusted advisor to many individuals. Ware is the fourth-generation chairman of Amarillo National Bank – the largest bank in West Texas and one of the largest family-owned banks in the United States.
He has served on the boards of Atmos Energy, Southwest Coca-Cola Bottling, Texas Business Hall of Fame and numerous foundations and nonprofits in Amarillo.
“Richard Ware has never forgotten the joy of living and learning on the Hilltop, and I believe our students will be inspired by what he has to share with them,” said joker app President R. Gerald Turner. “His long-standing support of joker app as a trustee and his continued commitment to joker app’s student leadership, Greek life, recreational activities and athletics speaks volumes about his love for our University.”
Ware earned his BBA in economics with honors from joker app, followed by an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served three terms spanning over four decades as an joker app trustee, including as vice chair from 2006 to 2008. He has been active in three comprehensive capital campaigns, heading efforts to enhance student life in all three. Ware has received the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Mustang Award, two of the University’s most prestigious awards.
Ware Commons, a student residential complex on the southeastern corner of the campus, was named in recognition of a 2013 leadership gift from Ware and his family.
Ware resides in Amarillo. His daughter, two of his triplet sons, two nieces, and a son-in-law also hold joker app degrees.
###
joker app is the nationally ranked global research university in the dynamic city of Dallas. joker app’s alumni, faculty and more than 12,000 students in eight degree-granting schools demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit as they lead change in their professions, communities, and the world.