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Section Honors & Awards

Legends in Texas Family Law

  • Scott T. Cook 1937 - 2009
  • Everett Bryan Lord 1918 - 1994
  • Reba Graham Rasor 1926 - 1994
  • Dan R. Price 1947 - 1994
  • Jack Johannes 1902 - 1988
  • Sam R. Emison, Jr. 1933 - 1983
  • Joseph W. McKnight 1925 -
  • Burta Rhoads Raborn 1935 - 1998
  • Louise Ballerstedt Raggio 1919 - 2011
  • Donald R. Royall 1937 -
  • Kenneth Fuller 1932 -
  • Donn C. Fullenweider 1935 -
  • William C. Koons 1931 -

Dan Price Award

  • 1994 - Stewart W. Gagnon
  • 1995 - Jack W. Marr
  • 1996 - Richard R. Orsinger
  • 1997 – Not presented
  • 1998 - Howard G. Baldwin, Jr.
  • 1999 - Harry L. Tindall
  • 2000 – Justice Ann Crawford McClure
  • 2001 – Not presented
  • 2002 – Not presented
  • 2003 - Gary L. Nickelson
  • 2004 – Not presented
  • 2005 – Not presented
  • 2006 - Norma L. Trusch
  • 2007 – Not presented
  • 2008 – G. Thomas Vick, Jr.
  • 2009 - Brian L. Webb
  • 2010 – James M. Loveless

Past Chairs of the Section

  • Hawthorne Phillips, Brownsville
    1960-1961

  • Sproesser Wynn, Fort Worth
    1961-1963

  • W. Scott Red, Houston
    1963-1965

  • Louise R. Raggio, Dallas
    1965-1967

  • Angus S. McSwain, Jr., Waco
    1967-1969

  • Obra Lee Malone, El Paso
    1969-1971

  • Eugene L. Smith, Lubbock
    1971-1973

  • Kenneth Kramer, Wichita Falls
    1973-1975

  • Thomas J. Purdom, Lubbock
    1975-1977

  • Donald Royall, Houston
    1977-1979

  • Reba Graham Rasor, Dallas
    1979-1981

  • Everett Lord, Beaumont
    1981-1983

  • Kenneth D. Fuller, Dallas
    1983-1985

  • Harry Tindall, Houston
    1985-1987

  • Larry Schwartz, El Paso
    1987-1989

  • Scott T. Cook, Corpus Christi
    1989-1991

  • Michael McCurley, Dallas
    1991-1993

  • John Compere, San Antonio
    1993-1994

  • Brian Webb, Dallas
    1994-1995

  • David R. McClure, El Paso
    1995-1996

  • J. Lindsey Short, Jr., Houston
    1996-1997

  • Ann C. McClure, El Paso
    1997-1998

  • Cheryl Wilson, San Antonio
    1998-1999

  • Richard R. Orsinger, San Antonio
    1999-2000

  • Jack W. Marr, Victoria
    2000-2001

  • Gary L. Nickelson, Fort Worth
    2001-2002

  • Joan Foote Jenkins, Houston
    2002-2003

  • Mary Johanna McCurley, Dallas
    2003-2004

  • G. Thomas Vick, Jr., Weatherford
    2004-2005

  • Warren Cole, Houston
    2005-2006

  • James Loveless, Fort Worth
    2006-2007

  • Sally Emerson, Amarillo
    2007-2008

  • Wendy Burgower, Houston
    2008-2009

  • Douglas Woodburn, Amarillo
    2009-2010

  • Charles Hodges, Dallas
    2010-2011


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