Recipient of the 2025 Jones Fellowship
The Texas Institute of Letters is happy to announce the recipient of the 2025 Jesse H. Jones Fellowship: Rubén Degollado. The full press release can be found below.
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TIL Council 1980-1989
1980 March 29 – Austin, Driskill Hotel President: Shelby Hearon, AustinVice-President: William Broyles, Austin Secretary-Treasurer: Marshall Terry, Dallas Councilors: James Early, Dallas John Graves, Glen RoseA. C. Greene, Dallas Beverly Lowry, HoustonC. W. Smith, Dallas William D. Wittliff, Austin 1981 April 11-12 – Austin, Friday Mountain, former ranch of Walter…
TIL Council 1970-1979
1970 March 20-21 – Dallas, Baker Hotel Officers President: A.C. Greene, Dallas Vice President: UnknownSecretary-Treasurer: John Edward Weems, Waco Councilors: Laura Furman, Lockhart Elmer Kelton, San Angelo Beverly Lowry, San MarcosC.W. Smith, Dallas Marshall Terry, Dallas William D. Wittliff, Austin 1971 March 13 – Austin President: A. C. GreeneVice President:…
TIL Presidents
TIL Council 1960-1969
1960 25th Anniversary Year, March 4, Houston(This is the first time since 1941 that the TIL meets in a city other than Dallas.) Officers President: Frank WardlawVice President: Frank VandiverSecretary-Treasuer: Wiliam M. Hudson Councilors Unknown 1961 Feb. 25, Driskill Hotel, Austin Officers President: Frank VandiverVice President: Allen MaxwellSecretary: William H….
TIL Council 1950-1959
1950 November 18, Downtown Club, Dallas Officers President: Lon TinkleVice-President: Loula Grace ErdmanSecretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann Councilors Unknown. 1951 November 16. Downtown Club, Dallas Officers President: Lon Tinkle, DallasVice-President: Arthur Sampley, DentonSecretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann Councilor Unknown. 1952 November 14 – 15 Dallas. Cokesbury Book Store for the Afternoon Session;…
Awards 2020-2029
2020 (The meeting was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.) 2021 April 17. The event was live on Zoom, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 April 23, Ardovino’s Desert Crossing and Hilton Doubletree, El Paso 2023 April 28-29 in Corpus Christi 2024 May 3-4, The Woodlands 2025 April 25-26, Brownsville
Awards 2010-2019
2010 April 30 – May 1 Radisson Hotel Downtown, Austin There were no winners of the following awards for 2010: 2011 April 29-30, Radisson Central, Dallas * This award is funded for five years by Wanda Baker Bush of Sherman in honor of her late husband, Robert (Bob) Bush, a…
TIL Council 1940-1949
1940 Oct. 18-19 – Denton, Texas State College for Women Officers President: Rebecca Smith, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Vice-President: Arthur Sampley, North Texas State University, Denton Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann, Belton Councilors Whitney Montgomery, Dallas Lexie Dean Robertson, Rising Star John Q. Beaty, Dallas. 1941 Oct. 24-25 – Fort…
TIL Council 1936-1939
1936 On November 9, the first officers were chosen at a meeting in Hall of State, Fair Park, Dallas, during Texas Centennial Exposition Officers President: Patrick D. Moreland, Austin; author; secretary to Gov. James V. Allred. Vice-President: Stanley E. Babb, literary editor, Galveston News, Galveston Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann, Mary…
