The McCombs Accounting Programs’ Texas Star Award is given to a friend of our department and our programs in recognition of his or her continuing support over a sustained period of years. This year’s honoree, C. Aubrey Smith, Jr., joins a distinguished group of prior Texas Stars.

C. Aubrey Smith, Jr. is a highly successful Austin investment advisor and real estate investor. He is also the chair of the Aubrey Smith Family Foundation, which has generously supported the MPA Program and Department of Accounting for many years.

Aubrey received his BBA degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1952. His family has supported accounting programs at UT for almost 100 years. Their legacy began in 1924 when Aubrey’s father joined the accounting faculty of the UT School of Business and began the process of establishing the MPA degree and the Department of Accounting Advisory Council.

We greatly appreciate that under C. Aubrey Smith Jr.’s leadership the Aubrey Smith Family Foundation has continued to support the MPA Program his father was instrumental in establishing.