Golden Deeds for Education
Recognizing Distinguished Service to Education
Given since 1964, the Golden Deeds for Education Award is a coveted award in the field of Texas education for distinguished service to education in the state. TASA and the Texas A&M University Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development co-present the award annually.
Selection Process
The Golden Deeds recipient is chosen by the Golden Deeds Award Committee, which reviews nominations submitted by school leaders and others across the state. The committee selects an individual who has, through actions and deeds, improved the educational system in Texas to enrich the lives of all Texas public school students.
2025 Award Nominations
Nominations for the 2025 award recipient, to be honored during the 2026 TASA Midwinter Conference in San Antonio, may be submitted in fall 2025.
2024 Golden Deeds for Education Award Recipient
Public education advocate Doug Williams, retired Sunnyvale ISD superintendent and TASA past president was selected as the 2024 recipient of the Golden Deeds for Education Award. Williams has also been a strong and vocal advocate on behalf of Texas public schools, serving as TASA’s Legislative Committee chair from 2017 to 2019. He served as TASA vice president in 2019-20, as president-elect in 2020-21, and as president in 2021-22.“Doug Williams has championed the cause of public education from the football field to the Capitol Building.”
Golden Deeds Award Recipients 1964-2024
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Doug Williams |
| 2023 | James B. Crow |
| 2022 | Brian T. Woods |
| 2021 | Kim Alexander |
| 2020 | Guy Sconzo |
| 2019 | Cathy Bryce |
| 2018 | Neal Adams |
| 2017 | Karen Rue |
| 2016 | Thomas Ratliff |
| 2015 | Jimmie Don Aycock |
| 2014 | Abelardo Saavedra |
| 2013 | Virginia Collier |
| 2012 | Lynn M. Moak |
| 2011 | F. Scott McCown |
| 2010 | Maria Hernandez Ferrier |
| 2009 | David Thompson |
| 2008 | Bill McKinney |
| 2007 | Leonard Merrell |
| 2006 | Joe Pirtle |
| 2005 | Bob Griggs |
| 2004 | James Terry |
| 2003 | Johnny L. Veselka |
| 2002 | Vialleau Wilkie |
| 2001 | Rick Perry |
| 2000 | Will D. Davis |
| 1999 | John Horn |
| 1998 | Jackie Christie |
| 1997 | Michael Moses |
| 1996 | Barry B. Thompson |
| 1995 | John R. Hoyle |
| 1994 | Robert W. Caster |
| 1993 | Norman Hall |
| 1992 | E.A. Sigler |
| 1991 | Pat Shell |
| 1990 | Linus Wright |
| 1989 | W.N. Kirby |
| 1988 | Jon Brumley |
| 1987 | Dan Long |
| 1986 | Raymon Bynum |
| 1985 | — |
| 1984 | Don Robbins |
| 1983 | Mary Ann Leveridge |
| 1982 | John Townley |
| 1981 | Marlin L. Brockett |
| 1980 | Charles F. Matthews |
| 1979 | Joe Kelly Butler |
| 1978 | Alton O. Bowen |
| 1977 | Frank W.R. Hubert |
| 1976 | Dana Williams |
| 1975 | Kate Bell |
| 1974 | R.E. Harris |
| 1973 | L.D. Haskew |
| 1972 | Leon Graham |
| 1971 | Frank M. Jackson |
| 1970 | J.W. Edgar |
| 1969 | Paul R. Hensarling |
| 1968 | Grady P. Parker |
| 1967 | — |
| 1966 | George B. Wilcox |
| 1965 | — |
| 1964 | A.M. Aikin |
Questions about this awards program?
Faye Alexis
TASA Awards Coordinator
