Congressman, Two CEOs To Receive Alumni Awards from UTD’s School of Management

U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess
R-Texas

M. Sam Gilliland
president and CEO
Travelocity

David Holmberg
president and CEO
Cole Licensed Brands

About The UTD School of Management

The University of Texas at Dallas’ School
of Management ranked sixth worldwide in research productivity in operations management and management
information systems over the last six years in a study published by ORMS Today, a publication
of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS). The School of Management
is the largest of UTD’s seven schools, with an enrollment that has increased 92 per cent over
the last seven years to more than 4,300 students. The school’s new, 204,000-square-foot building—featuring
classrooms with state-of-the-art audio and visual equipment, wireless connectivity, video-conferencing
facilities, a computer lab, faculty offices, meeting rooms and an executive education center—opened
in summer 2003.

About UTD

The University of Texas at Dallas, located
at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational
technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor, enrolls about 13,700 students. The school’s
freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average
SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree
programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the university’s web site at www.utdallas.edu.