Former Texas Gov. To Receive Leadership Award Former Texas Gov. Receive Leadership Award Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe will receive the Agricultural Leader of the Year award during a special reception on Jan. 25 at the Austin Club. The award, sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership, is designed to pay tribute to Texas leadership, explained Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, coordinator of the program. Briscoe is the chair of the advisory board for TALL, an intensive leadership training program, and has given much time and financial support to the program.
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A native of Uvalde, Briscoe served as Texas governor from 1973 until 1979 after serving in the Texas Legislature from 1949 until 1957. The success of this program is considered by livestock growers to be the most important and beneficial development in the history of the industry, saving livestock producers millions of dollars each year.