Honorary Members

Article III, Section 3, of the TCAA Constitution states that:

Honorary members shall be chosen because of distinguished service in the field of municipal law.  They shall pay no dues, or hold office, nor vote, and no person who is eligible for active membership in the association shall be chosen as an honorary member.  They shall be proposed by at least five (5) active members and shall be elected only upon unanimous recommendation of the executive committee and a majority vote of the members present at any annual or semi-annual meeting of the association.  An election of an honorary member shall be cancelled if not accepted within six (6) months after the candidate has received notice of his election.

Only 33 individuals have been recognized for this distinguished honor by the association.
These individuals are as follows:

    1. Rhinehart E. Rouer – Ft.Worth (Deceased)
    2. S.G. Johndroe – Ft.Worth (Deceased)
    3. I.M. Singer – Corpus Christi (Deceased)
    4. George Murphy – Beaumont (Deceased)
    5. Malveen McDonald – Odessa (Deceased)
    6. Henry P. Kucera – Dallas (Deceased)
    7. Burl Evans – Tulia (Deceased)
    8. Nick Cosgrove – (Deceased)
    9. Alex Bickley – Dallas
    10. Joe M. Nuessle – Midland
    11. Riley Fletcher – Granbury (Deceased)
    12. Tom Todd – Denton (Deceased?)
    13. H.P. Hodge, Jr. – Wichita Falls
    14. John Ross, Jr. – Lubbock
    15. Earl Bracken – Waco (Deceased)
    16. Merril Nunn – Amarillo
    17. Wade Adkins – Ft.Worth
    18. Herbert Prouty – Denton
    19. John Dewey – Lake Jackson
    20. David Caylor – Irving
    21. Harvey Cargill – College Station
    22. Ron Neiman – Lewisville
    23. Lane Nichols – Beaumont
    24. Analeslie Muncy – Dallas
    25. Jimmy Bray – Corpus Christi (Deceased)
    26. Tom Akin – Denison
    27. Diane Wetherbee – Plano
    28. Charlie McNabb – El Paso
    29. Clayton Hutchins – Carrollton
    30. Jay Doegey – Arlington
    31. Don Cheatham – Houston
    32. Larry Schenk – Houston
    33. Tyrone Cooper- Beaumont