Davis College alum Barry Street receives TTAA Lauro F. Cavazos Award
By: Norman Martin
Barry Street, a 1979 graduate of Texas Tech Universitys Department of Agricultural & Applied
Economics, has been selected to receive the Texas Tech Alumni Associations (TTAA) prestigious Lauro F. Cavazos Award, which was named in honor of the former Texas
Tech president. The honor will be presented at a Matador Evening Homecoming Celebration
on Friday (Oct. 13) at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.
According to the TTAA website, the award is designed to recognize and honor individuals or couples who have made
significant contributions to Texas Tech and the Alumni Association through individual
efforts, public recognition and/or financial support. Recipients of the award have
made a positive impact on the university through their generosity, professional accomplishments
and acts of service.
“I am very humbled to receive this award, especially when I read the names of those who have received it before me,” Street said. “Many of them were my mentors.”
Street is a Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Distinguished Alumni recipient (2022) and winner of the colleges Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturalist Award (2022).
CONTACT: Tracee Murph, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Manager of the Texas Tech Dairy Barn, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2802 or tracee.murph@ttu.edu
1013NM23 / Editors Note: For more information on the event, contact TTAAs Kahlie Callison at (806) 742-3641 or kahlie.callison@ttu.edu.
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