Gary Kelly, president and CEO of Southwest Airlines, accepts the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Texas Exes on Oct. 22, 2010 on the UT campus. In 2008, Kelly was named top CEO in the country by Institutional Investor magazine and CEO of the Year by D Magazine and the Dallas Morning News. Among his other honors are being named a finalist for Texan of the Year by the Dallas Morning News in 2005 and one of Business Travel News' 25 most influential executives of 2004.
