b"MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOLThe Millers have enjoyed developing a personal relationship with their current scholar, Connor Clay '20. Their planned gift will continue impacting many Aggies after their lifetimes.EMPOWERING TOMORROWS BUSINESS STUDENTSBY CHRYSTAL HOUSTONB rian Miller 80 was a PresidentsVicki said. These gifts were madeglad to now be in a position to make Endowed Scholar (PES) when heout of the love and passion we feela meaningful gift that will help oth-was earning a bachelors in account- for Texas A&M. ers, Brian said. ing at Texas A&M University many years ago. That scholarship was aThe Millers enjoy the personal rela- Beyond scholarship giving, Brian springboard to a rewarding careertionship afforded by the Presidentsis also looking for other ways to be in finance. It also created an exam- EndowedScholarshipprogram,activeoncampus.Hehopesthat ple he was determined to follow.where donors and scholarship recip- whenheretires,hecanbemore ientsareencouragedtoconnectinvolved with Mays Business School, The example my donor set allowedand share. Their first PES student,passing on his knowledge and expe-me to attend Texas A&M and hasConnor Clay 20, has just finishedrience to the next generation. been front of mind for me since Ihis fourth year in Mays Business was a student, Brian said. ThatSchool. The pride in Brians voice is example inspired me, and I hopeevident as he talks about the young that I can encourage others to domans academic success. the same. Brians own academic success as an Brianandhiswife,Vicki,haveAggie prepared him for his success-already endowed a PES and studyful finance career. He is currentlyDID YOU KNOW?abroadscholarshipsforstudentstheCFOofTylerTechnologies, inMaysBusinessSchool,aswellwhere he has served for 23 years. asafootballscholarshipunderDue in part to his leadership, TylerIn 2020for the first time in Texas the12thManFoundations1922Technologies has grown exponen- A&Ms historyall three Mays Fund, but they wanted to do more.tially. It was added to the S&P 500 in TheyrecentlycreatedaplannedJune 2020 and recorded revenues inBusiness School MBA programs gift in their wills that will provideexcess of $1 billion for the first timeearned a top 20 public ranking by $7.5 million for future Texas A&Min 2019. Vicki and I are fortunate scholarships. We are passing it on,to have had great educations and areU.S. News & World Report.SPIRIT OF SHARING|LEAD BY EXAMPLE EDITION|19"