He also has served in public service areas of education, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s Special Commission on Higher Education. He was a member of the board of directors of the Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas at Austin, and continues to serve on the advisory board of the George H. W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas AandM University.
After receiving his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin, Garza received his doctor of jurisprudence degree in 1983 from Southern Methodist University (SMU) School of Law. In 2001, he received the SMU School of Law’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. Hispanic Business Magazine has twice named him one of its “Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics” and, most recently, Hispanic Magazine named him one of the “25 Most Powerful Hispanics” in the United States. Poder Magazine recently named the ambassador and his wife as among the “10 Most Powerful People in Mexico.”
Garza is married to María Asunción Aramburuzabala, a native of Mexico City who is president of Tresalia Capital and vice chair of the boards of directors of both Grupo Modelo and Televisa. The couple lives in Mexico City.
For more information contact: Robert D. Meckel, Office of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, 512-475-7847.
