Ray Rothrock ’77 has been named a Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus for 2015. Rothrock, who graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering, will be presented the award at the engineering honor society’s convention in October in Providence, Rhode Island.
The purpose of the award is to recognize alumni who have demonstrated outstanding adherence to the ideals of Tau Beta Pi and fostered a spirit of liberal culture in our society on local, national and international scales.
Rothrock is a partner of the venture capital firm Venrock, which he joined in 1988 to fund and build early-stage technology companies that aimed to solve big problems and improve lives by bringing great products and technologies to market.
In 2013, Rothrock received the Outstanding Alumni Honor Award from the Dwight Look College of Engineering, and in 2011 he was named the first Distinguished Former Student of the Department of Nuclear Engineering.
He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Texas A&M Foundation, chairing the investment committee and as co-chair of the Arts and Science Theme Group for the university’s Vision 2020. Additionally, he has made significant contributions to the university’s student affairs, College of Liberal Arts and 12th Man Foundation.
Rothrock’s support has contributed to multiple endowed scholarships for the Department of Nuclear Engineering.