The Ingrams

Drs. Bruce and Gloria Ingram were born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Bruce graduated from Texas Military Institute in 1948, and Gloria graduated as valedictorian from Northside High School (currently known as Marshall High School) in 1957. Gloria attended Texas State University. Her mother, sisters, daughters, and two grandsons graduated from Texas State. Bruce attended Texas A&M University for two years before proudly serving four years in the United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eight, also known as the “Seabees.” In 1957, Bruce founded Ingram Readymix Inc., a concrete manufacturing company. Bruce and Gloria were married in 1958 and moved to Dilley, Texas, so that Bruce could provide concrete for the construction of Interstate 35. During the 1960s, Bruce and Gloria began raising their family in Pearsall, Texas, before moving to San Marcos, Texas, in 1970. All four of their children graduated from San Marcos High School before attending various universities. Bruce and Gloria have engaged in the betterment of the greater San Marcos community since 1970.

The philanthropy of Bruce and Gloria has made a major impact on Texas State. Recognizing the need for endowed support for the university’s rapidly growing engineering programs, the Ingrams provided a transformational gift toward establishing the Ingram School of Engineering in 2006. In 2015, the Ingrams cemented their status as leaders of the Texas State community by providing the naming gift for Bruce and Gloria Ingram Hall. The gift helped elevate the Ingram School of Engineering the next level. Bruce also provided critical guidance in establishing the university’s undergraduate program in Concrete Industry Management in 2009. For these and other gifts, they were inducted in the Texas State Heroes giving society.

Bruce and Gloria have been members of the Bobcat Club and Friends of Fine Arts. Gloria is an emerita member of the Texas State University Development Foundation Board of Trustees. In 2008, Bruce and Gloria received the President’s Excellence Award and in 2009 received honorary doctorates from the university. Bruce and Gloria will always be recognized among the most important members of the Texas State University family. The university is forever indebted to them.